Of course Piper woke up crying this morning from 3:45 to 4:15, my alarm goes off at 5 so I never went back to sleep. Oh well, honestly I didn't any more tired than I do any other day! It was a bad morning for her to not sleep good with her first day at Generation, I know they don't give morning naps (which she rarely gets anyway, but every once in a while she needs it). I knew she wouldn't have her pacifer during the day (which is good, but when you are scared and tired a pacifer would be comforting, at least for a 15 month old!)
She didn't eat breakfast for me, wasn't interested in anything. They don't eat morning snack until 8 and she is used to having breakfast at 7, with probably a follow up morning snack by 8 (the girl likes to eat!). So of course, I was worried about her being hungry too.
Presley and I dropped her off at her room and she screamed and cried. This was the hardest drop off for me. This one made me sad. I knew she would be fine. I told Presley that she should ask to go visit her during the day and she did. Once when Piper was sleeping and other time she said Piper was not happy to see her and just cried.
I called them about 9:15 and they said she was emotional off and on and they were trying to do some cuddling. They said she seemed tired....as I expected. I got an email from the director twice, once to tell me that she was having a hard time adjusting and another to tell me that she was content sitting on Miss Stephanie's lap during their music time.
Then I got a phone call from Miss Stephanie letting me know that Piper had broken out in a rash. Oh great. She said it wasn't a big deal but wanted me to know. So I told her to let me know how it goes and we would come get her if needed.....I never heard anything back so assumed all went ok.
Steve picked them up about 4:15. They said she wanted to be held all day, but they can't do that...which we don't want them to. She did nap for almost 2 hours ON A NAP MAT! (they are lucky she was so exhausted and slept for them) And all she ate was applesauce and animal crackers. But she survived and it will only get better. It took Presley 3 months and she went every day. Since she is only going on Mondays it might take her a little longer. Time will tell!
Piper was asleep by 7 tonight but has already woken up, so something is not right with her. Maybe her last molar is coming thru?
Monday, January 6, 2014
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Friday/Saturday
So Thursday night I worked a little late but was still home by 6:30 to help give the kids a bath and get them to bed by 8. Friday I got off work at 3:00 to take Piper to meet her new daycare. Started Monday (and only Mondays) she will be going to Generation with P. I originally did this to give my mom Mondays off again, not realizing that Sam would be putting Boston into the daycare in Bondurant. But this will be good for Piper, mom thinks she get bored at her house so at least this will be one day of keeping her busy!
Her teachers will be Miss Cheslea and Miss Allie both younger girls but obviously with alot of patience to have a room full of 12-18 month olds. It will be interesting to see how Piper does and how in the world they will get her to take a nap on a nap mat!
It was nice getting home at 4:30, the evening seem to last SO much longer! Both girls were so tired and were both asleep by 7:45! Piper did wake up in the middle of the night for about a half hour, which rarely happens anymore so I'm wondering if she is getting a cold or something. Either way the 30 minutes she was up, allowed her to sleep in! I woke up at 9:15 and didn't hear either girl being awake. P was awake and just playing in her room and Piper was quietly talking to herself in her crib. I wish every morning was like this! HA!
We got ready and headed to the mall, I had some gift cards to spend and since I hadn't been to the mall since before Thanksgiving I figured I was due to make a visit! We weren't there very long but I got my purchases done!
We came home and did our usual Saturday stuff. It's so nice b/c Presley and Piper will just go downstairs and play without us! We quietly sneak down to check on them, but of course don't want to interrupt them!
I'm sure you have heard it is cold around here. Really cold. Might as well be cold now so by March we can have a nice spring!
Her teachers will be Miss Cheslea and Miss Allie both younger girls but obviously with alot of patience to have a room full of 12-18 month olds. It will be interesting to see how Piper does and how in the world they will get her to take a nap on a nap mat!
