Today I was lucky enough to have the day off again and to be able to take both kids to daycare again! Steve took Presley to preschool and then Piper and I got up and moving slowly. I took her to my mom's about 9 and then went to an appt at 10. After that I went to Target (yes, again), got home and went to work on the miscellaneous crap I had to get done around the house. Got some stuff in the mail, renewed my drivers license (online!), laundry, cleaned, went thru baby clothes to give friends (#7 on my 2014 goal list), made dinner (crockpot chicken recipe from Pinterest, #8 on my 2014 goal list), worked out, showered and picked up Piper by 4.
Another productive day, which I desperately needed!
By the way....2 weeks from today I have to sign my baby up for kindergarten. Tear.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
Weekend Update
This weekend was boring and not in a bad way. We just had no plans and didn't do much of anything!
Unfortunately both girls were up too early for my liking on Saturday, at 6:50. Not cool, hope this isn't becoming a really bad habit......if it is, we might have to teach Presley how to get Piper out of her crib, change her diaper and feed her breakfast for us! HA!
We hung out, played. Presley and I watched a movie while Piper napped and Steve went to the grocery store. We did get out of the house and ran to the mall, for no reason but to get out of the house and let the kids run around. Then we swung by Applebees for dinner on the way home....I'm beginning to think there is a reason restaurants always puts us in the corner by ourselves?!
Sunday was another day of the same. Piper was up early (2 DAYS IN A ROW!), Presley got up a little before 9 and we did nothing. The girls play SO good together and in the basement they just play and play, it's great! We finally decided to get out of the house and ran to Bass Pro Shop, we figured we check out some of the animals and fish. We weren't there nearly as long as we thought we would be but came home and spent some time outsides since it was pretty nice.
Today was MLK day so I didn't have to work. I had a list of places to go and things to get done so I took both girls to daycare (Pipers dropoff at Generation was perfect, too bad her whole day wasn't like that). I went to Target, Hobby Lobby, Whole Foods, World Market, Nobbies, Valley West Mall and Davids Bridal and was home by 2! We both went to pick up the girls about 4, Piper was sitting on one of the teachers laps with her pacifer in her mouth! They must have been looking for any way to calm her down b/c they never give kids their pacifers other than naptime! UGH!
I got alot done but still have some things I need to get done tomorrow (since I'm taking another day off to myself!)
Unfortunately both girls were up too early for my liking on Saturday, at 6:50. Not cool, hope this isn't becoming a really bad habit......if it is, we might have to teach Presley how to get Piper out of her crib, change her diaper and feed her breakfast for us! HA!
We hung out, played. Presley and I watched a movie while Piper napped and Steve went to the grocery store. We did get out of the house and ran to the mall, for no reason but to get out of the house and let the kids run around. Then we swung by Applebees for dinner on the way home....I'm beginning to think there is a reason restaurants always puts us in the corner by ourselves?!
Sunday was another day of the same. Piper was up early (2 DAYS IN A ROW!), Presley got up a little before 9 and we did nothing. The girls play SO good together and in the basement they just play and play, it's great! We finally decided to get out of the house and ran to Bass Pro Shop, we figured we check out some of the animals and fish. We weren't there nearly as long as we thought we would be but came home and spent some time outsides since it was pretty nice.
Today was MLK day so I didn't have to work. I had a list of places to go and things to get done so I took both girls to daycare (Pipers dropoff at Generation was perfect, too bad her whole day wasn't like that). I went to Target, Hobby Lobby, Whole Foods, World Market, Nobbies, Valley West Mall and Davids Bridal and was home by 2! We both went to pick up the girls about 4, Piper was sitting on one of the teachers laps with her pacifer in her mouth! They must have been looking for any way to calm her down b/c they never give kids their pacifers other than naptime! UGH!
I got alot done but still have some things I need to get done tomorrow (since I'm taking another day off to myself!)
