2016 - Week 8

Week 8, under our belts. But, between a Holiday and my Flex Day, it was a super short week, I’m FINALLY feeling better (illness wise, NOT pregnancy wise), and we overall had a pretty quiet week – which I always welcome.

Monday was President’s Day, so I was off of work, and the girls were off school. Since the big girls had their overnight at my in-laws last night, we were down to one kid for most of the day. While things were quieter and there was a lot less fighting going on around the house, I’m pretty sure that, somehow, Eliza is more of a handful when she’s on her own, than she is when they’re around. Maybe because she needs constant entertainment, which is a lot easier to divide amongst several people, than taking on all on your own. We had some breakfast, did some cleaning around the house, and I worked on finishing and folding laundry. I made a quick Target run, while Eliza fought her nap and drove Christian crazy. She finally went down when I arrived home, so Christian slept for a while before heading to work for the night, so I just had some quiet “me time”. The big girls were dropped off mid-afternoon, so we watched some movies together while the others finished their napping. Once Eliza was up, we had a snack, got ready for gymnastics, and the girls and I were off for the night; while Christian got ready for work. We received the girls’ gymnastics photos tonight (I just ordered a magnet, to add to our softball and soccer collections) and they actually included a copy of Eliza’s funny picture. It seriously made my night (and cracked me up!); it was so sweet of them to print it off. After class, we got into our jammies, had a late dinner, and the girls were off to bed. I caught up on some Hulu, got the girls’ outfits for the week put together, and did some final cleaning around the house before settling into bed. It was a late night, but I felt quite accomplished.

Gymnastics Photos - including Eliza's, LOL

On Tuesday, it was back to reality. Work, school – everybody was up and at it. At least, for me, I was heading into a 3-day work week, and a pretty quiet one at that. I did get the girls signed up for softball today, which I’m pretty excited about. So far, they haven’t seemed SUPER into it (except Olivia, when she’s playing “pitcher” and gets the ball a lot). I figure we’ll see how this season goes, and then I’ll leave it up to them if they want to continue. I really want them to get a few seasons in to really learn the game, and see if they like it or not, but I don’t want to force them to play something they don’t want to. I’m sure hoping at least one of them loves it, because that is MY sport. LOVE softball!! I’m so excited that they’ll be on the same team this year though, it will make life so much easier, especially being SUPER pregnant by the end of the season. After work, I picked Eliza up, and we settled in at home with the rest of the family. We hung out, watched some TV< had dinner. The usual. Christian was off to work, so the girls and I did their reading and played for a little while before they were off to bed. Eliza was SOOOOOOOO crabby tonight, and I had to put her to bed crying, which I hate. Luckily, she passed out really fast; I think she was just really overtired. My poor baby! I ended up heading to bed pretty early myself…I took some Tylenol PM for my dang headache, and I think it kicked in faster than I expected.

On Wednesday, we were up, at it and out the door for another day. And, BONUS, I was actually on time for work!!! That seriously never happens. I had a nuisance headache all day, that just kept getting worse, so that was a major pain to deal with, especially working on the computer all day. I did leave early to pick Amelia and Olivia up from school, and head to Amelia last dentist appointment. 4 more fillings, and thankfully they were all pretty small again, so we were in and out. $350.00 later, we’re FINALLY done. UGH!! I am so glad she did so well with them though, and hopefully we can now keep up with our flossing and evening routine to avoid going through this again. We’ve been doing really well, so we just need to keep it up! After the appointment, I dropped the big girls off at home, and rested for a little while before heading back out to pick Eliza, and some dinner, up. I just could not cool tonight, feeling so crappy. We had another pretty early night after Christian left for work…reading, off to bed, and I passed out pretty early again myself.

17 Week 5 Days to be Exact

Dentist Fun...

On Thursday I woke up with a really terrible headache. I’m pretty prone to headaches in general, but it’s one of my major pregnancy “symptoms”. It doesn’t help that ever since I got sick, the only pop that I like, Diet Mountain Dew, tastes absolutely terrible to me, so I’m  not really getting any caffeine (I don’t drink coffee or tea). So, I think the lack of caffeine is playing a big role right now. I ended up calling in late to work, so that I could take some medicine and rest for a little while, before finally showering and getting everybody up and ready. I dropped the girls off, and settled in for a busy day of work. Short week, heading into a long weekend, so there was a lot to get done before leaving for the day. I picked Eliza up after work and had a perfect, quiet night. The girls watched some videos, we had dinner and did reading, and everybody went off to bed, no argument. Eliza has had quite a crabby streak suddenly, so it was nice to have a happier night around the house.

