2016 - Week 5

It’s already the last week of January! A whole month into 2016…I can already tell this year is going to be gone in the blink of an eye! This week seriously lacks in the photo department...partly because, as you'll read, I broke my phone and lost some photos.

We had a pretty terrible start to the day today. Christian was scheduled for his follow-up and MRI, from his surgery last year, this morning…so, instead of helping me get the girls up and out the door (on the only day he’s able to), he left for his appointment while I was still struggling to get them going. I finally got everybody up and out of the door, when I realized my key to the van was missing. After running around like crazy, searching everywhere in the house, I realized that Christian had used it last night, and must still have both copies on him. I was SOOOO furious. I called him, and then he threw a fit because he had to come back and give me the key…as if it was my fault he had taken MY key, and then I was beyond furious. I ended up throwing a hormonal, pregnancy-induced tantrum and threw my phone. It was supposed to land on the couch…instead, of course, it hit the SMAAAAAAAAL strip of wood on the arm of the couch, and broke. It turned on, but there was nothing on the screen. I was SO my fault, but at this point I just wanted to cry I was so frustrated. He finally got home, ended up having to reschedule his appointments, and I was FINALLY on my way. Dropped the big girls off at daycare, dropped Eliza off at his parents’ house, the roads were icy and traffic was slow, and all I wanted to do was crawl back into bed by the time I got to work. I’ve been staying pretty well caught up at work, so at least my stress-level there has been down lately. I spent the day trying to figure out what to do about my phone…we don’t have insurance on them, and I had no idea if it could be fixed or anything. And, of course, we didn’t have any time to deal with it today. I ended up getting  a call from the school nurse in the afternoon…Amelia didn’t have to be picked up, but she was complaining that her ear hurt again and was really upset about it. The nurse said that her ears did look pretty red, and recommended that we get her seen. So, I ended up having to leave a little early to get Eliza, pick up the rest of the family, and run to the Minute Clinic before gymnastics. Luckily, she got in to be seen right away. The doctor mentioned that she definitely has some fluid in her ears, probably causing the pain, but it’s not a full on infection yet. She recommended we start her on some Children’s Sudafed to help drain them, and Ibuprofen for the inflammation and pain, and that should hopefully avoid a full on infection. Fingers crossed!!! After checking out, and picking up a few things, Christian was on his way back home to eat and get ready for work, while the girls and I were off to gymnastics. Eliza was quite rambunctious tonight, but overall did pretty well. There are a couple other little kids there that she plays with, so that seems to help (as long as they don’t all go rouge on us). We finally settled in back at home, ate a late dinner and the girls were off to bed. Christian left his work phone home with me tonight, in case of emergency, so at least we weren’t completely cut off from the world. I watched al little TV and was off to bed pretty early myself. Hoping for a better day tomorrow!

I woke up Tuesday feeling pretty exhausted. I didn’t sleep well at all, tossing and turning all night, so that definitely makes for a tired morning. I finally got everybody up, ready and out the door, running a little late of course. And, of course, we had  some snow overnight (in fact, it was still snowing a bit), so traffic was even worse than yesterday. Oy!! It was so weird to not have a phone all day at work. To be honest, it actually feels a little nice to be unreachable, but I could hear the texts and notifications going off on my phone all day, and it drive me INSANE! After work, I picked Christian and the big girls up, and we stopped into Sprint to see if we had any options. They verified that they cannot fix it – they do not fix broken screens in-store anymore because it’s too expensive and there’s too much risk. Christian of course mentioned trying to fix it himself, and they cautioned against it – that more often than not, the fix ends up frying the phone completely. Our only option was to pay off the phone ($245) and then start a plan with a new phone. UGH!!! We left, still unsure of what to do. Dang phones!!! We picked Eliza up from daycare and settled in at home, trying to figure out what to do. A friend from school ended up offering to sell me one of her S5’s…she and her husband had just recently upgraded, and they hung onto them as backups. So, I think I’ll end up taking her up on the offer, but we’ll have to work out the details. Hopefully tomorrow! We had dinner, Christian was off to work, and us girls settled in for the night. I have to share this Eliza story today…she was playing around on Christian’s phone (left for emergency again), and somehow started up Pandora. Of course, my man, Justin Bieber was on, with my new favorite song, “Love Yourself”..she was jamming out, and next thing you know, I caught her kissing the picture on the phone! I could not stop laughing, it was SOOOO hilarious. At least she has good taste!

