2014 - Week 44

Well, we’re off on another week. Halloween week, and welcoming another month. I can’t believe how close we are to the end of another year, this year is just flying by at a ridiculous pace. Monday was really just another Monday – nothing too interesting to share. The girls were ready to kick off a week of Halloween fun though…they’ve been waiting for what seems like FOREVER for Halloween.

Bathing Beauty

Tuesday brought a HORRIBLE start to the day. Just plain horrible. Eliza was up bright and early, around 3:30 and REFUSED to go back to sleep. Fed her, changed her, laid with her…nothing was working. I finally fell asleep, and she finally fell asleep, and then I slept right through my alarm clock. I flew out of bed, pumped and started running all over trying to get ready. The big girls refused to get out of bed and I had to pretty much grad them out kicking and screaming. I finally got them ready, got everything packed up, got Eliza up and ready, and loaded everybody/thing into the van. I got them to daycare, unloaded and checked in, and then realized just how freezing cold it was, and had to run back home for a sweater. I was finally on my way, when I hit some horrible traffic. Seriously, nothing was going my way. I finally arrived in the parking lot, about 45 minutes late, and as soon as I parked my right eye was just killing me. It started burning and itching and my eyes we were watering. I didn’t have any contact stuff with me, so I took my lens out and went to put it in my wallet for safe keeping, until I got to my desk (where I had a case and solution), when, of course, I dropped it. It was lost, lost forever. And I was officially done. I didn’t have any extras with me, I didn’t have my glasses with me…I was just over the day. I gave up, called my supervisor, and went home. Driving home with one contact in and one completely blurry eye proved to be quite interesting – I had to pirate it most of the way home. I ran into the house as fast as I could, took my other contact out and put my glasses on…ahhh, relief! Then, I spent the rest of the day working from home. I was pretty much ready for bed before the day had even started. I rewarded my horrible morning with starting the last season of Sons of Anarchy while I worked. LOVE!!! I’ll be done with it in no time, that’s for sure. After work, I was off to pick the girls up – tonight was their Harvest Party at the center, so I got them into their costumes and we celebrated…they decorated candy bags, played a couple of games, decorated cookies and had so much fun. We were all sweaty and exhausted by the end of the party, and made our way home. Christian picked up some dinner and met us at home, and we settled in for the night. Halloween celebration #1 done!

Fall Festival at Daycare

Wednesday was bit less hectic, but I was still feeling exhausted. I went in to work since I worked at home yesterday, so we were all up, ready and out the door as usual. I could barely keep myself awake at work, I was just drained. Eliza hasn’t been sleeping great, and has been a tad crabby lately (teeth maybe?), so I decided to sit out tonight’s Halloween festivities and stay home with Eliza (even though I HATE missing events with the kids, HATE IT!), while Christian took the big girls to the local church festival that we’ve gone to a few times. They get a TON of candy, they have food and treats there, they play lots of games…they had an AWESOME face painter there this year; I couldn’t believe it when the girls came home. They had a blast and I enjoyed my much needed rest time. I had Eliza try avocados tonight – she’s been doing pretty well with the Quinoa, but seems to be getting pretty bored with it. She wasn’t a HUGE fan of the avocado, but we’ll keep working on it. My in-laws stopped over to drop off some Halloween treats and some little gifts for the girls, and the girls were off to bed as soon as they left. Another busy day! I did get some exciting news today – I found out I won some free Dairy Queen blizzards from a local news station’s pumpkin carving phot contest I entered over the weekend. Serious, DQ Blizzards – best prize EVER!

Olivia's picture today, Love it! I told her she was missing baby, so she drew her in...see, I'm holding her. LOL

Harvest Party at the Church

Avocado Time!

Thursday was my Friday, THANK GOD! It was a pretty standard day…the girls were off to daycare/school, we were off to work. I’ve been so crazy busy at work, the days just fly by. Christian’s work is picking up with the holiday’s approaching, so he’s been swamped, and will hopefully be picking up lots of overtime over the next couple of months. Olivia has been doing great at school – she comes home with little good behavior “tickets” ALL the time, which I just love to see. I haven’t heard much about how Amelia is doing in Pre-K…her teacher is always gone when I get there to pick them up, and I haven’t heard anything about hem doing conferences any time soon, so I’m getting really curious. I haven’t received any notes for her since this past summer though, and I’ve noticed a bit of a personality change in her over the last few months…like she’s maturing, so I’m getting anxious to hear how she’s doing. Eliza has been doing great as well – she just loves being around the other kids, and is gaining more and more confidence every day. Now that she’s sitting up, they’re moving onto working on crawling with her – she’s not a fan of being on her tummy, AT ALL, so they’re working hard on getting her used to us, and getting her into the crawling position. I can’t believe we’ll have a mobile baby in the next couple of months, so crazy! We gave them the go ahead to start her on a few foods during the day, so I’m hoping that helps keep her full and happy throughout the day. After a busy day of work, I picked the girls up, and we made our way home for a quiet night – a much needed quiet night at that! We had some dinner, took some baths and were all off to bed.