Friday was my day off…seriously, a 3-day work week every week would be perfection! I let the girls sleep in a little, before getting them ready for the day. Christian arrived home from work, and stayed with Eliza while I dropped the big girls off at daycare. Christian was off to bed for the day, while Eliza and I had some breakfast, played the day away, caught up on some Hulu. Love my quiet days at home! While Eliza napped, I did a little cleaning, showered and got ready for the day. I was finally off to pick the big girls up from school, while Christian showered and got ready, and got Eliza up from her nap and ready to go. We were all off to meet my Dad and Stepmom for dinner. For a change, I was actually feeling pretty good, and HUNGRY, so it was perfect timing. We had a great time catching up and laughing, the girls had so much fun telling them all kinds of stories, and Amelia challenged my dad to about 150 games of tic-tac-toe. Ha. It was a perfect little outing. After dinner, we made our way back home for the night. We watched some movies with the girls, and had a little dance party before bed, and then Christian and I watched “The Martian” before calling it a night.

We had a marathon picnic today. I just love this little one.

Doing some Netflixing. Those cheeks though.

On Saturday we had a pretty lazy day. We had a quiet morning, watching some TV and eating breakfast. The big girls and I were off to swum class…where we found out that Olivia actually passed her level, already! She’s moving up to Intermediate 2! After this, she’ll be in the advanced classes and REALLY learning a ton. So proud of my little fish. Amelia has mastered ½ of her Beginner 2 skills…she mainly has to work on endurance (which was Olivia’s big issue for a while) and keeping her face in the water. She’s getting there!! When we arrived home, I was shocked to find that Christian had actually done some cleaning and picking up while we were away…I love him, but seriously ya’ll, I could’ve passed out from the shock. By the time we had lunch and Eliza went down for a nap, I had a MAJOR, tear inducing headache kick-in. I took some medicine, grabbed some ice packs, and passed out on the couch for a while. I started feeling a little better after a couple hours of laying around, but oh man, that one knocked me out! Once I was up and showered and feeling a little better, we went out for a late dinner. After settling back in at home, Christian was off to help Lorenzo with his car (it wouldn’t start), and the girls started falling asleep on the couch, so I got them settled into bed, and watched a little Hulu. After my napping, I wasn’t super tired, so I was up a little later than expected. Well, “late” like a real adult I guess.

We don't usually let the girls play on the phone when we're to eat. But with my headache/exhaustion, and Eliza's craziness, we gave in tonight. Look at these two, they crack me up.

Sunday was another pretty lazy day around the house. We watched some movies with the girls, had breakfast, and then got to work on our chores. Laundry, cleaned up the entry, got the kitchen pretty much all cleaned up (it’s been quite a giant mess for a long time now, it was WAY overdue) and had some lunch before sending Eliza down for a nice long nap. Christian took the big girls over to his parents’ for a visit, and to fix their TV (again), so I watched some shows and finished registering the big girls for the summer Y program. AHHHHH, I decided that it was time to transition them out of KinderCare (both because of their age, and financial reasons), so starting with the summer program, they’ll be doing it through the Y. Change is always so hard, but it will be so much more fun, and age appropriate, for them, I know they’ll love it. And it will save us a ton of money (especially because I want to keep them in part-time after the baby comes, so they can still have fun and get out of the house regularly). After summer, they’ll be doing the before-school program through them, right at their school, which will also save us a ton of money (but, it means two drop-off’s, every day, before work – which will be a pain). Christian fried up some taquitos for dinner once they were home, while I finished up laundry. The big girls were at each other’s throats all evening long, I made them do their homework and reading a little early, and they were off to bed as soon as we finished dinner. UGH, one of those nights where you just don’t know how you’ll survive. Plus, we missed “The Walking Dead”, which just makes me that much more annoyed. LOL. I ended up taking a shower before bed – I’m going to try to do this from now one, to hopefully save me some time in the morning. We’ll see though.

A little throwback...these two had their first day at KinderCare 4 years ago. So crazy.

Until Next Week! XOXO