Friday, January 17, 2014
Long week
This was a long week. Three nights I got home after 7 pm which just makes for a messy, unorganized house and me feeling out of sorts trying to get everything in order. Monday was my late night at work, Piper had her 15 month doctor appointment in the morning....three shots for her and she was NOT happy! I don't remember Presley crying like that, I couldn't take her to Generation for daycare knowing she would continue to cry all day...I just couldn't so, Grandma to the rescue! Thanks again mom! and next Monday I promise I won't call you. :)
Tuesday was a short night just b/c everyone in my house was asleep by 8:00! I worked out, did some wedding shower stuff for Holly, watched some of my DVR'd Dr. Phil episodes and enjoyed the quiet!
Thursday. UGH Thursday blizzard. This was by far the worst drive I have ever had in an Iowa winter. For those family and friends who don't live here and understand what I'm talking about........it takes me a 1/2 hour to get from work to home. Oh no, not this Thursday! This Thursday it took me 1 hour to get to my mom's house to pick up Piper....her house is almost 1/2 way home.
Now if I would've planned ahead or knew the roads and traffic were going to continue to be bad, I would've just stayed at mom's house.....however, I didn't plan or know what I was driving into. With Piper, during our normal dinner time, we drove into a standstill of cars. It took over an hour to go 4 miles. Piper ate some goldfish I had, some fruit loops I found....though I had nothing for her to drink. We sang songs, she WAS DONE! I gave her the pacifer (which she hasn't had during the day, except for nap time this week!). I was willing to put a movie in the DVD player (that we never use) but we didn't have a DVD in the car! I got on my not-so-smart phone and Youtubed Baby Mcdonald for her and that kept her happy for the last 1/2 hour. We finally got home 2 hours later than we normally do, about 7:20, which is usually bedtime for her. She was starving, I was stressed. It was awful.
Steve's brother tried to drive home to Earlham, that wasn't happening so he drove here and stayed for the night. Our f'ing neighbor decided at 4:30 in the morning he was going to take his snow plow and scrap the snow down his driveway.....you know right outside our bedrooms! I was pissed and of course, I didn't fall back asleep (which is becoming a bad habit for me!)
So today was my other late night for work. Which I was thankful for, I didn't want to drive with the rest of the crazies into work. I got to work a little before 9 and got home about 7:30......but I have a 4 day weekend, which I'm really looking forward to! And really need!
Tuesday was a short night just b/c everyone in my house was asleep by 8:00! I worked out, did some wedding shower stuff for Holly, watched some of my DVR'd Dr. Phil episodes and enjoyed the quiet!
Thursday. UGH Thursday blizzard. This was by far the worst drive I have ever had in an Iowa winter. For those family and friends who don't live here and understand what I'm talking about........it takes me a 1/2 hour to get from work to home. Oh no, not this Thursday! This Thursday it took me 1 hour to get to my mom's house to pick up Piper....her house is almost 1/2 way home.
Now if I would've planned ahead or knew the roads and traffic were going to continue to be bad, I would've just stayed at mom's house.....however, I didn't plan or know what I was driving into. With Piper, during our normal dinner time, we drove into a standstill of cars. It took over an hour to go 4 miles. Piper ate some goldfish I had, some fruit loops I found....though I had nothing for her to drink. We sang songs, she WAS DONE! I gave her the pacifer (which she hasn't had during the day, except for nap time this week!). I was willing to put a movie in the DVD player (that we never use) but we didn't have a DVD in the car! I got on my not-so-smart phone and Youtubed Baby Mcdonald for her and that kept her happy for the last 1/2 hour. We finally got home 2 hours later than we normally do, about 7:20, which is usually bedtime for her. She was starving, I was stressed. It was awful.
Steve's brother tried to drive home to Earlham, that wasn't happening so he drove here and stayed for the night. Our f'ing neighbor decided at 4:30 in the morning he was going to take his snow plow and scrap the snow down his driveway.....you know right outside our bedrooms! I was pissed and of course, I didn't fall back asleep (which is becoming a bad habit for me!)