Pumpkin Carving!

This week's throwback was a look back at all of our Halloween's.

Friday was the big day – finally Halloween! It’s funny, before we had kids, I really couldn’t have cared less about Halloween. It just was never my thing, even growing up – it just never excited me. Now with the kids, I just love it. I love seeing their excitement, I love getting them dressed up and experiencing all of the fun with them. It’s like being a kid all over again (all of the candy I get to dip into does help too). Today was also my Friday off, so that’s a bonus! I dropped the girls off at school, and Christian was off to work. Eliza woke up shortly after he left, so we had an early morning, but she did take a nice long nap. I did some cleaning around the house, took care of some paperwork that’s been piling up, showered and got ready for the day while she slept. Once up, I fed her, and we were off to meet Christian at Olivia’s school for the “Fall Parade and Party”. It was cute…for the parade, you just took a seat in the gym, or stood along the hallway, and each of the classes walked by in a little parade – most of them in their costumes. They were all so cute – it’s crazy how much older the 5^th graders look than the sweet little kindergartners, that’s for sure! After the parade, we were able to stop into Olivia’s classroom and help them with a couple little Halloween crafts and play a couple of games with her before heading out. It’s so fun to see her in her class and see how they all interact. Christian took Eliza home with him while I ran to Kohl’s quick…we have a wedding to attend tomorrow, and Eliza’s baptism next weekend, and I have NOTHING to wear (literally, NOTHING, my weight issues are a little out of control right now). I found a pair of dress pants and a cute dressy tank top to wear under a sweater I already have, so I was good to go. I also stopped into Target quick to grab a few things before picking the girls up from daycare on my way home, fed them a quick dinner, and then got them into their costumes. Eliza got to try bananas for the first time tonight – it was definitely a hit! Their little best friend, Bella, and her dad came over, along with Christian’s friend Lorenzo, to go trick or treating with us. It was cold…REALLY cold, but we survived, and managed to say out for about 90 minutes, walking all over the neighborhood. We all stopped back at the house when we were done, had some snacks/food, and everybody left. The girls were off  to bed and we weren’t far behind, per usual. Another Halloween down, and boy were we exhausted!

Halloween Parade at School

Saturday was a pretty fun day. Christian was off to work, so it was just me and the girls for the day. We had some breakfast, and I gave all the girls baths. Eliza went down for a nap, I showered and got the big girls packed up – they were off to my mom’s to spend the night. Christian arrived home a little early, showered, we finished getting ready, packed up the diaper bag and we were off to our friends’, Dan and Michelle, wedding. We arrived to the ceremony just in time (literally, JUST in time) and met up with our other friends, John and Michelle. Eliza survived the ceremony, with barely a peep (thankfully), but it was pretty quick and to the point. After the ceremony, we met John and Michelle at Buffalo Wild Wings for a drink before the reception started (well, I was starving, so I indulged in some wings). We brought a couple of bottles with so I could enjoy a couple of drinks while we were out, so I started with a delicious mojito while we hung out. YUM! Then, we were off to the reception. Going to friends’ weddings is always a little awkward to me…the only people we knew there were John and Michelle, so we all just sat at a table together all night, just us. It was just weird, and uncomfortable. We had a couple drinks, ate, chatted for a while, and we all ended up leaving around 8:00. It’s so strange how different it was from our own wedding, 7 years ago. All of our friends were there ALL NIGHT LONG, it was at a hotel, so everybody booked a room and we all hung out and partied it up together – and, all of our friends knew each other, to some degree, so it wasn’t as awkward. Eliza was getting pretty tired anyway, so we wouldn’t have been able to stay much longer regardless. When we arrived home, we got her off to bed, and settle din to watch “Non-Stop” together before bed. Pretty good movie!

She found her toes!

All Dressed Up!

Partying with my Babe

Sunday was the dreaded Daylight Savings times. Of course, we were up nice and early as a result! It wasn’t so bad though…we ate some breakfast, I got Eliza fed and down for a morning nap, then got to work on my chores around the house. I spent the day doing laundry, I did some organizing in the basement, got all of the dishes washed, cleaned up the kitchen and did some random picking up throughout the house. We have Eliza’s baptism next weekend, and Thanksgiving in a few weeks, and a TON of stuff to do before, but I made a good dent in our list today. My mom brought the big girls home around 1:30, and Christian was pretty much in charge of them while I finished up my list of tasks. I took a break from my chores so we could take the girls to swim class, and made our way right back home. We had dinner and the girls spent the rest of the evening just driving each other INSANE. They would not leave each other alone or stop picking on each other for anything, so, it was early to bed for them. And, Eliza wasn’t far behind. Christian we out for a couple drinks with his friends, so I settled in with a few episodes of “The Blacklist” and some laundry that needed to be folded before I passed out. Another busy week comes to an end!

My Love Bug, Sitting So Big!

Until Next Week! XOXO