Mummy bought a car!!!!

Yesterday was just beyond crazy. I BOUGHT A CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, I know. I’ve been talking about this for quite a while. It all happened so quickly. You all know I received my tax refund FINALLY. So, I decided to reach out to a friend who just started working at a dealership. I’ve been looking at a particular car, so I thought I’d see what incentives they had to offer, etc. After going back and forth for a while, I felt like we had something pretty reasonable. After work, my mom, Emerson, and I headed to the dealership. I’m so glad my mom came with me. Emerson was a complete NIGHTMARE. You guys have no idea. He broke the finance manager’s computer, he threw about 10 different hissy fits in the middle of the place, and was just out of control! I’ve never seen him be so wild before. My poor mom! She was so frustrated by the time we left and she’s usually so calm, cool, and collected with him. Anyway, we were not there very long because pretty much everything was taken care of prior to our arrival. I traded in my old car too. I was sad to see it go, but so very excited to begin a new adventure with my brand new 2015 Ford Focus!

My old car had so many issues that I NEVER spoke about for fear that I’d jinx myself. Yesterday, it stalled in the middle of the a busy ass highway! I freaked out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckily, people passed me and the car ended up moving again. This all happened right before we had to drive on the damn turnpike to get to the dealership! I was freaking out thinking we’d get stuck out there. Thank God we didn’t. Anytime I ever put gas in my car, it wouldn’t start. It wouldn’t turn over right after I pumped, which was so odd! Because of that, I never got gas with the baby in the car. I never wanted both of us to be stranded, so I always waited until after work or before work. After a couple of minutes and turning the key a few times, it would slowly sputter and turn on. What the hell?! The scariest issue I had with my car was with the wheels. Something was not right and my car would slide. The ABS light and low trac light would come on, and my car would literally slide even if the ground was dry, so I always had to be careful to never hit the brake REALLY hard. The weird thing is it wouldn’t slide AFTER those lights came on. If I put the car in reverse, those lights usually came on, then I didn’t have the sliding issue, but until they came on, I’d slide forward on the road. What the hell?! It was just time!

Let’s talk finances because I know you are all wondering how I am paying for this car. I have my entire tax refund and enough money to cover the payments for the next year. Essentially, it feels like I have a new car without the payments because I’m not using any of my incoming money.  I was told I should NOT have an issue with my refund next year, so I will be in the clear with another year of payments once I receive that. Is it risky to basically base my payments off of my refund? Yes, but I am not an asshole. I have the money for the next year and I plan on doing the same thing next year too. If push came to shove, I’d just use my income to cover the payments, but I won’t need to worry about doing that. I’m very, very happy with my decision. I’ve never owned a brand new car in my life.  I’m still in shock.

Emerson’s car seat fits so much better too. I can put him into his seat without climbing into the back. It is so much nicer and he even seems more comfortable! He was cheesing ear to ear this morning. I don’t think it has really hit me yet either that we have a new car. I was so exhausted by the time we got home last night. We weren’t even at the dealership very long, but with Emerson’s crazy antics, the drive, and anxiety over such a large purchase, I was beat. I still am! I was told so many times yesterday that I deserve this car so much. My mom kept telling me how proud she was of me too. It felt REALLY good and validated my decision to purchase. More importantly, we finally have a SAFE vehicle. It was so scary driving around in that car.

I don’t know where we go will from here. I feel content. I also feel nervous though. Even though I have the money to cover the payments, it still makes me nervous. Anything to do with money makes me nervous. We are definitely taking a backseat to toy purchases and extracurricular things for quite some time. Em has his yard toys and we have a safe car. I’m content. It’s time to just live and appreciate what we do have. No more upgrades for a while!

Alright, everyone. I hope you all have a really, really great day!!!!!

Mummy's running out of data

Last night was not ideal. Emerson went to bed at his usual time, but we had a lot of tears. Mostly because I tried leaving the room after laying him down. He was NOT having it. I let him cry for a few minutes before I went in and laid him back down. He was okay until I left the room. We did that a few times before I finally stood there for a few extra minutes, then he fell asleep. It was pretty brutal and I just wish it wasn’t like that. He did sleep from 8pm-1245am, then I brought him in bed with me where he slept until I woke him up at 545am. I did get a decent night’s sleep despite his initial fight. Who wants to end their day like that every single night?! I don’t! Hopefully tonight is a little easier.

Gah! I just checked the data on my phone. I’ve never gone over before. I’m REALLY close this time and I have 10 freaking days left! I know I’ll for sure go over. They’ll automatically add 1gb for $15 if I go over. That sucks! I don’t want to have to pay them anymore money. The good thing is that $15 won’t be included until my next billing cycle, but even still, I don’t want to pay more money. When I’m on the bus, I use my phone A LOT. I need a book to read, so I don’t Pinterest so damn much!

Last night, my cousin came over with a HUGE bin of trains and tracks! Emerson loved it! It’s so nice! I think I’ll set it up in the basement for him, so he can really use it. Right now, the tracks aren’t set up, or anything, but he still had fun playing in the bin with the trains. It’s so nice though. I want him to be able to really use it and not wreck it thought. I got a real Wreck it Ralph on my hands!

Alright, I don’t have much else to offer up today, peeps. I hope you all have a great day!!

Mummy's weekend

This weekend was really, really nice. We didn’t much on Friday. I went to the grocery store on the way home from work and picked up something for dinner. We both had a long week, so we just ate dinner, played, then did bath and bed. I was able to watch the entire Bruce Jenner interview too. It started at 9pm. Em went to bed around 7:45pm, so I was nervous he’d wake before the interview was over at 11. He slept until about midnight!  I was shocked! He usually only lasts about 3 hours at most, so I was pretty amazed that he slept alone in the crib for that long. Anyway, the interview was AMAZING! So worth me fighting sleep to stay up to watch it.

Saturday morning, Em slept until about 7:15am. I felt pretty well rested. We didn’t have much on our agenda aside from going to my parent’s house that evening for dinner. Anyway, we had breakfast and played a bit, then Em was ready for a nap. He went down so easily in his crib. I showered, got ready for the day, and cleaned up the house. He only napped about an hour, but it was a very productive hour! While he was asleep, I set up his table and chair to paint with pudding. Wow, my house was a wreck after that activity, but he LOVED it and had such a great time. It was adorable watching him get all crazy. After I cleaned him and the house up, we just played a little more, then had lunch. Around 215, Em conked out for another nap, which was nice. I was tired and wanted to take a little rest too. I laid in my own bed for an hour. He woke up half way through nap, so I brought him to bed with me for a bit. He napped an additional hour! I crept out of bed and packed his bag to go to my parent’s for dinner. We ran to the grocery store right after he woke up before heading to see my mom and dad. We had a fun time over there. Em ran around like a maniac and destroyed their house. After we got home, we played for a little while, then bath, and bed. Emerson slept in his crib ALONE from 9pm-2am! The downside was he did not go down very easily. I did bring him into bed with me at 2am and we slept until about 730am. Not too bad.

