Monday kicked off
in a pretty great way…I had the house ALL to myself, ALL day long. Oh man. As
much as I love my little family, and miss spending time with my girls all week
long, I NEED my alone time, for my sanity. I think it’s the only child in me that
comes out…I spent my whole life entertaining myself, being OK with being alone
and doing my own thing, it’s pretty much been a neverending adjustment since
Christian I moved in together years ago. So, days like today, I soak it all in.
Eliza was off to my inlaws, the girls were still with my mom from spending the
night last night, and Christian was off to work. I finished binge watching
“Bates Motel” (seriously, one of the best underrated shows out there, watch
it!), caught up on a few other shoes, washed the girls’ clothes, cleaned the
kitchen and living room up, and did a little shopping – stopped at PetSmart for
Rico’s super expensive food, and Target for a few groceries. My mom brought the
girls home around 2:30, and they seemed pretty exhausted. They pretty much just
relaxed and watched movies most of the afternoon/evening while I finished
cleaning and started prepping dinner. Christian and Eliza arrived home, he
fried up some taquitos….YUM! The girls were off to bed shortly after dinner, we
watched this week’s Walking Dead episode, and were off to bed ourselves. After
yesterday’s incidents with Eliza, she had a pretty good day today. Not sure
what was causing her to throw up, but hopefully it’s passed.
Pacifier hoarder now!
On Tuesday, Eliza
was up bright and early, and would not go back to sleep for anything. Oh man,
by the time I actually had to get up, I was so exhausted from dealing with her.
Days like this, I’d sure give anything to just stay home and not have to drag
my butt to work! But, alas, off we went for the day. Luckily it’s a super short
week, so I have that to look forward to. After work, I picked the girls up, and
had a little chat with Amelia’s teacher. She’s been acting up in class a lot
again…being sassy, talking back. Sounds like it’s just like at home really.
Ugh, I don’t know how to get through to that child! So, we went home, had a chat
and she had her tablet taken away for the night. In more bad news, Eliza had
gone through ALL of her clothes for the day, plus some borrowed clothes…much
like every day. I seriously wish I knew some magic trick to stop her blowouts.
I spend every evening scrubbing out multiple outfits and spraying them down to
pre-treat them. Thankfully I’ve been able to get pretty much everything clean
since she was born, but it’s such a chore. We’ve tried every brand of diaper, I
know they change her regularly at daycare…it happens at home, and at my inlaws
house too, so I know it’s nothing to do with daycare. She’s already in Size 3
diapers, which should fit her for at least another 5 pounds or so. It’s SO
frustrating! She was pretty exhausted today, and fell asleep on the way home,
so I washed her clothes out, picked up a little and settled in. I was so
frustrated and exhausted; I was not in the mood to cook. So, Christian picked
up dinner on his way home (seriously, I would order out every night if it was
socially acceptable, and I don’t even care). The girls played and, of course,
fought most of the evening. Needless to say, it was a pretty early bedtime for
everybody.
Wednesday was a little
annoying…no working at home for me this week, a I had a mandatory training to
attend today. Wah, Wah, my favorite day.
So, off to work I went. Next to meetings, which I hate, trainings are my next
least favorite thing to attend. Overall, the day went pretty fast though. The
girls were all in slightly better spirts tonight, and no bad reports from
daycare, so we all had a much more peaceful evening. Dinner, baths, playtime.
Why can’t every day be so nice?!
Thursday was a
LOOOOOONG day. I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was asked to sit on an
interview panel for a position in another office. Well, today was the day.
Between the pre-interview preparation meeting, the 4 interviews, and the
follow-up meeting after, it literally took up the entire day. I had to skip one
of my pumping sessions and barely got a lunch – I was pretty annoyed by the
whole thing. Not to mention it was a very overwhelming process, and I was so
nervous that I would be completely off base compared to the other panel
members. That part of it ended up going pretty well though. Our interview
scores were fairly similar, and we all had the same top candidate, so that made
me feel a little better. I am very happy it’s over though. But, not being able
to do much actual work today, and tomorrow being my day off, I think next
Monday is going to be an extremely busy day, that’s for sure. Again, our
evening was pretty low-key. Amelia seems to be doing a little better, so let’s
hope that continues.
Olivia celebrated her 100th day of school today. Fun!