It was nice getting home at 4:30, the evening seem to last SO much longer! Both girls were so tired and were both asleep by 7:45! Piper did wake up in the middle of the night for about a half hour, which rarely happens anymore so I'm wondering if she is getting a cold or something. Either way the 30 minutes she was up, allowed her to sleep in! I woke up at 9:15 and didn't hear either girl being awake. P was awake and just playing in her room and Piper was quietly talking to herself in her crib. I wish every morning was like this! HA!
We got ready and headed to the mall, I had some gift cards to spend and since I hadn't been to the mall since before Thanksgiving I figured I was due to make a visit! We weren't there very long but I got my purchases done!
We came home and did our usual Saturday stuff. It's so nice b/c Presley and Piper will just go downstairs and play without us! We quietly sneak down to check on them, but of course don't want to interrupt them!
I'm sure you have heard it is cold around here. Really cold. Might as well be cold now so by March we can have a nice spring!
Thursday, January 2, 2014
New Years
Miss Piper and her computer addiction.
We were invited to join some friends on a party bus around town to some dive bars for New Years Eve, it would've been a blast to go out on the town but the babysitter situation didn't work out for us so Steve decided to see if anyone wanted to come over. I got off home from work about 5:30 and friends started arriving about 6. We had 3 families join us...a total of 9 kids (8 girls and one boy), Presley was the oldest and 2 babies under 2 months old!
Piper was SO interested in the babies.
Just watching baby Chloe
Brody, Piper, Presley, Ava, Sadie and Grace
the missing sibling Samantha, didn't watch to join the picture!
All the kids played pretty good together. Presley thought she was the queen of the kids, Piper traveled around the house by herself. At one point I found her downstairs by herself! Oops!
I think the last family left at 10:30 which was pretty good considering the amount of kids. Piper went to bed about 9:30 and P fell asleep about 11! Lucky for us they both slept in. Piper was up about 9 and I had to wake P up at 10:30 b/c we were getting ready to have people over to watch the Iowa game!
Steve decided to get some people over to watch the Iowa game and we got all different people on Wednesday than we did on Tuesday night! So a good variety of friends and family over these two days!
Presley had Mary and Maggie to play with, all 3 of these girls are very type A and all wanted to be in charge so many times they would each go off on their own in hopes the other girls would follow them! Mr Max wanted to make Piper smile so badly (she was grumpy from being up too late) eventually she gave into him, they were too cute!
Then Max decided to wrestle his sister Maggie down to the ground!
It was another great day with people that we don't see often enough! We were exhausted by 5 pm and and I'm pretty sure we were all asleep by 8:30!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by and spent time with us! Happy New Years and hoping everyone has a great 2014!
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Goals for 2014
1) Get both girls into some sort of swimming classes
2) Run a 5k, in a race, on the treadmill, around a lake....wherever, just be able to run 3.1 miles again!
3) Payoff both credit cards (stupid Cancun and new mattress!)
4) Open a savings account for Piper (and continuously add to hers and Presley's accounts!)
5) Sign my baby up for Kindergarten and eventually get Piper into fulltime daycare at Generation Next.
6) Go on a weekend family trip just the 4 of us, whether to the Megamall, Omaha, KC....somewhere!
7) Once a month give to someone. Whether it be a surprise gift card in the mail or a dollar to the guy who plays guitar in the skywalk. Once a month isn't much but it is more than I'm doing now!
8) Pinterest more! Whether cooking/baking, crafts....something to get my creative juices flowing (b/c I have limited creativity)
Some are obviously easier than others but all are attainable. I'm not disappointed by meeting 6 out of 8 goals for 2013, I'm happy that I accomplished most of them! It's finding the time and putting in the effort to get these things done! Wish me luck in 2014!
2) Run a 5k, in a race, on the treadmill, around a lake....wherever, just be able to run 3.1 miles again!
3) Payoff both credit cards (stupid Cancun and new mattress!)
4) Open a savings account for Piper (and continuously add to hers and Presley's accounts!)
5) Sign my baby up for Kindergarten and eventually get Piper into fulltime daycare at Generation Next.
6) Go on a weekend family trip just the 4 of us, whether to the Megamall, Omaha, KC....somewhere!
