Monday came all too
soon, as usual, and we were all off on our day. Christian to work, the big
girls to school/daycare. Meanwhile, Eliza and I were off to her 4 month
check-up. Similar to my last experience, I was pretty livid. I again scheduled
her for the first appointment of the day, 7:30AM, hoping to be in and out
quickly so I could get to work. 90 minutes later, I was finally out of the
clinic. LIVID. I have come to the conclusion that they double book him for each
appointment slot, and then whoever gets there first is apartment the winner,
and gets seen first. When he finally came into the room, he alluded to the fact
that he had just been with a new patient, who was mistakenly referred to him,
so it turned into quite an event. I was so angry and annoyed, it was pretty
hard to contain myself. As much as I love our doctor, as soon as Eliza hits
toddler stage, we’re out of there. As for the appointment itself, it went
alright. She was 65% for her weight and 75% for height, so not quite as big as
I thought she was….I totally expected her to be off the charts. During her
exam, he determined she had a Labial Adhesion, which basically means the inner
lips of her vagina have become stuck together. He said it’s fairly rare, but
nothing to be too concerned about…that the only real risk is that when she
urinates, it could get “stuck” and flow back into her system, causing urinary issues.
He prescribed a hormone cream that we’re supposed to apply daily for 4-6 weeks,
which should help it open up (so, to add to the delay I say in the pharmacy for
15 minutes waiting for that). I was a little anxious about the idea of using
hormones on her, but was reassured that it’s such a small amount; it shouldn’t
cause any long-term issues. BUT, when I checked her later that night to apply
the cream, I most definitely saw the hole that was “closed” at her appointment.
So weird – we’re just going to hold off and see what happens at her 6 month
check-up. She did get 3 vaccinations while we were there as well, so she was
pretty dang exhausted! I dropped her off with my mother-in law, and finally got
to work…luckily, she had a pretty good day, shots and all. Work was pretty
standard, but, I did get some flowers from one of my project managers, which
was quite a pleasant surprise. I work in one of those quite underappreciated
positions – where everybody things you just snap your fingers and everything
magically gets done. It’s rare to work with a project manager that actually
gets it, and appreciates what you do for them. I also received word throughout
the day that Amelia’s soccer coach, along with his two kids, has officially
quit. So, the assistant coach is taking over, and we now have 4 kids on our team.
Seriously, such a mess, her team has been SUCH A MESS. When we arrived at
practice, we ended up being right next to Olivia’s baseball coach, Misty’s,
team…I asked them if it would be OK if we practiced with their team, which
ended up working out really well…for both teams I think. I think with more
kids, they all had more fun, they were able to have a real scrimmage and it
seemed to work out better. What a pain though! Finally, we made our way home
for dinner and a little relaxation before bed. Busy day!
My flowers, so pretty
Tuesday wasn’t
quite as hectic. Everybody was off to work and school/daycare as usual. I did
have to leave work a little early for my annual eye exam though. I never used
to be very good about going to the eye doctor regularly, but my eyes have
gotten so bad, so quickly, I’m trying to be better about it, especially after a
pregnancy. I also have this huge bump on my eye, that’s been there since my eye
swelled up back at the end of June, so I was hoping to get some answers about
that while I was there. So, off I went. She determined that the bump was
basically an extreme sty. That when I had my infection, it probably just
swelled from all of the fluids building up, trying to fight off the infection,
then it all just got “trapped”. She said my options were to do nothing, and
hope it releases and heals on its own over time, do daily warm compresses to
loosen it up, or, if nothing works and it really bothers me, they could “flip
my lid, cut it open and drain it”. Ummm, no thank you on that last option. At
least it’s nothing serious though. My prescription did end up changing a little
bit again. Nothing super drastic this time though. She did give me a starter
pair of my new contacts, but I still have a pair of my current prescription to
use up, so we’ll see how much of a difference it is in a month or so when I try
them. After my appointment, I picked the girls up, and we were off to Olivia’s
soccer practice. Christian went straight home to start dinner for us, so we ate
pretty much as soon as we got home, we all relaxed for a bit and called it a
night.
Wednesday was
another pretty typical day. It was my work from home day, so I had the house
all to myself, and got to work in peace and quiet. Heaven! Christian ended up
taking the van today, and picked the girls up from daycare, because I was off
to meet my BFF, Kari, for a long overdue date night at Khan’s for dinner.
YUM!!! We ate as slow as we could, swapped baby stories and advice, vented
about husbands, and caught up as much as we could. Seriously, overdue! The rest
of the house was in the middle of dinner when I arrived home, and it was time
for baths and bed when they finished up. Nice relaxing night.
Thursday was
another low key day. The girls did have picture day at daycare though. They
were able to do them early enough to get some sibling photos done before Olivia
had to leave for school, so I’m really hoping we get a good one of all three
girls together. My friend Dawn took some pictures for us when she was here a
month or so ago, but I don’t think we’ll actually get the final versions for a
while yet, and I’m just dying for a great picture of them together. The
director said Eliza did a really great job too, so I just can’t wait!! Work,
daycare and school all went well. Eliza had yet another great week in daycare –
getting stronger and more interested in her surroundings every day. When I came
into the room today, she was laying on the playmat, right in front of the
mirror, and when she spotted me in the mirror she was smiling like crazy…she
just couldn’t figure out where I was though. It was pretty funny. We made our
way home, met Christian, had some dinner and had a quiet night. Olivia hasn’t
had any homework or anything so far, and I’m actually really hoping that
continues. I mean, there day is pretty long; I find it hard to believe they
wouldn’t be able to do everything they need to do there in the classroom. We’ll
see what happens though.