Friday was my day
off. It was a pretty busy one. I was up with Eliza in the middle of the
night…she threw up, again, and this time ALL over the bed. So, I was up
cleaning her up, cleaning myself up, ripping apart the bed, and getting her
back to sleep. Good grief, I need a vacation! Christian was off to work in the
morning, and I let the girls sleep in a little bit. Today was spring picture
day for Olivia at school, so I wanted to take my time getting her hair done and
all that. So, once they were up and ready to go, we were off…Eliza fell asleep
while I was dropping the big girls off, and ended up sleeping for quite a
while, so I was able to get some quiet time in. I watched some TV, paid some
bills, balanced the checkbook, SHOWERED! How wonderful. As soon as Eliza woke
up, she made a HUGE mess. All over herself, and her carseat. So, she went
straight into the bath, I had to clean up the carseat – I swear, it’s always
something! Finally, I fed her, and we were off. I decided to bring her into
work for a visit today…they haven’t seen her since shortly after she was born,
and my close work friends were anxious to see her. She was really good while we
were there…she let a couple people hold her, and sat around eating treats while
everyone oogled over her. She’s so sweet. We were going to surprise my mom, but
she had left for a long lunch, and we couldn’t hang around too long, so we
missed visiting her. Eliza started getting fussy and tired, so we loaded back
into the van and made our way home. She fell asleep again on the way home, and
slept for a while again. I watched some shows and relaxed. Christian had his
work holiday dinner tonight, so he went straight from work to that….SO, I
waited until daycare closing time to pick the big girls up. Luckily, we had a
pretty good night. Eliza was pretty happy…she played a little, ate, snuggled
and went to bed. The big girls played together for a while, had dinner, and
watched “Annie” before bed. I folded some clothes (from last weekend, oy!) and
watched my shows before bed. We had a successful day and night on our own,
whew! And, some exciting news, I found out Kevin Hart is coming to town and
snatched up some tickets for his show. I’m going to surprise Christian with
them for his birthday in a few weeks, and I CANNOT wait!! He and George Lopez
are our favorite comedians…we say George for Christian’s birthday a few years
ago, and I’m so excited to see Kevin now. The show isn’t until mid-May, but I
am so excited!! That was a fun way to end the day, for sure.
Getting ready to take off - so close!
Saturday was a
quiet day. After some breakfast and play time, the big girls and I were off to
swim class, which Christian and Eliza stayed home. Amelia had a rough day in
class. Not listening, goofing around, even the lifeguard had to come over and
talk to her. I don’t know how to get through to her, AT ALL. She just does not
listen. I don’t want to take her out of classes, because I want her to actually
learn how to swim, but she’s a danger to herself, and I feel bad that her
instructors have to pay so much attention to her, because they can’t trust to
leave her and work with the other kids. I just keep holding out hope that one
of these weeks, it will finally click, and she’ll knock it off. After class we
made our way home for lunch, and naps for all. We proceeded to have a pretty
lazy day, playing and watching movies at home. Eliza threw up again at bedtime
tonight. I just don’t get it. She doesn’t seem, or act, sick…no fever, no other
symptoms, she just keeps randomly throwing up. We’ve been adding in more and
more food, which is appropriate at this point, but I don’t know if it’s just
too much for her, and it’s bothering her, or what could be causing it. Poor
thing. I ended up falling asleep while putting her down to bed tonight, so it
was a VERY early night for me. Oops!
Saturday Selfie with my Little Love
Sunday started off
bright and early. Luckily I had that early bedtime last night! I got started on
laundry right away. The big girls had their tablets taken away from them for
the day because they haven’t been listening and have been fighting with each
other non-stop. We made plans to go to Perkins, so one by one we showered and
started getting ready. I got the girls ready, Christian got ready….then all
hell broke loose. The girls were at each others’ throats all morning, and just
getting worse as the day went on. After repeated warnings not to, Olivia kept
spouting off potty words, yelling at Amelia and calling her names, so I finally
did something I was hoping I’d never have to do….washed her mouth out with
soap. Yup, I’ve resorted to Grandma’s tactics, and felt like crap for doing it,
but we’ve tried everything to get through to them…yelling, spanking, taking
things away. Something has to give, and something has to get through to them.
Of course this led to a big argument between myself and Christian…he didn’t
agree with my doing it, and I got upset because he thinks everything will just
magically work itself out. So, I refused to go to Perkins. I was done,
exhausted, angry, frustrated, feeling guilty and going out to breakfast with
all of them just was not going to happen. Eliza and I stayed home. I got her
down for a nap and relaxed, trying to regain my composure before they got home.
They came home in slightly better moods…we watched some movies and they relaxed
while I cleaned up the kitchen and washed dishes. Christian ran to his friend
Lorenzo’s to help him move some stuff around in his house, but wasn’t gone too
long. We had dinner and a quiet evening. I really cannot wait for spring/summer
to get here, so we can actually get out and do some things. This cold weather
makes for some loooooong weekends, cooped up in the house. I’m not usually
happy to see the weekend go, but after Eliza’s throwing up and the big girls
with their fighting and disrespect, I was ready to call it a night.
Amelia doesn't often pay much attention to baby. Had to capture this rare shot.
I don't like having to give Eliza bottles at home. It's happening more and more often as time goes on though. Sigh.
Until Next Week!
XOXO
