2015 - Week 17

(Disclaimer, lame photo week ahead)

Monday. Ick! Back to work, back to school, back to daycare. It always comes way too fast! Olivia had a rough night, complaining that her stomach hurt. She woke up feeling much better though, seemed to be back to normal, and insisted that she go to school. I guess I should be glad that she loves going to school so much. I still haven’t received her softball information for this season yet, which is getting really frustrating. I don’t quite understand why they’re waiting for very last minute! I know it’s either going to be 4 days a week, like soccer, or both playing on the same nights…either way, ouch! After work, I made a Target run. I thought I pretty much had Eliza’s wardrobe set, but with her constant blow outs, and my limited time to do laundry, that was not the case. So, I grabbed her a couple more outfits, and a few groceries. Finally, I picked the girls up and  we made our way home to make dinner and settled in for the night. Eliza was in a GREAT mood, all night. Life is so much easier when baby is happy, that’s for sure. Olivia wouldn’t eat dinner tonight, and started complaining that she didn’t feel well again. I’m starting to worry again…she’s acting similar to how she was when we removed milk from her diet. Hopefully it’s just a fluke. She ended up going to bed pretty early tonight though. The rest of us finished up dinner, I did the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, and everybody else was off to bed, one by one. Eliza took some convincing, but with a little work, she finally went down. Whew, exhausted!

On Tuesday, everybody seemed to be happier and healthier and feeling better, and everybody was off to their appropriate location. Work has been good….I haven’t been overly swamped, but busy enough to keep the days going fast. I picked the girls up after work, and, like usual, Eliza had leaked through all of her clothes. Seriously, I cannot wait for the day that I don’t have to scrub out clothes every day! Today, she used up all of her extra clothes, and came home looking like a hot mess in some extras they threw together for her. Good Lord. She’s on her last box of Size 3 diapers right now, and we’ll be moving her up to 4’s. Hopefully that will work better. Once home, I did some cleaning up around the house, we had dinner, and then all hell broke loose. The girls started fighting about everything and bugging each other, they weren’t listening to either of us, and were both sent to bed, kicking and screaming and throwing a complete fit. They were seriously out of control. Eventually, Amelia had to be moved into our room because they wouldn’t stop. They finally tantrumed themselves to sleep, and not a moment too soon. Deep, deep, DEEP breaths. Once they were finally asleep, we got Eliza down, and I went straight to bed. Again, exhausted!!

This is how she came home today, what a mess!

Wednesday was a much better day. After a typical, low key day for everything, Christian and I met at Lowe’s to pick out some carpet. We finally made our choice, and started checking out, when they noticed an inconsistency in the measurements. Even though I was there, and saw the guy measure both sets of stairs, only one was included in the paperwork. So, now we have to wait until tomorrow to officially place our order, and schedule the installation, after Lowe’s talks to the guy who measured the rooms. Nothing ever seems to go smoothly, I tell ya! We’re already up against the clock, trying to get this done, and get the house back in order before Eliza’s party, this doesn’t help. We’re still not completely sure what we’re going to do yet. We for sure need to do one flight of stairs, and the two bedrooms downstairs, but we’re debating also doing the other flight of stairs and the upstairs living room/hallway (we’ve already replaced the downstairs living room/hallway)…it’s turning out to be a little more expensive than we thought, but I think it would be easiest to do it all at once. Decisions, decisions. After Lowe’s I picked the girls up, Christian picked some dinner up, and we met up at home for a much more peaceful evening. Eliza was exhausted, and off to bed early, and the other two were in much better moods.

