I have no idea how people can routinely drop their child(ren) off at daycare when, before they even take their coat off, they're saying I wanna go home...and then screaming. And then clinging. And then REALLY screaming when you have to go to work before you scoop them up and take them home anyway. ::sigh::
Today was my turn to drop Morgan off at her temporary daycare. It was horrendous. All of those things listed above? That was today. Add into it incredible thumb sucking sadness when not screaming and then super serious screaming when she realized her one and only buddy from Mary's wasn't there yet like he was the day before when Adam dropped her off.
Add into that the fact that she had an accident during her nap today which hasn't happened in months and months. Add to that that her clothes were VERY wet when I took them out of the bag to wash them and after only an hour nap at the most, I wonder if she even went before she went down. Another kicker - she was bawling when I picked her up b/c she couldn't find her bunny. Now, I realize she was SUPER tired after having two days of 3 hour naps over the weekend to maybe 1hr naps the past two days, but no one (there were school-aged kids there) was even thinking about helping her (not that she's the only kid alive, but seriously, someone couldn't just point to the dollhouse and say look, there's your bunny?)
Am I worried Morgan was mistreated while she was at this daycare? Absolutely not. Are we very spoiled (or just lucky?) to have an amazing regular daycare provider with a great home who makes us feel like we're walking into Morgan's second house every day we drop her off? Yes Yes Yes. Did Morgan have fun while at the temporary daycare? Yes. Did she cry more the past two days than she has in the past month? Possibly.
Top it off that Morgan's stomach clearly isn't feeling as it should*, she's asked to eat immediately upon arriving home every day b/c she's hungry**, and again, the horrendous feeling of leaving and picking her up with tears and boogers streaming down her face? And today was her last day at the new temporary third back up daycare. We are blessed to have a last minute wonderful option while Adam is on travel and I'm without any extra leave time as the baby will need it more than my sad sad big girl so thankfully, I will be able to sleep tonight knowing that Morgan might cry in the morning but will be comfortable from there on after until I pick her up to go listen to her sister's heartbeat for my 35 week appointment.
*A trip to the bathroom let me know this one
**She's asked for a banana, food, anything when she gets home b/c she's SOOO hungry - this almost never happens from Mary's house
Ok - I need to be done so I can get some sleep. Thankfully tomorrow will be good, the rest of the week will be good, and then Adam will be home Friday and all will be great. It's just so hard when you love them so much...
The Schmidt Family Grows: Adam, Liss, Morgan, Hadley, Maddie, & Jessie
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
I don't want to forget this...
This morning when my first alarm went off, I hit the snooze button and rolled (laboriously) back over for my next 8 minutes of peace. About 20 seconds later over the monitor, I hear a sleepy "twinkle twinkle lih tahhh, how I wonuh what ahhh" snore. She totally sang it in her sleep! Oh what a great wake up to my day!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Oh so much to say...
So if you haven't grabbed ice cream like I'm going to after writing this, you might want to before you start reading this. :) My apologies for the book in advance.
Let's start from today and work backwards, shall we? Glad you agree. Today marks the first day of Adam's last travel week (Toronto) before the Baby gets here. I am 35 weeks today (5 weeks to go!) so after this week, he's not going ANYwhere without me/us. That said, I am going to try to savor this week a bit b/c every travel after this should be about 1,000x more difficult because, as my friend Abbie says, there will be twogirls.
Morgan had to go to a sitter who is 3rd on our list today through Wednesday as our regular sitter, Mary, is out of town for a funeral and our back up sitter was full. Morgan went to our normal back up sitter Friday with only a few tears after I left. Today, however, when Adam dropped her off, it was a different story. The poor thing did everything but crawl up the door after him while crying the whole time...I got a voicemail from him shortly after he dropped her off and I almost left work and decided to be a SAHM for the next three days and tell poor Baby Sister sorry, but there goes over a week of my maternity leave with you b/c I was so sad for Morgan. Thankfully, my logic kicked in, I waited an hour, called, and she was fine and playing easily. I guess she asked, "Where my daddy go? Daddy go to work." often throughout the morning to get herself through but overall, had a great day. She didn't come racing to me like she was upset or dying to leave when I got there which was good, I suppose. Seeing as how I was almost in tears before pulling in the driveway imagining her so eager to come home, I was a little surprised but equally happy. Then we were about 1/3 of our way into the drive home when I remembered to check for bunny (which I thought she could bring b/c she would be sleeping on a tiny person cot for the first time) and of course, we had to turn around to go get him with some tears in the backseat. No worries. Two more days. Then she can see her Mary.
