Well, Monday started our
newest family normal. It was Christian’s first day on his new shift. So, first
up, this change meant I had to drop Eliza off in the morning. Normally, on
Monday’s, I drop the big girls at daycare, and Christian drops Eliza off at his
parents’ house. Since he stays home now during the day (but, needs sleep/rest
since he works later), he can’t really logically bring her over there. So…now I
have two drop off’s on Mondays. No fun!!! I showered, got ready, packed up, got
the girls ready and loaded up the van. First, I dropped the big girls off at
daycare. Next, I dropped Eliza off at my
in-laws. I was actually making really good time, I was super proud of myself.
Then…I got to my exit ramp to work, and it was backed up to the highway. The
lights were all wonky and only letting a couple cars through at a time.
SEEEEEEEE, it’s always something. I’m ALWAYS late for some off the wall reason.
Ugh. After working all day, I was back on the road for two pick-ups…first
Eliza, then the big girls, finally settled in at home for the night. We had
dinner, and the girls spent the rest of the night having a little “dance party”
in their room. They crack me up…they blast their little radio and turn on their
little pink light and dance around like crazy. It’s so fun to be 5/6/1.
Christian was off to his 1st night on the overnight shift, and I
caught up on a little Hulu. I was able to get the girls off to bed a little early,
but Eliza kept waking up, screaming and crying. I’m trying hard to let her “cry
it out” and stop running into her, but man is it hard. I’m not a big fan of
letting infants cry it out, but I do believe once they reach a certain point in
toddlerhood, it’s time to cut that sleep cord a little bit. That’s definitely
not always easy though. Especially when I have to worry about her keeping the
other two awake. So, needless to say, my hopes of getting to bed early did not
quite pan out. For Buddy Day 7, the girls found him swinging from their doorway
tonight. Such a fun guy!
Swinging Away
I was putting their new Santa photo in the frame at work, and saw Olivia's first Santa photo. Can you believe how much she and Eliza look alike?!
Today, Eliza also turned 19 months old…19 Months! She weighs in at 28.6 lbs and she’s 31" Tall. She's switching between 24 month and 2T clothes, wearing Size 5 Shoes and Size 5 diapers. She drinks from a cup great, she’s a terrible eater and she needs constant attention and entertainment. She’s had a rough month of teething (just waiting on those last 4 to come in) and illness, but she’s still the sweetest thing. She loves taking pictures now, we just need to work on staying still for more than 5 seconds, and she's working on building her first sentences now - her favorites are “I want milk” and “I want candy”. Ha. Other than when she isn’t feeling well, she only uses her pacifier for sleep now, so we’re getting there. She started stacking blocks really well in the last month or so, loves to help pick up and throw things away and she's the nosiest person I’ve ever met - always has to know what's going on and be in the middle of everything. She’s been leery of the snow, still warming up to it, loves to help find “Buddy” every day and copies EVERYTHING we do or say (so, be careful!). I can't believe we'll be ringing in her 2nd Christmas this month, so awesome.
On Tuesday, I was up, ready and off with the girls. I had a really busy day at work, but I’m feeling completely unmotivated again. It’s so hard this time of year…between Christmas/Holiday stuff, Olivia’s birthday, our friends coming to town for a visit later this month – I just can’t focus on anything else. I feel like we should just get the entire month off of work – wouldn’t that be amazing?! After work, I picked the girls up and we made our way home. The girls got their party up and running right away. Christian was so exhausted – I hope he’s able to adjust to this new schedule quickly, poor guy. We had dinner and hung out for a little bit before he was off for another night. The girls and I hung out, did some reading and had some TV time before bed…which was MUCH more successful tonight. WOOT! Hopefully we’ve turned that corner. For Buddy Day 8, he brought ornament making supplies. We made the same glitter ornaments a couple years ago, but I used plastic ornaments, and the glitter didn’t hold up too well. Hopefully the glass ones fare better.
On
Wednesday, we were back at it again. I wasn’t feeling well today, at all, so it
was a pretty rough morning. But, had to get up and going. I dropped the girls
off and Eliza was SOOOOOOO crabby. She makes the mornings so difficult, she
doesn’t want to cooperate with anything, and once she’s up, I can’t get
ANYTHING done, so I have to try to make sure everything and everybody else is
ready to go before she gets up. Thankfully, she still goes right to the teacher
when we get to daycare, happy as a clam, so hopefully she does better there
than at home. I was finally off to work…I’ve been late, like usual, this week,
but actually much closer to being on time than usual. Maybe I’m actually
pulling my act together after all! I left work briefly for a doctor’s
appointment, then made my way back to finish the day out. I picked the girls up after school….Olivia was
SO excited to see me, and tell me that she’s going to be on the “news” next
week for reading 150 books. I had to verify that she’s talking about the SCHOOL
news, LOL, but it was amazing to see her so proud of herself. She also received
a little award from her teacher today for mastering all of her 1st
grade words. Only 3 months in and she’s already accomplished so much. She’s
doing amazing!! We made yesterday’s Christmas ornaments as soon as we arrived
home, and had dinner before Christian was off to work. Otherwise, we had a
pretty quiet night, and another early bedtime. Another night of great sleep,
thankfully. For Buddy Day 9, he was found atop the Christmas Tree tonight…I think
he feels bad that our topper broke. So sad.
