We took the kids in to the doctor for their regular check-ups this afternoon.
Is it crazy to anyone besides me that 6 month old Liam is only 7 pounds lighter than his almost 3 year old sister?
Anyway...everyone is healthy. Liam will NOT have to wear a helmet after all. Such a relief! It only would have been for 6 weeks, but oh what a long 6 weeks it would have been.
Shots were traumatic...more for McKenna than for Liam (Alyssa lucked out this go 'round). Heavens, you would have thought they cut her leg off. She gingerly coaxes her pants over each band aid every time she goes to the bathroom. Liam just cried for a half second and it was over. This just goes to further prove that girls equal DRAMA.
And after we gave them shots...we left all three of them with my poor niece to baby sit for the night. At least we gave them Tylenol before we left.
p.s. We had such a fun night out. Tried out a new restaurant, went miniature golfing and ended the night watching the fireworks at the state fair on the way home. I could get used to this Friday nights off thing.
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Sunday, April 27, 2008
Week in Review
Since I was a little preoccupied with other things this last week, writing everything down sort of fell by the wayside. I need to play a little catch up with the "goings on" before I get into the thoughts that have kept me so distracted.
Monday: Got the invitation to an old and very good friend's wedding. We were best friends when I lived in Hawaii back in 6th to 8th grade. I am so excited for her. She is an amazing person - I can only imagine that he is too. I wish I could go and be with her on her big day!
Tuesday: I got to go to chemo with dad and the rest of the "entourage". (Mom and 4 out of the 6 kids were there with him.) He has a little train of people that follow him through the office. I personally think it's SO cool that my sibs make the time to come with him to so many of his appointments. I am grateful for such a close knit family!
Kenna had tumbling so I got to hang out at my sister's house and contemplate a family history project with her. (My sister has a tumbling studio in her garage...)
While there I learned that my niece is expecting a baby!! She is the one that miscarried not to long ago so I am doubly excited for her and her hubby. What great news!
Wednesday: Some sad happenings with friends from work. I found out that a former co-worker and beloved grandpa type friend has been diagnosed with cancer. It breaks my heart to hear that yet another person in my life has been afflicted with this horrible disease.
Another sweet hearted person that is in my work group found out her 23 year old nephew was killed in a car/motorcycle accident. This also breaks my heart. I have some nieces and nephews around this age and couldn't bear to lose any of them, especially like that.
Thursday: Crazy busy day at work. So many things had to get done and it felt like I just couldn't find the time to do it all.
I found out a project that was scheduled to move forward this week didn't go because someone didn't get the submission packet turned in until today and it missed the approval committee meeting. It killed me to see the project get stalled after the person had known the urgency and had promised to move it forward. I was extremely disappointed, especially since the person responsible has not yet called to let me know - I had to find out from another source.
Got to go to lunch with a dear friend. She needed mashed potatoes and I needed some time out of the building. Being with her always cheers me up.
I was also able to spend some time with mom and dad, and review the family history project with them as well. I actually got some of my old junk cleaned out of their basement too. (I've only been married for 7 ½ years...and officially living on my own for 11. It's about time!) I found some old cards and letters which I'm thoroughly excited to read again...just as soon as I can catch a spare minute at home!
Matt had his last day of class for the semester. One more class and he's done!
Friday: Another busy busy work day. Deadlines were moved up, which always creates a special type of chaos. We finished the most important items though, and I was able to sneak out a half hour early to get a head start on a weekend with the whole family at home. I love Matt's weekends off - four days straight of having him home in the evenings goes a long way to improving my sanity levels.
Saturday: Matt took the girls shopping to get a few of the things we need to get the yard/garden in shape for the summer. As much as I really hate yard work, I'm excited to get things spruced up and looking nice. I know the girls will love having some flowers in the front yard that they can help take care of (they even have their own watering cans now thanks to daddy).
I was able to get a few things done around the house while they were gone, and I got a little one on one time with the boy.
Grandma and Grandpa T. took the kids later that evening so we could have a night out. They had the 4 other local grandkids over too so it ended up being a very fun evening for the kids...although I'm not so sure about poor grandma and grandpa.
Matt indulged me and took me to look at a camera I've been ogling for a while. It finally came out on the market this month and I've been anxious to get a look at it. Not that we can afford it right now, but it's nice to know what you want should you ever be the recipient of a large sum of money you can't figure out what to do with. (I must say I'm unimpressed with the staff of Best Buy and their knowledge of digital cameras.) We ended up getting a small (and cheap!) digital camera for the girls to play with.