35 weeks today. Sigh. So excited but work is starting to scare the bugeezus out of me with all that I'm remembering I have to do/get done/ready for my subs. Thankfully I have awesome subs who will go with what I have without difficulty, I'm sure. I had a meeting Friday to discuss specifics of my leave and it looks like I will be off until Feb. 22nd which feels incredibly short to me in comparison to my 11 week leave with Morgan. This time, Christmas did not fall in our favor but I'm going to take what I have and run with it. When I get back, I'll only have three months left of school so hopefully that time will be a good break before it's a twogirls summer. xo
This past weekend (see? I promise I'll work my way back...plus it's getting later and later and I really want some stinkin' ice cream!), Adam's parents came down to visit and help us get Baby Sister's room painted the base green. We'd primed one coat Wednesday night and easily got two coats of green on Friday and Saturday nights. When Adam gets home Friday, I imagine we'll do some taping that evening, maybe paint, but definitely paint Saturday and Sunday (woo! pink stripes!). This makes me feel like a million bucks b/c then we can get everything else in place and ready for her arrival. If all I have to worry about after next weekend is getting Baby's clothes in her dresser and work (well, let's be real - there will be other things but major is what I mean), I'm going to be ok. As long as she doesn't come super early or anything.
Adam's parents had such a good time with Morgan and while she was a little shy in the mornings and after naps for about 2 seconds, she had a great time with them, too. It was so weird on Sunday - Adam needed a few things from Menards, Morgan wanted to keep playing outside, so Adam and I went by ourselves. It was a glorious thing to not have to take a tiny person to the bathroom and I got to browse the entire toy section twice before finding Adam and being done on my end. Craziness. :) We were very thankful for their help and company across the weekend.
Last week, last week....uh oh, did I really forget what happened last week? Or is it my body's way of saying
Alright then. Bathroom and ice cream trump more post. I win.
Let's start from today and work backwards, shall we? Glad you agree. Today marks the first day of Adam's last travel week (Toronto) before the Baby gets here. I am 35 weeks today (5 weeks to go!) so after this week, he's not going ANYwhere without me/us. That said, I am going to try to savor this week a bit b/c every travel after this should be about 1,000x more difficult because, as my friend Abbie says, there will be twogirls.
Morgan had to go to a sitter who is 3rd on our list today through Wednesday as our regular sitter, Mary, is out of town for a funeral and our back up sitter was full. Morgan went to our normal back up sitter Friday with only a few tears after I left. Today, however, when Adam dropped her off, it was a different story. The poor thing did everything but crawl up the door after him while crying the whole time...I got a voicemail from him shortly after he dropped her off and I almost left work and decided to be a SAHM for the next three days and tell poor Baby Sister sorry, but there goes over a week of my maternity leave with you b/c I was so sad for Morgan. Thankfully, my logic kicked in, I waited an hour, called, and she was fine and playing easily. I guess she asked, "Where my daddy go? Daddy go to work." often throughout the morning to get herself through but overall, had a great day. She didn't come racing to me like she was upset or dying to leave when I got there which was good, I suppose. Seeing as how I was almost in tears before pulling in the driveway imagining her so eager to come home, I was a little surprised but equally happy. Then we were about 1/3 of our way into the drive home when I remembered to check for bunny (which I thought she could bring b/c she would be sleeping on a tiny person cot for the first time) and of course, we had to turn around to go get him with some tears in the backseat. No worries. Two more days. Then she can see her Mary.
