1/22/12

Today started a little rough, but ended up being a pretty great day.

The girls were up WAY, WAY, WAY too early. It was still dark out, and I was not happy about it. I have to get up early enough on the weekdays, I like to at least make it until daylight on the weekends. To add insult to injury, the girls were still exhausted, yawning and crabby - clearly still tired. WHY ARE YOU UP THEN MY CHILDREN?!?

Once we were finally functioning, I went to take a peek at my dish washing war wound, and as soon as I un-bandaged it, it started bleeding again, badly. I washed it out and applied pressure, but it wouldn't stop. I finally called the Clinic CareLine. The nurse said it was most likely too late for stitches, but if it wouldn't stop bleeding, I should go into Urgent Care and get it checked out. Our Urgent Care didn't open for another few hours, so I waited it out. Luckily, it stopped a while later, so I decided to save the trip, and the co-pay. By the end of the night, it was already looking pretty good, so that was a wise decision.

I spent the morning looking through ads and coupons and planning our weekly menu. I'm adjusting my breakfast and lunch menu to add in some protein and a little more variety, but still stay low calorie. Then, I was off to Target to do our shopping...Cub was on my shopping plan too, but the weather was already starting to get bad, so Cub will have to wait.

While at Target, I ended up picking up some outfits for the girls, for their pictures this weekend. I decided to get them matching outfits...we've never done the matching thing before, so I'm excited. It's going to be SO CUTE!!!

By the time I got home from Target, the rain/sleet was getting pretty bad, and the girls were down for their naps. Christian and I were back at it down in the play room. He painted the magnet and chalk board boarders, and we put together the last of the furniture, the cube storage. SO CLOSE to actually putting stuff in the room, I'm so excited!

Christian ran to his parents house to get some tools while I did my daily workout. The girls and I hung out after naps. They were both in much better moods tonight, which was much less stressful. Once Christian arrived home, he cooked dinner while I washed, cut and packed up some fruits and veggies for work this week. I am ready to head into another week, very excited and hoping to see some good results again!

Today was pretty good on the diet/exercise front. I ended up skipping lunch again today with all of the running around, but I got a pretty well balanced diet in today anyway, and was well under my calories, so that's good. I did my 60-Day Shred at naptime today, and it was pretty painful. But, getting more manageable every day!

Tonight, bedtime was out of control. We put the girls down together so Christian could hammer in the boarders in the play room before they fell asleep. They were playing all night, and Olivia kept insisting on sleeping with Amelia, and kept climbing into her crib. This is what I walked into (before eventually taking Olivia out of the room until Amelia fell asleep)...