We went for a late dinner and ended up running into Matt's brother Joe. Seems he was working the off-road show at the convention center up the street and was able to get us in for a peek after we finished eating. It was fun to look at all the tricked out Jeeps and other off-road vehicles.
It was even better to hear about all the progress that Angie (Joe's wife) is making though. The last few months have been amazing. She's almost rid of her cane and they are talking about moving forward with her transplant in August.
Sunday: Church was nice. The girls were pretty good and Liam slept most of the way through it. I had a dead arm, but it was worth it to get the chance to concentrate on the lessons. My visiting teacher still thinks I'm her project, but she's nice and helps with the baby when I need it. The Relief Society teacher did a great job and I had to hold back tears all the way through the lesson. (When did I get to be such a cry baby!?! I get choked up at everything these days...)
We had a pretty nice slow day at home. The girls were able to go outside and try out their new camera. Lyssa took a bzillion pictures of everything. Kenna's were a little less prolific and a little more interesting. I was able to press all the quilt blocks (finally!) and finish getting them arranged. Matt was able to work on a schedule readjustment for work in the hopes that they take his suggestions instead of what their current plan is.
If you actually read all that, I'm impressed. I barely had the attention span for it myself. Here's a little reward for your stick-to-it-iveness.
Monday: Got the invitation to an old and very good friend's wedding. We were best friends when I lived in Hawaii back in 6th to 8th grade. I am so excited for her. She is an amazing person - I can only imagine that he is too. I wish I could go and be with her on her big day!
Tuesday: I got to go to chemo with dad and the rest of the "entourage". (Mom and 4 out of the 6 kids were there with him.) He has a little train of people that follow him through the office. I personally think it's SO cool that my sibs make the time to come with him to so many of his appointments. I am grateful for such a close knit family!
Kenna had tumbling so I got to hang out at my sister's house and contemplate a family history project with her. (My sister has a tumbling studio in her garage...)
While there I learned that my niece is expecting a baby!! She is the one that miscarried not to long ago so I am doubly excited for her and her hubby. What great news!
Wednesday: Some sad happenings with friends from work. I found out that a former co-worker and beloved grandpa type friend has been diagnosed with cancer. It breaks my heart to hear that yet another person in my life has been afflicted with this horrible disease.
Another sweet hearted person that is in my work group found out her 23 year old nephew was killed in a car/motorcycle accident. This also breaks my heart. I have some nieces and nephews around this age and couldn't bear to lose any of them, especially like that.
Thursday: Crazy busy day at work. So many things had to get done and it felt like I just couldn't find the time to do it all.
I found out a project that was scheduled to move forward this week didn't go because someone didn't get the submission packet turned in until today and it missed the approval committee meeting. It killed me to see the project get stalled after the person had known the urgency and had promised to move it forward. I was extremely disappointed, especially since the person responsible has not yet called to let me know - I had to find out from another source.
Got to go to lunch with a dear friend. She needed mashed potatoes and I needed some time out of the building. Being with her always cheers me up.
I was also able to spend some time with mom and dad, and review the family history project with them as well. I actually got some of my old junk cleaned out of their basement too. (I've only been married for 7 ½ years...and officially living on my own for 11. It's about time!) I found some old cards and letters which I'm thoroughly excited to read again...just as soon as I can catch a spare minute at home!
Matt had his last day of class for the semester. One more class and he's done!
Friday: Another busy busy work day. Deadlines were moved up, which always creates a special type of chaos. We finished the most important items though, and I was able to sneak out a half hour early to get a head start on a weekend with the whole family at home. I love Matt's weekends off - four days straight of having him home in the evenings goes a long way to improving my sanity levels.
Saturday: Matt took the girls shopping to get a few of the things we need to get the yard/garden in shape for the summer. As much as I really hate yard work, I'm excited to get things spruced up and looking nice. I know the girls will love having some flowers in the front yard that they can help take care of (they even have their own watering cans now thanks to daddy).
I was able to get a few things done around the house while they were gone, and I got a little one on one time with the boy.
Grandma and Grandpa T. took the kids later that evening so we could have a night out. They had the 4 other local grandkids over too so it ended up being a very fun evening for the kids...although I'm not so sure about poor grandma and grandpa.
Matt indulged me and took me to look at a camera I've been ogling for a while. It finally came out on the market this month and I've been anxious to get a look at it. Not that we can afford it right now, but it's nice to know what you want should you ever be the recipient of a large sum of money you can't figure out what to do with. (I must say I'm unimpressed with the staff of Best Buy and their knowledge of digital cameras.) We ended up getting a small (and cheap!) digital camera for the girls to play with.
