Week 25 – the new YMCA program,
lots of hot weather, some softball, Father’s Day and poor Amelia hit with some
horrible illness. What a week!
On Monday, we were up and at it. I
really need to work on actually getting up when my alarm clock goes off.
Instead, I apparently really like to run around in a crazy panic every morning.
So, I was up and ready, got the girls ready and packed up, and dropped the big
girls off for their first day at the YMCA. I had to learn the sign-in process and
figure out where everything is, so I was running even more behind. They were a
little nervous, but thankfully one of their little friends was there already.
And, luckily it’s Monday, so Christian was dropping Eliza off. I finally
settled into work for a long busy day. Christian picked the big girls up, I
picked Eliza up, and we all met up at home to have a quick dinner before
softball. Olivia played 2nd and 1st base tonight – and
she seriously rocked it at 1st! Amelia played pitcher and 2nd
base – she did well, when she actually paid attention. We still need to work on
that. Christian left for work, and the girls and I made our way home for a
quiet night. I did FINALLY get my new debit card today (the card was canceled
for fraudulent activity a couple weeks ago). I feel like I can finally function
again!
Put Me In Coach!
I Love These Girls
Tuesday was my first day of two
drop-off’s. That is NOT going to be fun, or easy. I got up, packed lunches, got
the girls up and ready, and we were off. I had an early appointment, so I
wasn’t quite as rushed today. I dropped Eliza off, dropped the big girls off,
realized I left my cell phone at home, so I had to stop back there to pick it
up, then had to rush off to my appointment. I had a growth scan and biophysical
scan on tap today. Baby is still measuring big, 6lbs3ozs, 87%. Not great, but a
lower percentage than last time, so that’s good. My fluid level was stop on the
low side, otherwise we passed the BPP with flying colors. FINALLY, I was off to
work for a busy, chaotic day. The chaos is stressful, but the days fly by, so
that’s worth it. After work, I picked the big girls up, picked Eliza up, and we
settled in at home. I finished making dinner, while Christian showered and got
ready for work. We ate, cleaned up, and Christian was off to work. The girls
played for a while, watched videos for a while, and everybody was off to bed. I
was SOOOOO hot and miserable…even though we got lots of rain, and the
temperature dropped, it was so hot in the house. Seriously, MISERABLE!
Look at this cute foot! He's always in the same position, Always has this foot sticking out.
Wednesday was another pretty standard
day. Up, ready, lunches packed, girls up and ready, drop-off’s, and off to
work. At this point, I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to get a handle on
everything before I go on Maternity
Leave. I pretty much already told my boss that I’ll be late every day, and I’ll
just make the time up to cover my butt. One bright spot in the day, we did have
our quarterly service award celebration at work, and my 15 year anniversary is
this quarter, so I got to be part of the celebration. YAY!! 15 years, whoa!
After that, I was working the day away, when I got a call from the YMCA about
Amelia. She was having a rough day…crying, complaining that her ear hurt,
acting like she was in a lot of pain. So, I left early to pick them up, and we
went right to the MinuteClinic to get her checked out. First week at the YMCA,
and already making a great impression. Thankfully, we got right in to be seen.
However, the doctor said that while her ear is red and irritated, it’s not
quite an infection yet. Because of the over-prescribing of antibiotics
nowadays, she didn’t want to jump right to one. She gave us a “wait and see” prescription,
to fill if it gets worse or if she spikes a fever, and sent us on our way. I
debated just filling it to get it over with, but took her advice and waited. We
went home to relax for a while and I gave her some pain medication, we rested,
got ready for softball and had a quick dinner before picking Eliza up and
heading to softball. The girls did really nice, and this is by far the best
coach they have ever had. He’s so patient with the kids, but still stern and
not afraid to tell them when they’re acting up. He really knows what he’s
doing, and the girls are learning so much from him. Christian left the game for
work, and we made our way home for showers for the big girls, before getting
everybody settled in and off to bed. I was so sore tonight, I wanted to take a
nice, long, warm Epsom salt bath after getting the girls to bed until I
realized Christian did not clean up the bath toys after Eliza’s last bath. I
was so annoyed and way too tired to deal with it, so I skipped my bath. I was quite
bitter about it too.
