Monday was another
pretty quiet day around the house. Eliza still seems off since getting her
shots on Friday. She just seems a little extra sensitive, and fussy. Well, I’m
hoping it’s from the shots anyway, and that it passes soon. While I wouldn’t
change it for anything, the days can be long enough with an infant, but a
crabby infant is definitely no picnic. The big girls were home with us for the
day. Amelia is still pretty ambivalent to the world of being a big sister. She
doesn’t hate it or show any ill feelings towards Eliza, but she also just
doesn’t seem to care that she’s around too much either. I guess that’s good…I
mean, she doesn’t seem to be jealous or anything, and we don’t have to worry
about her doing anything to the baby. Olivia on the other hand is very in love
with Eliza. She’s not overly in her face or anything, but she’s been great
about helping out, keeping her entertained while I do things, talking to her.
She likes having her around…unlike when we brought Amelia home, which I still don’t
think she’s accepted. I have caught her trying to pick Eliza up a few times, so
we do have to keep an eye on that, and keep reminding her, but overall, she’s
doing well with the adjustment. The day was pretty standard…the girls played,
and fought, they napped, we ate, Eliza and I had lots of cuddle time. The
usual.
Olivia reading to baby
Finally hung the initial letters I received from one of my amazing mom groups
Tuesday was a
pretty low key day. I finally brought out our bin of baby toys today. Eliza
still doesn’t have much of a grip or anything yet, but she’s starting to show
some interest in things. I can’t believe how fast she’s growing…she’ll be
beyond baby toys before we know it!
Today's Harvest...yup, ONE cucumber, and ONE zucchini. Things are getting exciting!
Bathing beauties!
Took out the bin of baby toys today!
Wednesday
was a pretty rough day. It just seemed like everything was going wrong and
everything was building up. It started off OK, Eliza and I taking our almost
daily walk over to Walmart to get a few things. She wouldn’t fall asleep for
anything today though, and was crabby on top of it, so it was just exhausting.
Christian and I have been arguing and getting overwhelmed trying to get ready
for Amelia’s birthday party next weekend. With the clingy baby in the house,
and his long work hours, we just don’t get much time to get things done/ready.
And he has this lovely (probably typical) attitude that everything he “needs”
(really, wants) to do is so much more important than anything that I actually
NEED to get done (you know, like laundry, grocery shopping, dishes…the little
stuff). I get so frustrated. Then with parties he argues with me about every
little aspect of the party. Seriously, just let me do my thing! LOL. It was
just a really frustrating day, I think everybody was just at the end of their
rope today. But, we are pretty excited because the new pool came today.
“Amelia’s Present” this year is a big pool for the family, and we wanted to get
it here and up in time for her party. The girls don’t know yet, so it will be a
fun surprise once it’s up. But, first, Christian has to measure off the area
and level the ground off first. Tonight, he did the measurements (it will be 4’
deep and 18’ around). I can’t wait! Also, in even more exciting news, Eliza
gave me her first REAL laugh tonight. It was amazing, and it makes up for any
bad that could’ve happened throughout the day, for sure.
On our walk - look at those cheeks!!
So beautiful
On Thursday, I woke
up during the night needing to pump. I ended up finding Olivia sleeping out on
the couch for some reason. When I got up to help Christian get them ready for
school, she started crying uncontrollably, yelling that her hands and feet
hurt. It was so strange, like she was dreaming or something. Christian took
Amelia off to school, and I sent Olivia to her room to rest and see if she felt
better in a while. She woke up a bit later, crying again, this time complaining
that her legs hurt. I don’t know what was going on with her, but I got her to
eat some breakfast, and she started to perk up a bit. I brought her to school
and settled back into the house with Eliza for the day. In the afternoon I got
a call from school that she woke up from her nap crying, again complaining that
her legs hurt, and was running a fever (I think she was just overheated from
sleeping and crying though). So, I picked her up. I have no idea what could be
going on. She’s complained that her legs hurt in the past, which I’ve
attributed to growing pains, but she’s never acted like this before. Hopefully it
doesn’t continue. Of course Amelia spotted me picking Olivia up, so she came
home with us too, and we all had a pretty quiet night in the house, resting.
Christian and his friend Lorenzo started tilling up the ground to level it off
for the pool tonight. It looked like quite a task, that’s all I know!
She can sure be trouble, but she sure is cute!
Twinsies!
My Throwback Thursday photo this year...around this time we'd be taking our annual trip to Duluth. We decided to take the year off, not sure how baby would do, and we sure do miss it!
Friday was a better
day for everybody. The big girls were home for the day, and Olivia seemed back
to normal. She was happy and playing and eating like normal. Hopefully
yesterday was just a freak incident. She and Amelia were actually getting along
really well today too, which always help. They were playing and reading and
taking care of their “babies” together. Eliza actually spent some time on her
own today, in the swing and on her mat, and seemed in much better spirits that
she has been. Yes, life was grand. I even got to take a nice, long, HOT shower
while all of the girls napped, which felt amazing. Nothing like a relaxing
shower. We girls had a quiet night in the house while Christian and Lorenzo
finished leveling the ground, or so we thought, until they started filling it
and all of the water rushed down to one side of the pool. Oops, it’s looking
like a much bigger job than anticipated! They’re hoping tomorrow they’ll be
able to get it all done, but we’ll see.
I just love that smile!
Saturday was a
pretty busy day. The girls and I were off to swim class, while Christian worked
on the pool. My mom came to class today, and she took the girls for the day.
They were off to a little town festival and hanging out at her house for the
day, which was a nice break for me (mostly because they are confined to the
house until the pool is up, for the surprise). Eliza and I were off to my
coworker, Brad’s sons graduation party. One reason I asked my mom to take the
girls…I was off to Minneapolis, in a new area, and going to a party, so I
didn’t want to have to keep track of those two on top of everything. A few of
my coworkers, including my supervisor, were there, so it was fun catching up
with them. They are all certainly pretty anxious for me to return to work. It
does feel good to feel missed, and needed, but it doesn’t make the thought of
going back any easier. Less than two weeks to go, and it just seems crazy to
me. NOT READY! After the party I made my way home. The boys, now with my father
in law on hand too, had finally finished leveling the ground, and turned the
hose on one more time. This time, success. Everything seemed to be filling
evenly and things were looking up. It’s a 4,500 gallon pool, so we had no idea
how long it would take to fill, but at least we were on the way. We finally
turned the water off around 11:30PM…still had a bit to go, but it was getting
there. Thank God, because the girls were like vultures by the door when they
got home, trying to sneak a peek outside!
My necklace came today...It's kind of like the "Oragami Owl" line, but I got it from one of those daily deal sites. I treated myself to a little late Mother's Day gift...each of the girls' first initial, and birthstone. LOVE!!
Sunday was finally
pool day! Well, back up, first, I have to share the fact that it was daylight
out when Eliza woke up today. I couldn’t believe it. Right now, little can
compare to a really great night of sleep, that’s for sure. It gives me hope
that it won’t be much longer before we’re waking up in daylight every day
again! Christian turned the water on again in the morning and after about an
hour the pool was finally full and ready to go. We got the girls in their suits
and brought them out for the big reveal. They were pretty dang excited, and
jumped right in. Though, of course the water was pretty much freezing. They
weren’t able to spend too much time in it, but we’re hoping it will be nice and
warm for the party next weekend. The rest of the day was spent doing a little
picking up, and hanging out around the house. I’m heading into my last full
week of leave and man does that break my heart!
Giving the new pool a whirl!
Until next Week XOXO
