Boy am I tired tonight.  I spent most of the day running around after the little one who is now refusing to nap.  Let me rephrase that.  She’s not exactly refusing to nap.  She’s refusing to nap during the day.  She slept a total of 25 minutes all day.

We had dinner with the in-laws, and I have to thank my FIL for the awesome lasagna and manicotti.  I’ve been needing some really good Italian, and he filled my tummy full of it tonight.  Afterward we took a walk, and I was sure Ellie would fall asleep in her stroller as she was really fighting a nap.  Nope.  She refused to go to sleep yet again, and by the end of the walk she was wide awake and ready to go again.

We hung out there for a bit longer, then we headed to see our best friends, D & J.  Ellie finally fell asleep on the ride over there, but they only live 5 minutes from Hubby’s parents, and she was awake again the second we pulled into their driveway.  She probably slept a total of 3 minutes on the ride over.

Shortly after we arrived there our friends T & R stopped by.  We hardly all find time to get together at the same time, so it was really nice to all get to hang out for once.  D & J have a 15 month old son, and T & R have two girls who are 19 months and 8 months.  Their youngest is 2 weeks younger than Ellie.

The kids had a ball playing together while us Mommy’s chased after 3 mobile ones, the two older ones walking, and Ellie crawling.  It was a very tiring, but very fun evening, and I enjoyed getting to sit around talking to my friends even if our conversations are all baby and weight loss related these days.  Both of them are currently using weight loss pills, and since I’m still a little hesitant about using them they were giving me pointers on which ones to try. 

I shared the info I’ve been finding, like the apidexin reviews I read this morning, but I’m still not quite ready to give in and buy some pills. I still feel like if I continue to eat healthy I’m going to lose the weight as I chase after my now mobile tot. Keep in mind I’m still breastfeeding, and I’m not going to take any diet pill while doing that. I’m definitely not going to stop breastfeeding just so I can take a diet pill either.

Anywho, we decided to load up and head home when they all sat down for dinner. We were invited to eat with them, but as we’d already eaten neither of us were hungry. I did have to try a bite, though, as they grilled out Elk steaks tonight, and I’ve never had Elk. I admit it was the tastiest steak I’ve ever tried! It was so tender and juicy, and there wasn’t a bit of fat on any of the steaks. It also didn’t have that game taste that you get with deer. Yeah, I’m a total deer eatin’ redneck lol.

By the time we left Ellie was so tired I thought for sure she’d go to sleep for the night, but of course I’m not that lucky. She slept on the way home, and she woke up as soon as we hit the driveway. Now she’s still wide awake and in play mode. Hubby said he’d take her until midnight to give me a little bit of a break. I really wanted to take a nap, but I still had work to do which I have just finished. Now that it’s 11:30 I’m hoping I can take her to bed with me and get her to sleep, but if the past few nights have been any indication she won’t go to sleep anytime soon. She’s gone to bed at 9pm every night this week only to wake up between 10-11 thinking she’s just had a nap, and nothing I’ve done has been able to get her back to sleep.