Monday morning was
ROUGH, to put it nicely. It was freezing, literally. -26 actual temp, -48 with
windchill. The schools are closed statewide, the roads were empty, the parking
lot was empty. Throughout the day, they started canceling schools for Tuesday
as well, because it’s not expected to be much better tomorrow. I will say, I
had myself pretty much convinced I was going to die walking into work this
morning – but, the cold wasn’t nearly as horrible as I prepared myself for. So,
that was a plus. And, thank the Lord, my car started right up after work, which
I spent the day panicking about . Work itself was OK, the day went faster than
expected, so that was a plus. Christian’s friend from work’s car wouldn’t start
this morning, so he picked him up, and brought him home, so he was pretty late
getting home. I stopped quick at Walmart (also DEAD!) for a few groceries,
picked up the girls, and we bunkered down for the night. They played for a
while, but Amelia was having a pretty rough day. She was acting up pretty bad
in school all day, and that carried right on through to home tonight, so that
made for a bit of a long evening. I managed to get dinner made and they ate, finishing
up just as Christian arrived home. We spent some time playing with the girls,
trying to distract them from fighting and acting up, and it was finally time
for Amelia to head to bed. I wasn’t feeling too hot at this point, so I decided
to retire to bed early, with intentions of resting, watching some Sons of
Anarchy and fighting off the stomach ache I was developing. Olivia had other
plans for me, as she followed me into the room and curled up next to me with
the iPad; eventually deciding that she needed to sleep with me tonight. I
couldn’t turn her away, I love my kid cuddles!
The temp I noticed as I was getting ready for work. Ouch.
my "relaxing" mate
Tuesday was another
cooooold day. Slightly better than yesterday, but still cold. There were sheets
of black ice everywhere throughout the city, so there were a ton of accidents
this morning, including two pretty big ones on my route to work. So, while
schools were closed again, and traffic was light, it was a tough drive anyway.
I’m not sure what’s going on – if it’s just pregnancy related, or something
else, but I’ve been exhausted the last couple of days, today being the worst
yet. I was honestly struggling to keep my eyes open all day at work. Needless
to say, I gave Christian a heads up that I’d pretty much be heading right to
bed as soon as he got home tonight! After work, I picked the girls up and we
made our way home. Amelia’s pre-school teacher was gone for the day already, so
one of the floaters was in the room with them. The room was in complete
shambles…there were papers, crayons and markers all over the room, the kids were
loud and chaotic and I could tell the poor teacher was reaching her limit with
the kids. I’ve never seen it like that before, and my heart kind of ached for
her. Of course, she was great with the kids and doing her best to wrangle them
up and clean up, but I could just imagine the HUGE sigh of relief she was going
to be letting out when she got home for the night. I honestly don’t know how
people do that – how you can handle teaching and taking care of a room full of
2-3 year olds all day. It has got to be one of the most stressful jobs on the
planet. Once the girls and I were home, I put in Smurfs 2, for the millionth
time, and rested while the girls watched that. We had a pretty simple,
sandwich/oranges/chips dinner because I did not have the energy to cook
anything. Christian arrived home pretty late, and I was in my jammies, tucked
into bed with Netflix at 7:30. Tonight, both girls decided they needed to join
me, so they watched the iPad for a while. I finally coaxed Amelia into her room
for bed, but Olivia decided that she again had to sleep with me. It was another
early night; hopefully I’ll get some energy back tomorrow!
Double-Trouble Tonight!
Wednesday I was
feeling a little better. I had a little more energy, the weather was picking up
a little bit and I was in a better mood. Work went well…we had a little
afternoon party for one of our co-workers, so I got to enjoy some cake! I
picked up the girls after work, and things seemed much better at the center.
I’ve been seeing a lot of new faces lately, so they must have had an influx of
new applications recently. We arrived home and I got dinner started and did
some cleaning up in the kitchen while the girls played, and eventually threw
Smurfs 2 in….AGAIN! Seriously, I think that movie is going to mysteriously
disappear soon. Christian arrived home, we ate and we all just cuddled up on
the couch for a while. Amelia was off to bed, and Olivia immediately asked me
to go into our room with her…she had already decided she was sleeping in there,
again. I keep asking her why she wants to sleep with me, worrying that she’s
afraid of something, or something is going on. She just says “because I love
you”. Hopefully it’s just a phase. So, she and I were off to cuddle up in bed
again…I continued my tradition of watching some Sons of Anarchy, while she
passed out.
Thursday was a
pretty low key day. The weather is making its way back to normal, school has
been going well, Christian is still busy at work and today was my Friday! YES!
We had a quiet night at home…dinner, baths, a little TV together. Just what we
needed! I was sitting with the girls, and they were both laying on my belly,
seeing if they could hear the baby, which was really cute. Once Amelia was in
bed, I suddenly REALLY felt some kicks, and realized you could see them. I quick
grabbed Olivia, put her hand on my belly, and she got to feel the baby kick a
couple times. Her reaction was priceless, it was SO awesome. She was too young
to care what was going on when I was pregnant with Amelia, so it’s fun to see
what she thinks this time around. Hopefully Amelia will be able to feel them
soon too. I’m excited to be in that stage – nothing like REALLY feeling those
kicks and strengthening that bond. Next up, alien-like crazy movement – which
Christian loves. So fun!
Listening to Baby
Friday was my day
off work. YAY!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite day of the pay period! Originally, Olivia
had a check-up scheduled for this afternoon. It was at an awkward time though,
so I ended up rescheduling it for a couple weeks, right away in the morning.
