Monday started off
pretty typical. Everybody was up and off to their appropriate location for the
day. I worked the day away, picked the big girls up from daycare, did some
cleaning around the house and started dinner. Pretty standard, all around. Christian
and Eliza home just in time for dinner, and she had a good day with his
parents. I officially started birthday planning today – can you believe it…in a
month, we’ll have a 1 year old!!! Whoa. We (I) decided on a ladybug theme for
her party, so I ordered some decorations and party supplies from Oriental
Trading Company. Fun!! I hope to get some invitations made and sent out this
week, it seems so far away, but it will be here in the blink of an eye. I
mentioned a couple of weeks ago that Christian’s best friend had let us use his
Comcast log-in information, and it turns out this week they have a “watch-a-thon”
going on, and HBO is free for the week. As soon as I realized, I started up the
last season of Game of Thrones…SO EXCITED!!! Trust me, I realize how sad it is
that TV makes me SO happy, and SO excited. I accept my addiction.
Tuesday started off
rough…real rough. Especially for the girls. Eliza had a hard night, and kept
waking up. The big girls usually sleep through her waking up, but even they
were up a couple of times. So I decided to let them sleep in a little bit.
Eliza woke up first, so I got her fed, took her 11 month picture and got her
ready to go. As the other two woke up, I got them ready, and we were finally
out the door. I dropped them all off at daycare and I was off to work. A late
start to the day usually makes the day fly right now, and I was plugging away,
all day long, until late this afternoon – when I realized that a few months ago
I made a huge, HUGE mistake at work. It’s hard to explain when people don’t
understand exactly what I do, but basically I awarded a project to a company
that did not actually “win” the project, and I just now realized my mistake.
Luckily the contract for this project is not executed yet, but it’s pretty much
the biggest mistake that I can make at work, so it’s mortifying. UGH!!!
Tomorrow will start a LONG string of meetings and e-mails to work through that
error. I just want to die I’m so embarrassed! So, I ended the day feeling
pretty defeated. I stopped for some groceries after work, picked the girls up,
and started dinner when we arrived home. I did receive their spring pictures
back today, so that definitely cheered me up. They are SO.DANG.CUTE, I just
love them! As I mentioned, this morning I took Eliza’s 11 month photo. She’s
officially 11 months old, can you believe it?! She’s 22.6 lbs and 29” long. She
is crawling around and cruising along everything like crazy, she never stops
moving anymore, and she just zips around, lightening fast! We’re in the process
of moving her up to 18 month clothes. Yes, she’s not even 1, and she’ll be
wearing 18 month clothes. That belly, let me tell you! She’s now sleeping in
her crib full time, and she’s doing really well at it. Next up, she needs to
move into her convertible carseat – my arm can’t handle it anymore! My milk
supply has dropped over the last week or so, BIG TIME. She’s been frustrated
when nursing, and my pumping output hasn’t been anywhere near where it needs to
be. So, over the next week, I’ll be weaning her off of breastmilk, and onto
formula full time for the last month. It’s never an easy decision, to stop
nursing/pumping. No matter how long you do it. But, it’s so time consuming and
so stressful, there just comes a point where it’s not worth it anymore (for me
anyway). I’ll be pumping in the morning and evenings for the next week or so,
so that I’m not in too much pain as I dry up, and that will be it. It’s
emotional, which always seems to unexpected. Other than that revelation, this
evening was pretty standard….we had “Taco Tuesday”, watched a little TV, and
everybody was off to bed.
Wednesday and
Thursday are a bit of a blur for me. Wednesday, I don’t remember whatsoever.
Thursday, had a bit of a high and a low. Eliza officially moved into her
convertible carseat….after weeks of begging Christian to swap out the seats in
the van, he finally did it. She thought it was pretty hilarious, but she still
hates going in it. The only better thing about the infant seat is being able to
keep her strapped in and contained when we go somewhere. Now, I have to battle
her to keep her in place. Ay! Also good news, when a woman I work with heard
about the move, she asked if she could buy our infant carseat, so that saves me
a craigslist post! WOOT! She’s also going to buy our diaper genie…cleaning
house!! In the low of the day…while we made a good amount on it, I also sold
our bassinet today. I’ve always thought selling the girls’ clothes would be the
hardest thing…all of those memories, it’s hard to let go of those physical
reminders. But, nope, turns out getting rid of their first bed is the hardest
thing. Eliza only used it a couple times, and Amelia didn’t really use it too
much either, but it was Olivia’s main bed for her first few months…it was SO
hard to hand it over and say goodbye to it. I was WAY more sentimental over it
than I expected.
