Week 18….I can’t believe
how much I’ve fallen behind on my blog! Life has been so crazy. Work has been
overwhelming and insane, so I don’t really get any breaks to do any catching
up, and home is just go, go, go. Or, I’m just too exhausted when I’m there. So,
now it’s time to try to catch up before baby arrives!
Monday started the week
of pretty slowly. We have a crazy week kicking off later, so I was taking full
advantage of the not-quite-so-craziness. We were all up, ready and off for the
day. All of the girls were in their new seats to kick off the week…the big
girls in their boosters, Eliza forward-facing. It was so crazy to see them all
looking so much bigger. Eliza seemed a little thrown off on our morning drive,
but she was laughing and chatting with me the entire way home this afternoon,
so I think she is OK with the change after all. After dropping the girls off, I
settled in for a busy day at work, before turning around and making our way
back home for the night. Christian had dinner ready shortly after Eliza and I
arrived home, so we ate, I did some cleaning around the house, and then just
felt totally run down. I hit the couch for the rest of the night, while
Christian was off to work, the big girls watched their videos and Eliza kept me
company until bedtime.
She laughs at my car dancing now, LOLOL
All of their new seats. Big girls!!!
On Tuesday I woke up
feeling extra exhausted. Eliza woke up during the night and just would not fall
back asleep, or stop screaming, for anything. I finally had to bring her into
bed with me, even though I know that I shouldn’t. We’ll be co-sleeping with the
baby, so I really need to break Eliza of this habit, but some nights I just
need some sleep!! Of course, with the long night, I could not get myself
motivated to get up and going this morning, so I just called in late and took
my time. Got ready, got the girls up, ready and dropped off, and settled into
work until my afternoon check-up. Of course, my doctor was running late, as
usual. I wouldn’t mind so much if it weren’t for the waiting room, which always
drives me nuts. My weight check went well, I’m still holding steady, actually
down a tad from last appointment, so that’s good. But, my blood pressure was
back up. On top of that, I’ve been fighting nagging headaches, some blurry
vision and some insomnia recently, so they ordered some lab work to check my
blood and do some pre-e testing. We finished chatting, did some measurements
and listened to baby. So far, he seems to be measuring pretty much on schedule
(via fundal height anyway), so things are looking OK. My next appointment is in
3 weeks, where I’ll have a check-up, get my tDap vaccination and I’ll have my
growth scan, so I’m a tad anxious for that one. After my appointment, I rushed
back to work to finish out the day, before heading out to pick Eliza up from
daycare. I was not feeling well at all as the day went on, and made my way
right to the couch when I got home. I’ve been getting these spurts of just
feeling overheated, and nauseous again, and I’m really hoping it’s not here to
stay. Christian picked up some dinner for him and the girls, and we hung out
for a while before he left for work. It was bath/shower night, and Eliza has
been spazzing out lately when it’s bathtime (she’s not a fan of water, but has
always done great with baths). Lately I’ve had to force her into the bath and
she screams the entire time. I finally found out yesterday that it’s all thanks
to my mother-in-law…apparently, last week when she had Eliza, Eliza had a
pretty bad diaper-rash going on, and his mom scrubbed over it too hard when
washing her. So, that must just be stuck in her head. Poor thing. I hope she
gets over that soon, because bathtime has been torture! After clean-up, the girls
were off to bed, and I watched al little TV as I battled my nightly insomnia
trying to fall asleep.
On Wednesday I woke up
after another rough night of sleep troubles or me, and Eliza waking up. I seriously
hope she adjusts soon, because the wake-ups are exhausting and the crying
breaks my heart. It seriously bums me out because I would love to just bring
her into bed with me and cuddle up to her. I finally drug myself out of bed to
get ready, get everybody else up and ready, and we were off. I had a long,
unmotivated day at work today. I have so much to do, but just cannot stay
focused long enough to do any of it. I did get a break today to grab lunch with
my friend Gini, which is always fun. Lots of laughs and catching up, always a
necessity! After work, I picked Eliza up, and some dinner, and we settled in at
home. We ate, hung out and watched some TV. Christian was off to work, the
girls actually PLAYED together…like really played, not sat on their tablets,
and I watched some shows while relaxing for a while. Eliza fought her sleep BIG
TIME tonight, and would not go to bed for anything. I sat with her on the couch
for a while, until she FINALLY fell asleep, and we had a nice quiet night. I
even actually passed out while watching my shows, so it was a pretty early
night for me. I’ll take it!!
27 Weeks (and 5 Days)!!! Heading into my FINAL final trimester.
On Thursday, I overlept. Oops!!! I
finally got a good, quiet, peaceful night of sleep, and apparently I really
wanted to take advantage of it! So, I rushed around getting all of us up,
ready, packed up and off to daycare/work. Whew, it was a hectic morning! But,
it was my Friday, which always makes the day better. I had a pretty fast day as
well, trying to finish some things up for the week and taken care of before my “long”
weekend. After work, I picked Eliza up and we stopped at Walmart for some groceries
on our way home. It’s been a super rainy week, but today is supposed to be the
last day of it, so fingers crossed for a nice weekend! Christian had dinner
ready for us, and was off to work shortly after we ate. Once we finally relaxed
for the night, I was feeling very relieved that it was finally the weekend, and
I’d get a little break from the runaround. It’s getting harder and harder to be
at work, and to handle the daily run-around. This week in particular, I’m
really looking forward to my quiet day off tomorrow, because after that, we’re
heading into a pretty crazy week:
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Saturday – the big girls have gymnastics
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Sunday – the big girls have swim
class
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Monday – the big girls have their
first softball practice
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Tuesday – I’ll be chaperoning Amelia’s
all-day Fieldtrip to the zoo
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Wednesday – the big girls have softball
again
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Thursday – We will be attending Olivia’s
Music/Author program at school
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Friday – I’m having lunch with a
Friend and then we need to Clean, Clean, Clean for Eliza’s birthday party
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Saturday – It’s Eliza’s birthday, the
big girls have gymnastics and we’ll be hosting Eliza’s Birthday Party at the
house
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Sunday – we’ll be cleaning up, recovering
from the party and the big girls have swim class
Oy, I’m not ready!
