1/14/12

I woke up a little stressed out this morning. I think life just getting to me. Just one of those days, you know. My mom contacted me early in the day to see if we wanted her to take Olivia overnight, or both of the girls for a while...Christian asked if she would just try taking them both overnight. She was nervous about it, but agreed to give it a shot. I don't know why, but the thought of it gave me a little panic attack. I mean, I know I was away from them when I went to Chicago, but it's really hard for me to leave both of them. I don't know why I have such a hard time leaving Amelia in particular. I don't know if it's because she was such a difficult baby that I revert back to that in my mind and think she just needs me more or something. I don't know, but it's definitely harder to leave her than it was when Olivia was younger - seems strange.

So, we took the girls to breakfast at Perkins (ugh, SO GOOD!), then stopped into Home Depot to pick up some supplies so we can start the play room. We picked up some magnetic paint and some chalkboard paint, and we bought some wood to frame that once we paint, and some paint to paint that wood. Christian also picked up some supplies to FINALLY lay down a threshold form when he tore up the carpet and put down tile downstairs LAST winter. I'm excited to finally get started on this stuff.

While the girls napped, we started painting the boards. After 5 coats over the weekend, they were done! Then, after naps, my mom came to pick up the girls for the night.

Shortly after, Christian got ready and was going out for dinner/beer with a friend. I took the opportunity to take down the tree and get the living room back in order. This lead to rearranging furniture, vacuuming, dusting and scrubbing some old stains on the floor (now that I FINALLY found a carpet cleaner that actually works - so exciting!). I was exhausted by the time I was done, it was definitely my workout for the day!

I was a little worried about this weekend. Weekends and diet usually don't mix well for me. I did pretty well today thought. I looked up my Perkins meal before we went, so I would know what was best for me to get. I had a good lunch and dinner. Ended up under my calories, even with eating out again! YAY. My cleaning escapades tonight definitely made me work up a sweat, so I think that was a good amount of activity for the day. So, I think a pretty successful day!

As we got the girls dressed, I noticed I'd picked out one of my favorite old outfits for Amelia. So cute. I put together a little comparison of the girls in the outfit. Olivia is much younger, yet the shirt is pretty tight on her, she has WAY less hair and she's just my little chunk! Amelia is kind of swimming in the shirt still and has a nice full head of hair. They seriously couldn't be much different! LOL