We went for a late dinner and ended up running into Matt's brother Joe. Seems he was working the off-road show at the convention center up the street and was able to get us in for a peek after we finished eating. It was fun to look at all the tricked out Jeeps and other off-road vehicles.
It was even better to hear about all the progress that Angie (Joe's wife) is making though. The last few months have been amazing. She's almost rid of her cane and they are talking about moving forward with her transplant in August.
Sunday: Church was nice. The girls were pretty good and Liam slept most of the way through it. I had a dead arm, but it was worth it to get the chance to concentrate on the lessons. My visiting teacher still thinks I'm her project, but she's nice and helps with the baby when I need it. The Relief Society teacher did a great job and I had to hold back tears all the way through the lesson. (When did I get to be such a cry baby!?! I get choked up at everything these days...)
We had a pretty nice slow day at home. The girls were able to go outside and try out their new camera. Lyssa took a bzillion pictures of everything. Kenna's were a little less prolific and a little more interesting. I was able to press all the quilt blocks (finally!) and finish getting them arranged. Matt was able to work on a schedule readjustment for work in the hopes that they take his suggestions instead of what their current plan is.
If you actually read all that, I'm impressed. I barely had the attention span for it myself. Here's a little reward for your stick-to-it-iveness.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Weekend of AWESOME
You know those weekends where you get everything accomplished that you want to so on Sunday night you can sit back, relax and take a breather knowing that you did everything you possibly could to make the most of the time you had?
Yeah. Me either.
But this past weekend came about as close as I can get to that.
Matt had Friday night off work since he has been putting in so much extra time teaching training classes. We were able to go out and spend some time with friends that we haven't seen in like... forever, due to my AWESOME parents and their willingness to baby-sit even though they've already watched the kids twice this week while Matt was at school. We haven't had any nights out for a while so it was VERY VERY MUCH appreciated and needed.
Saturday I was able to spend some time working on the quilt. Due to Matt's EXTREME AWESOMEness, he took the girls to the grocery store and left me home with a sleeping baby and a load of material to cut. SWEET. I got all the pieces cut out that I needed to while they were gone. I was even able to get a bunch of blocks sewn up later that day due to AWESOME children keeping themselves entertained while mom was holed up in the basement.
Today was pretty good as well. The AWESOME kids behaved through Sacrament Meeting, the rest of the blocks are sewn because my AWESOME baby took a 3 hour nap (I'm positive it's because of the constant prayer running through my head "Please let Liam sleep long enough for me to finish this..."), the AWESOME kids actually ate dinner and my AWESOME laundry got folded and put away. (Okay, so the laundry is far from AWESOME, but I was on a roll with the theme there...)
So what if the bathrooms didn't get cleaned and the yard didn't get worked on and the garden didn't get planted...Or the kitchen floor still needs to be scrubbed, or the garage still has unpacked boxes, or the mirrors still have fingerprints. I had myself a weekend full of AWESOME.
Plus, I GOT MY BLOCKS SEWN YA'LL.
And isn't that what's really important?
(Don't answer that...)
Yeah. Me either.
But this past weekend came about as close as I can get to that.
Matt had Friday night off work since he has been putting in so much extra time teaching training classes. We were able to go out and spend some time with friends that we haven't seen in like... forever, due to my AWESOME parents and their willingness to baby-sit even though they've already watched the kids twice this week while Matt was at school. We haven't had any nights out for a while so it was VERY VERY MUCH appreciated and needed.
Saturday I was able to spend some time working on the quilt. Due to Matt's EXTREME AWESOMEness, he took the girls to the grocery store and left me home with a sleeping baby and a load of material to cut. SWEET. I got all the pieces cut out that I needed to while they were gone. I was even able to get a bunch of blocks sewn up later that day due to AWESOME children keeping themselves entertained while mom was holed up in the basement.
Today was pretty good as well. The AWESOME kids behaved through Sacrament Meeting, the rest of the blocks are sewn because my AWESOME baby took a 3 hour nap (I'm positive it's because of the constant prayer running through my head "Please let Liam sleep long enough for me to finish this..."), the AWESOME kids actually ate dinner and my AWESOME laundry got folded and put away. (Okay, so the laundry is far from AWESOME, but I was on a roll with the theme there...)
So what if the bathrooms didn't get cleaned and the yard didn't get worked on and the garden didn't get planted...Or the kitchen floor still needs to be scrubbed, or the garage still has unpacked boxes, or the mirrors still have fingerprints. I had myself a weekend full of AWESOME.
Plus, I GOT MY BLOCKS SEWN YA'LL.
And isn't that what's really important?
(Don't answer that...)