Sunday was a BUSY day. I already posted a blog yesterday with pictures, so you guys know we went to a birthday party. When we woke up, we had breakfast and played a little. Nothing unusual there. Em napped for about 1 hour, so I got ready for the party, got his clothes ready, and cleaned up the house. When he woke up, we still had about an hour and a half before party time. It was right around the corner from our house, so we didn’t need to leave early. I let em play in the backyard for a long time. I didn’t dress him until right before we were leaving though! I knew he’d get all dirty. My sister came over and rode to the party with us. We had such a nice time. The décor was beautiful. She had the most delicious cookies made up for the party, so I’m using the same girl to have some made for my mother’s day lunch! Em was pretty exhausted towards the end of the party. When we got home, he napped from about 430-6. EEK! We played outside for a while, had dinner, played a little more, then bed, and bath. He was not having it. I fought with him for nearly an hour and I even tried putting him to bed later because of his late nap! Needless to say, he only lasted in the crib for about 1.5 hours L Hopefully tonight is better. He did sleep pretty good once he was in my bed. He did wake up in the middle of the night, eyes wide, like he was about to get out of bed and wander around. Um NO! I’m a little bit tired tonight, but not too bad.

Next weekend, we have my nephew’s birthday party. It’s on Saturday. Other than that, we aren’t doing much. It’s going to be gorgeous out on Sunday, so we’ll play in the yard and I’ll fill his water table up. That’ll be nice. This week, we’re just doing the usual. Work and daycare. I didn’t work out on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. I suck, but tonight, I’m back at it.

Alright, I am going to leave you guys with a few photos of Emerson from this weekend. Enjoy!

Mummy's best friend's son is 1!!!!

My best friend's son turned one and had his adorable construction themed party today! It was amazing!!!!!! Below are the pics!

Mummy slept like crap

Last night was a nightmare with sleep. Em went down fairly easily around 7:45pm. He slept until about 10:30pm, then was up crying and wailing. I brought him into bed with me and nursed. He actually nursed for about 10-15 minutes, so I’m thinking he might have been hungry, or thirsty. That was the only time I nursed though.  I’m okay with one time a day. No more than that. He flip flopped pretty much ALL night afterwards. I’ve gotta play hardball tonight and make him stay in his crib. I should have just laid him back down after that nursing session, but I didn’t. I barely slept at all and I know he had a very bad sleep as well. At one point, he tried climbing out of my bed! It was like 12:30am. I woke up because he was crawling all around. I caught him just as he was getting ready to get out of bed. I said very sternly, “It is bedtime” and he laid back down and fell asleep. Of course, he was up a half hour later. I pretty much did that all night-repeated that it was bedtime, then laid him back down, and he fell asleep. I feel okay today. Not very zombie-like, which is a shocker considering I barely slept.

He went from waking two hours after bedtime to three hours, so at least we’re increasing sleep cycles. I’ll just work on building onto that. My left side is finally starting to dry up since I’ve only been nursing once a day and not pumping at all. I’m no longer engorged, which is nice. My boobs are still uneven, but I can see that it’s starting to work towards evening out a bit. Thank God. It made me sad last night thinking that my days of nursing are dwindling. I’m not as sad about not pumping, but the lack of nursing is definitely making me a bit emotional. It’s not just about nursing. It’s the realization that he’s growing and he isn’t a baby anymore. I cannot believe how quickly he went from being a baby to a toddler. I feel like I blinked and it was over. As much as I love watching him learn and grow, I miss just having him be little. I feel like I rush things so much because I know it’ll be easier for me as he can communicate to tell me what he needs and is more independent. I’m trying to work on living in the moment and to just enjoy it more. I am always running around to wash dishes, cook meals, and clean up. All of those things can wait. Emerson growing isn’t waiting though. It makes me so sad. I cannot believe he’s already so big!

He is such a character though and has a really big personality. I feel like a lot of people say that about their toddlers though, but it really is true over here. I can’t even keep up with the goofy things he does every single day. It baffles me at times! There are so many little things I never write about either. Every day, I tell him “Go check on your pup” and he runs to the back door to look out at her. I’m paranoid Kodie will find a way out of the yard, so we’re constantly checking on her. He runs to the door and yells at her. It’s hysterical. He also knows to go to the bathroom door when I say “It’s bath time. Go get ready for Bath!” I keep the door closed because he has a fun habit of trying to climb into the bath tub. He’s still too short to swing his leg over, so I don’t want any accidents. He stands at the door and bangs on it until I open it up. Yes, I realize this might not seem like such a BIG deal to people who have kids older than Emerson, but it’s hysterical the little things they pick up on and are trained to do. For a while, anytime I needed to change his diaper, all I had to do was hand him one and tell him to “Go lay down” He’d plop down on the floor, so I could change him. He caught on now though and anytime I instruct him, he runs and hides! Smarty!

My dad has been pretty sick for the last few months. Not SICK, but in pain. Remember I said the doctors though he was in renal failure? Well, he wasn’t. They did a lot of tests, bloodwork, and an MRI and found nothing, yet the pain persisted. It’s been so crazy the past few months. He literally winces in pain anytime he moves. He can barely pick up Emerson. He says his back and belly hurt. He tries so hard to be himself and to be as active as possible when we visit, but it’s just not the same. Anyway, he went back to the doctors this week and they told him he has gall stones. He’s speaking with a surgeon next week about having his gall bladder removed. It’s sort of bittersweet though. On one hand, we have a solution and an answer to correct this. Finally, he can feel better and hopefully get back to his old self, BUT on the other hand, I’m so worried for them financially. He will NOT be able to work for at least 6 weeks. My dad is a sub-contractor installing carpet and flooring. It’s a very laborious and hard job. He will NOT be able to lift anything heavy, especially 300lb carpet rolls, or be able to install either. He doesn’t get any short-term disability, or anything like that because he’s a sub-contractor. The guy he sub-contracts for is a very fair person, so I’m hoping he works something out with him. I’m just worried. My dad is the breadwinner in the family. Right now, it’s their peak time too, so he’s working A LOT. I know this surgery will be for the better because he’s already having a difficult time making it through work with that pain, but what the hell are they going to do without his income for that period of time? Hopefully, they can just pay all of their bills a little early, so that they don’t suffer too much during that time. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried though. My mom makes hardly NO money and she is constantly picking up extra hours and shifts at the restaurant she works in. She does her part to have an income, but it’s more their extra money and grocery money. It doesn’t really pay the bills. Say a little prayer for them, please. I just want everything to work out! More importantly, I want my dad to feel better!

Last night, I tried PiYo instead of doing T25. I liked it. The workout was longer and a much slower pace. A lot easier, but those workouts don’t feel hard in the moment, but it does creep up on you the next day. I’m not sure I like it enough continue doing it. I need something a little more fast paced than that. I don’t think I can relax enough to do that workout all of the time. Maybe here and there. I think I’m allowing myself to rest tonight though. Sometimes, you just need a break!