35 weeks today. Sigh. So excited but work is starting to scare the bugeezus out of me with all that I'm remembering I have to do/get done/ready for my subs. Thankfully I have awesome subs who will go with what I have without difficulty, I'm sure. I had a meeting Friday to discuss specifics of my leave and it looks like I will be off until Feb. 22nd which feels incredibly short to me in comparison to my 11 week leave with Morgan. This time, Christmas did not fall in our favor but I'm going to take what I have and run with it. When I get back, I'll only have three months left of school so hopefully that time will be a good break before it's a twogirls summer. xo
This past weekend (see? I promise I'll work my way back...plus it's getting later and later and I really want some stinkin' ice cream!), Adam's parents came down to visit and help us get Baby Sister's room painted the base green. We'd primed one coat Wednesday night and easily got two coats of green on Friday and Saturday nights. When Adam gets home Friday, I imagine we'll do some taping that evening, maybe paint, but definitely paint Saturday and Sunday (woo! pink stripes!). This makes me feel like a million bucks b/c then we can get everything else in place and ready for her arrival. If all I have to worry about after next weekend is getting Baby's clothes in her dresser and work (well, let's be real - there will be other things but major is what I mean), I'm going to be ok. As long as she doesn't come super early or anything.
Adam's parents had such a good time with Morgan and while she was a little shy in the mornings and after naps for about 2 seconds, she had a great time with them, too. It was so weird on Sunday - Adam needed a few things from Menards, Morgan wanted to keep playing outside, so Adam and I went by ourselves. It was a glorious thing to not have to take a tiny person to the bathroom and I got to browse the entire toy section twice before finding Adam and being done on my end. Craziness. :) We were very thankful for their help and company across the weekend.
Last week, last week....uh oh, did I really forget what happened last week? Or is it my body's way of saying
- You need to pee or the Baby's going to make you do it involuntarily.
- You are hungry and want ice cream 45 minutes ago.
Alright then. Bathroom and ice cream trump more post. I win.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
And she ate so much that her poor tummy ached...
Well, I wish that was what was wrong with Morgan's tummy. She's not overly fussy, she's not throwing up or anything, but her tummy has been off since this weekend. Today Mary stopped giving her milk after breakfast and she's been eating chicken, noodles, and other bland boring things since yesterday. Poor kid. I wouldn't call her all-out sick or anything by any means, but she's had an accident or two which we don't make a big deal about b/c she's sick. Ish. Because when Adam dropped her off this morning she was bonkers and you'd never know. :)
Today we took the Highlander in for some routine maintenance since we're suddenly in the 80Ks for miles (we got it at 26K miles just over two years ago...miles, anyone?) so it was time for some fluid changes. I could tell a huge difference when I drove it back to school at lunch and am really pleased we had it all done. Bonus - we thought we'd have to replace my tires before winter and the mechanic seemed very sure that I'd easily make it through winter without new tires. Score. :)
Poor Baby Sister has hiccups all.the.time. Sometimes she gets them and then gets really mad/kicky b/c they must bug her so much. I also think she might be trying to go back to transverse sometimes as I was not very comfortable at work today. Oh well, not much I can do about it and another 8 days to go until my next appointment...then it's weekly from there on out!
Carbs...carbs...CARBS. Ok. So two appointments ago, I had the epic SEVEN pound weight gain and I was a little (lot) freaked out. I had been doing very well with no more than a pound-a-week gains this entire pregnancy. My doctor reassured me (tried to, anyway) that it's common to have a big gain in the 2nd trimester and since I "missed it" I was just catching up. Well...really it was just part pregnancy part food choices. She suggested replacing some of my carbs with protein. That said...now all I can think about is eating carbs. I could spend 4 hours a day stuffing my face full of bread, cereal (huge downfall - best nighttime snack ever), ice cream (this is not new, however), and any other thing that reads "large amount of carbs" in the ingredients.
That said, I only gained 1lb at my last appointment which puts me (I think) at roughly +23? +25? something like that. I also know that I'm roughly -5lbs from where I was at this same point in my pregnancy last time. My goal is to gain no more than 30 which is 10lbs under my last pregnancy. The thought of having 10lbs LESS to lose this time around makes me almost giddy.
Now THAT said, I'm pretty sure I'm still having a bowl of cereal tonight as soon as I'm done writing this instead of one of the giant, yummy, healthy grapefruits sitting for me in the fridge. :-D I heart you, carbs. Dang it.
Today we took the Highlander in for some routine maintenance since we're suddenly in the 80Ks for miles (we got it at 26K miles just over two years ago...miles, anyone?) so it was time for some fluid changes. I could tell a huge difference when I drove it back to school at lunch and am really pleased we had it all done. Bonus - we thought we'd have to replace my tires before winter and the mechanic seemed very sure that I'd easily make it through winter without new tires. Score. :)
Poor Baby Sister has hiccups all.the.time. Sometimes she gets them and then gets really mad/kicky b/c they must bug her so much. I also think she might be trying to go back to transverse sometimes as I was not very comfortable at work today. Oh well, not much I can do about it and another 8 days to go until my next appointment...then it's weekly from there on out!