So, I had the entire day to myself. I had intentions of getting a ton of stuff
done…I dropped the girls off at school, and found myself right back in bed.
Watching Sons of Anarchy all day. Oops. I did finally get up in the afternoon
to get some cleaning done. Got the bedrooms, bathroom, living room and kitchen
cleaned up and organized. So, the day wasn’t a complete loss! I picked the
girls up, we made some dinner, Christian arrived home, and we had a pretty low
key night. Bella and Mariano stopped over briefly around bedtime to play for a
bit. Then, we were all pretty much off to bed. We had an early morning in
store, and we were all pretty exhausted.
Saturday was a
pretty busy day. We were up and getting ready pretty early. I scored some movie
screening passes earlier this week, to see “The Nut Job”, and we decided to
take the girls, for Amelia’s first trip to the theater. You never know how
packed these screenings will be, so we decided to get there nice and early, and
not take any changes. So, I was up showering and getting ready bright and
early, followed by Christian and the girls. Once at the mall, Christian got in
line while the girls and I grabbed some breakfast. The movie was pretty funny,
and the girls seemed to like it…it was in 3D, which I’m not a huge fan of, but the
girls handled it alright. Amelia was actually pretty into the movie…she sat
there well the entire time, watching pretty intently. It was cute. After the
movie, I dropped them off at home for lunch and naps, and made my way out to do
some maternity clothes shopping. Most of my clothes are from Olivia – so
they’re getting pretty old, used and I’m just plain sick of them! And, I’m
carrying this baby much lower and different, so some stuff just doesn’t fit
right this time around. My BFF told me about a maternity consignment shop in
Savage, so I took my Christmas money and made my way there. I found a ton of
cute stuff to revamp my wardrobe, so I’m super excited! I stopped at Target for
a few essentials on my way home, and finally got to sit on my butt and watch
some football with Christian for a while. Once the girls were up, and we were
moving again, we were off to Champps for dinner. I’ve been craving their
Buffalo Chicken Wrap and Waffle Fries FOREVER, so we finally went. YUM!!! The
girls were pretty much right off to bed once we were home. Christian and I
watched “This is the End” (which was OK – not the best), and I pretty much
passed out right away after. Long day for this old, pregnant lady!
Sunday was another
pretty busy – but productive and fun – day. I was at it right away this morning
(well, the girls actually slept in a bit today, which was nice). I threw a load
of laundry in right away, and proceeded to wash, fold and put everything away
throughout the day. I finally got our MOUNDS of dishes washed, dried and put
away, and the kitchen cleaned up. The house (well, the upstairs) was still
fairly organized, so I just did a little picking up. We took a mid-day break to
head out for some fun. It was near 40° today – so, in a weeks’ time, we’ve
basically gone up 90° - isn’t that crazy?!? So, we took advantage of the heat
wave, and took the girls sledding. I found a good hill in Burnsville, not far
from the house. We met Olivia’s BFF Bella, and her dad, there and the girls had
a blast. And, Amelia’s little BFFF Jaiwen, from school happened to be there!
What a coincidence. They were SOOOOOO excited to see each other, it was really
cute. The kids had a blast going down the hill over and over…by themselves,
together, with dad…racing, laughing and having the time of their lives. It was
so fun to watch them. The hill was pretty busy, but we only had one incident
while there – Olivia was at the bottom of the hill when somebody lost control
of their sled, and took her out. I think she was more shocked than anything,
but she was pretty upset about it. We were out for well over an hour, and
decided to call it a day. We all stopped at Burger King on the way home for
lunch, and so the girls could play in the playland for a while, before heading
home. The girls watched videos and played house (they are now obsessed with
playing house – which should be a phase that lasts quite some time according to
my childhood) while I finished my chores. Christian did some driveway scraping
thanks to the melting ice, and made dinner. It was a pretty quiet night. I did
notice Olivia wasn’t acting quite herself…she was getting very warm, her eyes
were watering and she was pretty quiet – all very sudden. We finally took her
temperature, and it was in the 102.5 range. So, we gave her some medicine, a
fever patch and sent her to bed for the night. She eventually woke up, pretty
upset, so I brought her into our bed when Amelia went to bed – and, I at that
point I knew I was in for a longer weekend than anticipated. Throughout the
night, Olivia got worse – she got up to 103.3 for her temp, was sweating and
overheating like crazy, she was talking almost deliriously, and I was getting
pretty worried. I gave her some more medicine and that seemed to help her
sleep, but I barely got a wink. I don’t know what’s up with all of these
random, sudden fevers. So strange!
In other news, I
turned 23 weeks this week. Baby is now a large mango. LOL. I’m feeling pretty
good, especially now that I have a new wardrobe to cheer me up! I am up 18lbs,
which I’m not taking too well (I know a lot of it this time around is water
retention, but still). I think, oh, that’s not too horrible. Until I realize I
have 17ish weeks to go! But, trying my best to keep my head up! And, nothing
can beat the fact that we can now feel baby on the outside, and I can see the
kicks now. Such an amazing feeling, I can’t wait until it’s more frequent! We
still haven’t had any name talks or really thought about getting anything
ready, and we haven’t had any discussions at work yet. Christians’ parents let
us know they’re going to buy us a new infant carseat as our baby gift, and it
sounds like that will be happening soon, so that’s kind of exciting. Even
though I’m not in a rush to “get ready”, I’ve been fighting the urge to bring
the bassinet up out of storage. I’m just getting so excited!! Getting closer
and closer!
Until next week!
XOXO