Finally got the girls' Softball Pictures Back. Love!
34 Weeks 5 Days - getting there!
On Thursday, we woke up after a
rough night for Amelia. She still didn’t have a fever, but she woke up a couple
times crying and was still complaining about her ear hurting. Poor thing. I got
everybody up and ready to go, and gave her some medicine again. I’ve still been
getting to work at about the same time, which is late, and nothing I do seems
to speed that up. I’m pretty much given up for now, but I’m going to have to
figure something out when I return from Maternity Leave, and get my stuff
together. With how Amelia has been feeling, I decided to just go ahead and fill
her prescription. As I was preparing to do so, I realized the prescription was
for Amoxicillin…which she is allergic to. Which I apparently totally forgot
when the doctor asked me if she has any allergies, and now had no idea what to
do about it. I also remembered that the audiologist wanted me to right away
call an ENT the next time she gets an ear infection, which I did not do.
Feeling like a total failure. I basically can’t remember anything to save my
life any more. On top of that, work is still so insane, I feel like I can’t
ever catch breath. To make that worse, I got a call from the clinic after my OB
finally got a chance to read my latest biophysical scan. Apparently because of my fluctuating fluid
levels, she now wants me to get them done twice a week now, instead of once, so
I have to go to the clinic even more often. They only had one opening left this
week, which was this afternoon. I basically had to rush right over to the clinic
after the phone call to get there. He passed everything, except that my fluid
levels were down even more. They want the levels to be between 5-12, 8-12 is
ideal. On Tuesday, it was at a 6.5, and today, it was down to 4.2. I started to
panic a little, and thought for sure they would send me over to the hospital for
monitoring and fluids. Thankfully, after the ultrasound tech consulted with the
OB, they decided to just let me go home, rest, and drink as much water as
possible. Resting is a bit of a joke, but I have to try to do everything I can,
I CANNOT end up on bed rest! My next scan is on Tuesday, unless they call and
change anything before then. I made my way back to work to finish out the day,
a little emotional about everything, but survive. I battle some seriously
terrible traffic on my way to pick the big girls up. When I got to daycare,
Amelia had a complete breakdown, started bawling, and apparently had a very
rough afternoon with her ear. So, I called the clinic to see if there was
anything they could do to change the prescription I had been given. Of course,
the doctor that we saw yesterday was not there today, so they gave me a complete
run around, and could not give me an answer right away. We went home, Christian
made dinner and had to leave early for work. Of course, as soon as he left, the
clinic called and OK’d the change. So, I had to pack everybody up and rush off
to the clinic to get it filled. We finally got home, the girls took their
showers and bath (which I had to fight them to do, because it was wacky hair
day). The one highlight of my day is that Christian took my not so subtle
complaints to heart yesterday and cleaned out the bath tub. So, not only could
I give Eliza a bath, but I got to take my bath tonight!!! And, it was exactly
what I needed. So much for the rest, but we’ll try again tomorrow! Thankfully
Christian will be home tomorrow, night, and then it’s the weekend, so I should
be able to get a little more rest than usual.
Friday FINALLY arrived. Amelia woke
up like a whole new kid this morning, THANK GOD!!! I still gave her some
ibuprofen this morning, just in case. I got everybody else up, we all finished
getting ready, I dropped the big girls off at daycare and Eliza off at my mom’s,
and made my way into work. After yesterday’s issues, I mentioned everything to
my boss, and we decided to meet today with my team leader to check in on where
all of my work was at, and take care of any final “information sharing” that needed
to be done, just in case I end up on bedrest or he decides to come a little early.
Shortly after our meeting, I ended up getting a call from the clinic, again,
and because of my low levels yesterday, they wanted me in for a non-stress
test. So, again, I rushed off for that. The baby was stable, and moving quite a
bit which, I could tell), so that was good. I actually registered a few
contractions while I was on the monitor too, so hopefully that means things are
at least progressing a little. Maybe I will end up going a little early after all.
