2015 - Week 47

Monday kicked off another week, in kind of a rough way. We had a very long night. I don’t know what was going on, but between my mind going a mile a minute, thinking about a million things, and the girls all having a rough night, there was little sleep going on. I drug myself out of bed to shower and get ready, beyond exhausted, and we got our day started. Olivia seems to be healing really well from her eye issues. Her eye is still kind of droopy, so I’m not exactly sure what’s going on there. I hope she didn’t cut a nerve or something horrible when she got her injury, but it seems weird that it’s still so out of whack. Christian was off to work, I dropped the big girls off at daycare, and then I took Eliza in for her 18 month check-up. She’s still soooooo crabby, just plain miserable, especially in the morning. And, we noticed that she’s been chewing through all of her pacifiers suddenly. I don’t know if it’s because she really doesn’t need them anymore, or if her teeth are bothering her. Maybe a combo, but now I’m terrified she’s going to choke on them. Ugh! She fell asleep on the way to the clinic, and ended up spilling her sippy cup of water all over herself. Of course, I had no extra clothes with me, so she was soaking wet the entire appointment. A+ parenting right there! The doctor was running late, as usual, but the check-up went well. She’s 92% for weight, 83% for height, so pretty much online with where she has been all along. She’s healthy, and perfect as can be developmentally. He was able to verify that she doesn’t have any pink eye going on, just a standard head cold, so that’s a relief. She got her flu shot and another vaccination, which she was NOT happy about, but now she’s done with shots until she’s 4, so that’s pretty awesome! Finally, I dropped her off at my in-laws for the day, and I was off to work. The day went by pretty fast, being late and so busy, it just flew by. I stopped at Walmart after work for a few groceries, picked the big girls up, and got some more laundry going. I never seem to finish it in one day anymore…too many clothes!!! I started dinner, and we ate as soon as Christian and Eliza arrived home. We did receive another e-mail today, from Amelia’s teacher, about ANOTHER incident. Today, she hit another kid in class. Apparently a little boy took her hand sanitizer, wouldn’t give it back and then threw it across the room…so, she got mad and hit him. So, we had to have a little chat about that tonight. I was sure to point out to the teacher “why did he have her property to begin with”, but it obviously doesn’t excuse her actions. Just another day of joy!! We’re getting some crazy rain right now, and of course, our sump pump clogged, so Christian and to go out in the rain and fix that. Always something to work on, that’s for sure. We finally got the girls to bed and relaxed for a little while before passing out. Eliza only woke up once tonight, so fingers crossed that she’ll finally be sleeping better soon!

Waiting for the doctor.

On Tuesday, Christian was off to work early. He’s starting to shift his hours up a little bit, to start transitioning to his overnight hours a little bit over the next couple of weeks. As soon as he left, I got up, got ready, got the girls up and ready, and we were on our way. Eliza was very clingy and upset this morning, poor thing. I’m guessing a shots and teething combo, and it’s NO FUN! Traffic was pretty bad today, a lot of standing water along the highway, and no end to the rain in sight either. So weird, mid-November and these crazy rain storms – definitely not normal. I picked the girls up after work, and we settled in at home. Eliza was still SUPER crabby and wouldn’t let me do ANYTHING. She’s drooling like crazy too – they’ve been keeping her in a bib at daycare, so while I’ve said it a million times, she has GOT to be teething. Poor thing. I whipped up dinner quick when Christian arrived home, we ate, watched some TV, did our reading, the usual. Amelia brought home her first “Book Bag” today, and she did SO WELL reading her book. It brought me back to last year and how exciting it was to see Olivia really reading for the first time, and just starting to learn. Now we get to do it all over again. I seriously think watching your kids learn and start to figure all of those things out (reading, math, sounding words out, spelling, etc.) is one of the greatest gifts of being a parent. It’s so amazing. Overall, the girls were so goofy and loud and crazy, full of energy and having fun, I think they’re definitely feeling better and we might actually be on the road to recovery in our house!

