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
Until Next Week XOXO