Miss Sassy Pants

Thursday was a busy day at work...full of meetings. Meetings after meetings. As anybody who knows me, or has read my blog over time, knows…I HATE meetings. I can fake it like a master, but I am not a people person, at all, so meetings take me completely out of my comfort zone. I try to focus on the silver lining though, that they make the day go fast. Before I knew it, I was picking up my girlies from daycare. Eliza…sweet Eliza, she is so funny at pick up. Picking her up from daycare is pretty much my most favorite time of day. When I walk in the door, and she spots me, she gets the biggest smile in the world across her face, drops to her hands and knees, and crawls to me as fast and her little body will (she  narrowly escapes a face plant or two every day). That joy….it’s a joy that I think only a mother can ever really understand. Knowing that I make her happier than anybody, and anything, in the entire world...that seeing me can bring her so much happiness and joy, it is just amazing. Even my big, almost too cool, girls will grace me with a giant hug at pick up some days. Ugh, warms my heart. Today, Eliza literally crawled over another baby, who was playing on the floor next to her, to get to me. I had to quick run and pick her up before she smooshed the poor thing. LOL, so funny. Once home, the carpet saga continued. Lowe’s finally got in touch with the measurement guy, and finalized the order….we came to an agreement to go ahead and do the entire plan (which, will just leave us with our two bedrooms to do down the road), and he took our Lowe’s card number to place the order (they have an 18 month 0% financing deal going on right now). At that point, we were just supposed to wait for a call from the installer to schedule a date. Next thing you know, Lowe’s is calling me back, telling me that our card had a $0 balance on it, likely due to inactivity. So, Christian had to call the credit card center to straighten it out. Apparently, if you don’t use your Lowe’s card in 6 months time, they put the balance down to $0 for safety reasons. This honestly makes no sense to me, whatsoever. We were already upset, and then they told us to get approved for the carpet payment, they’d have to re-run Christian’s credit history. Another check on his credit, because of their ridiculous program, and I was beyond upset. We’d had a $6,500 limit there, and here we are, starting all over again. After some argument and choice words, we agreed to do what needed to be done, and SHOCKER, they came back with a $6,500 credit limit. At this point, we couldn’t hang up with them fast enough we were so annoyed and upset. FINALLY, the payment went through, and it was time to wait for the installer to call. What a pain!!! Everything is always such a hassle! With that mess taken care of, we were finally able to have some dinner, and settle in for the night. The girls are obsessed with the “Penguins of Madagascar” movie, and watched it for the 100^th time before bed. This has been an exhausting week, have I mentioned that?!

When they actually get along. It's a rarity.

Friday, FINALLY Friday! And, with being held up in meetings most of the day yesterday, today flew by I was so busy.  And, I had another meeting this afternoon, so I was clocking out before I knew it. I picked Eliza up from my mom’s, picked the big girls up from daycare, and we all made our way home for a quiet night. Christian was able to schedule the carpet installation for next Friday…I’m off that day, and he’s taking the day off, so it should go pretty smoothly. That will give us basically just that weekend to get the house back in order after the installation, so we’re ready for Eliza’s party the next weekend. Down to the wire folks, that’s what we do! Our evening was low-key and just what we needed after a busy, chaotic week. Dinner, some movies, and lots of R&R

Saturday was a busy day. Christian was off to work, like usual. I got the girls a mini-breakfast, got everybody ready, and we were on our way to swim class. This session, their classes are at 9:00AM…why in the world I thought it was a good idea to schedule 9:00AM classes, on Saturday morning, when Christian works most Saturday’s, is beyond me. I whipped out the umbrella stroller today, to keep Eliza contained, which worked pretty well. Other than trying to get it and all of our stuff up and down the observation deck stairs, while carrying her. I must have looked like a hot mess, that’s all I know. I got the girls dried off and dressed after class, we stopped at Target for some groceries, and settled in at home. Eliza took a nice, long nap while we ate some dinner and watched a couple movies. Christian’s friend Lorenzo came over after work to help him clear out the downstairs bedroom and rip up the carpet in there right now, ahead of the carpet installation. Getting a head start, for a chance. We won’t be able to do the upstairs until the night before, so it’s nice to get something out of the way. We ate dinner and watched some TV, just hung out. The girls were off to bed, one by one, and Christian and Lorenzo wandered across the street to the neighbors’ house for a couple of beers. I settled in with Netflix, and I just realized that the final season of Sons of Anarchy is FINALLY available. SO EXCITED!!! Perfect way to end a day.

I had to bribe her with treats to get her to accept the restraints at swim class.

Sunday was another busy day around the house. Christian wasn’t feeling well most of the day, so he spent a lot of it resting on the couch. I got laundry going, did my usual cleaning up, and made a nice big breakfast. The girls played with all of their Monster High stuff for a while, played in their room for a big, did some coloring and drawing. They were actually getting along…REALLY well, and keeping themselves pretty entertained. Always a welcomed surprise when they actually behave. While Eliza napped, we watched a couple movies on Netflix and relaxed. After some rest and lunch, I finished my cleaning duties, getting the kitchen in order, and finished up laundry, while the girls played outside for a while. Amelia started getting snippy and talking back, ruining a perfectly happy, peaceful day, and was sent to her room, kicking and screaming (sound familiar?!) That kid, I don’t know what we’re going to do with her! She finally calmed down, we had dinner, and we started to wind down for the day. Once the girls were in bed, Christian was off to a friends’ house to watch the soccer game (miraculously feeling better!), so I settled in to watch some more Sons of Anarchy. And with that, another week came to an end. We’re heading into a busy week, and I am not ready for it.

Until Next Week! XOXO