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
