Mummy Splurged!

Well, the last time I updated was on Wednesday. We got some pretty bad snow, so on Thursday, I worked from home and kept Em home from daycare. It was really hard pulling double duty. I ended up having to work extra hours on Friday to compensate for the time that I was away from my laptop. It all worked out though. The weather is absolutely beautiful for this week. No snow and in the 50’s! I couldn’t be happier with that even if it ends up raining! Just knowing that I can drive without a big threat of snow makes me feel so much better. We hopped in the car this morning without me even having to warm it up! It’s funny how you take some things for granted. It’s been awesome just getting in the car and being able to drive without worry over the snow. Hello Spring!

 

After I was done working on Friday, I went to the grocery store. I got everything we needed for the next two weeks down to enough diapers for home and daycare. It’s always a good feeling to be stocked up again. We were running pretty low. When I got home, I put everything away, then I rearranged and cleaned up the house. I took down the gate that was blocking my television stand. The living room looks so much better without that clunky gate! Emerson has been very well-behaved too and hasn’t tried knocking anything down yet outside of some picture frames. He does seem to be drawn to my lamp though. He’s knocked it over quite a few times. I continue to reiterate “No!”, so I’m hoping eventually it sticks. I get sick of repeating myself and pulling him away from it. I’d just take it out of the room, but it’s so nice to keep the lamp on in the evenings over having the big ceiling lights on.

 

Anyway, I picked Emerson up on Friday from daycare. We didn’t do anything special. We did have fish for dinner and mac and cheese. Yummy! Saturday was pretty boring too. We just hung out at home all day. By Sunday, I had a bit of cabin fever. We headed to my parent’s house for a bit, then went to the waterfront with my sister and nephew. I bought Emerson his Easter outfit. Adorable. It’s a one piece green romper that has a bow tie attached. I also bought him some sandals. Too freaking cute. For his Easter basket, I’m doing a sailor theme. Because he’s so small and won’t realize what’s really in his basket, I’m just being practical. He could use some new spring clothes, so I’m going to keep to the sailor theme and buy some shirts/shorts with anchors on them. I found some adorable “Mommy’s first mate” tees too. I’m checking Once Upon A Child first before I head to carters. They did have a great sale going on, but I’d rather see what I can get before I go that route. Outside of that, I’m just going to put some goldfish crackers in the basket too. Also, it isn’t going to be a basket. I’m going to do a metal pail and I’m making my own, mini life preserver to attach that says SS Emerson on it! You know I’m all about a good theme! It won’t be too expensive at all, but it’ll be adorable none-the-less. I’m sure my parents and sister will end up getting him some kind of toys. I do plan on getting him one of those mesh tubes to crawl through. They have one at daycare, which he loves. The best part is it breaks down and stores nicely, so I won’t have it littering my living room when not in use. I’m all about having balance. Speaking of…

 

Begin rant-Someone made a comment in response to my comment on a friend’s Facebook status the other day. I said I didn’t want my living room looking like a toy box. Wow, Pandora’s box burst right open! I wasn’t meaning that in a negative way AT ALL. There has to be a balance. Yes, I agree. It’s great to have a kiddo and toys all around. They won’t be little for long and I’ll miss the joy of having the toys littering my home. A house full of toys is a happy house, right? I don’t disagree, but come on! I don’t think I have to step on legos all day and have my ENTIRE living room filled to the brim with toys to appreciate having a little one around. I like to have a clean home. I like to have nice décor. I’m proud of a nice, clean home, so I should be able to enjoy that too, right? My house isn’t just for Emerson to throw his toys all over. I should be able to sit on my couch and enjoy a nicely decorated home too. When he is in bed, napping, or at daycare, I like to sit back and appreciate all I’ve worked for. That means having a designated area for his toys, so that I can see my floor and appreciate all the decorating I’ve done. I was told how annoying it is when parents say they don’t want their kid’s toys strewn all around. Well, what the fuck? I don’t! His toys are in storage cubes that match to my décor too. You can have toys in the house, but it doesn’t have to be in a huge ass toy box that doesn’t match, or lined up against your walls. It doesn’t mean I’m not a good mom, or I don’t appreciate him being little. I absolutely love having a crazy toddler running around, but I want him to run around a nicely decorated house that has corresponding toy storage to go with the rest of my living room. I don’t think that’s such a bad thing! I definitely took the comments personally. I don’t really care what anyone thinks. If they want to live that way, that’s fine. I just know how I am and it makes me happy to be able to admire a pretty house after Em goes down for the night! BALANCE! Not everything has to be about your kiddo all of the time, especially your home. I do very little for myself. Decorating my home is one of the leisurely things that I actually allow myself to have. Okay-end rant!

 

For the last two nights, I haven’t let Kodie sleep was us at bedtime. She stirs so much and makes it really hard for me to fall asleep at times. Sometimes, she even wakes the baby up. So, I decided that she cannot come to bed with us at bedtime. The first night, I woke up around 2am. I went downstairs, let her out to pee, then brought her upstairs with us. She went right to sleep and caused no disturbance. Last night, I woke up around 1230am. I went downstairs, let her out to pee, then upstairs with us. Again, she went right to sleep with no disturbance. Emerson goes to bed so early. Kodie isn’t always ready to go to bed, so she walks around the bed, jumps up and down, and keeps me awake after Em falls asleep. It’s really irritating. I feel bad to not have her in bed with us because it’s always been that way, but she drives me nuts when she can’t settle herself.  I end up doing the silent mom yell, which further annoys me. After a few more nights, she’ll be used to this new routine. It’s been working out a lot better for me though.