Carbs...carbs...CARBS. Ok. So two appointments ago, I had the epic SEVEN pound weight gain and I was a little (lot) freaked out. I had been doing very well with no more than a pound-a-week gains this entire pregnancy. My doctor reassured me (tried to, anyway) that it's common to have a big gain in the 2nd trimester and since I "missed it" I was just catching up. Well...really it was just part pregnancy part food choices. She suggested replacing some of my carbs with protein. That said...now all I can think about is eating carbs. I could spend 4 hours a day stuffing my face full of bread, cereal (huge downfall - best nighttime snack ever), ice cream (this is not new, however), and any other thing that reads "large amount of carbs" in the ingredients.
That said, I only gained 1lb at my last appointment which puts me (I think) at roughly +23? +25? something like that. I also know that I'm roughly -5lbs from where I was at this same point in my pregnancy last time. My goal is to gain no more than 30 which is 10lbs under my last pregnancy. The thought of having 10lbs LESS to lose this time around makes me almost giddy.
Now THAT said, I'm pretty sure I'm still having a bowl of cereal tonight as soon as I'm done writing this instead of one of the giant, yummy, healthy grapefruits sitting for me in the fridge. :-D I heart you, carbs. Dang it.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Last Doctor Appointment
I realized late last night that I forgot to post about my last doctor's appointment on Thursday late afternoon. All is going well. I was 33w4d that day and measuring at 34 weeks which is right where I'm supposed to be. We really didn't have any questions but since my midwife was super eager to chat, we were there a little longer than usual. Not a big deal, as we love her and she's SUPER great with Morgan.
Baby's heartbeat was right at 130, which is still lower than Morgan's usually was but I like to think of this meaning that she's going to be more laid back than Morgan and I and take after her Daddy. ;-) She's still in the right position as far as we know (Kim didn't say otherwise) so that's good - plus I can tell - I'm much more comfortable in general compared to when she was transverse.
Morgan came along and when she does, she usually gets to "help." So Kim hoists her up on my lap and gives her the bottle of goo. I pretended not to be worried that she'd get excited and squeeze goo all over my lap (see me walking out all preggo with a wet lap...people might suspect I shouldn't be leaving...) while Morgan held the bottom of the tape measure and Kim measured my belly. Then she had Morgan freely squirt goo on the heartbeat monitor (another heart attack by me ensues, thinking of goop all over) and then we listened to Baby's heartbeat. Morgan now excitedly announces "Baby Sister beat (heartbeat) go WOO WOO WOO!" all the time and had before this appointment. She then got a chance to put the monitor all over my belly all by herself which she thought was the bee's knees. She was super proud of herself and we were very proud of her good behavior and extremely sweet interest in her sister.
So far so good! Next appointment is the last week Adam is gone which starts the 14th. I swear, by the way, if I go into labor while he's gone I might kill him a little when he gets back even if he is well within normal timelines and the like. ;-) I'm really not too worried. Especially since her room should be mostly painted by then. :)
PS. Halloween pictures have been added to the Halloween post below. :)
Baby's heartbeat was right at 130, which is still lower than Morgan's usually was but I like to think of this meaning that she's going to be more laid back than Morgan and I and take after her Daddy. ;-) She's still in the right position as far as we know (Kim didn't say otherwise) so that's good - plus I can tell - I'm much more comfortable in general compared to when she was transverse.
Morgan came along and when she does, she usually gets to "help." So Kim hoists her up on my lap and gives her the bottle of goo. I pretended not to be worried that she'd get excited and squeeze goo all over my lap (see me walking out all preggo with a wet lap...people might suspect I shouldn't be leaving...) while Morgan held the bottom of the tape measure and Kim measured my belly. Then she had Morgan freely squirt goo on the heartbeat monitor (another heart attack by me ensues, thinking of goop all over) and then we listened to Baby's heartbeat. Morgan now excitedly announces "Baby Sister beat (heartbeat) go WOO WOO WOO!" all the time and had before this appointment. She then got a chance to put the monitor all over my belly all by herself which she thought was the bee's knees. She was super proud of herself and we were very proud of her good behavior and extremely sweet interest in her sister.
