This week brought us an
overall pretty quiet, week. No appointments, no catastrophes and fairly minor
illnesses. And, we kicked off some Easter festivities this weekend. Easter really
sneaks up on your when it’s so early in the year!
On Monday, we were up
and it, kicking off another week. I did “accidentally” oversleep a little, but with
one less kid to get up, ready and dropped off, I made some pretty decent time
into work. Woot! After dropping the big girls off at daycare, I settled into
work for a long, boring day. I’m back into the total lack of motivation frame
of mind, which sure makes the day drag on. I did get notice that Children’s
Place is having a big sale right now, plus doing their Place Dollars promotion,
so I took advantage and ordered some clothes for the baby. Seriously, the
CUTEST stuff! I can’t wait to see it all. And, I’m excited for the Place
Dollars – the big girls need some summer “play” dresses, so I’ll be able to
save a bunch on those. After work, I picked Eliza up, and I was SOOOOO excited
to see her after her night away. My baby!! We settled in at home, where
Christian was back to his super lazy ways, just laying around. So, I went on
strike and refused to cook anything. This has been a HUGE battle we’ve had
since he started working overnights…the rest of the weeks, I understand his
exhaustion, but he doesn’t work on Sunday’s, so he literally sits around the
house all day long, doing nothing, so Monday nights I just will not stand for
it. The big girls ended up going across the street to play with Olivia’s BFF,
Bella, for a while, so once Christian was ready and off to work, it was just
Eliza and me for a bit. I called the girls home, heated up some leftovers for
dinner, and it was basically time for bed. I was so exhausted, I wasn’t far
behind. I just can’t seem to catch any energy at all this pregnancy.
Happy to snuggle my baby again.
On Tuesday, I woke up
just completely drained after a horrible night of sleep. On top of that, I had
a headache, my stomach was turning, and things just were not looking good. I
ended up calling in, and taking the day off to rest and hopefully feel better.
I did go back to sleep, but ended up REALLY oversleeping, and had to rush to
get the girls up and ready and off to daycare. Oy! After that chaos, I relaxed
on the couch pretty much all day long. I did some Hulu watching between dozing
off, and managed to fold a little bit of laundry, but that was really about it.
I ended up picking the big girls up from school (usually Christian’s job), and
we stopped at Target to pick up some groceries and a few things for the house.
We finally picked Eliza up and settled in at home. The girls did their homework
while I got dinner started and put everything away and Christian got ready for
work. We ate, watched a little TV, and had a lazy night. The girls went to bed
a tad early tonight, so I had a nice, quiet evening to myself. This lazy day
was seriously just what the doctor ordered!
Got this bad boy on sale for 1/2 off!! Been getting some great deals on the baby stuff we need!
This face. She asks me "mommy, you wanna play?!" OF COURSE!!!
On Wednesday, I was back
to work. No fun! But, I had a TON of stuff to catch up on after being out, so
the day really flew by. I’ve been doing a pretty good job of staying on top of
everything, but of course everything seems to suddenly hit the one day I’m
gone. There’s specifically a ton of chaos around this program that I’m working
on, that HAS to be put in place before I go on maternity leave, so that’s
causing me a ton of anxiety (which of course is great for pregnancy). We had a
taco potluck lunch at work today, which was super delicious, but of course I
felt like complete death afterwards. Ugh, I just cannot really each much of anything.
I guess it’s not a terrible issue, but hopefully I’m at least getting some
nutrition that baby needs. After work, I picked Eliza and hung out at home for
a bit, before picking up some drive-thru for the rest of the family for dinner…I
just couldn’t stomach the thought of eating anything after the big lunch.
Christian was off to work, and we girls had a quiet night before bed.
21 Weeks, 5 Days. Cruising right along!
Thursday was FINALLY my Friday,
and another crazy busy day. My supervisor offered up my services a couple of
weeks ago to help out another office who is “too swamped” to keep up on their
contracts. While the contracts are actually pretty easy and quick, compared to
a lot of what we do in our office, it’s still a lot of work to take on. Well,
today, they asked if we’d do some more for them. Again, not a big deal, but I
mentioned to my supervisor that I could see this happening and that she had to keep
in mind that I’m going to be going on leave “soon” and it might not be a precedent
that she wants to set. I guess that will be their issue to deal with when that
time comes though. On top of that extra work, trying to keep on top of my work
workload, and a long afternoon meeting to end the day, it was an exhausting
one. After work, I picked Eliza up, and as soon as we arrived home, she threw
the biggest, most massive tantrum that I’ve ever seen. For no apparent reason. I
feel like the terrible-two’s are definitely setting in! I had a bit of a rough
night…I was exhausted and having terrible leg cramps. I’ve had them with every
pregnancy, but this time it’s so much worse, and seems to be happening a lot
sooner. I’ve been getting them literally from my toes up to my knees – the
worst in my ankles. Which, makes it really hard to “walk them out” like I would
usually do. I ended up resting on the couch most of the night, while the girls
played and Christian made some dinner and got ready for work. I managed to get
the girls bathed and off to bed, and relaxed with some Hulu before passing out
for the night. I have a pretty long 4 months ahead of me at this rate…although,
this entire pregnancy has been pretty rough really.
Ready for some St. Patrick's Day!
I can't believe how much older they all look in just one years time!
