Well, after a busy
weekend of fun and celebrating and unpacking toys and cleaning up, it was back
to reality. Monday – back to work, back to school, back to daycare. I don’t
think any of us were ready to get up and at ‘em this morning, but Olivia was
pretty excited to head back to school after her long winter break. I left work
a tad early to do our “Target Shopping”…grabbed some groceries and a few household
items. Next up was Amelia's "Winter Gala" at daycare. They usually do it around Christmas, holiday themed, but there have been a lot of staffing changes at the center and with all of the chaos from that, they had to push it back. They did a "Frozen" theme this year so of course the kids were totally into it. Amelia did really well, but she was pretty funny. She kept getting distracted by all of the people and her singing would trail off...so I would signal to her to focus and sing louder and she'd get SUPER loud. So funny. Christian wasn't able to get off work early, so he was pretty bummed that he had to miss it. He met us at home with Eliza afterwards and we had a pretty quiet night.
She's so cute!
Tuesday was
FREEEEEZING, and we also got a light snow overnight. Even though it was indeed
a LIGHT snow, traffic was horrible and it took me two hours to get to work.
Ick. After finally getting to work, I fought off a nuisance headache all day
long. Headaches and working on a computer definitely do not mix. But, I toughed
it out and worked through the day. I picked the girls up from daycare….Olivia
and Amelia started fighting and bickering before we even made it home. I was
seriously OVER it before I walked in the door, and Olivia was sent to her room
until dinner. Eliza was crying and fussy all evening, it was just pure chaos.
She finally fell asleep in my arms and we gave up on the world at that point.
Christian made dinner when he arrived home, amidst the crying and chaos and
fighting and arguing from the other two. They were both sent straight to bed
after dinner, I got Eliza fed and down for the night and we finally got a little
peace and quiet before passing out ourselves. It was a rough, rough night.
Sitting in her chair, such a big girl!
Wednesday
was Olivia’s very first ever school closure! What?! Seriously guys, I live in
Minnesota so you wouldn’t think so, but I VERY rarely had “snow days”. I
honestly can only remember 1 in my life, in high school for a MONSTER snow
storm. We had quite a few last year, and this is the first this year. The thing
is…we can handle snow…snow closures are extremely rare around here. I mean,
snow….it’s what we do. It’s the bitter, out of control cold that has been
causing closures. Unfortunately for the kids, it will be a loooooong time
before they truly know the joy of a “snow day”….daycare doesn’t close! So, she
spent the day at KinderCare. I worked from home as usual, and it was nice to
skip another crappy drive. After working the day away, I got to work on some
cleaning before picking the kids up. I vacuumed and got the furniture moved
back in place (post-Christmas). I packed up one tote of Christmas stuff (with
plenty more to do). Slowly making progress. I started dinner and picked the
girls up from daycare. Christian arrived home about the same time as us…we ate,
the girls all got baths and we related together for a while. Eliza was in a
MUCH better mood today, and has actually been going to bed much easier than
usual so far this week, so YAY to that! Today also marks Eliza turning 8 months
old. Come on, can you even believe it?! 8 months. Wow. She is 19lbs and 28” long. She appears to have lost a pound this month…hopefully
just from being sick a few weeks ago and nothing concerning. She’s had a few
new foods and started snacking on little baby treats. In addition to sitting up
and learning more coordination every day, she’s starting to support herself
standing. She twirls and whirls, spins and scoots all over the place now. She’s
starting to wave and loves to jump in her exersaucer. She loves to dance and
hates to be alone. While we’re still squeezing her into her 6-9 month clothes,
we’ll have to start transitioning her soon - all of her pants have turned into
leggings and all of her shirts are just a tad short. Our baby, growing WAY too
fast!
8 Months!
Floor Time with Daddy!
Thursday…still,
horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE traffic!!! God, I hate it. It snowed again
overnight, so, again, it was a two hour commute for me vs. my 25-30 minute
usual commute). And, to follow that up, I left an hour early to ensure I’d get
to daycare on time to pick the girls up. 3 hours of vacation….to sit in the car.
Winter joy. Needless to say, the rest of the day was pretty much a wash…we
picked up fast food for dinner and had a lazy evening. So glad it was my
Friday!
Watching Videos Together, I love when they get along!
As mentioned, this
week is my Friday off, YES!!! Christian brought Amelia to daycare today, while
I took Olivia in for an early morning 6-year check-up (with baby in tote). Now,
this girl was 90% in weight and height for at least the first 2 years. She was
tall and chubby and delicious. She’s been slimming out gradually ever since,
and the trend continued this year. Today she was 42lbs (33%) and 45” tall (26%).
She is a skinny Minnie and doesn’t appear to be growing too fast. She had
perfect sight and everything else checked out well. Her murmur was more
prominent this visit than the last few years, but her doctor didn’t seem overly
concerned about it. They’ll just continue to monitor it as they have been. Like
last year, I did check with them about her lack/slow growth and they don’t seem
concerned about that either. My baby, growing up! After her appointment, I
dropped her off at daycare and Eliza and I spent the day at home. She napped, I
had some breakfast and we spent the day hanging out. She wasn’t as crabby today
as she has been, but still very clingy. I was pretty excited though…a week or
so ago HuffPost Parents posted asking for parents to show off pictures of their
littles in their first snow. So I shared one of my favorite pictures EVER of
Eliza. Well, today they posted a pieced about baby’s first snows and her photo
was included in it!!! She’s totally famous. It’s so dumb, but I was excited. HERE is the link. Other than that excitement, the rest of the afternoon/evening was pretty low
key. I picked the big girls up, Christian worked his usual Friday overtime, and
we just ate, watched some TV together and had a quiet night.
Off to sissy's appointment!
6 Years!!
Haha, trying to crawl...
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She loves her chair!
Saturday was a
pretty great day. After a middle of the night wake-up call with Eliza (ugh!),
she and I actually slept in a little bit. We all had some breakfast and watched
some cartoons to start the day. Christian got ready and was off to his friend
Lorenzo’s to help him work on his garage door…my handyman, always up to
something. My mom picked up Olivia around noon and took her to the mall as a
late birthday celebration...her party last weekend was a “friends only” party,
and she chose not to join us on her actual birthday for pizza and presents with
the grandparents, so she had her own day with her today. They had lunch and she
took her to a couple stores to pick out some gifts. She ended up getting a cute
Frozen/Elsa necklace and a stuffed “Svan” from the Disney store. What a spoiled
girl! Meanwhile, Amelia and I watched some movies, had some lunch and hung out
together with baby. My mom came back to pick her up around 4:00 and they spent
the night at her place. Eliza and I ran to Walmart for some movie snacks, and
Christian picked up some gooooooooood tortas from a Mexican Deli by Lorenzos’
on his way home. YUM! We watched a couple movies before calling it a night
tonight….“Chef” and “Argo” – both were really good.
Until Next Week! XOXO