Big Girl!!!
This weeks throwback...of course, little Olivia taking the bassinet for it's first whirl. Tear!
On Friday, Eliza was
off to my mom’s. She had been coming over to our place to watch Eliza since I
returned to work, but now that she has her new place, and it’s further away
from us (and close to work), she wanted
to make the switch. So, new chaos…dropping kids off at two different places. Oh
boy, just what I needed…another morning task! Once I finally made it to work,
the day went quickly. I delivered the carseat and diaper genie, and somebody
stopped by my work to buy our baby bullet. I’m a selling machine!!! I’m not
sure what we’re going to use this money for…probably our summer trip to Duluth,
if we go, or a shed for the yard. Either way, as hard as it is to get rid of
this stuff, it’s nice to get the space back! After work, I picked Eliza up, we
stopped at target and we made our way home. I fed her, and when Christian
arrived home, I was off to pick up the big girls and take them to a birthday
party. One of Olivia’s friends from KinderCare, Yara, invited her to her party
at a bowling alley. Yara has a brother in Amelia’s class, so she invited her to
come and play with him. Olivia had a BLAST…the birthday girl was turning 8, so
some of the older girls were there, and Olivia was in heave. Amelia was acting
up all night – wouldn’t listen for anything. I was so frustrated, but basically
tried to ignore her. Part of the party package was that each kid got an arcade
card. Because of her behavior, Amelia didn’t get to use hers. So, she just
followed us around while Olivia spent hers. I felt like an asshole, but had to
put my foot down. Someday we’ll get through to her…I’m sure of it. So, needless
to say, it was bedtime when we arrived home. And, I was so exhausted, I wasn’t
far behind.
Bowling party!
On Saturday, Christian
was off work. The girls started their new swim class. I signed them both up for
the 9:00AM session, and I don’t know what the heck I was thinking. 9:00AM on a
Saturday is really early to get up and out of the house…and I can’t imagine how
chaotic it will be on days Christian has to work. I’m not going to make that
mistake again! So, the girls had a quick breakfast and we were off to class. After
class, the instructor told us they were going to move Olivia up to the Intermediate
class, which was pretty exciting! Little fish I tell ya! Amelia did really well
in her class too, so hopefully she keeps it up. We picked up an early lunch,
ate, and the girls all went down for a nap. Christian did some work in the
garage most of the day, while I folded some laundry and watched some shows. I
finished Game of Thrones and started True Detective, taking advantage of the
last of the free HBO week. When the big girls woke up, they went outside to
play and enjoy the awesome weather we’re having. Eventually, Eliza was up, and
we forced the big girls to come in, clean up and eat some dinner. After that,
we had a pretty quiet evening…the girls were off to bed, one by one, I just
about finished True Detective, and Christian’s friend Lorenzo stopped by to
hang out with him and our neighbor for a while. Pretty quiet Saturday night.
Post Bath - she's such a cutie!
Turned her mat into a tunnel today, she loves it!
Little by little, she's been standing on her own for a few seconds here and there!
Sunday was a pretty
low key day. I slept in a little bit (so, you know that means the girls
actually slept in a little bit). We had breakfast, I started this week’s
laundry, and I hung out with the girls. Also, I pumped for the very last time…ever!
I can’t believe I’m actually done, and I won’t be lugging that black bag around
with me anymore. After pumping, I packed up the three pumps that I have, and
got them ready to send back to Medela. They have a recycling program that
supports the Ronald McDonald house, so I’m glad they’re going to a good cause. Christian
was on Daddy duty most of the day while I went through closets and did some
general cleaning up around the house. I’ve been gathering up stuff, trying to
get it ready to sell, so I’ve been working on putting all of that together.
Eliza took a pretty great nap, while I did some cleaning, and the big girls
hung out with Christian outside. The girls’ BFF, Bella, and her Dad came over
to hang out and grill with us, so Eliza and I joined everybody outside.
Eventually, we had to force everybody back into the house, into the showers,
and off to bed. I finished up the laundry and dishes and I was absolutely exhausted!
Before bed, I finished True Detective. Meh – I wanted to LOVE it, but I really
didn’t see what all of the excitement was over it.
Outside fun with my lovies!
Helping Daddy fix her toy.
Until Next Week!
XOXO