So today was my other late night for work. Which I was thankful for, I didn't want to drive with the rest of the crazies into work. I got to work a little before 9 and got home about 7:30......but I have a 4 day weekend, which I'm really looking forward to! And really need!
Monday, January 13, 2014
15 months
Oh Miss Piper...or Little Lady, as we like to call her alot of the time. She is the funniest, weirdest little lady around. She is 30 inches tall (51%) and 21.5 lbs (31%)....smaller than P was!
Miss Piper :
- still doesn't really talk, says dadda. And is forming more babbling words in the last 2 weeks but no real 'words'.
- can roar like a lion, make a fishy face, wrinkle her nose like a bunny, moo like cow, waddle like a penguin, sticks out her tongue like a frog and sounds like an elephant with her arm in the air as the trunk. There are no basic doggy, kitty, sheep noises from her. She loves animals so much and is obsessed with Baby Einstein Baby McDonald. She pulls on the computer and whines until she can watch it. She gets SO excited and intense when she watches it!
- loves her baths again! Thank goodness!
- has 11 (or maybe it's only 9) teeth...still working on the lower right molar.
- is slowly moving on up to 18 month clothes, can still wear most of her 12 month stuff though. Wearing size 4 diapers and size 5 shoes.
- is clumsy! This girls walks around like she has had a couple beers! She should be steady on her feet by now but this girl falls down ALL the time, bowlegged, walking crooked and she likes to spin in circles and just fall over and over again. Weird, I tell you.
- will walk around with a bucket on her head or something in front of her face so she can't see where she is going and then walks into walls or people and falls down?! I mean seriously, weird.
- knows her nose, belly and feet.
- will 'sign' for milk, but recognizes bath, more, eat, mile and all done!
- loves her sister Presley. They play so good together. Presley loves to be the boss and Piper doesn't know any better!
- is finally off ALL bottles and is forward facing in her carseat! But still loves that damn pacifer. And I will admit, she has been sick twice in the last month and it is just so easy to give that thing to her so she stops whining....good parenting huh?
- understands most of what we say. It's crazy the amount of things she can understand when she doesn't communicate back to us very well.
Presley at 15 months......was similar in most aspects!
http://www.thegoodlife-jgo.blogspot.com/2010/05/15-months.html
Presley at almost-16 months, was so much chunkier than Piper is!
Miss Piper :
- still doesn't really talk, says dadda. And is forming more babbling words in the last 2 weeks but no real 'words'.
- can roar like a lion, make a fishy face, wrinkle her nose like a bunny, moo like cow, waddle like a penguin, sticks out her tongue like a frog and sounds like an elephant with her arm in the air as the trunk. There are no basic doggy, kitty, sheep noises from her. She loves animals so much and is obsessed with Baby Einstein Baby McDonald. She pulls on the computer and whines until she can watch it. She gets SO excited and intense when she watches it!
- loves her baths again! Thank goodness!
- has 11 (or maybe it's only 9) teeth...still working on the lower right molar.
- is slowly moving on up to 18 month clothes, can still wear most of her 12 month stuff though. Wearing size 4 diapers and size 5 shoes.
- is clumsy! This girls walks around like she has had a couple beers! She should be steady on her feet by now but this girl falls down ALL the time, bowlegged, walking crooked and she likes to spin in circles and just fall over and over again. Weird, I tell you.
- will walk around with a bucket on her head or something in front of her face so she can't see where she is going and then walks into walls or people and falls down?! I mean seriously, weird.
- knows her nose, belly and feet.
- will 'sign' for milk, but recognizes bath, more, eat, mile and all done!
- loves her sister Presley. They play so good together. Presley loves to be the boss and Piper doesn't know any better!
- is finally off ALL bottles and is forward facing in her carseat! But still loves that damn pacifer. And I will admit, she has been sick twice in the last month and it is just so easy to give that thing to her so she stops whining....good parenting huh?
