Patience Please!?!?

I'm not sure what it is, but I seem to be low on patience this week.  Feeling exasperated by seemingly endless, and uncharacteristic, whining, has been plaguing me all week.  I think we are living in a transitional state right now, and transitions, are hard.  Mackenzie can walk, but only a few steps and I think this frustrates her now.  Playing independently has not been her strong point this week(and that is usually my time to get stuff done!) and I think it's because she wants me to help her walk around since she can only take a few steps at a time.  If I know my child......she wants to be able to GO!  Full on walking is her new goal & frustrations abound when she has to sit or crawl!  

Add to that, we are in a napping transition to boot.  She has become a little late sleeper (no complaints about that!) and will sleep until at least 8:30 now (and sometimes 9:00 or later!!).  But then, by the time she's tired again, it's like 11am.  If she goes down for a nap then, she sleeps past one.  And then, not tired for afternoon nap until after 4pm or later.  Meaning she sleeps til 6pm and let's just say that then an 8:30 bedtime is not happening.  So, we've been trying to forgo a full morning nap & she just catnaps in the car while I run errands or I wake her up if she sleeps at home.  Then, goes down for a good 2.5 hour nap around 2:30.  But, I'm not sure she's ready for one nap, maybe that's why she's whiny??  But at the same time, I don't want an 11pm bedtime!  AHHH.....  I'm sure if I woke her up at say, 7am, she'd take a morning nap.....but lets be honest - this girl ain't getting her up if she ain't already awake at that hour.  (And odds are I was up late myself doing something like writing a blog post!).  

Ah....the joys of parenthood.  Praying for patience.  Tomorrow is another day.