Thursday
was my Friday, and so very welcomed! I dropped the girls
off at daycare and was off to work. Had a busy day catching up on everything before
the weekend. I picked the girls up after work and we settled in at home for a
pretty quiet night. Dinner, some TV, baths, reading…Christian was off to work,
the girls had another little dance party. It’s seriously hilarious. Nothing too
exiting, nothing too crazy – that’s never a bad thing. For Buddy Day 10, he
hung Christmas Lights up around the girls’ bunk beds. How fun!
On Friday, Christian arrived home
as I was getting the girls ready. He’s officially finished his first week on
the overnight shift, and he survived. YAY!!! We still have a lot of adjusting
to do…so far I’m taking on a lot more of a burden than I expected (he basically
goes to bed as soon as he gets home [anywhere between 6:30 and 8:00], and doesn’t
get up until we’re home at night – which leaves me to do everything). That’s
not going to fly – but I’m letting him get his body adjusted to everything
before we nip that in the bud. I brought the big girls to daycare, grabbed some
breakfast, and settled in at home. Christian was off to bed, so Eliza and I
hung out for the day. We played, watched some TV, ate some meals, did some
snacking, just hung out. She ended up taking an earlier than usual nap today – she was just
exhausted, so I enjoyed some alone time catching up on Hulu, playing on my
phone and doing a whole lotta nothing! Once Eliza was up, she had a late lunch,
we played some more and I worked on doing some cleaning in the kitchen. When
Christian woke up, I left to get the girls from daycare, and we stopped home to
get ready for gymnastics. Christian stayed home with Eliza, which saved me a
little bit of chaos. While they were in class, I signed them up for the next
session. They’ve been doing so well, and they just LOVE it, I think we’ll stick
with it for a while. Christian had dinner ready when we arrived home, so we ate
quick and the girls were off to bed shortly after. We watched “Interstellar”,
which was SUPER weird, but pretty interesting, before I passed out for the
night. For Buddy Day 11, he hung up paper snowflakes all over the house. It’s a
winter wonderland in our house!
Saturday was a busy day! I was up
and showered right away, getting ready for the day, while Christian got the
girls settled in with breakfast. And I was off to do pretty much all of our
Christmas shopping (all by MYSELF!!!). At this point. I hadn’t really done
anything, except make and order our 2015 photbooks, so I had a TON of stuff to
do. First up, I stopped at the Mall of America to go to the Disney Store and Children’s
Place, and grab some lunch. Next up, I stopped at Hallmark for Olivia’s “7”
figuring, and maybe some grandparent nic-nacs, but it was a total bust. I
stopped in Ulta, and finally Target. Oh man…bags, upon bags, upon BAGS of
stuff. I was so exhausted, but other than a couple gift cards, I was pretty
much done shopping. Such a relief!! The rest of the night was pretty quiet. I
hung out with the girls, we watched some movies…Christian took Eliza on a run
to his parents’ house to pick up some tamales that his mom made. When he arrived
home, we had dinner, watched some more movies, until Amelia fell asleep on the
couch. She and Eliza were off to bed, while I let Olivia stay up with us for a
while. Spoiled girl. What an exhausting day! For Buddy Day 12, he decorated the
kitchen cabinets with bows. Holiday, everywhere you look!
Look at the cute canvases the girls made at daycare! Love them!
Sunday was a pretty quiet day around
the house. I slept in, which was wonderful. Worked on laundry throughout the day,
and packed up all of the Christmas totes back under the stairs. And, I finally
unloaded the gifts/bags out of the van. What a task! We had breakfast, watched TV,
did some picking up around the house. Just the usual chores for the most part.
Eliza took a nap, as did Christian. His work has him working Sunday’s through the
Holidays because they’re just so crazy busy, so he had to get some rest in
before his shift. Once everybody was up, we got ready and met my mom for a (very)
belated anniversary dinner at Mama’s – so delish!!! Christian went right to
work from dinner, while the girls and I made our way home. We worked on their
homework and reading, everybody got into their jammies, and it wasn’t long
before it was time for bed. The girls were up late laughing and goofing around –
which both entertains, and annoys me, knowing how exhausted they’ll be in the
morning. The finally fell asleep around 9:45. Dang kids! I managed to get in some
TV time before passing out myself – I guess it’ll be a rough Monday for
everybody! For Buddy Day 13, the girls found him reading to some friends.
Awwww.
Until Next Week! XOXO
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