Alright. I hope everyone has a super weekend!

Mummy's little wanderer

My child is so stealthy! He was sleeping in my bed this morning, so I shut the door before heading downstairs to get ready for work. Our bathroom is on the first floor, which is actually REALLY nice because there is less potential of disturbing him when he’s sleeping. Anyway, I shut the door because he’s been getting out of bed and heading right for the stairs to find me in the mornings. He’s so damn quiet about it that I never hear him on the monitor. He literally wakes up, hops out of bed, and quietly comes lurking out of the bedroom. Yesterday, I heard a THUD from his feet hitting the floor, so I ran up before he could get out. I need to put a gate at the top of the steps to avoid any kind of accident, so I can leave the door open. This morning though, I just shut the door to avoid any issues.

Anyway, I was getting his clothes out of the closet when I heard the door knob wiggle. I swear, I jumped a foot in the air. It scared the hell out of me! The house was completely silent, I was in deep though choosing his outfit, so I didn’t expect the door knob to wiggle like that. I slowly opened the door and there he was-standing tall and proud, smiling up at me like “Look, mom. I got myself up and out of bed!” It was REALLY adorable! Do I want him wandering around out of bed though? NOT AT ALL. I’ll be working to make sure it’s safe in case he does decide to take a midnight stroll.

Emerson did sleep in the crib last night for about 3 hours. I put him to bed around 730pm and he awoke around 1030pm. I didn’t even try to get him back down. I was beyond exhausted at that point and he had woken me up from a sound sleep. That made it easy to cave and just bring him into bed with me. He did sleep fairly well. I nursed him once this morning, but that was it. I thought nursing him would keep him asleep until I was ready to get him up, but I was wrong. All week, he’s been up with me in the morning as I get ready. It makes it more difficult for me because he’s a bit needy the first few minutes after he wakes. I have to try to get ready, get our stuff ready, and tend to him. I think the only way to curb this will be to wake up a little earlier, but I don’t want to! I already wake up early enough. I think once he’s sleeping in the crib all night, we might not have this issue. He might actually sleep longer. He did have 10 hours of sleep too. Maybe he doesn’t need 11-12 like he did before and I should try to push bedtime back just a little bit more. He was very exhausted by 7:15pm yesterday and barely keeping his eyes open, so we did bath, and bed. I’ll try to push it  until at least 7:30pm tonight to do bath. That way, maybe he’ll sleep until at least 5:45am, which would be perfect for me!

Emerson ate so much for dinner last night. I made fish sandwiches, pierogies (his fav), and vegetables. He put down a fish sandwich, veggies, and THREE pierogies. I was blown away. This dude can eat. I’m sure he’s extra hungry after running around at daycare all day. I know I’m starving by the time we get home. They give the kids dinner around 3pm. He’s usually starving by the time we eat dinner around 5:45pm. I have no idea what tonight’s dinner will be. I’ll just figure it out later on before I leave work. My brain doesn’t feel like working that out now!

This morning was a damn nightmare. I didn’t have any bus money, or money loaded onto my bus card because I was lazy and didn’t load up yesterday before I left work. I had to go to the ATM this morning, then get change at the gas station just to be able to ride the bus. In the midst of doing that, I lost my wallet. Luckily, it was in my car and lodged between the seat, but I had a heart attack for a few minutes before I found it!

Last night, I skipped T25 because I felt sore. Instead, I did an AB workout. I’m feeling it now. Tonight, it’s back to T25. I’m not feeling too sore right now, so I should be fine. Honestly, I felt like a slacker just doing the AB workout and nothing else. Tonight, it’s on! Well, if Emerson decides he’s going to cooperate and sleep like he’s been doing. Tomorrow night, the Bruce Jenner interview is on at 9pm. I CANNOT wait! It better be good and him not skirting (hehe) around all of these stories that have been going around about him wanting to become a woman. I want the juicy details!

This seems a bit silly, but after I got Emerson down in the crib last night, I kept thinking about how I paid for the crib and built it myself. That led me to think about everything else that I’ve done myself. I don’t think I give myself nearly enough credit, or at least not often enough. I’m always thinking that I could have done something better. I really am proud of myself. I know a lot of people probably think it’s nothing. Take care of your kid, work, pay your bills, easy peasy. Being really honest, FUCK those people. I think I do a damn good job of holding it together without bitching too much either. I have friends who are married, but also have ridiculous amounts of help from other sources and are ALWAYS bitching. I’d love to trade places with those people sometimes just so they could have a REAL reason to bitch. On another note though, I do love my love my life and the way I’ve handled everything. I like running my household and taking care of business. It does make me feel good about myself and I’m glad Emerson has a great example to follow. On top of that, I have a sunny disposition 99% of the time too. I don’t know a lot of people who can say that. I just do not want Emerson growing up around constant negativity. Yes, it exists. Yes, we all have our days, but I don’t think he should have to feel the burden over financial woes, or anything like that. He should get to be little and not have to feel a constant stress from his mama who is a natural worry wart!

Alright, I am going to end this now. I hope you all have a happy Thursday!

How cute is my little stinker????

Mummy's baby slept!!!!

Well, we tried the crib last night. I put Em down around 7:30pm. He went right out, which was awesome! Lately, it’s been taking him a little longer to conk out. Not last night. Maybe it was all of the extra room in the crib? Anyway, he slept for three hours, which was nice. I was able to get him back down a few times after he awoke crying, but after the 8th time, I did cave and let him come into my bed. I did NOT nurse the entire night, which was nice! Now, I’m completely engorged, which isn’t so nice. I’m going to see how long I can suffer before pumping a little bit out. I don’t want to cause a clog, or anything, which will just be worse for myself. Pumping a little bit will be a good thing. I can’t believe he didn’t nurse the entire night. He slept so well after he was in my bed though and so did I. I’ll continue to put him down in the crib and try to make him stay in there all night. I think he was just freaked out when he woke up and it was pitch black dark in there. My night light burned out, so I need to get a new one. I’d be freaked out if I went to sleep in a mildly dark room, then awoke to pitch black darkness, so I can’t really blame him there.

After I put him down, I was able to get my workout in. I’m REALLY feeling it today! I did T25 again. I was going to try something else, but thought I should stick to this until I feel like I can make it through without dying. I did a lot better last night. I think I might stray from it tonight though and try PiYo. The workout is 38 minutes though, which turns me off. I feel like that’s a long workout when I don’t have that much time in the evenings. We’ll see how that goes. I wish they had shorter workouts though. 20-25 minutes seems plenty long for me. I hate when it’s pushing an hour. Like, really? I don’t want to dedicate half of my evening to working out after I’ve ran around all day. I know it needs done, but there has to be a way to make it shorter. Wow, that just sounded extremely lazy.