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Date night
Mom came over to rescue me this morning. And by rescue I mean help me lay out the baby's quilt which I now only have about 4 weeks to finish. I have it in my head to finish it this weekend...but we'll see. I don't know what I would do without that woman. She of course had the best idea for how to make use of all the uneven numbers of colors and we got it all figured out. I think it's going to be very cute when I'm able to get it all put together.
We actually got another chance for a night out today (trying to take as many opportunities as we can before the baby arrives!). I'm afraid I'm not a very fun date though...I can't walk very far due to my various ailments so we're kind of limited on our date activities for the time being.
We decided to ginally get around to using a gift card that we got for Christmas '06 (how sad is that...free money and it takes us over a year to use it!) So we wandered around Bed, Bath and Beyond until we were able to find the pasta pot of our dreams. Too bad we have no room in our kitchen for all our kitchen stuff, but we got it anyway.
While driving around aimlessly afterward we decided dinner would be in order. Turns out there is a new Cheesecake Factory over by the mall. Apparently one should never attempt dinner at this restaurant because the wait was 2 1/2 hours. Seriously people. Who waits in line that long for dinner. And this was at 8:30 at night. I shudder to think what the line was like earlier in the evening. We ended up at the Olive Garden across the parking lot and had a very nice time there. Any time together is a good time!
We actually got another chance for a night out today (trying to take as many opportunities as we can before the baby arrives!). I'm afraid I'm not a very fun date though...I can't walk very far due to my various ailments so we're kind of limited on our date activities for the time being.
We decided to ginally get around to using a gift card that we got for Christmas '06 (how sad is that...free money and it takes us over a year to use it!) So we wandered around Bed, Bath and Beyond until we were able to find the pasta pot of our dreams. Too bad we have no room in our kitchen for all our kitchen stuff, but we got it anyway.
While driving around aimlessly afterward we decided dinner would be in order. Turns out there is a new Cheesecake Factory over by the mall. Apparently one should never attempt dinner at this restaurant because the wait was 2 1/2 hours. Seriously people. Who waits in line that long for dinner. And this was at 8:30 at night. I shudder to think what the line was like earlier in the evening. We ended up at the Olive Garden across the parking lot and had a very nice time there. Any time together is a good time!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Done?
Is our Christmas shopping actually *gasp* finished? A whole week and a half early? Well, not quite...but pretty darn close. Once again, date night turns into Christmas shopping night! We had a nice, but tiring evening of walking around Target and the local mall (sans children of course...thanks mom and dad!)
The girls are done - and that is usually the toughest part. Just two stubborn people left and the madness can end. Neither one of us are big shoppers, so this feels like quite an accomplishment.
Did I mention I want to get all the presents wrapped BEFORE Christmas Eve this year? Okay...so maybe the madness isn't quite over yet.
The girls are done - and that is usually the toughest part. Just two stubborn people left and the madness can end. Neither one of us are big shoppers, so this feels like quite an accomplishment.
Did I mention I want to get all the presents wrapped BEFORE Christmas Eve this year? Okay...so maybe the madness isn't quite over yet.
Friday, December 7, 2007
A night on the town...
Matt and I actually got to go out on a date last night! It's probably been a month since we have been able to sneak away because of all the holiday parties and what not.
It was a great relaxing night. Matt's parents whatched the girls for us. We went to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants and were actually able to have an uninterrupted conversation about something not having to do with the kids. (As much as I love them, I need some time alone with the hubby once in a while!)
We walked around outside for a little while (or in my case, waddled around) and were able to buy a couple of small things for the girls' Christmas stockings.
After this, I came to the realization of how firmly entrenched in the "parenthood" way of life we are when we spent the rest of the time we had wandering around Toys R Us picking out the kids Christmas gifts. Oh well...It was still time alone together and we got some things accomplished in the meantime.
I miss getting to spend time with Matt every day! The opposite schedule thing sucks, but it makes the time we DO have together a lot sweeter.
It was a great relaxing night. Matt's parents whatched the girls for us. We went to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants and were actually able to have an uninterrupted conversation about something not having to do with the kids. (As much as I love them, I need some time alone with the hubby once in a while!)
We walked around outside for a little while (or in my case, waddled around) and were able to buy a couple of small things for the girls' Christmas stockings.
After this, I came to the realization of how firmly entrenched in the "parenthood" way of life we are when we spent the rest of the time we had wandering around Toys R Us picking out the kids Christmas gifts. Oh well...It was still time alone together and we got some things accomplished in the meantime.
I miss getting to spend time with Matt every day! The opposite schedule thing sucks, but it makes the time we DO have together a lot sweeter.
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