So far so good! Next appointment is the last week Adam is gone which starts the 14th. I swear, by the way, if I go into labor while he's gone I might kill him a little when he gets back even if he is well within normal timelines and the like. ;-) I'm really not too worried. Especially since her room should be mostly painted by then. :)
PS. Halloween pictures have been added to the Halloween post below. :)
Saturday, November 5, 2011
It begins...
I may officially be nesting. Well, not in the traditional "we're three weeks or less away from a birth," but more like "it's getting to be winter soon I want all presents for WI-ites purchased and left in WI when we leave to come back after Thanksgiving there's a baby on the way with a room that is not even CLOSE to ready (although it IS one or two steps closer) the house is getting less clean now that it's off the market" kind of nesting. If that kind really even exists.
Thursday night Adam finally obliged and let me help move the queen sized guest bed out of the Baby's room and into the office which is now officially the office/guest bedroom (and doesn't look too bad, if I do say so myself). I'd post pictures but that would mean getting off the couch, going up and down a flight of stairs, and looking through pictures on the camera. Not happening, folks. Anyway, this allowed me to reorganize a little, vacuum and get things ready, and get an overall picture of where we want to be by Friday when Adam's parents come down to help us get two coats of green on the walls. Pink stripes to come shortly thereafter. OMG I CAN'T WAIT.
Let's see, I accomplished a lot today but what was it all...breakfast, made banana chocolate chip muffins/bread, vacuumed upstairs, played with Morgan, ran to two stores while Adam put his deer stand out in the woods somewhere, made lunch, ordered some things online, made 4 lasagnas (3 to freeze, one for tomorrow), dishes like crazy, played again, dinner (mmm...homemade chicken pot pie), played more, and had a great night with my family after Adam got home from hunting (during which time he saw every midwestern forest animal but a deer). Day = productive with promises of clean bathrooms, a taped off baby's room, and clean floors by the end of the day tomorrow.
Morgan is no longer asking why, but also "why not?!" Super. :) She's also been complaining that specific items on her body hurt (My tooth hurts, my piggie toe hurts, my belly hurts...). We don't know if she's actually hurting half the time but we just acknowledge and move on and if it actually does hurt, it comes up again shortly thereafter.
I think we've prepped her for daylight savings' time. That said, we'll be seeing y'all at 5:45am tomorrow morning when she doesn't *quite* remember that she got to go to bed at a ridiculous hour the past three nights in prep for a not-5:30am-wake up call. :)
Last night we decided to take a trip to the Quad Cities since we were both home from work at a decent hour and went to Old Chicago for pizza (yum), Sam's for a few things (at which place I finally found the kind of play doh fun accessories set I've been looking for for months), and then Toys 'R Us b/c the bike I (I say I b/c it is a Pinkalicious bike - best ever b/c it has a baby seat on the back) have been wanting to buy her for Christmas was on ridiculous sale and I had another coupon where if you spend $100 you got $10 off and I knew I could do it. (whew. longest sentence ever.) I'm also excited for the doctor kit we found, her new iXL game (which was on unexpected sale), and a few other things I can't remember at the moment. I swear I'm not going to overspend on her this year. I swear. Baby Sister will be fine with such functional things as a monitor, swaddle (which will be opened early), and the like.
That said, Adam's got the wood stove cranked up like a crazy person and I'm about to break out my bikini to make up for how warm it is in our basement living room. And it's making me tired. So after I mention that I had a taste of Pinterest last night and am going to avoid it for the time being b/c I'm on the computer too much already, I'm going to lie down and promptly fall asleep early on daylight savings' time night after having the best turtle sundae I've had in a while. Thankyouverymuch. :-D
Thursday night Adam finally obliged and let me help move the queen sized guest bed out of the Baby's room and into the office which is now officially the office/guest bedroom (and doesn't look too bad, if I do say so myself). I'd post pictures but that would mean getting off the couch, going up and down a flight of stairs, and looking through pictures on the camera. Not happening, folks. Anyway, this allowed me to reorganize a little, vacuum and get things ready, and get an overall picture of where we want to be by Friday when Adam's parents come down to help us get two coats of green on the walls. Pink stripes to come shortly thereafter. OMG I CAN'T WAIT.