Today is Earth Day and our snack day at daycare. I ended up making “dirt” in a flower pot and then sticking a fake flower inside. It looks so real! I sent mini bowls and spoons to the daycare too. I know the kids probably won’t use the spoons, but at least I tried. I know it’ll be a messy snack and it isn’t healthy, but Earth Day is sort of a holiday, right? They can make an exception! We also sent a birthday present for one of the teachers. We just bought a pretty candle holder for $5 and a card. Nothing big, but in the calendar events that was sent out, they mentioned it was her birthday today. Emerson and her daughter are in the same class and play together, so I thought it was a nice gesture.

Last night, we had a chicken, spinach, and tomato white pizza. It was absolutely delicious, so we’re going to take  one over to my parent’s house on Saturday night for dinner. Because we have a birthday party to go to on Sunday, we won’t make it over to their house for our weekly visit. Instead, we’re going to change it to Saturday and have dinner with them. It’ll be nice and give us something to do. With this weather and rain, I don’t think we’ll make it outside this weekend. I’m going to put together some indoor activities to occupy Emerson on Saturday afternoon. He does pretty well on his own with toys, the dog, and running around, but there is a point where it gets old after so many hours. I’m going to let him do some finger painting with pudding. That’ll occupy him for a while. I was also thinking of taking him to get breakfast too. We always have a good time doing that. He leaves a huge mess behind, but it’s nice that I don’t have to clean or cook! I was thinking of just keeping it low key and taking him to Dunkin Donuts. He gets no junk all week, so having a donut for breakfast won’t kill him. You gotta live sometimes, right? 1 donut and coffee won’t break the bank too much either and I’ll just take him in his jammies.

We have my nephew’s birthday party on May 2nd. I think we’re just going to put money in a card. He’s going to be 11 and not really interested in much outside of video games. This way, he can choose what he wants to do with the money. My sister is having a cookout during the day for him and then letting him have some of his friends stay and sleepover.  She’s a little strapped for cash though, so I offered to pick up some snacks for the kids to munch on during the sleepover. It won’t cost more than a few dollars, so I know she will appreciate the help. I think she bit off too much though. My nephew would have been happy with just a sleepover. Since they moved, he hasn’t seen a lot of his friends that he used to play with on their street. Having a couple of the kids stay the night to play video games would have sufficed. I understand her way of thinking though. She has a house now and wants everyone to come over to see it. I just think having a cookout and a sleepover was a bit much. She didn’t really think about the kids needing snacks, etc. during the sleepover. She also invited A LOT of people to the cookout including his paternal side of the family. His dad moved to California with his new girlfriend about a month ago, so he won’t be around, but his family will be. She gets along with them though and my nephew sees them on the weekends, so it makes sense, but it’s still a big cookout that is becoming costly from what I hear. I’m sure it’ll be an adorable party though. I’ve seen some of her décor that she’s handmade.

I’m hosting Mother’s Day this year. It just makes sense. I have the big, open yard. I’m going to set up a table outside, set it very nicely, and put together a lunch for us. Hopefully it doesn’t rain, otherwise my plans will be ruined. I love going to my parent’s house, but they just don’t have the room. Emerson is confined to the kitchen/dining room and all we do is chase him around telling him “No”. Their yard isn’t very big and it’s pretty much taken over by the pool. Even still, it isn’t baby proofed in the slightest, so we’d end up spending the day telling Em “No” That doesn’t sound like a very nice Mother’s Day for me, does it? I’d rather they just come to my house, so that Emerson can have a run of the yard and us be able to hang out without stressing so much over him getting hurt, or into something. I just have to clear it with my dad. Last year, he set up a whole lunch for us. It was pretty adorable. I don’t want to take anything away from him, but I just think this is a much better idea.

Alright, I hope everyone has a great Hump Day!

Mummy's car passed!

I haven’t updated in a few days, so I’ll try to make this painless. I’m just going to break it down by day. Here goes:

Friday: Emerson went to daycare and I worked from home. Prior to logging into work, I went grocery shopping at Wal*mart. I got everything on our list and did amazing! I spent about $97 total. $77 was food and the rest was household items such as toilet paper, paper towels, tooth paste, shampoo, dish liquid, etc. Anyway, I bought this awesome push car for Emerson! I’ve been scouting out prices and haven’t found anything under $56. That was a little too pricey for my liking, so I held off. On a whim, I went over to the bike section to see if Wally had anything cheaper. Low and behold, there was ONE push car left and it was on sale for $39.97! I snatched it right up! I also purchased the car seat for my parent’s car, which I love. The buckle is a little bit hard to press in to release and snap, but with use, I’m hoping it becomes easier. It wasn’t too hard to install either, which I appreciated. Emerson seemed comfortable. I just wish it wasn’t so damn hard to snap. After I was done shopping, I went home to put everything away, then logged into work for the day. I won’t go into details about that because I’m sure you guys really do not care about my work and all that I endure every day! After work, I logged off and went tanning. I spent $7.70 for 8 minutes of pure bliss, but got burnt to hell! I’m okay now, but ouch! It was a rough weekend with that burn. Totally worth every penny though. I budgeted well enough to be able to treat myself a little bit! I like when that happens.

When I picked Emerson up from daycare, the weather was beautiful. We took his new car for a spin. Wow, he LOVED it. I couldn’t get him out of the damn thing. After about 100 trips up and down our street, I was finally able to lure him out of the car and into the yard. We played a bit, had dinner, played some more, then did bath and bed. He slept amazing. He woke up one time to nurse around 1am, then slept in until around 7:30am! No complaints from this mama!

Saturday: It was a gorgeous day and the high was around 80 degrees! Emerson woke, we had breakfast, played a little, then he took an hour nap. While he napped, I got ready for the day, cleaned up, and prepared his snack. He went down pretty easily too, which was much appreciated. After nap, he had snack and we headed to the yard. The weather was gorgeous. I filled up Emerson’s water table, lathered him in sunscreen, and let him go to town. After a couple of hours of play, we took a nice, long walk in his push car, then headed back to the yard for another hour. Around 2pm, I packed up the car and headed to my parent’s house. My dad was taking my car for front tires, so Emerson and I hung out with my mom, then took another long walk in his car around their neighborhood. I got a lot of cardio this weekend!

After my dad got back with my car, we all pitched in to get dinner cooked. We had burgers, corn on the cob, mac salad, and baked beans. It was delicious. Emerson loved the corn! He loved it so much that he snuck a piece from the fridge and was hiding in the kitchen chowing down. Hilarious! After a couple of hours, I packed the car up and we headed home. Em snoozed the entire ride home and then for an additional hour in his playpen. It was nice. I got everything put away and just relaxed for a while. We played in the yard when he got up, he got a snack, bath, then bed. Again, another night of awesomeness. He woke up one time, nursed once, and slept until about 7:30am. I couldn’t complain!