7) Once a month give to someone. Whether it be a surprise gift card in the mail or a dollar to the guy who plays guitar in the skywalk. Once a month isn't much but it is more than I'm doing now!
8) Pinterest more! Whether cooking/baking, crafts....something to get my creative juices flowing (b/c I have limited creativity)
Some are obviously easier than others but all are attainable. I'm not disappointed by meeting 6 out of 8 goals for 2013, I'm happy that I accomplished most of them! It's finding the time and putting in the effort to get these things done! Wish me luck in 2014!
Weekend Update
Where did the weekend go? At least we have a shorter week ahead!
Saturday Presley woke up feeling ok, however after drinking some milk she threw up.....she would feel better, play for 5 minutes and then lay back down for an hour.
Steve got things ready for him and Piper to head to Lake Panorama for the Goodrich Christmas and they left about 12:30.
Presley ate a couple little things here and there but overall didn't eat much, I put on a movie for her about 1 pm while I started to take down the Christmas decorations, before I knew it she was snoring on the couch. I got all the decorations down and stored away until next year, I picked up the basement, did dishes and cleaned the kitchen (including wiping off the fronts of the appliances and cabinets), swept, dry swiffered and wet swiffered (on my hands and knees!) the floors, dusted and did the girls' laundry before I had to wake her up about 4 pm!
Once I convinced her to get up, she was feeling better. We painted her toe and finger nails, played Uno, played War and she finally ate! I told her she could have whatever she wanted as long as she ate it. So Cheetos, corn dogs and popcorn it was!
Steve and Piper got home about 7.....unfortunately Piper was NOT as good for Steve and Presley was for me. Piper did not nap and was NOT happy all afternoon/evening. So lesson learned by us, don't depend on Piper to nap at someone elses house!
Today both girls slept til about 8:30 (I love kids that sleep in!), we played and hung out. Gave Piper a bath which she then proceeded to rock on her pony naked after her bath before we had got her diaper on! It was so funny, I got my camera out and got some pictures of her smiling face and naked butt on that pony but they turned out to be NOT so appropriate for the internet!
Then I took the girls to my parents house about noon for our Packer football Sunday! Presley is feeling better, still tired and still not really eating much. Steve had a major Walmart shopping trip to do, he ran to Costco and then he finished the cleaning at home....more laundry, cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed. Piper napped at moms from about 1:15 to 4, Presley and Boston played good together and the Packers won! The perfect Sunday!
Saturday Presley woke up feeling ok, however after drinking some milk she threw up.....she would feel better, play for 5 minutes and then lay back down for an hour.
Steve got things ready for him and Piper to head to Lake Panorama for the Goodrich Christmas and they left about 12:30.
Presley ate a couple little things here and there but overall didn't eat much, I put on a movie for her about 1 pm while I started to take down the Christmas decorations, before I knew it she was snoring on the couch. I got all the decorations down and stored away until next year, I picked up the basement, did dishes and cleaned the kitchen (including wiping off the fronts of the appliances and cabinets), swept, dry swiffered and wet swiffered (on my hands and knees!) the floors, dusted and did the girls' laundry before I had to wake her up about 4 pm!
Once I convinced her to get up, she was feeling better. We painted her toe and finger nails, played Uno, played War and she finally ate! I told her she could have whatever she wanted as long as she ate it. So Cheetos, corn dogs and popcorn it was!
Steve and Piper got home about 7.....unfortunately Piper was NOT as good for Steve and Presley was for me. Piper did not nap and was NOT happy all afternoon/evening. So lesson learned by us, don't depend on Piper to nap at someone elses house!
Today both girls slept til about 8:30 (I love kids that sleep in!), we played and hung out. Gave Piper a bath which she then proceeded to rock on her pony naked after her bath before we had got her diaper on! It was so funny, I got my camera out and got some pictures of her smiling face and naked butt on that pony but they turned out to be NOT so appropriate for the internet!