In the end, everything looked good, and they sent me on my way. I finished out
the work day, picked Eliza up, picked the big girls up, and we settled in at
home for the night. Amelia seems to be doing MUCH better, and really didn’t
have any issues tonight, thankfully. The girls swam in the pool for a while, we
had dinner, and had a pretty quiet night. I was seriously exhausted after all
of the chaos and stress this week, and ended up falling asleep for the night
around 8:00. I’ve been trying to chug the water as much as humanly possible,
and I’ll be resting as much as possible this weekend, so hopefully Tuesday’s
scan will be much better!
Saturday kicked off a SUPER hot
weekend. Even with the air on, it was still so hot in the house. I literally
had to sit on the AC vent a few times to cool off! Eliza was up pretty early
this morning, and woke up with a bloody nose. ALL OVER HER BED! So, I got to
clean that up and strip her bed. I hung out with her until everybody else was
up, we watched some movies and relaxed and a while. The girls were in and out
of the house all da long…playing, swimming, running around, watching videos.
The usual. Christian cut the grass and cleaned up the garage a little, and I
finally showered, got ready, and ran to Target. I had to get a birthday gift, a
Father’s Day gift, and a few groceries. Once home, I wrapped the birthday gift,
got the big girls ready, and dropped them off at their friend, Rio’s, birthday
party. It was the first time I’ve ever just dropped them off, and it made me a
total wreck all day long. I’m not so worried about them being watched and taken
care of…it’s more, I worry about how they’ll behave, and worry about them
fighting non-stop. So, I was quite nervous about it. Eliza, Christian and I
ended up going over to our friends house to swim while they were at the party
(like, in a pool that I could actually get into). I was nervous about that too,
as I don’t have a maternity swimsuit, but thankfully my regular suit fit pretty
well. It felt SO amazing to be in the pool too. To feel weightless for a while
was a serious blessing. Getting out, I felt like I weight a ton, but it was
still worth it. It took a while to convince Eliza to go in the pool, but she
finally did, and she loved it! After swimming, I dropped them off at home, and
was off to pick the big girls up. I visited with Rio’s mom, Misty, for a while,
before packing them into the can and heading home. We stopped at Walmart to get
some grilling goodies and made our way home to grill and relax for a while.
Everybody was off to bed, Christian watched the soccer game for a while, and I finally
called it a night. Not a complete day of relaxation, but much more relaxing
than usual.
Late night cuddles with all of my loves.
Sunday was Father’s Day. And it was
HOOOOOOOOT outside. We were all up and at it pretty early. Again, while I am
supposed to be off my feet as much as possible, I didn’t want to me a total
jerk on Father’s Day, so I got up and made a big, delicious breakfast. YUM!!!!
I did a little cleaning up, and we all made our way outside. Christian and the
girls swam the hot morning away, even Eliza got in the pool for a bit! And, I
soaked it up with my feet in the kiddie
pool. Let the good times roll. Once I was sufficiently sweaty and way too hot,
I made my way inside, with little Eliza following behind. We played for a while, and she ended up
passing out sitting next to me on the couch. My little love. While we planned
to have my in-laws over for a Father’s Day BBQ, as we’ve done for the last
several years, they backed out at the last minute. So, I quick called my dad
up, and the girls and I went over to visit for a while, while Christian just
stopped over to his parents’ for a short visit. Anytime I can get out of having
people over/having to clean up, AND I actually get to see my dad on Father’s Day
for a change, works for me! We all met back up at home and relaxed for a while before
the big girls hopped back in the pool for a while with Bella, and I relaxed in
the house. We finally got the girls all settled into bed, Christian went out
for a beer and dinner with Lorenzo, while I put in a few hours of work, to make
up for my appointments last week. With my leave time slowly depleting, and so
many appointments to come, this will likely be my Sunday ritual for the next
few weeks.
YUM!!
My Daddy with my Babies.
Until Next Week! XOXO
