This past week has been a first for me. I have been all alone with my daughter for an entire week. I have never been all alone with her for more than 48 hours. I am so fortunate to have my parents living close by to lend a helping hand when needed, especially since my husband joined the Army. Well this week, my parents went to Vegas. No not for an amazing vacation. Vegas is where i grew up. I spent most of my life there and loved it! Now I visit and I don't know how I could ever live there again. Anyway, one of our very close friends got married last weekend and we were all invited although I decided not to go. So that left me all along for an entire week with my almost 4 year old daughter. I honestly did not know if I would be able to do it. Thankfully the dance studio where I work is closed for a short vacation, but I still worked with some girls for the upcoming Miss Oklahoma and Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen pageants. So I took Maddy EVERYWHERE with me. We had some trying moments... specifically one I won't soon forget in Target. I needed to pick up some groceries and decided to make a run to Target because of the specific coupons I had for the store. Everything was going great. We looked at clothes for Maddy and she picked some out. We then walked by the Barbie aisles... my mistake! She wanted to look so I gave in. Once in the aisle, Maddy spotted a few things she wanted and began asking me over and over to buy her one. I said no, we are buying some clothes you need and maybe for your birthday, you can get a Barbie. That wasn't good enough for her. As I proceeded to the grocery side, her tantrum escalated. She began screaming to the point I thought she was going to throw up. I could have easily gone back to the toy section and let her pick out a toy... but I held my own. I do not want her to think that everytime she cries, she will get what she wants. Yes I was embarrassed walking around target with a screaming child, but I got through my shopping and toward the end, she got over it. I have never seen her act that way before.

Now that my week is almost over, I feel like I accomplished something I was so scared to do. I did it. This made me realize you can do anything if you have faith in yourself. There are so many things going on in my life right now. So many decisions and so many ways I can go. This week made me realize how much I enjoy just being at home. I LOVE being busy, but I also LOVE being at home with my family. I am so blessed!!!