It is Friday!!!

I have not posted much at all ths week---the pictures are taking an incredible amount of time to download---which yes we still have dial-up service for the moment! Yesterday after nap we drove to Pendleton (30 min ) to meet Lee to apply for Gretchen's passport! We had all the documentation and plus some we thought we needed by the instructions!
We got to the court house and the lady was adament on us having a state birth certificate (which was in the safe deposit box in WW!) We had the original Guatemalan b-certificate and the court order (certified) saying she was ours legally!! We had her permanent resident card, social security card and Guatemalan passport--all which should have worked!!
Long story ----but Lee called the National Passport Agency in the parking lot after being rejected----The National Passport Agency told us we would be ok with the docuentation we had----so I whispered to Lee --CAN THAT GUY STAY ON THE PHONE AS WE WALK IN AND TALK TO THE LADY BEHIND THE COUNTER!! The guy would not do it! RATS!!!! So we decided to go to the passport agency at the post office a few blocks away!! Yeah--good idea!! (So we thought)
We walked in it was 3:45 pm---the postman looks at me and then the clock and then says oh I think I can do it---as the post lady says You are going to get in trouble and run out of time---THE INTERNET POSTED THE CLOSING TIME AT 4:45 pm----but he was going home at 4!!! So here we were---Lee gathered up all our info and said we will be back tomorrow--first of all our confidence in the postman was zilich!!(to put in nicely) The postman looked nervous and not sure what in the world he was doing!! We then decided to try the clerk back at the court house!! I missed most of this conversaton but as Gretchie and mommy were waking in the hall--I saw her with her three ring binder and restating her stand on the issue---we needed state birth certificate!! Then I caught a glimpse of her on the phone---ha--Lee came out shaking his head she would not budge and my husband was pretty calm! So we will try again today------who would have known this would take so long!!
Gretchen was awesome as we were running around and all the way home and through dinner!!! I was putting her to bed and telling her how very proud I was of her being quiet, listening, gong potty at the court house and just being a "lovebug."
It did backfire on me----After going potty at 8:20 pm (teehhee)-which she does often) she would not get back in bed---she said she had to go poopie (100 times) I ignored her ploy to get out of bed!! She usually does go poopie at 8:20 pm--but tonight she had already gone around 6 ish! So I was not falling for it---IT MADE HER SOOOO MAD!! She tossed and turned and I just sat in her doorway--I did relay her down a couple times --after ten minutes of this ---I got thinking maybe she is right (she usually is right about going potty!) So I said ok---lets go but then its BED!! She stopped crying climbed out of bed and then stood in the middle of her room and yelled at me to go see daddy!! She usually says this when she wants to do it all BYSELF!!! I gave her space and she shut the door--laid down on the floor to sleep!! I went back in and she had forgotten to go poopie--I said lets get back in bed and I will rub your hair and back!! NO I WANT TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR!!!!! THEN SCREAMED JUST TO SCREAM----I swatted her!! Picked her up to kiss her and she had a massive temper tantrum--I walked out and said when you are ready I will be sitting in the hall!! She walked past me and had another throw down fit in our room---I was shocked my angel was so tired!! She was ready to be held and I came down and rocked her and we talked---she told me she was ready to be good and go to sleep in her bed!!! After ten minutes we were ready to go back to bed....................rehugged daddy! And no way was she going into bed---Daddy came up and rubbed her back..she then started crying I have to go poopie again.........we did let her sit on the potty just to calm her down--she would not talk or look at either of us put her blanket over her head!!! AFTER minutes...we just sat there and looked at each other in the hall----we gave her 2 minutes!! NOTHING! (just like we thought) she was put back in bed by both of us and rolled over and was asleep with minutes!!! WHEW!! Hope I never see this again!! WOW~~