2016 - Week 16

Week 16, and it was quite a week of random crap. Baby check-up, a busy weekend, some quiet nights and lots of pregnancy hormones and continued insomnia this week.

Monday kicked off another week. The big girls and I were up, ready and off to daycare/work. Christian had a dentist appointment today (which went just fine – got the all clear for another 6 months), so he dropped Eliza off at his parents’ on his way to his appointment. I have to somehow turn this into a permanent thing, because it’s seriously such a relief not having to stop at two places in the morning! I’m back to a completely unmotivated phase at work right now…between the exhaustion, all of the stuff I’d rather be doing at home, the baby planning and just being distracted, it makes it so hard to focus at work. I picked Eliza up after work, and we made our way home for dinner. After dinner, I cleaned up a little around the house, and watched some TV with the girls, while Christian was off to work. A pretty quiet night, just how I like it!

I actually felt cute today, and had to take a picture to remember it, LOL

On Tuesday I was feeling beyond exhausted. I wish that I could just get ONE night of really good sleep! I got the girls up and ready…and talked to them about their upcoming fieldtrips (Amelia to the zoo, Olivia to a farm). Both of their teachers contacted me about chaperoning, but I didn’t want to commit if for some reason the girls really didn’t want me to go (you know, mom’s are so embarrassing!). They were both very excited though, and thought it was super cool that I would be there with them, which made me feel very loved. So, even though I’ll be totally exhausted and super pregnant, I agreed to go with their classes. I took a long lunch to go in for my latest baby appointment today. First up, I had to drink the oh-so-delicious glucose drink for my glucose tolerance test. I’ve passed this with flying colors with my previous 3 pregnancies, and even did one early on this pregnancy and passed, but there was no getting out of it. While my hour was passing, I stopped in for my check-up My blood pressure was NORMAL….AGAIN! I couldn’t believe it. And, still no weight gain, which is super amazing! I really don’t NEED to gain anything, so if I can keep this up, we’ll all be very happy campers. She listened to baby and everything checked out just fine. Back in two weeks for a check-up, and then I’ll be starting my grown scans at the following appointment. Hopefully everything will check out fine at my first scan, and maybe I won’t end up needing them regularly!! Fingers crossed. After my appointment, I was back to the lab to finish out my hour and do my blood draw, before settling back in at work to finish out the day. I got my results later in the evening…and, as expected, passed with no concern. Whew! After work, I picked Eliza up, we had some dinner and watched TV and Christian was off to work. The girls were off to bed so I caught up on some Hulu before heading to bed myself.

Wednesday was honestly just a standard day, all around. Up, ready, girls up and ready, daycare drop-off, work all day. Picked Eliza up, home for dinner and a quiet night. Christian to work. Days with no little extras are few and far between, so I’ll take it!

25 Weeks, 5 Days

On Thursday, we were up and at it. Off to work and daycare. The day went pretty quickly, and I “had” to leave early to pick the big girls up from daycare. Christian had a mandatory supervisors meeting to attend, so he wasn’t able to pick them up today. With their issues at daycare, I try not to have them there any more than necessary, so rather than have them pick the girls up day, I just took some time off. We stopped home to hang out and relax for a while, before heading out to pick Eliza up. All of the afternoon school-age kids were excited to see the girls…they ran right out to the playground to play and hang out for a while, while I got Eliza packed up and ready to go. We finally loaded back into the van, grabbed some dinner, and settled in at home. After dinner, we played outside for a little while to take advantage of the nice weather. I’m not ready for summer hot, but I’m hoping the warm up sticks around. After some playtime, it was time for showers/baths and relaxing time. I have Olivia completely converted to showering, she’s over the bath, but Amelia is still holding on strong. She loves to just lay in the water. I guess I can’t blame her, but it would be easier to just have her hop in the shower too! We finally had some quiet time, and everybody was off to bed.

Doing some swinging!

