12/10/12

Today didn’t go so great. I woke up with a pounding headache…went about my morning, hoping it would get better as I got ready and got up and going. Really, it just got worse thoughout the day. I was nauseous and just miserable…the horrible drive into work didn’t bother me, the 10° weather actually felt kind of nice and my pancake breakfast didn’t cheer me up…so, I definitely knew something was up. I have so much to do though, so I tried to tough it out. UNTIL, I got a call from my mother in law. Olivia wasn’t feeling well again. I guess she wouldn’t eat anything, just laid around on the couch all morning, wouldn’t play or even fight with Amelia (no matter how much Amelia egged her on). So, I decided to call it a day around lunch time. I stopped to pick up some soup and medicine, picked Olivia up and headed home. She still wouldn’t eat, so I gave her some ibuprofen, put a cooling patch on her forehead and sent her off for a nap. I finally ate some lunch, took some medicine and laid down myself. What a LONG morning!

Olivia woke up feeling much better. She was talkative and had some color back in her face. She even asked to eat, so she finally had her soup and lot of water. I still wasn’t feeling too hot…I scrounged up some leftovers for dinner and we hung out until Christian and Amelia got home. Then, Olivia was raring to go…they were playing and running around and fighting like nothing had happened. I folded some laundry from this past weekend and just relaxed most of the night. I gave Olivia another dose of ibuprofen and sent the girls off to bed…I ended up keeping Olivia in bed with me just in case something spiked during the night, but she slept through the night, no problem. So, it looks like another freak 24-hour thing. Poor girl. I guess that’s better than an endless illness like she had last winter, so I guess I’ll take it.

Before bed, the girls discovered Buddy had shown up in their room, curled around their Christmas tree, showing off their new 2012 ornaments! YAY. So, here are some pictures of Buddy Day 10: Year 2012:

12/9/12

Today was a pretty busy, hectic day. But, it was a good one.

The snow continued all throughout the day. It ended around 7:00 or 8:00, and then started getting really cold and the temperature started to drop – it’s supposed to be really cold now for a few days. I think by the end of the storm, we got around 10” of snow in our neighborhood. Not bad for the first REAL snow of the season. That’s probably as much snow as we got the whole winter last year! LOL. I’m guessing we’ll definitely be having a white Christmas this year! YES!!

So, we started off the morning with a little play time and some breakfast. I had Amelia sleep in our bed last night, hoping maybe that would be the trick to getting them to sleep a little later (since we were up so late last night). No luck though. I started some laundry, we all got dressed and bundled up, and then the girls discovered that Buddy had shown up…hanging outside on the deck enjoying the winter wonderland! He had dug out one of our snowman kits, so we took his hint and made our way out to the backyard for some snowman building fun. The girls played on their swing set for a while – let me tell you, those snow pants really get them going down the slide, that’s for sure! After some playtime, we built our awesome snowman and did a little playing. We were all SOAKING wet by the time we got inside, but it was a lot of fun.

I hopped in the shower, got myself ready, then got Olivia all pricessified for our next event. Disney on Ice! She was so excited and couldn’t wait to see the princesses. I was nervous about the drive, but we just left extra early and it went OK. Amelia still did not join us…she’s still so ADD and has no interest in “watching stuff”, so it’s just best not to put her through it. Next year she may be more into it. We got some gas, picked up my mom, and made it to the show just as it was about to start. Perfect timing! We met the Arneson’s there and our little princesses loved the show. This show was “Celebrating 100 Years of Disney”, so there were a TON of characters in it with just small snipits of a few shows. I love how each show is so different. They are always so fun! Olivia just loved it. She picked out a little plastic Bullseye toy, so we got Amelia the Jessie doll to go with it (from Toy Story). Good times!

On our way home, I stopped along the way to take some winter wonderland shots - SO PRETTY!

While we were gone, Christian did his first round of snowblowing and Amelia took a nice LONG nap (another reason she wouldn’t do well – that girl LOVES her naps). She woke up just as we got home, and they played with their new toys for a while. I did some catching up on my photos/editing and relaxed for a while and Christian did one last round of snow clearing for the night. I was really craving some Chinese food tonight, but didn’t want to pay delivery (or, wait for it), so I ordered some food and was off to pick it up. We ate some dinner, I did a little more laundry and we watched a couple Christmas movies on TV. Before we knew it, it was bedtime. Another busy weekend has come to an end, and it should be an interesting few days of commuting. Time to get used to winter driving again!

Here are the before and after pictures for Buddy Day 9: Frosty the Snowman: