2014 - Week 25

Monday started off pretty low key. The big girls had spent the night at my in-laws’, Christian was off to work, so it was just me and the babe to start the week. We had a pretty typical day, hanging out around the house. Lots of nursing, little napping. The usual. Christian picked the girls up after work, we had some dinner, played for a while and it wasn’t long before it was time for bed. Christian and the girls don’t usually get home until around 6:15/6:30, so we don’t have a ton of family time during the week right now. The weather is taking a little turn right now…it rained most of the day (canceling baseball), and some pretty big storms rolled in overnight. Thankfully, the storms didn’t seem to bother the girls.

On Tuesday I had my 6 week post-partum check-up. Good times. Everything went well though. I checked-out fine, and got the all clear to resume all activity. I’m due for my annual in a few months, so we’ll be discussing some birth control options at that point. I’ve always just been on the pill (and the mini pill while nursing), but I’m getting pretty sick of taking that, and really don’t want to do that forever. We don’t intend on having any more children, but I wasn’t ready to make that permanent when Eliza was born…though I’m now kind of wishing I had. I’m still hoping over time I can convince Christian to get the big snip, but we really haven’t had the discussion yet. So, for now, I’m considering doing the IUD, though I’ve heard some horror stories about it. Only time will tell at this point. Once home from the appointment, the babe and I went on a nice long walk around the neighborhood, and I did some cleaning around the house. Christian picked the big girls up, we had some dinner, and then our friends Sara and Bella stopped over to chat and play for bit before bed. Storms rolled in again overnight…nothing better than sleeping to a storm (as long as everybody sleeps!)!

Our sunflowers are coming in, LOVE them!

Wednesday was pretty good day. I spent the morning doing some cleaning around the house. My BFF Kari stopped over with her kids for a belated birthday lunch…Chipotle, delish! It was fun catching up with her, we don’t see each other nearly enough, and it sucks, but it makes our visits that much better. Though our girls are about 4.5 months apart, I’m pretty sure Eliza will be catching up to her little Addie in no time at this point! This afternoon, Eliza and I went on another long walk, before picking the big girls up and heading to baseball. Luckily today’s rain held off until after the game. We’re getting soaked!!

Future BFF's!

She's such a helpful big sister this time around

Thursday brought even MORE rain…we’re already close to reaching the June record for rain, with plenty of June left to go. It’s been a wet, wet spring, and the weather is reeking havoc across the state right now. Mudslides, landslides, flooding all over the states. Tornadoes breaking out. Pretty crazy. Luckily for us we live on plains, not too close to any water, so we don’t deal with any flooding really. And being close to the city tornadoes are pretty rare, but I feel just horrible watching the news reports of how it effects everybody else. Eliza and I used our walk to head over to Walmart today to do some grocery shopping. Other than that, it was a pretty quiet day around the house.

A momentarily relief while she momentarily takes a pacifier

On Friday, all of the girls were home with me. We had some breakfast, did some playing, watched some movies. Eliza and Amelia took their naps wile I watched some TV and Olivia watched her videos for quiet time. After their naps, we all went up to the park for a while, until Eliza decided it was time to go home of course. Christian brought home some dinner and we all had a pretty quiet night at home. The end of a pretty quiet week.

Happy baby at the park

I don't know why, but our marigolds usually die off pretty quickly. This year they look great!

Saturday started off with a quick breakfast and all of us heading off to swim class. I’m not liking these separate classes at all, so I’m hoping I register early enough next session so we can avoid this. Trust me, I’ve already checked, but registration is not up yet. Dangit. We all stopped into Target for a few things after class, then made our way home for lunch and naps. After naps, the big girls got to spend some time outside, running through the sprinklers and basking in the warmth (finally). After some play, dinner and relaxing, the girls were all off to bed, one by one, and Christian went out to celebrate his friend Lorenzo’s birthday. I wish I had the energy to stay up and enjoy my time home alone…maybe one day!

Sunday was our first attempt at spending the day out and about with the baby in tote. We had some breakfast, packed up our bags, and we were off on our annual strawberry picking outing. Typically, we pick strawberries and hit up a beach after for a picnic and some swimming. Unfortunately, this year, it was raining, again, and it was the only day we could fit in strawberry picking with our friends. Not long after we arrived and started picking, it started raining and we had to make a dash for the van to wait it out. We were able to finish though, and  got lots of yummy berries. Instead of the beach, we made our way to a park down the road with a covered picnic area, ate, and the kids played in the rain for a while. They were so wet and dirty and gross afterwards, but they had a blast anyway. We parted way from our friends, and decided to stop at Olivia’s BFF, Bella’s, house to do some swimming at their apartment…got to make up for the lack of beach a little bit anyway. We went back to their place after swimming to watch some World Cup soccer (boooooring) and have some pizza for dinner. By the time we were finally home, it wasn’t long before the big girls were off to bed, and I couldn’t believe we had really been away from home all day. I’m pretty sure with Amelia we barely even left the house for the first 6 months, let alone spent an entire day out and about – such a huge relief!

Until Next Week XOXO