Sunday: The weather was nice, so after breakfast and morning nap, we headed to the yard. Our grass is ridiculously long now from all of the rain. I don’t think it’s being cut again until Monday! It sucks because we’ll have to go the entire rest of this week and the weekend with long grass. It’s so wet though that I don’t think the lawn people would even come now until it dries up a bit. It sucks though. I know I do not enjoy playing in long grass, so I’m sure Emerson doesn’t either. He falls a lot more because the damn grass is so high. It makes it harder to walk and run. We headed to my parent’s house that afternoon to swap cars with my mom. My car was being inspected on Monday, so I was taking her car home with us. We visited for a bit and made ice cream cones with my mom and dad. It was fun. Emerson wore himself out so much that he conked out on the way home, then continued to nap in his playpen afterwards. That morning, I put a chicken casserole into the crockpot, so dinner was pretty much done after Em woke from nap. We ate dinner, played, then he had snack, bath, and bed. Wow, he woke up so many times after he initially went down! I had to keep going upstairs to put him back down. He eventually slept until 12:30am before waking to nurse. We slept terribly. His diaper came off in the middle of the night, so both of us were covered in pee! Of course, that happened AFTER I let him in my bed. What the hell?! I hurried to clean it up and put him back down. We did not sleep well at all.

Monday: My car passed inspection. Thank God! I was a nervous wreck all freaking day thinking something would be terribly wrong and I’d have to figure out how the hell to pay for it. I bought used tires, so that only cost me $100. The inspection itself was $61, so it wasn’t too bad. I had saved money to be able to cover the cost, but was so worried something major would be wrong and I’d be screwed. Whew. Having those stickers on my windshield saved my sanity. Emerson slept so poorly last night. I have no idea what is up. He went down pretty easily. He woke around 10pm, but I put him right back down. He ended up waking a few minutes after that, so I tried to put him down again. No dice. I ended up sticking him in bed with me. I only nursed once though. He tossed and turned ALL night. I barely got any shut eye. Tonight, I’m trying the crib. I think it’s time. The pack n play is too small and I feel like he can’t move around int here, which causes him to wake himself up. I just hope he complies and actually will sleep in the crib. Pray for me!

Today, we have to run to the store after work. Tomorrow is Earth day, but it’s also our day to provide snack. I’m going to get one of those mini garbage cans, fill it up with a simple trail mix, and make a cute tag that says “don’t be a litter bug” on it. I think it’ll be cute, but festive. We got this HUGE list of upcoming events at daycare yesterday. I’m excited! After Earth Day, I believe it’s mommy and me tea, which is for Mother’s day. It’s from 10-11am on May 4th, so I’ll need to work from home that day, so that I can attend. That same week is teacher appreciation day too, so I want to send something for that. There is an upcoming book fair, so I’ll let Emerson get a book too. They’re doing a mommy and me yoga demo class that I want us to sign up to attend. It’s free and something they want to try out. I hope it sticks and is fun because it would be nice to do something like that with Emerson. I need to let the staff know that we want to be their guinea pigs! They’re having a donuts with dad day around Father’s day in June. They say that uncles, older siblings, or grandfathers can attend, but I think I’m going to keep Em home that day and we’ll do something fun. Obviously I can’t have him avoid the fact that he doesn’t have a father his entire life, but it is in June, so it’s a good excuse to go to the pool, or just do something in the middle of the week that’s summery. I’m excited about all of the fun things coming up though!

Yesterday, I signed up for Beach Body On Demand. Now, I am not a gal that pays for workouts. You all know me fairly well now and you know I’m as cheap as they come. I make up my own routines, therefore I do not need some fancy dvd to tell me what to do. This was an offer I couldn’t pass up though. It’s $2.99/week, but billed quarterly, so it ends up being $38 every quarter. You get your choice of workouts, which means you A. didn’t spend hundreds on one set of dvds B. you get a variety. I can stream all of the videos from my mobile and did just that yesterday! T25 killed my ass! I am so freaking sore today! I will say this much, that work out kicked my ass way more than I would have on my own. It was nice to try something new and I cannot wait to work out tonight after Emerson goes to bed.

Now that I’m weaning, I’m extra paranoid that I’ll put on a ton of weight. I firmly believe that breastfeeding shrunk me down to where I am now. Yes, I realize it’s a bit underweight, but I do not want to end up putting on 30lbs because I got lazy due to breastfeeding basically handling weight loss for me. I think people assume I eat ultra-healthy all of the time and I lead this fit lifestyle. I don’t. I’m human just like everybody else. I don’t watch my portions at all. When it’s dinner time, I gorge. Yes, it might not be the most unhealthy meals on the planet, but I do eat a TON. By the time dinner rolls around, I’m so hungry! It’s hard to not do that. During the work week, I’m pretty much controlled. Oatmeal, banana, ramen (hush), and a nutri-grain bar are pretty much all I eat during the day until dinner time. When we visit my parent’s house, I eat whatever the hell I want over there. After Emerson goes to bed, I usually have a snack, which is typically Veggie Stix. Not exactly chips, but close enough. I just want to make sure I’m doing enough that I can maintain.

I’m no longer pumping during the day either. My poor boobs are extremely lop-sided. The left is still producing milk, while the right is nearly empty. The right side is around an A cup. The left is a nice full C. That is ridiculous, right? Today, they look even because I have double padding on the right side and NO padding on the left side. I hope it evens out as the left side dries up. That fucker is still producing milk though! I only nurse ONE time a day, so I hope my supply adjusts on that side. Today, I have on a padded bra. The right side has both pads in it. The left side has none, so my boobs look even. I guess I can continue to do that until this evens out. I really hope it does. I can’t afford a breast augmentation and I don’t want to go that route. I’m fine with little boobies. I just want BOTH of them to be little!

This week, we don’t have much planned. I believe it’s going to be on the colder side with rain all week too, which kills any outdoor plans. My best friend’s son is turning one tomorrow and his party is on Sunday. That’s about all we have for the week! I’m not mad about that. We save pennies when things are low-key!

Alright, I hope you all have a really good week!

Mummy got some sleep

Last night was a little bit rough, but then better, then rough, then better. Trial and error right? I decided to put Emerson to bed earlier. Because we get up so early, he needs that extra sleep. I think pushing his bedtime back has actually been one of our issues. He was quite sleepy around 7pm, so I decided to do bath shortly after. He was in bed and asleep by 7:42pm. Lately, he’s been conking out between 8:30-8:45pm. I was hoping putting him to bed earlier would be my saving grace. I’m not entirely sure it was, but I guess we’ll see how it goes over the next few days. Anyway, an hour after I put him down, he was up and crying. I played hard ball and refused to pick him up, or nurse. Instead, I put him back down, patted his back, and got him back to sleep. Two hours later, he was up again and wailing. I played hard ball yet again. He was back down until 1am. At that point, I did bring him to bed and nursed him to back to sleep. He slept until I woke him at 6am. It was the most sleep I’ve gotten in weeks! I woke up around 5:30am. I got about 4 hours of sleep in a row, which has not occurred in a LONG time. I only had to nurse ONE time last night instead of 10! It was nice. He didn’t seem to NEED it outside of that 1am feed. If I can get him to stay down until around that time every night, I’d be happy. Then, I can work on cutting that one feed out. He also wasn’t as grouchy this morning when he woke up. I don’t know if that’s because he got more sleep than he’s been getting, or what, but it was nice. I’ll try that again tonight and hope there is a method to my madness.

