Did you take your Mean Mommy Pills???

This is Abby, my adorable, sweet and spunky 8 year old! I love her to pieces, but she sure knows how to push my buttons! We always joke that she will be the one to follow in her father's footsteps, as an attorney, someday. No one can argue and debate like she can! And she mostly loves to argue with me!

This morning, as I was trying to get everyone fed, and dressed, and hair done and out the door for school, she was in one of those moods. When I asked her to finish getting ready, she argued that she wasn't done eating, when I asked her to help pick up the toys on the floor, she argued that her shoes weren't on. And, just let me point out that her arguing wasn't done in a calm, rational voice. No, it was that octave too high, whiney voice that feels like nails on a chalkboard! Finally, in exasperation, I motioned to zip her lips and throw away the key (because I was so done arguing). She stomped her foot and said, "Did you take your mean mommy pills this morning?" Leave it to my Abby, to know how to make us all laugh, just when I want to strangle her!

Beyond the arguing (and the story telling, but that's another post) she is a dear girl! I love her so much! She was my first girl, after two boys, and the only child that I braved a home birth with! She is twice as crunchy as me, already! The girl won't take even Tylenol! She believes that essential oils cure everything (which she may be right about!), she loves to eat healthy, constantly talking about saving the environment and recycling, and is convinced that all her babies will be born at home some day! She is my wonderful girl, who sat with me through my entire last labor, anxiously waiting to meet her new brother! She witnessed it all and didn't even flinch! And she has no problem, telling everyone she meets that she was the very first person Noah saw on this earth! She is my girl who wants to do everything I do! She wants to cook with me, sew with me, scrap with me, shop with me and although there are moments when I wish she didn't quite talk so much, (I'm sure my mom relates to that one!) I wouldn't trade her for anything! She's ambitious, as she is spunky, convinced that she is going to grow up to be an artist, a film director and own her own gluten-free restaurant! Every day is a new and exciting adventure with Abby, and I'm so grateful to have her in my life!

Now, if I can just find a bit more patience and stop taking those mean mommy pills!!