- understands most of what we say. It's crazy the amount of things she can understand when she doesn't communicate back to us very well.
I LOVE THIS SWEET, CRAZY, FUNNY LITTLE GIRL!
http://www.thegoodlife-jgo.blogspot.com/2010/05/15-months.html
Presley at almost-16 months, was so much chunkier than Piper is!
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Germs!!
UGH. So of course, after my last post my mom started to feel bad too. By morning both her and Steve were sick. So with no options for daycare I stayed home with the girls and with a puking husband. I really didn't want to miss work but really at this point my priorities were at home puking, shitting and whining.
Thank goodness Presley was starting to feeling better and was GOOD! She colored and drew pictures (nothing makes this girl happier than being artsy). She kept asking what she could clean?! She swept the floors and wet swiffered them, she volunteered to clean her room and make her bed. She wiped off the counters and dining room table...so I gave her $1 for doing so much cleaning without having to be asked. She thought that was pretty cool.
Steve stayed in the bedroom away from the rest of us. Piper was just whiny, not eating and gross diapers. I tried to give her some Pedialyte so she wouldn't get dehydrated since she was only eating fruit and drinking milk and was going on day 3 of diarrhea. She gagged on that and threw up everything, all over me and her. I took off her clothes and mine in the kitchen, Presley went to go get Steve and he came out between throwing up to keep Piper out of the kitchen so I could clean everything up. Fun times in our house!
Saturday Steve wasn't puking but was just exhausted and tired, don't blame him. Once the girls were up and starting to get restless we got ready and headed to Target. Taking both of them is always a risk, so I was ready to get in and out and hopefully with no screaming fits. It was the opposite. The whole way there, they didn't make a sound. At one point I thought they were going to fall asleep in the shopping cart! They were so quiet, it was odd. PEOPLE, I HAD THE QUIETEST KIDS IN TARGET! It was the best trip I could've asked for from them! I don't think either one of them is fully back to 100% which probably helped me!
Both girls were asleep by 8:30 and then Steve and I decided to watch one of the movies I had DVR'd from our free weekend of HBO and Cinemax.....This is 40 with Paul Rudd. I thought it was f'ing hilarious! Not like its a great story line or award winning movie, but I was laughing ALOT!
Today, I got up and went to work. I had to. I knew there were too many things I needed to wrap up before Monday (which I'm late night tomorrow, so I won't even get there until 10). I got home about 11, Piper was already down for a nap and Presley and Steve were coloring.
Presley then decided she really wanted to wash the windows to the patio door.....for 45 minutes she sprayed and wiped down those windows! LOL!
We did find about 20 minutes to take a walk to the mailbox and spend a little time outside since it was in the 40's today! Woohoo! Other than that we haven't done much but try to make Piper happy and try to get both kids to eat something.
8 pm tonight and both kids are asleep, and I have a feeling that Steve is headed there soon too.
Hoping for a healthier week for everyone! Fingers crossed!
Thank goodness Presley was starting to feeling better and was GOOD! She colored and drew pictures (nothing makes this girl happier than being artsy). She kept asking what she could clean?! She swept the floors and wet swiffered them, she volunteered to clean her room and make her bed. She wiped off the counters and dining room table...so I gave her $1 for doing so much cleaning without having to be asked. She thought that was pretty cool.
Steve stayed in the bedroom away from the rest of us. Piper was just whiny, not eating and gross diapers. I tried to give her some Pedialyte so she wouldn't get dehydrated since she was only eating fruit and drinking milk and was going on day 3 of diarrhea. She gagged on that and threw up everything, all over me and her. I took off her clothes and mine in the kitchen, Presley went to go get Steve and he came out between throwing up to keep Piper out of the kitchen so I could clean everything up. Fun times in our house!