Eliza was snuggling with the baby tonight.
Friday was my day off,
which is always the best thing ever. I got up with the girls, got them ready, and
we were off to daycare. It was picture day, so I had to get Eliza ready and in
for her pictures. She is getting WAY better about taking pictures, but is still
leery of actual photographers…but, she did pretty well. Then, she threw a massive
fit about having to leave with me and go home. I seriously debated going back
in to find out how much it would cost to leave her there for the day. I finally
got her out to the van and buckled in, and she continued to sit at the door
crying for a good 30 minutes once home. She eventually calmed down…we had some
breakfast, played with some toys and had a fun morning. Christian ended up
helping his friend, Lorenzo, fix something on his car before going to bed for the
day. Eliza took a nice long nap, so I watched some shows, paid bills and played
on the computer for a while. Some much needed, quiet, alone time! I eventually
left to pick the big girls up from school…who came out with massive piles of
paper and artwork from doing their “spring break” clean up. My Lord, the
paper!!! We settled in at home for a while, while Christian showered and got
ready, then were off to Old Chicago for dinner. It was a complete madhouse, we were
seated next to a table with a young child, maybe 18 months or so, who was just
SCREAMING the entire time they were there, and I was beyond annoyed with the
entire experience. The girls were off to bed shortly after we arrived home,
until Eliza woke up screaming and crying around 11:00. She does still wake up
here and there, so I’m trying really hard to let her get herself back to sleep
(so hopefully it doesn’t happen as often once the baby is here), but she just
would not. Christian finally went in to check on her, and she had thrown up all
over her crib. Ugh, guilt trip city!!!! He got the crib stripped, and we got
her in the bath to clean up. We sat with her on the couch for a while…she
seemed perfectly fine, content as can be, and wanted to go back to bed, so
Christian started to bring her back to bed when, sure enough, she threw up
again. I don’t get it…she seemed totally normal otherwise, so I have no idea
what could be bothering her. After cleaning her up again, she laid on the couch
with me, and finally fell asleep. We finally brought her to bed around 1:00AM,
and had a rough night waiting on edge to see if she made it through. Poor baby,
it’s so heartbreaking to see them not feeling so well.
Late night cuddles, poor thing.
On Saturday, we were up
and at it pretty early. I was busy doing some cleaning and picking up around
the house, while the girls played and entertained themselves. Eliza did have
one more throw-up incident, but otherwise seemed perfectly fine. She was happy,
playing, running around, totally normal. It’s so strange! I had the girls clean
their room, while I cleaned up the kitchen and living room, and Christian
cleaned the entryway. It’s so nice when we can get the house back into halfway
decent living conditions! After some breakfast and getting ready, we were off
to the mall for our Easter Bunny visit. Our timing was perfect…the bunny was on
his short break, so we were first in line waiting for him to return. The girls
were so excited to see him….Eliza went running up to him first to give him a
big hug. It was so dang sweet! After our photo op, Christian took the girls
back to the van, while I stopped into Build a Bear quick and grabbed a snack.
Build a Bear just started doing a line of Care Bears, and I thought it would be
super cute to “collect” those for Eliza…so, I wanted to get her one for her
Easter basket. They ended up being on sale, 2 for $35 (vs. $25 each), so I got
a second one to give her for her birthday in May. Woot! I finally met back up
with the family, and we made our way home. We had lunch and relaxed for a
while, before packing up and heading to our friends’, John and Michelle, house
for the night. They invited us over for a “make your own pizza” night and some
time to hang out and catch up. The big girls watched some movies and took over
their basement, while Eliza and our other friends’ little one, Britney, made
fast friends and played the night away, and the adults had a blast catching up.
Such a fun night! We finally packed it up and left around 10:00…all of the
girls passed out immediately, and were straight off to bed once home. I watched
a little TV, but was off to bed shortly after myself. Hoping for an uneventful
night, and that that our late night would result in a late morning!
We're off to see the bunny...
Pizza making fun!
Sunday was a pretty busy
day for us. We did indeed sleep in, but I had to jump out of bed around 9:00 to
shower and start getting ready for the day. The girls were up shortly after, so
I got them settled in with some breakfast while I finished getting ready and
packing up for the day. First up, we were all off to my mom’s house to make a little
Easter snack together. After decorating, some nail painting and playing, we
were all off to have lunch together. All of the girls were acting up at lunch,
and I was getting so overwhelmed. They usually do really well when we’re out to
eat, but they were all just getting on each other’s nerves, and not listening
to anything we said. Once the good came, they finally calmed down a little, but
it was still a completely frustrating event. After lunch, we dropped my mom off
back at home, and were on our way. Olivia and I ran to the store quick for a
few things, while the rest of the house settled in at home. I got some laundry
going, we watched some movies, and we spent some time dying our Easter eggs. Eliza
got in on the action a little more this year; she’s still completely untrustworthy
though. I did some cleaning and continued laundry throughout the night, and we
watched some movies, relaxing while doing our eggs. We had leftovers for dinner
and the girls played for a while, while I watched “The Walking Dead”. The girls
were off to bed, and we were saying goodbye to another weekend. The girls are
heading into spring break this week, and will be at daycare all week long. It
makes me really nervous after the recent issues they’ve been having with the
other kids there, but I’m hoping we can just survive this week with little to
no incident.
Until Next Week! XOXO