Eliza is OBSESSED with the goin' fishin' game
On Friday, I took full advantage of
my quiet day at home, before kicking off our week of crazy. It was my Friday
off, which is of course the best! I slept in a little, got the big girls up and
ready for the day, and dropped them off at daycare. Eliza and I had some
breakfast and spent the day hanging out. We played lots of games, did some
building with her blocks, had lots of laughs and watched some TV. Just a normal
day, just me and my little lovemuffin. I finally got her down for a nap, which
didn’t last too long. She did end up napping on the couch with me for a while,
so I just decided to be super lazy, and catch up on some shows while we
cuddled. Eventually, I had to get up and head out to pick the big girls up from
school. They played outside for a while (YAY for no rain!!), we had some dinner
and had a pretty quiet night. I watched some TV, Christian hung out with his
friend, Lorenzo, for a while and I was off to bed. Meanwhile, all of these
months later, Christian STILL hasn’t learned that he cannot sleep all day on
Friday. I understand working overnights is really hard, and a constant
adjustment, but he’ll sleep ALL DAY Friday, like the rest of the week, and then
he stays up all night because he’s not tired. Which, of course, then throws off
his Saturday too. I’ve about reached my limit with it, let me tell you! This
overnight thing is just not a family-friendly situation.
IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!! Officially entering the 3rd trimester. So crazy.
Now that is one stylin' girl.
I think we know where Eliza gets her fashion sense from, LOL
On Saturday I was up early so that
I could actually shower and get ready for the day. Christian was also up early,
and off to help his parents move (seriously, this BETTER be the last time…I’m
so sick of he/us constantly helping people move. We never move!). So, it was just
me and the girls for the day. We had breakfast, and were off to gymnastics. Eliza
actually cooperated this week, which was a HUGE relief. And, she took a nice
nap once we were home from class. Once she was up, I gave them some lunch,
packed up their stuff, and they were off on an overnight at my Mom’s. All of
them…all night long. My first night away from my baby, and I could hardly stand
it. I was determined to get some shopping done while they were gone for the night,
so I made my way to my first stop, the Outlet Mall, to use some coupons for
Children’s Place and Carter’s. I took way too long looking around those stores,
and then I was just too tired to do anything else and went home, LOL. I’m
having a really hard time finding outfits for photos after the baby is born. I
just don’t have a vision yet. So, that was a bust. Christian arrived home
around the same time as me, and we watched some movies on Netflix for a while.
He was eventually off to bed, really early, thanks to his super late night and
long day of moving. So, the one night in 2 years that we’ve been childless, we
did NOTHING to take advantage of it. I was so upset, and of course pregnancy
hormones don’t help. I did get caught up on a bunch of shows though, and just
had myself a lazy night (which, I could probably use anyway). Eventually, I was
off to bed for the night. Still pretty upset, but what are you gonna do?!
She's just so dang cute.
On Sunday, I slept in a tad, but
was too uncomfortable to stay in bed too long. So, I was up and at it, getting laundry
started. Christian was up early as well, so we decided to get ready, and head
out to have some breakfast on our own. So weird. After breakfast, we stopped at
Payless for some summer shows, did our Target run and settled in at home.
Finally got the rest of my shopping done. While I kept working on laundry and
cleaning up around the house, Christian did some work outside…he started
cleaning up and emptying the shed and mowed the lawn. Finally, I was off to
pick the girls up from my mom’s. Apparently things went pretty well, but all of
the girls wanted to sleep with her so I don’t think she got a very peaceful
night of sleep, LOL. I know she was pretty exhausted though. We stopped at
Walmart for a few forgotten groceries before settling in at home for the night.
The girls played outside for a while, while Christian did some more outside
cleanup and I folded laundry and watched some shows. We ended up going out for
some dinner – I’d been craving some yummy pizza forever, so Carbone’s it was, and
Christian’s friend, Lorenzo, came with us. The big girls and I had to leave as
soon as we finished eating, for swim class, so the boys and Eliza finished up, paid the bill and made
their way back to the house. Amelia got to jump off of the diving board today,
which she’s just been DYING to do, so she was pretty dang excited. My babies,
growing up way too fast!! I got them showered before heading home to get their
homework done, and a little playtime in before bed. Christian was off to have a
couple of drinks with Lorenzo while I finished tackling my laundry pile and settled
in for the night. Monday was fast approaching, along with a very hectic week!
My mom helped the girls make these super cute light-pots for me, for Mother's Day. Love!
She got to jump off of the diving board today!!! She's been dying to do it, she was in heaven!
Until Next Week! XOXO