After work yesterday, Emerson and I went to Burger King for dinner. It was rainy out, so I thought it would be nice for him to be able to play in the play place. He had a good time. We had the place to ourselves for a while too. After we got home, we read a few books and played. I gave him a snack, then bath, and bed. I made our grocery list too. I went shopping this morning before I logged onto work at home. I did VERY well. I was able to buy a few extra snack items that I wouldn’t typically buy for Emerson too, which was nice. I’m all about no fluff, so being able to buy some extra cereal bars and apple sauce pouches made me happy. I’m such a dork, but it really is the little things that make me happy.

I also purchased a car seat for my parent’s car. It was on sale for $44, so I didn’t want to pass it up. Right now, I’m the only one with a car seat. If Emerson ever got sent home early from daycare, I’d be screwed. My mom usually is done working by 12 or 1pm, so if he did need to go home early, she could pick him up. They had no car seat though and its always a stress for me anytime I’m in town working. What would we do?! When he was in the carrier, they had a base in the car. I was able to leave the carrier at daycare, so when he did get sent home before, my mom had no issue. Now, we’d have a BIG issue. Anyway, I’m glad we have the car seat now. We could never drive anywhere with my parents either. I had my car seat professionally installed, so I don’t want to have to uninstall it to switch cars. This will be so much nicer and easier for us. Emerson will be able to ride in my parent’s car without an issue now!

I also purchased a push car for Emerson. It’s just a car for Emerson to ride in that has an extended handle that I can push. I try taking him on walks now, but he always ends up in someone’s yard, or trying to walk up their stairs. This way, we can take walks with him buckled in. He isn’t really about the stroller these days either. He seems to want to really be OUT, so I thought this would be  a nice alternative. It has a little trunk too, so we can tote around snacks and water with us. It also has a working horn as well. I Plan on taking him to the park tomorrow with his new push car. It’s going to be absolutely gorgeous too! I’m excited.

Alright, I hope everyone has a REALLY nice weekend. Enjoy the weather!

Mummy is tired

Emerson has been sucking at sleep lately. Last night, he woke up about an hour after I put him down, then was up randomly 6-7 different times during the night. When he does sleep, it’s so restless that he ends up tossing and turning and keeping me awake. I will figure this out if it kills me. He was such a great sleeper before. I have no idea what the hell is going on. I mean, he is teething and has about 7 teeth that have poked through. That could be really bugging him. Even Motrin or Tylenol doesn’t seem to help us at night.  I’m working from home tomorrow, so tonight, I’m going to try something different. We can sleep in a little later tomorrow, since I won’t have a bus to catch. I just hope this doesn’t bite me in the ass. When he wakes after I put him down for the night, I’m not bringing him to bed. Instead, I’m going to just re-settle him and try to get him to go back to sleep. Pray for me, people! I just cannot do another night of this. It’s been about 2.5 weeks of restless sleep. I know he has to be tired. Regardless of how little he sleeps, we still have to be up early in the morning. He doesn’t have the luxury of sleeping in. He’s asleep like a damn rock too when I go to wake him in the mornings. I wish he’d do that overnight! I do not like the “cry it out” method. I’ve been very fortunate that I can get him down at night without using that method. No tears, just him falling asleep. I don’t know why he wakes so soon after I put him down. I thought maybe he was hungry, but he usually eats a large amount during dinner along with a cup of milk. I think it’s my fault. I’ve conditioned him to expect a nighttime nursing session when he wakes. I just need to really try and train him otherwise, or neither of us is going to get any sleep. I’ve let this go on for a few weeks though. I just can’t go on the good faith that this is a phase. I think it’s just a bad habit that I’m supporting.

 

                On top of that, I feel like I rush things so much in the evenings and maybe that is adding to this issue. Below is a schedule of how our evenings go:

 

5:15pm: Get Home

5:25pm: Emerson gets a snack (usually something small like a cereal bar, or goldfish crackers w/ water)

5:30pm: We play (usually outside if it isn’t too cold/rainy)

6:30pm: I start dinner (We’ve been eating quick things lately, so it doesn’t take long to make)

6:45pm-7:15pm: Dinnertime

7:15pm-7:45pm: (sometimes 8pm if he isn’t tired) Playtime, but I try to choose quiet activities like reading a book, or puzzles to wind him down.

7:45-8:05pm: Bath (I usually let him bathe until he’s ready to get out. He usually lets me know when one leg is hanging outside of the tub!)

8:05-8:10pm: Diaper/Jammies

8:10pm-8:15pm: I usually rock him for 2-3 minutes. Nothing serious, then I lay him down still awake.

8:15pm-8:30 pm: Bedtime This ranges. Sometimes he’s out fast sometimes it takes a few minutes. Last night, he was out in about 7 min. He just lays there and rolls around sometimes until he’s too tired to move and then falls asleep.

 

What do you guys think?? Sometimes I give him a snack before bedtime, but he never really seems hungry. I think it’s stupid to give him a snack if he isn’t hungry. He typically finishes dinner around 715pm. It seems silly to give a snack before bath time that close to dinner ending. Is it possible that because dinner is over at 715pm, he’s just hungry a couple of hours after I put him down?? I don’t know?? I honestly do not think he’s hungry. I think it’s more that I’ve set this bad habit by nursing him when he wakes after being initially down.

 

A friend suggested that I do everything the same, but after bath and jammies, give him a few goldfish/light snack, then continue to the bedtime routine. I just feel like that might rile him up and he might think it’s playtime again.  I think tonight I’ll just try really hard to get him back down without nursing when he wakes. Eventually, I’m hoping he won’t wake during that time because he knows he’s not going to nurse. I swear, weaning seems to be harder than learning how to breastfeed altogether.

