2/14/12

Happy Valentines Day!

Now, I'm the kind of person that doesn't get into Valentines Day. Well, it's more like, I try to convince myself that I'm that kind of person. In reality, we just don't really celebrate it, because we never have the time, or the extra money to "waste" on it. Some day we'll be able to put more of an effort into it, but for now, it's low key all the way.

I left work a little early so I could pick up the girls and spend a little time with them. I gave them their presents...a couple of headbands, some fun straw cups, a little craft box, some stickers, and, of course, some chocolates. They had such fun decorating their boxes and checking out all of their goodies.

Next up, my mom stopped over. I scored some passes to a screening of "21 JumpStreet" tonight, so that was our Valentines date plans. Christian arrived home shortly after, and surprised me with some flowers, which really was a surprise. YAY! Then, we were off! We grabbed some dinner from the food court and got in line. We ended up getting some great seats, and it was actually a really great movie. SUPER funny, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. Then, we rushed home to relieve my mom before it got too late.

All in all, it actually was a great Valentines Day. Maybe my opinion will start changing :) Here are some pictures of our day.

2/13/12

Well, today I had an unexpected sick day at home. I woke up feeling completely clogged up, and my head felt like it was going to explode. Seriously, horrible. Christian ended up taking the girls to his mom's for me, and I called in for the day. I ended up sleeping until 10:00AM, and I cannot explain to you how amazing that felt. I still wasn't feeling great, but I could at least function, and felt a little refreshed. After sitting around for a bit, and eating some lunch, I decided to be somewhat productive...I cleaned the play room and basement up, did the dishes, picked up around the upstairs, and started some dinner. Nothing too exhausting, but the house looked much more livable :)

Once the family was home we ate, and settled in for the night. We did one of the crafts my stepmom sent home with us this weekend...colored some cute, wood Valentines decorations. The girl are super into coloring, but they at least gave it a shot. LOL

2/12/12

Sunday again. And, another pretty productive Sunday at that! The morning started off a little slow, like usual, but once breakfast was done, we were on our way. Scrubbing the kitchen, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming the upstairs putting away clothes, cleaning the bathroom and some general picking up. Little feels better than a freshly cleaned house, that's for sure! The girls spent a little time downstairs playing in their room, but they were both really interested in helping clean, so we let them get in on some of the action. It was pretty fun, actually.

After cleaning and some lunch, the girls went down for their naps. I was off to get my workout in for the day. I sat down to catch up on some TV after my workout, but I was so exhausted and worn out, I passed out. That was a much needed nap though!

Once the girls were up, we all got dressed and were on our way out for dinner. Our fridge is basically empty, and I was just too tired to drag myself to the store today, so we were off to Applebee's for a little family dinner. The girls had a blast, like usual. They just love eating out at restaurants.

The rest of the night was pretty low key. Just hung out around the house, watched some TV and played...the usual. Time to get ready to tackle another week. This is supposed to be my first full week at work in a long time now, I'm not really looking forward to it.

2/11/12

Today was a good, and bad day.

The girls and I were up pretty early this morning, playing, watching some TV. Finally, Christian was up and helped get the girls ready and help with breakfast. Then, the girls and I were off to my Dad's house to do some Valentines Day crafts with my stepmom and some of my nieces and nephews. Amelia was pretty standoffish the whole time we were there and threw a fit anytime I was out of sight (makes me slightly more nervous for the daycare transition that I was to begin with...). Olivia had a lot of fun doing her project with Grandpa and playing with the kids. Like usual, she wasn't too happy when it was time to head home.

Both of them passed out halfway home, and proceeded to nap for a while. While we were gone, Christian was off to help his friend with his car....again. Broken record, much? He arrived home just as I was off on my next adventure....the "bad" part of my day.

I was off to meet the BFF and her mom and sisters at to finally pick out and order our bridesmaid dresses. That part is exciting and fun. The bad parts...1) getting sized for a formal dress, is pretty much enough to make me want to hurl myself off the side of a VERY large building. I think that was a whole new level of depression for me. 2) the dress we picked out is really cute, and was actually super cheap as far as bridesmaid dresses go...BUT, it's so late, and the wedding is so soon, that we had to pay to have them rushed! That sucked big time...I was really excited at the thought of spending way less than anticipated on the dress.

That pretty much put a downer on the rest of my night. We ate some dinner when I arrived home, played for a little while, and I was basically off to bed as soon as the girls were. Seriously, could we be any more lame?!?

Here are some pictures of our craft day :)

Soliciting Votes Post...Again

Just a quick message....