Friday was my day off, YES!!! We slept in a little bit, and I got the girls up and ready to go. Christian arrived home in time to stay with Eliza while I dropped the other two off at daycare. Amelia’s class was a “fine dining” lunch at school today (for good behavior in the lunch room). So, she had to dress nice for school today. Of course, I cannot send one to school in a dress, and not the other, so Olivia had to wear a dress too. And she was VERY bitter that her class has never won fine dining before. Oy, sibling drama! Once home, Christian was off to bed, and Eliza and I spent the day hanging out. I decided to take her to a walk late in the morning, and she went crazy when we passed by the park, so we made a pit stop there. The park by our house isn’t huge, but it’s not very toddler friendly either, so it’s not the easiest trying to chase her around the park. I was getting really hot and tired, so it was eventually time to call it a day and head back home. Of course, she threw the biggest tantrum ever, the entire way home. It was so frustrating, I was hot and sweaty and exhausted, and I can tell that it’s definitely going to be a LONG summer if I’m already this miserable. She went down for a nap once home, so I watched some shows and cooled down. She woke up way too soon after going down, so Christian ended up bringing her into bed with him, and she finished out her nap there. Eventually, I had to leave the couch and my TV watching to pick the big girls up from school. Once home, I made them clean out the van, which they were very annoyed about, but I sure don’t make the mess. It’s amazing, even though I keep a trash bag in the van, the trash never seems to make its way INTO the bag. After cleaning up, we the girls played in the backyard for a while. Our friend across the street, Tristan, stopped over with his little guy, Connor, to hang out for a while. The kids played the night away, the dad’s had a couple beers and chatted, and I had the house all to myself. Heaven! They took a break for some dinner, but that was about it. Eventually, Amelia started acting up and was sent inside (turns out because she “wouldn’t” bring her scooter back from the little drive way on the side of the house….even though he knows she has a really hard time getting it through the grass), so I decided to have Olivia come in and sent them off to bed (it was already after their bedtime anyway). Christian eventually brought Eliza in, because she was crabby and throwing a fit about everything, and he was getting super impatient with her….which just made me super annoyed with him. First his overreaction with Amelia, then his impatience with Eliza…it was 10PM by this time, and she’s 2…gee, I can’t imagine why she was “acting up”! I finally got her calmed down and changed, and I sat with her on the couch for a little while. Of course, it didn’t take long for her to pass out, so she was off to bed. I was not far behind. It was apparent; we were in for a long weekend!

Amelia dressed up for her "fine dining" day at school - so of course Olivia needed a dress as well.

Took this beauty in a walk and a stop at the park

On Saturday I woke up with a pounding headache, and it was totally not the day for it. We had a full day, and I could not let a headache take me down. We watched some TV, had breakfast, and I was off to gymnastics with the big girls. My mom came to watch again, and after class, we went shopping for softball gear for the girls. She “gave them” gear as part of their Christmas presents, but we told them we’d wait until closer to the season to actually buy stuff. Olivia needed new shoes and a bat, they both needed new gloves, and we wanted to get them a bat bag to carry everything in. We stopped at Sports Authority first, and then made a quick stop at Target for a few things. They’re all set – we’ll be hitting the field in a couple of weeks!!! After shopping, we picked Christian and Eliza up, and were off to lunch. After lunch, Eliza took a short nap, while I showered and got everybody ready to go. Next up, the girls and I were off to their friend from daycare, Lizzie’s, birthday party. Lizzie is the assistant directors daughter, and she and Amelia were seriously two peas in a pod until she stopped coming to the center this schoolyear. They are so dang cute together, little troublemakers! The girls had so much fun playing with their little daycare friends, Eliza called dibs on the sidewalk chalk as soon as we got there and never let go, and I had fun catching up with some of the other daycare mom’s. They played games, we ate way too much yummy food, did all of the usual party stuff, and were super exhausted when it was time to leave. BUT, our night was not over. While we were gone, Christian was at our friend, Mariano’s, place to help him hang some TV cords behind the wall of his new place. So, the girls and I stopped there on our way home so I could see his new place and the girls could play with their BFF, Bella. My head was stop pounding, I took some more Tylenol, and we chatted for a while, while the kids played. It was pretty uneventful…until, Bella and Olivia decided to go out on the balcony, Eliza following behind them, and Bella ended up slamming the balcony door closed right on Eliza’s hand. OMG…Mariano was SO upset, and poor Bella felt terrible. Eliza was crying and crying, she would not stop forever. My poor baby, my heart was breaking. I can’t even imagine how painful it must have been. At that point, I decided it was just time to pack it up, and head home. Even though we had eaten, the girls were still hungry, so Christian made them some food before putting them to bed. They were right off to bed as soon as they finished eating, and I passed out on the couch not long after. What a day!

Sunday was a lazy day around the house. Well, lazier for some more than others. Christian barely left the couch, much to my annoyance, while I spent the day doing laundry…sorting, washing, drying, folding, putting it away…cleaning up the kitchen and entryway, and hanging out with the girls. We had a late breakfast/early lunch, and the big girls played outside for a while. Eliza started losing it in the late afternoon, and tantrumed herself right into a nap in the middle of the living room floor. Drama!!!! Christian finally got motivated, and made is way outside to clean up the garage a little and fixed our falling-over mailbox. In the meantime, the big girls started coming in and out of the house, even though I told them to STOOOOOOP a million times, so they wouldn’t wake Eliza up. But, sure enough, Amelia eventually woke her up, coming in to complain about some BS. I finally lost it. Hormones and general rage took over, I pulled the big girls inside and yelled at them, and refused to take them to swim class. I was seriously DONE parenting for the day. In the 4 years they have been in swim class I have NEVER missed a class, but I was not giving in this time. Christian eventually got them ready and took them. I’m sure they arrived pretty late, and of course he forgot half of the stuff they needed (and, they wouldn’t get their usual Sunday shower after class), but that 90 minute break was MUCH, MUCH needed tonight. I’m just way too overwhelmed right now, and it all caught up to me. It was not an impressive mothering day, that’s for sure. The girls had a late dinner after class, and we were all off to bed. Tomorrow is another day…

She was so crabby, she tantrumed herself right into a nap.

Rico, the no personal space cat

Until Next Week! XOXO