On Wednesday, we were up and at it, but it was another rough morning. This is just NOT our week. Eliza slept horrible last night, for some reason, so I ended up bringing her into bed with me. THIS right here is my biggest fear of having another baby. I’m OK with taking on a majority of overnight duties with the baby…since I’ll likely be nursing; I’m used to it anyway. BUT, with Christian working overnights, I somehow have to deal with the other kids, particularly Eliza, if baby waking up wakes them up. That, I’m not sure how I’m going to handle. Eliza will be a little over 2, and she really doesn’t get up TOO often, so I hope it won’t end up being a problem at all. So, needless to say, it was slow going again. And traffic was terrible, again. This time for no reason at all. I HATE COMMUTING!!! I did end up leaving a little early to meet that friend from school, and bought her phone. $100 vs. $245 + starting over was a much better deal. I did have to stop into Sprint to have them activate it, but that went super quick, and I was finally up and running again! I did end up keeping it a secret for a while though…I was enjoying my freedom more than I expected! I popped into Walmart to pick up a few groceries, picked Eliza up, and finally settled in at home. Dinner, did some dishes, cleaned up around the house. Christian was off to work, and the girls and I settled in for the night. We did some reading, took baths, and they were off to bed. I recently purchased a home doppler, to hear the baby’s heartbeat. I haven’t been able to pick it up most nights, and very quietly when I do, but tonight…it was SOOOOOOOO amazing. The heart was thumping so loud, baby must have been positioned just perfectly right at the top of my belly. Seriously, SOO cool. I wanted to record it so badly, but as soon as I shifted to grab my phone, baby ran away. So sweet, the best sound ever.

Thursday, of course, theme of the week, was another rough morning. I don’t know why, but I was just feeling so completely run down. It just seems like there’s always so much to do, I get so stressed out and overwhelmed. And I just can’t shake that pregnancy exhaustion, which doesn’t help. I sure wish I could get past this phase! I dropped the girls off, and was on my way to work. I put in a little time, before I was off to my cardiologist appointment. I wasn’t really sure what they were going to do, but they ended up just chatting a lot, and doing an EKG today. The appointment went OK. My blood pressure was actually NORMAL, for a change. I haven’t seen a normal reading in a really long time. That was refreshing. The EKG came back pretty well too, except for an elevated heartrate. But, that could simply be pregnancy related, so it’s hard to know for sure. The cardiologist did end up ordering an echo, just to make sure everything is looking OK, so I’ll be heading back in a few weeks for that. He does want me to go back to an every-3-year echo schedule though, which kind of sucks, but I guess it’s better to be safe than sorry. I made my way back to work to finish out the day. I picked Eliza up from daycare, dropped her off at home with Christian, and then was off with Olivia to get her “extension” replaced…it fell out after just a couple of days, and they offered to replace it if it came out within 2-weeks. We did that, picked up some dinner, and settled in at home for the night. Christian used his last day of leave time tonight, so he was home with us. He did some cleaning up in the garage and helped get the girls bathed and ready for bed. I was not feeling well at all – having really bad stomach pains for some reason. I ended up falling asleep on the couch pretty early while trying to rest away the pain.

Friday FINALLY arrived. This week, it was MUCH needed. It started off on a bad note, again, though because even though Christian was home, I was still stuck getting the girls up, ready and off, all by myself. We ended up having a little chat about that later in the day, because I’m not going to be putting up with that nonsense! I dropped the big girls off at daycare, Eliza off at my mom’s, and finally checked into work. My mom ended up stopping into the office with Eliza for a visit, so that was a fun way to break up the day. I finished out the day, picked Eliza up, and we settled in at home. I was feeling pretty sick to my stomach again, so I’m not sure what’s going on there. Christian was off to help his friend work on his car, while the girls and I hung out at home. We had dinner, they played downstairs for a while, and were off to bed as soon as Christian got home. We watched a little TV, but I was so exhausted from not feeling well, I called it a night pretty early.

Saturday was a pretty busy day. We were up, had a quick breakfast, and I was off with the big girls to swim class. After class, we all got showered, dressed and ready for the day…we were off to meet some friends, Lorenzo, Mariano and Bella, at the “Ice Castles” for the day. The weather was GREAT, which made it bearable it be outside, however, the ice was very melty and the ground was very slushy. But, the girls had a blast. They went through tunnels, down some ice slides, ran around checking everything out, and even took pictures with Anna and Elsa, of course! After plenty of snow fun, we were off to dinner with Lorenzo. I had a headache that was getting worse as the day went on, and hit me hard core once we were home from dinner. The girls played and watched a little TV while I nursed some Tylenol and an ice back on the couch. Meanwhile, Christian and Lorenzo were hanging out, outside, with some neighbors. He did come in to get the girls to bed, but Eliza was fighting it really bad, screaming and crying. I finally had Olivia bring her out to me, and we fell asleep on the couch together. I’ve been getting a lot of little nuisance headaches lately, which I’ve had with all of my pregnancies, but today was definitely the worst.

On Sunday, we had a pretty quiet day around the house. We watched some TV, I sorted laundry and got that going, and overall we had a pretty relaxing morning. Christian made breakfast, we ate, and I worked on the computer for a bit. Eliza finally went down for a nice, long nap (after fighting it BIG time), so we watched some movies with the girls. I did take a break from relaxing to do some dishes and clean up the kitchen, and helped the girls with homework and reading while Christian made dinner, so I did feel a little accomplished. We had dinner, watched “Grease Live!” and I spent most of the night folding laundry. Fun times!! Amelia was very upset that she had to go to bed before Grease was over, but overall bedtime went much better tonight than it has been lately. Hopefully next week will be more successful for all of us!

Never a moment alone around here!

Until Next Week! XOXO