The days have been long. My goals each day are:
- feed the kids breakfast and eat myself
- get the kids energy out, which usually means swimming bc I can sit down while they swim and I usually get in for 30 min myself
- get the kids home, have baths and shower myself and eat lunch. Jake usually is lots of help bc he comes home for lunch
- get Liv down for nap
- try and do some preschool stuff with Sam on my bed while I am laying down -- this has been pretty successful and has hopefully lessened the resentment Sam feels toward me for rarely making him his beloved pancake breakfast and laying down for all of Livs nap time
- about 3:55 I haul my booty out of bed (( if Liv hasn't already done that for me)) and Sam and I do the dishes like mad so when Jake gets home I don't feel as lazy....
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And now a couple days later I am feeling EVEN better! I'm 13 weeks, and maybe I'm one of those normal people that actually feel BETTER in the 2nd trimester? Hhhmmm... how would THAT be?
I have been to a pool party, and a regular get together with friends in the last couple nights. WHAT? I haven't been laying on my bed for HOURS? It's been pretty glorious. I even made dinner last night. That is progress ;)
So here's an update on what we have been doing lately....
#1. I'm doing preschool at home with Sam. There is only one preschool here that I want him to go to, and it's REALLY hard to get into - so if we get in, it will be great. If not, we are all set to do stuff at home. Yesterday was ART DAY. I think ART DAY is quickly becoming my favorite. We painted with water colors. Then Sam decided he liked markers better than water colors. Oh well.... Here's my first - I'm loving it, Sam thought the umbrellas and tables were garbage. Not awesome.
Anyways - I can't figure out how to change the orientation. But it's our pool. My view most days. If you remember, it looks something like this... so it's not an exact replica... but it was fun to paint :)
And I did not take a picture of Sam's marker picture - the best I can describe is that it is a stomach and intestines. With blockages. Didn't think you needed to see a pic of that, did ya?
But I'm actually enjoying preschool. I was excited when we made the decision to do preschool at home (which is kind of weird in Florida, because the state will pay for all 4 year olds to go to preschool, so if it's free, WHY NOT?) But I wanted to make sure he go to a good place, and I didn't feel comfortable, except for this one place where its super hard to get in. So we will wait and see how that waiting list goes!
But when I got so sick with this pregnancy, I was really questioning my resolve to do preschool at home. But I got up some energy to actually buy some preschool books, and now it's actually good. Sam will sit on the bed and do some preschool with me if I need to lay down. Or it's a good distraction for both of us to do something productive when I obviously do not want to do anything. It's been great surprisingly!
#2. Doctor Appointments
I have had a LOT of these lately. The OB/GYN of course, but there is this new Nurse Practitioner I have seen that has been really good. She practices all this "natural" type medicine and really looks into how your body is functioning to deal with any issues, not just puts me on medication just because something is "off."
Anyways - I plan to talk more about that later, but I really am tired. Like so tired. Growing a baby is so much work. And as I type this, Liv is in her room **supposed to be napping!** with her mattress of her bed (bc there are only so many things in there she can destroy) running around singing "Let it Go!" Let's just hope I can rest....
But these two kiddos were ANGELS at this Nurse Practitioner appt. We were going over my results of my MANY blood tests (Like I swear they took 30 vials) and it took over an hour, and these kiddos were awesome. Hence, the suckers. So they can come with me to these appts, but I will do anything to have a babysitter for those OB appts. Not taking them to those, not a chance!
And last, we visited Once Upon a Child last week so Sam could get a whole new church ensemble. He has these opinions about what he wears, and it usually comes to a head when he gets ready for church and Jake or I don't agree with him on what to wear. So I told him he had to pick out everything that matched, I had to approve, and that is what he would wear to church for the next while, until he grows out of it. So this is what he chose. He also has 2 alternative shirts - and reddish pink one, and a teal one.
So we get ready for church on Sunday, and she's all decked out... and he starts asking "Mom, Do I look better than Dad? I think I look better than Dad!" Ha HA! He was super handsome. We were running later, so I didn't take a picture, but it was handsome! What a cute boy :)
Until next time - which is hopefully a lot sooner than last time! Things are looking up!
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And now a couple days later I am feeling EVEN better! I'm 13 weeks, and maybe I'm one of those normal people that actually feel BETTER in the 2nd trimester? Hhhmmm... how would THAT be?
I have been to a pool party, and a regular get together with friends in the last couple nights. WHAT? I haven't been laying on my bed for HOURS? It's been pretty glorious. I even made dinner last night. That is progress ;)
So here's an update on what we have been doing lately....
#1. I'm doing preschool at home with Sam. There is only one preschool here that I want him to go to, and it's REALLY hard to get into - so if we get in, it will be great. If not, we are all set to do stuff at home. Yesterday was ART DAY. I think ART DAY is quickly becoming my favorite. We painted with water colors. Then Sam decided he liked markers better than water colors. Oh well.... Here's my first - I'm loving it, Sam thought the umbrellas and tables were garbage. Not awesome.
Anyways - I can't figure out how to change the orientation. But it's our pool. My view most days. If you remember, it looks something like this... so it's not an exact replica... but it was fun to paint :)
And I did not take a picture of Sam's marker picture - the best I can describe is that it is a stomach and intestines. With blockages. Didn't think you needed to see a pic of that, did ya?
But I'm actually enjoying preschool. I was excited when we made the decision to do preschool at home (which is kind of weird in Florida, because the state will pay for all 4 year olds to go to preschool, so if it's free, WHY NOT?) But I wanted to make sure he go to a good place, and I didn't feel comfortable, except for this one place where its super hard to get in. So we will wait and see how that waiting list goes!
But when I got so sick with this pregnancy, I was really questioning my resolve to do preschool at home. But I got up some energy to actually buy some preschool books, and now it's actually good. Sam will sit on the bed and do some preschool with me if I need to lay down. Or it's a good distraction for both of us to do something productive when I obviously do not want to do anything. It's been great surprisingly!
#2. Doctor Appointments
I have had a LOT of these lately. The OB/GYN of course, but there is this new Nurse Practitioner I have seen that has been really good. She practices all this "natural" type medicine and really looks into how your body is functioning to deal with any issues, not just puts me on medication just because something is "off."
Anyways - I plan to talk more about that later, but I really am tired. Like so tired. Growing a baby is so much work. And as I type this, Liv is in her room **supposed to be napping!** with her mattress of her bed (bc there are only so many things in there she can destroy) running around singing "Let it Go!" Let's just hope I can rest....
But these two kiddos were ANGELS at this Nurse Practitioner appt. We were going over my results of my MANY blood tests (Like I swear they took 30 vials) and it took over an hour, and these kiddos were awesome. Hence, the suckers. So they can come with me to these appts, but I will do anything to have a babysitter for those OB appts. Not taking them to those, not a chance!
And last, we visited Once Upon a Child last week so Sam could get a whole new church ensemble. He has these opinions about what he wears, and it usually comes to a head when he gets ready for church and Jake or I don't agree with him on what to wear. So I told him he had to pick out everything that matched, I had to approve, and that is what he would wear to church for the next while, until he grows out of it. So this is what he chose. He also has 2 alternative shirts - and reddish pink one, and a teal one.
So we get ready for church on Sunday, and she's all decked out... and he starts asking "Mom, Do I look better than Dad? I think I look better than Dad!" Ha HA! He was super handsome. We were running later, so I didn't take a picture, but it was handsome! What a cute boy :)
Until next time - which is hopefully a lot sooner than last time! Things are looking up!