Let's see, I accomplished a lot today but what was it all...breakfast, made banana chocolate chip muffins/bread, vacuumed upstairs, played with Morgan, ran to two stores while Adam put his deer stand out in the woods somewhere, made lunch, ordered some things online, made 4 lasagnas (3 to freeze, one for tomorrow), dishes like crazy, played again, dinner (mmm...homemade chicken pot pie), played more, and had a great night with my family after Adam got home from hunting (during which time he saw every midwestern forest animal but a deer). Day = productive with promises of clean bathrooms, a taped off baby's room, and clean floors by the end of the day tomorrow.
Morgan is no longer asking why, but also "why not?!" Super. :) She's also been complaining that specific items on her body hurt (My tooth hurts, my piggie toe hurts, my belly hurts...). We don't know if she's actually hurting half the time but we just acknowledge and move on and if it actually does hurt, it comes up again shortly thereafter.
I think we've prepped her for daylight savings' time. That said, we'll be seeing y'all at 5:45am tomorrow morning when she doesn't *quite* remember that she got to go to bed at a ridiculous hour the past three nights in prep for a not-5:30am-wake up call. :)
Last night we decided to take a trip to the Quad Cities since we were both home from work at a decent hour and went to Old Chicago for pizza (yum), Sam's for a few things (at which place I finally found the kind of play doh fun accessories set I've been looking for for months), and then Toys 'R Us b/c the bike I (I say I b/c it is a Pinkalicious bike - best ever b/c it has a baby seat on the back) have been wanting to buy her for Christmas was on ridiculous sale and I had another coupon where if you spend $100 you got $10 off and I knew I could do it. (whew. longest sentence ever.) I'm also excited for the doctor kit we found, her new iXL game (which was on unexpected sale), and a few other things I can't remember at the moment. I swear I'm not going to overspend on her this year. I swear. Baby Sister will be fine with such functional things as a monitor, swaddle (which will be opened early), and the like.
That said, Adam's got the wood stove cranked up like a crazy person and I'm about to break out my bikini to make up for how warm it is in our basement living room. And it's making me tired. So after I mention that I had a taste of Pinterest last night and am going to avoid it for the time being b/c I'm on the computer too much already, I'm going to lie down and promptly fall asleep early on daylight savings' time night after having the best turtle sundae I've had in a while. Thankyouverymuch. :-D
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Happy Halloween 2011!
Well, it's a day late but Happy Halloween 2011! Our little ladybug was the best and we had so much fun. Unfortunately, Adam had to live it through pictures as he's in Toronto (which is fun to hear Morgan say) M-W this week. Either way, it was busy and fun and she love love LOVED her "wady bud" costume.
Enjoy the pictures!! (click the link below)
Halloween 2011
We started out the evening going to her sitter's, Mary's for dinner and visiting. Then she was whisked off the the Calvary Church here in town as they were having a big Halloween party (this is the church we went to a few weeks ago to see our friend, Melanie, sing). I knew the place was huge but OMGoodness. Even I wasn't prepared for the outdoor rides, fun house, campfires, (then inside) at least 4 bounce houses of various sizes, food galore, games at every turn and in every room, and the HANDFULS of candy each kid was getting for participating in anything. We didn't do tons of games as Morgan was fully content to be in the smallest bounce house while I held her wings, pumpkin bucket, and shoes. We had a great time with great friends (mainly the Martins, but we saw other friends there too) and it's something we'll consider again next year.
If I may say so, Morgan and I had yet another GREAT couple of nights even though Adam is gone. Especially tonight. I put a whole chicken in the crock pot before leaving for work so dinner prep was almost nil. That said, the weather cooperated and it was 75 degrees out when we got home. We played outside until I just couldn't stand how hungry we were getting and went inside for dinner. After dinner, Morgan played and "helped" me make chicken noodle soup to freeze with some of the leftover chicken. (help = eat thinly sliced carrots, wash hands for 10 minutes, eat chicken pieces, play with babies, almost put them in the chicken soup after hauling them up on the chair, letting the dogs in/out (omg this is awesome, btw), and asking to stir). Then we spent the rest of the night on the floor playing with her train set, princess carriage/lego thing, and bowling set. It was just such a refreshing night and felt really good to have that time with her.