My throwback this week...a year ago we found out we were expecting, and this is how we told Daddy!
Friday was my day
to work, so my mom came over to watch Eliza, and the rest of us were off. Eliza
had a great day with her today too…she seems to be getting happier and easier
with each passing week, particularly for our mom’s, so that is a big relief.
When we get home in the evening she is just ALL SMILES though, especially for
her big sisters, she just loves watching those two go at it. Work was pretty
standard, Olivia is doing great in Kindergarten…she’s thisclose to memorizing
her lunch PIN, and she’s working hard to learn the other kids’ names and make
new friends. So far she still loves going, and she really likes going to the
library. Our evening was pretty quiet…Christian worked late, as he usually does
on Friday, but was home in time for dinner. Dinner brought a pretty funny story
I’d like to share…having all girls, I’ve found that people really do seem to
think they are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. I don’t know about
other girls, but that is definitely not the case with ours. They come home from
daycare dirtier than any of the boys there, they beat the crap out of each
other constantly, and, this is what we get to experience: when I sat down at the dinner table to join Olivia and Amelia, they
were in the midst of debating what the funniest word in the world is. I asked
them what the options were and was met with...“Butts!”, “Farts!”, “Fart-Face!”,
“Poop!”, “Booty!”, “Poppy-Butt” and lots of little girls giggles. Yes, sugar
and spice guys, sugar and spice. We did come to a consensus that “Fart-Face”
was indeed the funniest word, and, it totally makes me laugh just thinking
about it. LOL. The rest of our evening was not quite as exciting as that. A
little TV and family time, and early to bed.
I love her. I just love her.
On Saturday I woke
up to realize I had left my pumped milk from work yesterday in the pump cooler
overnight. UGH, seriously, what is wrong with me?!?! I ended up doing a little
internet research and found out that as long as there isn’t an odd smell or
look to the milk, it can be left in an insulated cooler for up to 24 hours. It
had been about 21…everything smelled and looked fine with it, so I put it in
the fridge. I continued to check it over the weekend, up until I packed her bag
Monday, and everything was fine, so I’m SUPER relieved I didn’t just give in
and toss it. I know it’s so cliché, but it really is liquid gold, and I wanted
to cry. After that chaos, we had some breakfast, and we were all off to soccer.
Christian brought Amelia, I brought Olivia. Olivia was SO CLOSE to scoring a
goal this week, but just missed. Meanwhile, apparently while Amelia wasn’t
super enthusiastic about it, she actually played this week AND she scored a
goal. SO EXCITING!! Hopefully that will get her more amped about playing and
she’ll keep it up. The morning started off pretty cold (it was in the 30’s at
soccer time), but it warmed up quite a bit, and ended up being a PERFECT day to
be outside, so after soccer we all got ready, and we made our way to check out
the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The girls’ admission is free, and I bought a
Groupon for BOGO a while back, so we cashed it in a checked it out. It was so
beautiful, and so peaceful…and HUGE. You could really spend a whole day just
walking around and checking everything out (well, without the easily bored
children of course). They seemed to really like it though…except when we were
leaving, Amelia asked us “Is that it?” and when we said “Yes, we’re done and
we’re going to head home now” she told us “Well, I didn’t really like that zoo.
They didn’t have any giraffes or elephants or anything”. Ha, I guess it really
was the worst zoo ever. So funny. We
were all pretty exhausted when we got home and just spent some time hanging
out, relaxing. Once the girls were in bed. Christian left to have a couple
beers with his friend, and I settled in with my laptop. I’ve been obsessed with
watching the last season of “16 & Pregnant”…we don’t have cable, so I
haven’t watched it forever. This is seriously one my biggest fears for our
girls, I really don’t know what I would do if 10-15 years from now any of them
came to me pregnant. Makes me cringe just thinking about it. I typically don’t
have my sympathy for the girls on these shows, but there was one story tonight
that just broke my heart. These kids…I wish they would all just understand the
lifelong impact it has, and really think about what they’re doing. Damn
teenagers.
Olivia's Soccer
Arboretum
Sunday was another
busy day. My mom joined us, and we met our friends Mariano and Bella, for a day
at the Apple Orchard. Again, PERFECT day to be out and about, enjoying the
weather and having some fall fun (a little early). One of the local apple
orchards was having a big “anniversary party” this weekend, so they had a ton
of extra free events and activities for the kids to do, so we made our trip to
the orchard a little earlier than we usually do. They played at the park, got
their faces painted, fed some animals, watched the dog jumping competition,
played in the bounce house obstacle course, went on a little train ride…they
had a blast. We all ate some lunch, and then hopped on a hayride out to the
apples. We filled our bags and did some taste testing before heading back to
the store to check out. Such a fun time, the girls were exhausted though. We
all made our way home, the girls took a little nap, and we caught the end of
the Vikings game. I finished up some laundry, while Christian started draining
the pool and took the girls outside to play for a while. The day just flew by,
and it was time for dinner, baths and bed before we knew it. A great weekend,
and another week over way too fast!
Apple Orchard fun
Until Next Week! XOXO