On Wednesday I woke up after a full, quiet, peaceful night of sleep. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!! I swear, I didn’t think it would ever happen again. And, we were actually able to sleep in a little bit today, which is even better. I got up and ready, got the girls up and ready, and we were on our way. I dropped Amelia and Eliza off at daycare, and Olivia and I were off to her eye appointment. While things were healing well, the Urgent Care doctor still wanted her to be seem by an ophthalmologist just to be safe. We ended up with kind of a mixed bag of results from the doctor. Her actual vision is great, perfect, and there are no scratches or lingering issues from her injury or Iritis. So that’s GREAT! But, she felt like the swelling on her lid (likely causing the droopy look) is still pretty significant for how much time has passed, and the muscle reaction time of her eyes was a little off, so she’s concerned about a possible lazy eye. Of course, if that’s the case, she’d need glasses to correct it. We didn’t have time for them to dilate her eyes today, so the doctor asked us to come back in a couple of weeks to re-check the swelling, and do a full eye exam, dilation and everything. Now, pins and needs for a few more weeks. I just can’t wait to get the all clear on all of this eye stuff, or at least a plan of action if that’s not the case. After her appointment, I dropped her off to school for the day, and was finally off to work. Another pretty quick day going in late. After work, I picked the girls up, started dinner while the big girls watched a movie and Eliza cried and pulled at my pant leg the entire time I tried to cook. This kid…I know part of it is that she’s not feeling so great, but she also needs CONSTANT attention and entertainment. I wish we could figure out how to get her to entertain herself…play with her toys, do her own thing. I don’t remember the other two being like that, so clingy and disinterested in all of their stuff. It’s so weird. We finally ate dinner, got into our jammies and settled in for the night. Except for Christian…we discovered that between the chewed through pacifiers we threw away and the one (or two maybe) that were forgotten at daycare, we were out of pacifiers. AND, our main bathroom toilet isn’t flushing well, so Christian was off to get supplies to fix it, and a new set of pacifiers. Those damn pacifiers, they’re going to be the death of me! As soon as he arrived home, the girls were off to bed, he fixed the toilet and we passed out as well. It seems like it’s been a hectic week!

Ready for her 1st real eye doctor appointment!

I caught them taking selfies tonight. Oh boy!

On Thursday, we woke up after another rough night with Eliza. I SERIOUSLY wish I knew what was going on. She just seems way too old to have this hard of a time sleeping, I don’t get it. Teething, maybe still from her shots, a cold…I think it’s just this terrible storm of everything possible hitting her. It’s so hard to watch her so miserable and having such a hard time, and I am BEYOND exhausted! This time, Christian eventually took her out on the couch until she was passed out again. Sometimes he just has to take one for the team; overall he gets off pretty lucky. What seemed like much too early, we were up, getting ready, and out the door. I dropped the girls off at daycare and then I swear that I saw snowflakes as I pulled into work. SO NOT READY FOR THIS!!! I had a really busy day at work today, and we had an office meeting that took up ½ of it, so it was another quick day. I stopped at Target after work to pick up a few things for the house and some donation items for school, picked the girls up from daycare, and we settled in at home. We got homework done, had dinner, and a pretty quiet night. Eliza, of course, still super clingy and just not herself. I sure hope she shakes whatever is going on REALLY soon.

Sometimes we just have to put baby in the fridge, and let her figure out what she wants on her own. Drama!

On Friday, we were up and going. It did snow a little yesterday, so the girls needed their snow stuff for school…I packed all of that up, backed up their backpacks, my purse, Eliza’s diaper bag, and laded everything, and everyone, into the van. It seemed like I was packing up the entire house, goodness. It was a quiet day at work today, so I was able to get a ton done. Sometimes you just need those quiet days to buckle down and focus on your work. After work, I picked Eliza up, and stopped to pick up a “garage sale site” sale…a rollercoaster for Eliza, for Christmas. I CANNOT wait to see her ride this thing, it’s going to be so awesome! We picked the big girls up from daycare, stopped home to change and have a quick dinner, and we were off to gymnastics. Christian had to work really late tonight, she he wasn’t able to go. Luckily Eliza was really well behaved tonight, otherwise I think I would pull my hair out with how chaotic gymnastics is. The girls are doing really well, and I think they’re really going to pick up some skills fast. They are LOVING gymnastics, and I think it’s going to be really great for them. Christian picked up some dinner for us on his way home, and met us right about the same time we got home. The girls were off to bed a short time later, Christian passed out, and I spent a little time with Hulu before passing out myself. Finally the weekend!!!

The girls got some ribbons in the coloring contest at my work! Amelia, Honorable Mention for her age, and Olivia 1st Place for hers! Woot!! What a fun little keepsake for their baby books.

The twins had an ice cream party before bed tonight.

On Saturday, Christian was off to work, so the girls and I hung out around the house. We watched some movies, played some games and had a pretty good day just hanging out. No major incidents, no battles to the death, even Eliza was in a pretty good mood. Hallelujah, a happy day!! I worked on some dishes and did a little picking up around the house, and right after Christian arrived home from work, my in-laws stopped over with some food to grill. We chatted, ate, hung out for a while. Just a pretty low-key get-together. After they left, Christian was on dad duty, while I started Phase 1 of the basement cleanup…which is getting everything from upstairs, that belongs downstairs, downstairs, and then moving everything around back into it’s appropriate area/room (toy room, spare room, living room). While I worked on that, Christian got the girls to bed, and he left to go watch the fight with some friends. I was pretty exhausted by the time I finished moving stuff around, and my back was killing me, so I decided to work on Phase 2 another day. I settled in to watch some shows for a while, and I started on our “2015 Photobook”. I’m getting a late start on it this year, but hopefully I’ll have it done in time to take advantage of some “Cyber Monday” deals!

Leftover Thai today, and apparently baby is a fan.

On Sunday, we had a pretty early morning. The girls were not interested in sleeping in today, so chore day was off to an early start. I got laundry going, did some cleaning up around the house, worked on some dishes. The usual. Christian made a late breakfast, Eliza went down for an early nap, and one by one we all got ready. Today we had a PACKED day. First up, we were off to take our Holiday photo. We usually just visit Santa at the mall, and we usually just take a photo in front of the Christmas tree for our Christmas Cards. A girls I went to school with is a photographer, and every year she does this special Santa shoot…it’s pretty reasonable, and we decided to take advantage of that this year. Well, then it turned into chaos…I’d never been to her studio before, so I went by the address on her e-mail “signature”, which is a good 40 minutes from our house. Well, of course, we got there and it was “abandoned”. I did some internet searching and found out she had moved studios…and there was no way we’d made it there in time (another 20 minute drive). Luckily I got ahold of her, and she said she’d get us in as soon as we got there. So, we booked it there, finally found it, and we were in. Olivia and Amelia of course were ALL OVER it, so excited to see Santa and photo ready. Eliza didn’t cry or throw a fit or anything, but she was totally stone-faced the entire time we were there. She’d look back at Santa, then at the camera, then back. Over and over again. It was actually pretty funny. There was NO getting a smile out of her though. After the photo, we raced home so that I could drop Eliza and Christian off, pack a bag, get the big girls changed, and then race to a birthday party, that we were already late for. It was a swimming party, so they got right to it as soon as we arrived. Luckily they still had plenty of time to swim and play. Chaos!!!! Finally, after the party, we were off to their last swim class of the year. Both of the girls did really well. Olivia will stay in the same class, but I think she will for a while now that she’s in the intermediate classes. Amelia officially passed her Aqua Kids program, and she’ll be moving up to beginners with the big kids. She is SOOOOOO excited, it’s so cute. I’m so proud of how far they have come, they just love to swim, my little fish. We finally settled in back at home, and I was beyond exhausted. I wasn’t feeling very well, so I settled into bed with the iPad, watched The Walking Dead and passed right out. Christian got the girls ready for bed and tucked in for the night, but Eliza had another tough night. She cries and cries, not really an “in pain” cry, just miserable. She wouldn’t stay asleep for anything. I finally brought her into bed with me…after kicking me and punching me and rolling all over for a while, she FINALLY passed out and we got a couple hours of good sleep. I hate this bug that just won’t let go of her, my poor baby. Breaks my heart.

Until Next Week! XOXO