Speaking of, that reminds me yet again that there are only mere weeks until it is no longer just Morgan and I when Adam travels. That scares me just for the sheer logistics of NOT spontaneously growing 4 extra arms to accommodate for 2 tiny people, but also (and maybe more so?) the fact that we won't have the same kind of time with her anymore after Dec. 19th. Don't get me wrong - I'm so unbelievably excited for Baby Sister to get here (gah, I can't wait to call/write her by her name...it's so pretty) ... but there's something to be said for the time we've had with Morgan all to ourselves/herself. It's sort of like we don't want to share her at all. That said, I am so very honored to give her the gift of a sister and she's going to make the very BEST big sister ever (besides myself, of course, ha - no screaming, siblings). Also, that makes me think that I'm a bit sad that we won't ever have that kind of 2:1 time with Baby Sister as we've had with Morgan for the past 2 years.
Ok, ok. I'm speculating, getting myself worked up (surprisingly, no tears), and need to stop. Here's what I know - life as we know it is about to change drastically and it's not something we can change at this point (dear belly, poof be gone please - yeah, I didn't think so). Life as we know it is about to change for the BETTER. We're going to be a more complete family which is something we always knew we wanted. There is no way I ever imagined having an only child. I would have been bored out of my mind without my siblings growing up (even if I swore I would have been better off without them some days - and I'm sure it's been vice versa). So get ready get set here she comes - and it's going to be amazing.
Enjoy the pictures!! (click the link below)
Halloween 2011
We started out the evening going to her sitter's, Mary's for dinner and visiting. Then she was whisked off the the Calvary Church here in town as they were having a big Halloween party (this is the church we went to a few weeks ago to see our friend, Melanie, sing). I knew the place was huge but OMGoodness. Even I wasn't prepared for the outdoor rides, fun house, campfires, (then inside) at least 4 bounce houses of various sizes, food galore, games at every turn and in every room, and the HANDFULS of candy each kid was getting for participating in anything. We didn't do tons of games as Morgan was fully content to be in the smallest bounce house while I held her wings, pumpkin bucket, and shoes. We had a great time with great friends (mainly the Martins, but we saw other friends there too) and it's something we'll consider again next year.
If I may say so, Morgan and I had yet another GREAT couple of nights even though Adam is gone. Especially tonight. I put a whole chicken in the crock pot before leaving for work so dinner prep was almost nil. That said, the weather cooperated and it was 75 degrees out when we got home. We played outside until I just couldn't stand how hungry we were getting and went inside for dinner. After dinner, Morgan played and "helped" me make chicken noodle soup to freeze with some of the leftover chicken. (help = eat thinly sliced carrots, wash hands for 10 minutes, eat chicken pieces, play with babies, almost put them in the chicken soup after hauling them up on the chair, letting the dogs in/out (omg this is awesome, btw), and asking to stir). Then we spent the rest of the night on the floor playing with her train set, princess carriage/lego thing, and bowling set. It was just such a refreshing night and felt really good to have that time with her.
Speaking of, that reminds me yet again that there are only mere weeks until it is no longer just Morgan and I when Adam travels. That scares me just for the sheer logistics of NOT spontaneously growing 4 extra arms to accommodate for 2 tiny people, but also (and maybe more so?) the fact that we won't have the same kind of time with her anymore after Dec. 19th. Don't get me wrong - I'm so unbelievably excited for Baby Sister to get here (gah, I can't wait to call/write her by her name...it's so pretty) ... but there's something to be said for the time we've had with Morgan all to ourselves/herself. It's sort of like we don't want to share her at all. That said, I am so very honored to give her the gift of a sister and she's going to make the very BEST big sister ever (besides myself, of course, ha - no screaming, siblings). Also, that makes me think that I'm a bit sad that we won't ever have that kind of 2:1 time with Baby Sister as we've had with Morgan for the past 2 years.
Ok, ok. I'm speculating, getting myself worked up (surprisingly, no tears), and need to stop. Here's what I know - life as we know it is about to change drastically and it's not something we can change at this point (dear belly, poof be gone please - yeah, I didn't think so). Life as we know it is about to change for the BETTER. We're going to be a more complete family which is something we always knew we wanted. There is no way I ever imagined having an only child. I would have been bored out of my mind without my siblings growing up (even if I swore I would have been better off without them some days - and I'm sure it's been vice versa). So get ready get set here she comes - and it's going to be amazing.
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