Sleep? What's that??

Adam and I begin our Monday very sleep-deprived courtesy of Daisy. When she was a little puppy she would wake us up to let her out to potty twice a night, now she just wakes up at 3/4am and is done sleeping. I actually liked it better when she got up a couple times a night because after she went potty she went back to sleep. Now she just cries and cries until we give-in and give-up. We would put her crate in another room to teach her that when she cries she won't get let out, but since we live in an apartment there are neighbors to consider.

Last night at about 8pm she was sleeping and Adam and I kept waking her up because we wanted her to sleep when we slept. She was getting mad and kept trying to hide from us. She went behind the couch to try and sleep but we still kept bothering her. She tried to hide under the bed but we found her and pulled her out. It was actually kind of funny watching her get frustrated by us bothering her when she wanted to sleep.....a little payback!

Other than tormenting our puppy, Adam has been busy with work and I've been working and looking for Christmas presents. There is an outlet mall (we'll a handful of outlet stores is more accurate) with some children's clothing stores. I have managed to find some cute outfits for our nephews! I'm trying to be good because I usually go overboard when buying for them because little kids clothes are so cute!!! Alcorn lost last week (booo!) and have their last game this weekend against their biggest rival, Jackson State. Be sure to cheer on the Braves!!

Another visitor from up north!

Adam had a bye week this week so his dad flew down to see some of the civil war sites in the city. For those of you who don't know, we live in Vicksburg Mississippi which was the location of an important civil war battle. The city is on the Mississippi river and was important because whomever had control of the city could control movement on the Mississippi river. The city also sits on cliffs above the river which gave the controlling side a great vantage point of oncoming boats. The north ended up winning the battle and now the battle grounds are a national park.

Adam spent a semester teaching American history to 8th graders and is a big history fan. He has been holding out going to the battlegrounds so he could go with his dad. We had beautiful weather and walked 3 miles around one section of the battlegrounds and drove around the rest (it is too long and too hilly to walk, although some people do so). Mainly the park consists of markers of various camps, casualties, trench lines, etc.

We also took Daisy with us and she loved walking around the park (Daisy simply enjoys being outside). She is starting to loose her baby teeth and her adult teeth are coming in nicely. Adam was playing around with her and decided to put her in a bag like Paris Hilton, she was a good sport and didn't struggle or whine!

That's hot!

Adam and his dad at the USS Cairo, a Union ship that was sunk in the Mississippi River with an electronic detonator.

Adam and his dad by one of the many monument remembering the troops from Indiana that fought in the battle.

Adam and his dad walking up to one of the monuments remembering soldiers from Illinois that fought in the battle.

After a day of sightseeing we went to the sports bar in town to watch the Cincinnati Bearcats play West Virginia. It was on ESPNU which we don't get, so we headed to the bar. Overall it was a great game, the Bearcats played well until the last 1:11. Pretty much everything went West Virginia's way. They were able to score a TD with a two point conversation, recover the on sides kick, get into field goal range and kick a 52 yard field goal to send the game to OT. Luckily the Bearcats pulled out a win in OT and are now the #22 ranked team in the country.

I hate close game with Adam's teams. It's a more stressful experience when you're watching a team in which you know the players and when you are married to or are friends with the coaches versus just watching your favorite team. I hope Alcorn State can pull out a win next week. It's always a happier time when your team wins. Go Braves!!

Happy Halloween...a little late

For Halloween, we did dress Daisy up, but she didn't like wearing her costume so it didn't stay on her too long. She was a witch (I got the costume for a total of $2 at Target). She wore it just long enough for us to take a couple of pictures.

We didn't get as many trick-or-treaters as we had anticipated so we had a lot of leftover candy that Adam took to the office.....it was all gone before lunch.

Last weekend's game was the last home game of the year so it was Senior Day. On Senior Day, all the Senior football players stand on the field with their parents and get recognized for their years of dedication to the football team. One of Adam's players is from Hawaii and his parents couldn't come so Adam and I stood in for them. I was waiting on the sidelines to go out on the field with the other parents when one of them asked me what jersey number my son wore. I told her I was a coach's wife and I was filling in for a player whose parents couldn't make it. I was a little bummed that someone thought I looked old enough to have a son who is a senior in college.

Later on that evening, Adam and I went to a bar in one of the casinos and I got stopped at the door by the security guard who needed to see my ID, I handed it to him and he was fine with it but he didn't ask for Adam's ID. I asked him if he needed to see Adam's ID and he said "no, he looks old enough." To this I replied that Adam is actually 2 years younger than me so thanks!

In the course of a day I went from looking like I had a 21 year old son to looking like I could be dating a 21 year old.

Below is a funny video of Daisy. Adam and I are playing Wii and she is intrigued my Adam moving the hand around on the video game....I think it's funny.