 

He naps at daycare between 12-3 every day. Yesterday, he napped 12:40pm-3pm, so I don’t feel like he needs to have any kind of an evening nap. To me, that’s deadly because he might end up being up all night. Again, regardless of what time he goes to bed, we have to be up early, so I can’t push too much, or he really won’t get enough sleep. If we didn’t have such a time sensitivity in the morning, I’d have a little more wiggle room. For anyone who thinks I’m making this bigger than it should be, please go fly a kite. It has been a rough few weeks. I’ve been pretty patient about things too and have just tried to let life progress naturally, but it’s beyond ridiculous as this point. I don’t care if people do not believe in schedules either. I like having structure, therefore I’d like to have some kind of structure with sleep. I don’t care if other parents let their kids sleep whenever they want. This isn’t a child-led relationship. It’s parent-led and I’d like to set boundaries for my child, especially to be able to function properly. I don’t have a helping hand at home. I don’t even mean someone taking him, so I can nap. I’d never nap anyway. I just mean even if I am tired, I still have to carry the house. I don’t have someone to fall back on to help me out around the house, or run an errand, or do laundry, change a diaper, or just occupy Emerson because I’m tired. I need to be 100% all of the time. On top of that, I want him to be happy. A well-rested child is a happier child. He deserves to be given the skills to get himself to sleep and to be able to rest at night. It would be irresponsible of me to not care about this.

 

I feel like people are overly critical of other parenting styles. A lot of times, I can feel it coming towards me and I don’t appreciate it. At what point am I no longer labeled as inexperienced, or a new mother? Even if someone has a child that is a few years older than me, it doesn’t make me less than because they’ve been through it already. Someone is always going to have more experiences under their belt. Even if someone has more than one child, I feel like they still deem me as inexperienced and less than. I don’t think I am. Every kid is different and everyone stumbles through things in their own way. This is just one of our roadblocks, which we will get through. So, if anyone was thinking “She’s just making this such a big deal for no reason” you can kindly hit the x in the upper right hand corner and stop visiting my blog.

 

--one tired mamacita

 

 

 

 

 

Mummy's restless baby

It's been quite sometime that I began sleep training Emerson. It's insane what a long process this is. He's still not sleeping through the night. He's still sleeping with me too. Sure, I can get him down solo initially, but we always end up co- sleeping a couple of hours later. This whole this is so tough. I don't think I'm stern, or strict enough, which is why I don't have this completed yet. I can't even leave his bedside until he's fully asleep, which can sometimes take 5 minutes or over an hour. When it's quick, I feel like my parenting and methods are right, but when it takes longer, I start to question myself.

Why did no one warn me that this would be one of the hardest things that I'd tackle as a mother?? I always heard comments about sleeping now before the baby arrived, but no one ever really said why. Obviously, I knew he'd wake often to eat, but I didn't think we'd still be doing this at nearly 15 months old.

I type this now from his bedside. The bed he is tossing and turning in, while fighting sleep. Yawns escape his lips, his little eye lids flutter with exhaustion, but sleep does not come easy. I think the sandman got lost on the way to our house tonight......

Mummy is so behind

I know I haven’t written in a while. To be honest, I don’t even remember what the hell I wrote about, or when I actually posted something. I’m too lazy to go back and look either, so if this seems a bit out of sorts, my apologies! I swear, there just aren’t enough hours in the day. I start the day with a huge list and barely make a dent in it. I’m lucky we make it out the door in the morning, which is starting to become a problem. We used to leave promptly at 5:58am every day. Now, I’m lucky if we squeak out of the door by 6;15am. I’ve been having to work later because of it too. I’m so tired in the morning because Emerson has been sleeping very poorly. The craziest thing is he wants to sleep when I need him to be up in the mornings! I wish he’d just do that at night. I’m finding he isn’t a morning person like his mother!

 

Anyway, this weekend was fabulous. I received the picnic table, water table, playhouse, and slide that I ordered for Emerson last week. I probably forgot to write about that too. I’ve been saving my pennies for a while to be able to afford some things for the yard for when the weather turns warm. We get paid three times in May too, so one paycheck is basically a free for all. I moved some things around to be able to buy the yard toys a little earlier. I’m so glad I did. Emerson had a blast out there yesterday. We spent six hours in the yard. My best friend brought her son over to play too. The boys had snack at his picnic table, then played with his house and yard toys for a few hours. After they left, Emerson napped for an hour. He had lunch at the table inside of his play house, then ran around the yard for another few hours. I lathered him up with so much sunscreen. His hair was so greasy! I ended up getting sunburnt though. I don’t even care. I hope it tans! I’m so pale! Anyway, I thought he would crash last night. He didn’t! He slept worse than ever. He has about 7-8 teeth that just poked through, so maybe it’s because of that. I have no idea. I just hope this phase ends. It’s been a few weeks of this. I’m still able to get him down at bedtime for a few hours, but after that, he’s done and wants on the boob and in my bed. I need to work harder on that. I wish he’d sleep solo for longer than 2 hours though! The other night, he lasted 4 hours. I thought we were getting somewhere after that, but had a regression last night. We’ll see.

 

Saturday, I went to a bridal shower for a co-worker. It was so nice and the shower was beautiful. My mom babysat for me, which I really appreciated. On top of that, she let me take her car too. Emerson had a great time with her and ended up crashing a few hours after I left. My dad baby-proofed the entire house too, which I thought was sweet. He even offered to babysit if my mom had to work. The shower didn’t last too long and was over well before the end time on the invitation. I had texted my sisters and dad earlier in the week asking if they wanted to do cake for mum’s birthday on Saturday night. Everyone said yes. I tried making her a nice birthday cake, but ended up wrecking it trying to decorate it. The only good thing is it tasted amazing. I made a double milk chocolate cake with chocolate peanut butter ganache filling and cream cheese frosting. To die for! Even decorated as hideous as it was, it tasted amazing. Everyone came over and we all ate dinner, sang happy birthday, ate cake, and hung out for a while. I made my mom a really pretty wreath, made the cake, and gave her a really pretty potted flower, which she loved. Her actual birthday is tomorrow, So Emerson and I took the day off, so that we can spend it with her. We are going to take her out for ice cream.

 

This week, we’re going to play in the yard after work and just hang out at home. The yard was cut on Saturday, so it’s all ready to go. I had a lawn company come over last week for an estimate. The price was very fair, so now they’ll come every two weeks. I just need to go grab a stamp, so that I can send out payment for the first cut. I’m overly please with the work they did. It was nice to have a clean yard yesterday. I just hope the rain holds off, so the grass doesn’t grow faster than our next cut!

 

This weekend, I’m having front tires put on my car. Ugh. I’m due for inspection by May 1^st. I have the inspected scheduled for April 20^th. My dad says I need new front tires, so we’re handling that this weekend. It sucks, but it has to be done. I just hope and pray that nothing is wrong and it passes. I just had brakes put on. That coupled with the tires should hopefully be all. I’ll be a damn nervous wreck until it’s over.

 

Alright, I think that’s about all I have for now. I have to finish up 100 things and try to pump at least once. I hope everyone has a great week!

 

 

Mummy and Baby's Easter

This weekend was really, really busy. I’m so exhausted, but I’ll attribute that to the 4 nightmares I had last night. I barely slept a wink!! I hope that doesn’t happen tonight. I need some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz’s.I’m drowning right now because I feel so darn tired. On top of that, my cycle semi-started. It’s been absolutely vacant for about a year. It’s pretty much vacant now, but I do have cramps and I feel even more irritable and tired than I normally would even after a bad night of sleep. Sorry, TMI.