For any readers that are in facebook land, can you do me a favor and vote for our girls. We entered them in a little Valentines Day contest on Kiddie Kandids' page (where we had their pictures done a couple weeks ago). It was originally just for fun, the winner gets to be their profile picture, and I thought that would be kind of fun and cute. I got an e-mail from them this morning that they are actually going to give the winner a little prize, so I'm hoping to make up some ground. We're WAY behind #1 (which, is super cute, but not very Valentines Day-ish in my opinion), so we need all the help we can get :) All you have to do is like the picture, super easy (maybe page too, I'm not sure, but you can always unlike the page after).

Thanks so much!

Click HERE to vote for them!

2/10/12

Today was my Friday home with the girls. We had a fairly low key day. They were both still feeling pretty crappy. They were actually playing and quite happier, but all of the cold symptoms were still going strong. Poor things, I hope this is their last illness for a while!

I checked my e-mail this morning, and to my surprise, had an e-mail from the in-home daycare we interviewed last week. She was checking to see if we had contacted the referrals she sent me, and if we had found care for the girls yet. She surprised me by saying she and her husband had talked, and really enjoyed our interview, and the girls, and offered to adjust their hours for us. It's still not ideal...she offered 7:00-5:00. So, if we went with them, we would have to do full time, and I would have to switch to 5, 8-hour days a week, but it could actually work. Now, I'm so torn. I feel like we've already committed to KinderCare, and I have all of the paperwork to fill out, our start day and we've worked everything out with our parents. BUT, I just have such a strong feeling towards this in-home. I really like them, and everything they have to offer. Of course, Christian is still against me, for no GOOD reason, so that's probably not going to happen anyway. I'm upset about it though...I feel like they have so much more to offer, and we can get 5 days from them for the price of 3 at KinderCare. But, Christian seems adamant about part time, in a center. What to do, what to do...

Other than that, we really just hung out all day. The girls ate really well and played together great, which always makes life a little easier. Christian had his work "Holiday" dinner tonight, so it was just me and the girls, all day, and all night. I got my workout in during naptime, and it was BRUTAL. Glad I did it though. My weight in today was another slightly disappointing one, down 0.6lbs. DOWN, which is good, but not the at-least-a-pound I'm hoping to get every week. I'm staying positive though. In all, I've lost 7.2lbs in my first month, and I'm pretty happy with that.

Tonight, the girls and I made a mess of the kitchen, cooking up some Valentines cupcakes. They had so much fun, it was worth all of the clean up!

2/9/12

Well, it's official. We're going with KinderCare for the girls. It will be my mother in law on Monday's, KinderCare Tuesday-Thursday, and my mom and me on Friday's. I stopped into the center to pick up all of the enrollment paperwork after work. I feel so many emotions right now. I'm so excited for them to start school and finally get out of the house, out into the real world. I'm nervous about how they are going to adjust, act, make friends and all of that. I'm sad that they are growing up so fast. I'm worried about the added financial burden, and the time - actually having to get them up, dressed and awake in the morning before going through the whole drop off process. It's going to be a huge adjustment, for all of us!

Today was my Friday at work, and the day flew by. I've been playing a lot of catch up this week, and I'm very happy to be done with that. I hate catch up work...there's a reason it sits! LOL

After I picked up the paperwork, I rushed home to get my workout done. It was alittle longer than my usual workouts today - they are getting longer in general, and harder! It feels good though. Anxious for tomorrow's weigh-in. I've been doing good though, so hopefully that shows on the scale!

Here are some pictures of the girls, just being cute as can be.

2/8/12

Today was a pretty boring day. I spent the entire day at work, the ENTIRE day, doing data entry. Talk about BORING. Not my thing at all, which is why my stack of "data" to enter got to big. I always find a million more important things to do than sit there and enter dates and information. I hate it, with a passion. But, I got my entire pile done, and it did feel good to get that off my desk.

After work, it was home for the usual - workout, cook, eat, hang out. The girls still aren't feeling too well. They both feel pretty warm and feverish, runny noses, coughs...the whole nine yards. To top it off, Christian and I aren't doing too hot either. He feels a cold coming on. My back and knees are killing me, and that makes it even harder to get through my workouts. I thought by now those "just started working out and my body is revolting against me" aches and pains would be gone. Anyway, I'm guessing we're in for another long night of no sleep. I just wish there were more you could do for a poor, sick child. I hate feeling so helpless.

Here is a picture of the little sikkies, playing with the iPod. Amelia is starting to get the hang of it now, and they get into quite the battles over it.