Then I took the girls to my parents house about noon for our Packer football Sunday! Presley is feeling better, still tired and still not really eating much. Steve had a major Walmart shopping trip to do, he ran to Costco and then he finished the cleaning at home....more laundry, cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed. Piper napped at moms from about 1:15 to 4, Presley and Boston played good together and the Packers won! The perfect Sunday!
Friday, December 27, 2013
Preschool
So when P started preschool she had Ms Coleen and Miss Cheri...Cheri was the one that got 'let go' a couple months ago. Ms Coleen is a no BS kind of teacher, which I like. She has to be that way with all these 4-5 yr olds. Her other teacher is Miss Janet, who I have yet to meet (b/c she doesn't work after 5 so I'm never there when she is!).
Anywhoo...we gave the teachers Christmas cards and gift cards to Cold Stone....b/c who doesn't want ice cream with it is 10 degrees outside, but that is what P picked so we went with it.
Ms Coleen and Steve have a 'special' relationship. He has helped fix things in the classroom and I just think she likes talking to him. I think we are one of the few parents that ask how our kid is doing in school!
We got the nicest thank you card from her (which maybe all her thank you cards are this nice, who knows!) :
"Thank you for the Cold Stone ice cream GC. Sam and I love ice cream even when it is cold out. The card is beautiful. Presley is a pleasure to have in class, she is really coming out of her shell. Presley is a very smart girl, she will do well in school. Thanks for being great parents! Ms Coleen"
Anywhoo...we gave the teachers Christmas cards and gift cards to Cold Stone....b/c who doesn't want ice cream with it is 10 degrees outside, but that is what P picked so we went with it.
Ms Coleen and Steve have a 'special' relationship. He has helped fix things in the classroom and I just think she likes talking to him. I think we are one of the few parents that ask how our kid is doing in school!
We got the nicest thank you card from her (which maybe all her thank you cards are this nice, who knows!) :
"Thank you for the Cold Stone ice cream GC. Sam and I love ice cream even when it is cold out. The card is beautiful. Presley is a pleasure to have in class, she is really coming out of her shell. Presley is a very smart girl, she will do well in school. Thanks for being great parents! Ms Coleen"
TGIF!
I'm ready to put our Christmas stuff away until next year! Hopefully I can find the time this weekend without Piper around b/c she is just a pain in the ass! HA! I'm so nice.
Piper is obsessed with Baby McDonald....OBSESSED! Before this week she really only watched it on the weekends once or twice. Now, she pulls on the laptop or slides herself downstairs as fast as she can and then stands there pointing at the TV. Sorry chica, we are not watching that ALL day long!
This morning P woke up with a bright red face, that is usually the first indicator of a fever with her. Sure enough she had a slight fever and said she didn't feel good (though she says that quite often these days after listening to Steve during the week he was sick!). So my mom came to the rescue and watched her for us. Steve missed so much work being sick and I'm one of the few people working this week that I just really couldn't miss work. Basically, her head hurts with a fever. She won't eat, she threw up once and she just wants to sleep. Makes me sad to see her this way.
We are supposed to go to the Goodrich Christmas tomorrow, but it looks like P and I might be staying home and Piper and Steve can go represent for our family!
Piper is obsessed with Baby McDonald....OBSESSED! Before this week she really only watched it on the weekends once or twice. Now, she pulls on the laptop or slides herself downstairs as fast as she can and then stands there pointing at the TV. Sorry chica, we are not watching that ALL day long!
This morning P woke up with a bright red face, that is usually the first indicator of a fever with her. Sure enough she had a slight fever and said she didn't feel good (though she says that quite often these days after listening to Steve during the week he was sick!). So my mom came to the rescue and watched her for us. Steve missed so much work being sick and I'm one of the few people working this week that I just really couldn't miss work. Basically, her head hurts with a fever. She won't eat, she threw up once and she just wants to sleep. Makes me sad to see her this way.
We are supposed to go to the Goodrich Christmas tomorrow, but it looks like P and I might be staying home and Piper and Steve can go represent for our family!
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