 

I was off of work on Friday. Emerson and I just hung out at home for most of the day. He slept in until around 8am, which was nice. I had no complaints there. We had dinner plans at my parent’s house for Good Friday, so I waited until before dinner to run errands with E. We went to Kmart to grab diapers, wipes, and some odds and ends. While we were there, I picked up a play lawn mower for him. It was $7, but well worth it. He’s been playing with that thing non-stop. Too bad I left it at my parent’s house yesterday! I won’t get a chance to grab it until at least Friday. Anyway, after Kmart, we went to have dinner with my parents. Nothing special. We just had fish, fries, and mac and cheese, but it was nice hanging out for a few hours.  On Friday night, Emerson slept for a few hours on his own. Bedtime was peaceful and he went down without a fight.

 

Saturday was a lot of fun. Emerson did some Easter crafts and sensory play, while I boiled eggs for our friends to come over to dye them with us. We had a blast. Those kids wore his little butt out! 20 minutes after they left, he was down for the night. Again, no complaints here. I always like an easy bedtime, especially since he’s been a bit of a bear during naptime. I can’t figure out what the deal is. He’s obviously tired, but fights me so much. I think it might be way too bright when I lay him down. We need some kind of room darkening curtains. What we have isn’t cutting it. I know I couldn’t just lay down and sleep in a bright room.

 

On Saturday night, I got to play “Easter Bunny” and I had a blast. I did not short change Emerson at all. I decorated the dining room for a special “bunny” breakfast that the bunny left for him. I also put bunny prints on the floor too. Yes, I realize he’s too small to understand, but it’s a nice tradition to start. It gives me some practice for next year when he might comprehend a bit more. Plus, it was something fun for me to do. Anyway, I set out his basket and got everything ready for Easter morning. He slept for about three hours before waking to nurse. On Sunday morning, he slept in until about 8:30am! Score! When we woke up, I had breakfast all ready from the bunny and he tore into his basket. I put a few outfits, bubbles, chalk, and goldfish crackers in it. Nothing crazy at all. After breakfast, Emerson took a nap. It took me about 20 minutes to get him down. I’ll take it. No tears, or anything. Just a lot of back patting and shushing.  After I got him down, I showered, did hair and make-up, cleaned up, and packed the car. He napped for an hour, but I got so much done within that time frame!

 

After nap, I got Emerson dressed and we started our Easter day. I took him outside for an Egg hunt. It was too freaking adorable and the pictures I got are to die for! He’s such a cute pie. After our little hunt, we went to my parent’s house. My sister and nephew came shortly after, so we all headed outside to play with Emerson’s chalk and bubbles. Emerson got a basket from my parents and both of my sisters. We had a good time hanging out. Emerson refused to nap, so that made him a Mr. Cranky Pants by the time dinner was over. We got home around 6:30pm. I carried him directly from the car to his bed. He was down for the night outside of waking a few times to nurse. More for comfort I’m sure! We had a really nice Easter though! I hope you all did too.

 

We don’t have much going on this week. I really need to go to the grocery store. I didn’t do my weekly shop on Friday like I typically would. I have no idea what the hell dinner is going to be tonight. I’m sure I have some random things I can put together until I get to the store tomorrow. I have a bridal shower on Saturday. My mom is baby-sitting Emerson while I go. I’m going to take the pack n play to their house, so that she can put him down for a nap if he will even take one for her. The shower is in the North Hills, so with commute, I’ll probably be gone for about 4 hours. Alright, I have to get some stuff done. Have a super day, All!

 

 

Mummy got pranked!

Last night, I tried our regular bedtime routine of laying Emerson down alone in the pack and play. He’s been fighting me the past few days probably due to teething. We had a success. He went down around 8:20pm and slept for about two hours before waking. I did put him in bed with me after he awoke. I know I need to be stronger, but I was appreciative for the ME time I had and being able to sit on the couch with the dog catching up on my shows. Anyway, we slept amazing. We slept so well that I actually overslept! The dread I felt when I realized it was 545am and I was just waking up is indescribable. Putting making on with a toddler on my hip was real fun too. I ended up missing the first two buses and getting into work late. Not exactly the best start to the morning.

 

When I got to work, I logged into my computer to find my mouse not working. I was pissed. It was working when I left last night. No way it broke between last night and this morning. Anyway, I tried everything. Plugging and unplugging and even restarting my computer. No dice. What the hell? I got so pissed off and decided to just swap it out for the extra I carry in my laptop bag. 20 minutes later and I finally had a working mouse. I realize after I tossed my “broken” mouse that there was a piece of tape on the underside of it that said “April Fools”. The piece of tape was blocking the sensor, therefore prohibiting it from working. I was absolutely livid. 20 minutes of my morning was spent on that stupid mouse. Looking back now, I can laugh, but in the heat of the moment, I was mad. Anyway, we decided to counter the prank with our own. Myself and two other co-workers paired up and snatched the culprit’s tennis shoes from his gym bag. When he goes to the gym later, he won’t have any tennis shoes. I think it’s HILARIOUS! He’s going to be so mad. The gym is in our building, so it isn’t like he’s driving somewhere, or walking really far. He’ll just have to come back up to our floor to get them, but it’ll still be a huge inconvenience. I had him come to my desk this morning to “help” me, so the shoes could be swiped. Genius! The only downside is our boss saw it happen and he was annoyed. He thought it was funny when I was mad about my mouse, but now, he’s annoyed over the shoes. He said “I hate this day” Well, too bad. He better not be a whistle blower either. I have a feeling he told on us. It all seems really juvenile to me and I don’t even care to play pranks on April Fool’s day, but if you can dish it out, you can certainly take it! Anyway, the guy who played the prank imed me when he got in and asked if I was having any computer troubles. I just said Nope, nothing at all. Ha! I know he was looking for a reaction to his little prank, but I gave him none and pretended that nothing ever happened either!!!!

 

I’m so freaking sore. I did a really good ab workout on Monday and then paired that with a butt workout last night. Tonight, I’ll do some legs, then arms tomorrow. I don’t have a full workout plan  in mind yet, but doing something every day seems like a good goal to start. I really want to start running again when the weather gets warmer. I know my mom won’t have a problem watching Emerson for 30-45 minutes on the weekend when we are over to visit for me to run. It’ll be nice to get back into that. Again, I don’t have a goal in mind, but I do miss working out, so doing things at home and then pairing it later with running will be nice.

 

On Friday, I’m off work and daycare is closed, so we’re going to take some fish over to my parent’s house to have dinner with them for Good Friday. I need to get to the grocery store tomorrow to get us some things to hold us over through the weekend. We’re just about out of everything!  I have no idea what the hell dinner will be for tonight, or tomorrow night. I better come up with something!

 

 

Alright, I have a lot to do. I better get to it. Have a good day, All!