The Crazy Cycles of Routines

As I sit here writing this I am trying a new "trick" to get Little Ninja to sleep. Like Wyatt she is going to start going to bed at 1900 as well. I am working more on routines around here (taking baby steps). Tonight is Night #1 of bringing her into her room and making her go to sleep in her bed like a "Big Girl". It's been almost an hour now and she is still fighting this out, but oh well! 
I can't keep fighting with her to go to bed and the rocking, then carrying her upstairs just for her to sleep a few hours in her bed then crawl into mine. Sad part to doing this now is she's sick. :( but it has to be done and I wanted to start working on it before daddy really got home. 

They say the hardest job in the Military is being a wife, I completely disagree I think a hard job (not the hardest) is being a parent. I give credit to all those who sacrifice their lives to go over and defend our freedom, I will never and I mean NEVER disrespect Military no matter what branch! 
But I've went from being a young single parent to being a parent and married (my husband was working alot so it was only me) then we had Little Ninja. So I'm at home trying to be the good wife, since that was our agreement he would work and I would handle the house, kids, and everything else. Let me tell you though, I don't think for one second my husband could do some of the things I do. 
For Christmas stand down he was getting stressed just being at home with the kids anyways :P I was like Welcome to my daily world honey!!!! 
He's like I know what you go through, 
Me: Oh really? 
Hubby: Yeah I do. 
Me: Okay (mind you Wild Child has had no appts & we've had to go nowhere) Do you know where all Wild Child & Little Ninja's dr's are? How about when the bills are due?
Hubby: No......But I can figure it out. 
Me: *Shows him my calendar on my computer* 
Hubby: What the hell are all those colors for?? 
Me: Well you see everything is color coded for each one of us plus bills, birthdays, and everything else.
Hubby: Holy Crap!
Me:Yeah see you wanna try again?
lol I find this all funny because when people do see my calendar whether it's my iPad, Mac or the one in my bag they flip and are like you have all these appts and etc. I'm like uh yeah. I'm sorry but mom's are SUPER WOMAN! No matter what any one else tells you. Whether you are single, or married, you are everything to those kid(s) and it's hard! I'm only 22 years old and on days I just wanna quit but then I realize my kids would starve, no baths, no school, no homework, get sick, and everything else.  I love my Husband but sometimes I wanna pull a Gibbs and smack him in the back of the head.....lol
Sorry But that was my little vent for the day lol

Sleepless nights.......

So Bella has this habit of waking up in the night and crawling in bed with me (especially when daddy is gone). Most nights she crawls up on daddy's side and I never know she is there til the morning. Now it is getting to be kind of annoying, and when daddy is home we always have to worry about if she will walk in our room in the middle of the night to sleep with us which she does also. (she did this one night after daddy came home and wouldn't go to sleep) 

Tomorrow we are starting a new trick, it will be tough but it will be done! I am going to take her to bed and tell her it's bed time and no more rocking. I can't keep trying to carry her up the stairs every night it is too painful sadly. Plus I get tired of the fighting, so we will see how this goes. 

Sadly, as I'm typing this she is snuggled up next to my left side fighting to go back to bed! If I can get this going and it works, then when Daddy comes home if he tries to ruin what progress I've made I will smack him with a spoon or something! I tried this thing before and he came in and completely destroyed what I had made! 

So Wish me luck! I am going to try to get what sleep I can. 

Intros All Around

So my name is Ciara, I'm twenty-two years old. I'm married to Lyle since August of 2009. We have 2 awesome kiddos, Wyatt who is 6 years old and in the 1st grade & Bella who is 2 years old. Lyle is currently stationed in Norfolk, VA after his time here (hopefully) we will be back in Charleston, SC. I do like Norfolk for reasons (more on the medical side) but I do really miss Charleston a lot! 

This blog will be written on many topics and may jump around a lot. Sorry that's my ADD kicking in sometimes. So let's get started.

Lyle just turned twenty-four in December, he loves video games. Halo (1-4), Bioshock, Call of Duty, God of War, Skyrim, you name it he has either played it or wants to lol....

He is really book smart, and has a crazy sense of humor but once you get to know him he's pretty much the life of the party alot of the time. 

Wyatt turned 6 in September, was diagnosed as ADHD at age 3. When we moved to Charleston we found out he could start out in a half-day school cause of his IEP. So now he is in 1st grade and way beyond smart! He was diagnosed ASD (autism spectrum disorder) in October 2012. He loves electronics, computers, iPads, Nook, iPhone, anything really. lol Right now he is addicted to his Nintendo 3DS XL he got for Christmas. He loves his little sister and is very protective of her. Actually he is very protective over alot of people in his life. Strangely he connects to certain people, and thats it. 

Bella turned 2 in September, (yes I know 2 kids in Sept.) She is my little ninja :) She is also Daddy's little girl. Bella is a awesome smart little girl and her laugh and smile will just have you giggling all over. She is also like myself, & Wyatt into electronics. 

Both of my kids teach me new things and how to view things from their eyes. They are amazing whether I'm mad or not and they know how to try and work me over too. I swear they get together sometimes and actually plan this stuff out!

Now about me, I was raised by both my parents in So. IL, I have 2 older brothers & a older sister (none which speak to me nor do I speak to them). I was 15 when I got pregnant with Wyatt and 16 when I had him, making me a sophomore in HS. I was lucky and my parents supported me all the way. 

When Wyatt was about 1 year old I meet Lyle through some "mutual" friends and we became friends in October of 2007 we started dating. We've been together for 5 years and married 3 years. When I was 17 I moved out and tried living on my own, after a few months Lyle moved in with me. At this point I hadn't finished school and I had just wrecked my car and had no job. We ended up moving to a different apartment closer to Lyle's job at that time, since we only had 1 car. I ended up getting a job at Walmart. OMG! I know it was okay but I didm't like it plus they screwed me over on hours a lot! So I got fired and was looking for a new job. About the time Lyle was going to be leaving for BC I got a phone call for a job at a newspaper company working in the mail room. I liked it alot after a while, I eventually was trained to basically run the operation. The week I was going to get married Wyatt had to go to St. Louis and have surgery and I had to be there early so I wouldn't be able to work my shift I called in and got fired for it! I was beyond mad but oh well. Got married that weekend and in October moved to SC. 

Around this time we had been there a month and a half, we went home for Christmas stand down. When we came back I thought it was due to the weather and etc that I was sick. This went on for a while both my mom and Lyle were "joking" saying I was preggo and etc well I broke down and bought a test I took 5 test over a week span and they all said +. 

So I was pregnant with Bella.

After I had Bella I went through hell this was the time they find out that I'm Bipolar, so that has been an everyday battle.

I don't look for pity, I don't hold "pity parties" and I hate when people see me cry. I have learned to be tough and work through it no matter the chaos. Life throws some hard curves but what makes you strong is getting through it and if you have an AWESOME support team that makes the fight all the worth it. 

I love doing things with my friends, reading, watching NBA (Miami Heat) I'm a die hard fan I don't miss a game! If I do and it's to help a friend you know your a true friend then!

I have a BIG heart and that is a good/bad thing. I have helped people and it has came back to bit me in the ass. Others have appreciated what I have done, I don't expect payback I just believe in Karma!

I hope this blog works out and if not well oh well. It's my release and I may not be good at it but I will try hence the word TRY really hard to make it enjoyable!