Saturday Steve wasn't puking but was just exhausted and tired, don't blame him. Once the girls were up and starting to get restless we got ready and headed to Target. Taking both of them is always a risk, so I was ready to get in and out and hopefully with no screaming fits. It was the opposite. The whole way there, they didn't make a sound. At one point I thought they were going to fall asleep in the shopping cart! They were so quiet, it was odd. PEOPLE, I HAD THE QUIETEST KIDS IN TARGET! It was the best trip I could've asked for from them! I don't think either one of them is fully back to 100% which probably helped me!
Both girls were asleep by 8:30 and then Steve and I decided to watch one of the movies I had DVR'd from our free weekend of HBO and Cinemax.....This is 40 with Paul Rudd. I thought it was f'ing hilarious! Not like its a great story line or award winning movie, but I was laughing ALOT!
Today, I got up and went to work. I had to. I knew there were too many things I needed to wrap up before Monday (which I'm late night tomorrow, so I won't even get there until 10). I got home about 11, Piper was already down for a nap and Presley and Steve were coloring.
Presley then decided she really wanted to wash the windows to the patio door.....for 45 minutes she sprayed and wiped down those windows! LOL!
We did find about 20 minutes to take a walk to the mailbox and spend a little time outside since it was in the 40's today! Woohoo! Other than that we haven't done much but try to make Piper happy and try to get both kids to eat something.
8 pm tonight and both kids are asleep, and I have a feeling that Steve is headed there soon too.
Hoping for a healthier week for everyone! Fingers crossed!
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Icky
We called it. Piper isn't right. Must be a stomach bug of some sort b/c she hasn't eaten hardly anything all week and now has runny diapers....over and over again. Gross! Her sleeping as been better since the 3:45 Monday wake up call and the 4:30 Tuesday wake up call.
Then this morning I got a call from Generation Next. (Second call this week! After no calls for 7 months!) and Presley had thrown up and was lethargic and wasn't playing like normal. UGH! So Super-Grandma to the rescue! She went and picked up Presley and took care of both sick girls all day. Throwing up Presley and diarhea Piper. They both took naps so that was good and Piper still went to bed early (mom is adjusting Pipers nap to be earlier and more like Generations schedule which is only a nap from 12-2. Piper is used to sleeping from 1-4!) So it is really fun in our house! Be jealous!
Then this morning I got a call from Generation Next. (Second call this week! After no calls for 7 months!) and Presley had thrown up and was lethargic and wasn't playing like normal. UGH! So Super-Grandma to the rescue! She went and picked up Presley and took care of both sick girls all day. Throwing up Presley and diarhea Piper. They both took naps so that was good and Piper still went to bed early (mom is adjusting Pipers nap to be earlier and more like Generations schedule which is only a nap from 12-2. Piper is used to sleeping from 1-4!) So it is really fun in our house! Be jealous!
Monday, January 6, 2014
Random
Sunday was our last Packer party. Boo. They lost but honestly these close games are too stressful for me to watch. I cover my eyes, peaking thru my fingers, leave the room but peak around the corner. Can't handle it.
American Idol starts soon...are you excited? I AM!
I might have the opportunity to travel for 2-3 days for work. Not sure where but hopefully somewhere warm (my luck it will be Minnesota). I haven't traveled for work since I started in this department 4 years ago. I just don't like leaving Steve to do it all b/c I know I wouldn't! LOL! We'll see, it probably won't happen anyway.
I did a college bowl game pick contest thingy....all you have to do is pick the winners....well it is obvious that I know VERY little about college football.
American Idol starts soon...are you excited? I AM!
I might have the opportunity to travel for 2-3 days for work. Not sure where but hopefully somewhere warm (my luck it will be Minnesota). I haven't traveled for work since I started in this department 4 years ago. I just don't like leaving Steve to do it all b/c I know I wouldn't! LOL! We'll see, it probably won't happen anyway.
I did a college bowl game pick contest thingy....all you have to do is pick the winners....well it is obvious that I know VERY little about college football.
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