 

The time change wasn’t too bad for us. I was worried Emerson would go to bed too early, or too late, but he was right on schedule yesterday. He ended up falling asleep around 9pm last night, which really was 8pm to our biological clocks. The only bad thing is he got an hour less sleep, but hopefully that’ll work in my favor tonight and he’ll be extra tired at bedtime. It’s been nice not fighting with him to sleep. We have such a solid routine. I know any small thing could throw that off course, but I’ve been enjoying this for the last month. I hope it continues.  He has been waking more than usual during the night, but he’s teething, so I’m going to just blame it on that.

 

This week, we don’t have much going on. Just more of the same. Work and daycare. I want to make an Easter wreath though. I plan on posting it to facebook and if anyone likes it, selling a few before Easter. We’ll see though. I haven’t been selling any wreaths lately, but I haven’t really posted to show that I’m still doing that either. This could be a good jumpstart back into it. I need to adjust prices though, so that it’s actually worth it this time around. We’ll see how it goes.  I’m not doing a traditional wreath either. I’m not sure how people will take to this, but I’ll post a picture when it’s done. Outside of that, we aren’t doing much. I’m thinking we’ll head out somewhere on Saturday to break the weekend up and just visit my parent’s on Sunday. I’m not sure what we’ll do. Maybe just head to dinner. Maybe the park if this snow melts and the weather holds up.

 

I bought myself a romper over the weekend. I never buy anything, especially clothes. I’m really frugal with my money and I budget every cent. You guys already know this though. I’ve been scoping out a boutique online for months and am obsessed with their clothing. I decided to just bite the bullet and by myself something. $50 later, and I had such shopper’s remorse. I almost called to cancel the order, but decided against it. I hope I like it when it comes in the mail. I’ll post a picture when I get it. It’s really adorable though. When you guys see it, you’ll see why I bought it!

 

Alright, that’s about all I have for now. I have to finish up some things. I can’t believe it’s already 11am! Happy Monday, all!

 

 

 

 

Mummy is really silly

Today is mismatch day at daycare. Emerson is wearing a striped button down shirt, camo pants, and plaid shoes. I was cracking up dressing him this morning. He still looks so cute even though he’s dressed all wacky. Tomorrow is stripes and polka dots. We don’t have any polka dotted clothing, so I’ll just dress him in stripes. It’s been a really fun week dressing him up goofy. It makes it more fun taking him into daycare and spices things up a bit. I want to make some Dr. Seuss “soup” to send in on Friday. It’s just a mix of Trix, cheerios, and goldfish crackers. I have all of the ingredients already.

 

I’m canceling Emerson’s pictures that I had scheduled on Friday. His eye is still black. I’m not spending another $20 this week on pictures of him with a black eye. I don’t know that I’ll even reschedule now. I think I’ll just do Easter photos myself. I enjoy doing it and it’s a lot cheaper, so I might as well just continue on that trend. It’ll give us something to do. I think I’ll wait until the weather is a little nicer to see if we can do some outside. I have a month to get them done, so I have some time.

 

The weather is supposed to be frightful today. I hope it just rains and no snow accumulates. Apparently it’s supposed to start snowing early evening. I hope it waits until I get Emerson from daycare. I’m already having anxiety over driving. The forecast looks great after we get through tonight and tomorrow. When I say great, I mean no snow, which makes me happy.  I went and bought wipes on my break, so that I don’t have to go anywhere after work aside from daycare. The power went out in the middle of the night last night. It freaked me out. It was thundering and lightening outside, so I’m sure that had everything to do with it, but I was nervous for a second. I leave lights on at night and I have a nightlight as well. It’s creepy living alone. My mind starts making up all of these crazy ass scenarios. Luckily I made it another night without being rape, or murdered. Okay, I’ll stop now!

 

I’ve been doing a squat and push up challenge the last three days. Today is the first rest day, then it starts back up for another three days. I don’t really have a goal in mind, but with the way I eat, I really need to do something. I’m afraid my body is going to backfire on me one day and randomly gain 15lbs. That would be my luck right before summertime. I made a meal plan and grocery list that revolves around better eating that doesn’t include hot dogs and French fries. I’m still pumping and breastfeeding, but not as much. I’m pumping about 8-10oz a day and only nursing Emerson to sleep. On the weekends, I nurse a little more because of naps, but during the week it’s strictly at bedtime. I can’t rely on that to burn off the extra calories anymore. I’m going to start out with these challenges, work in some healthier eating, and then pick a program and stick to it. I’ve always been very dedicated to healthy eating and exercising. I’ve had the luxury of taking a break since right before I had Emerson. I know what to do. I just need to start doing it. I miss working out and everything that comes along with it. The older Emerson gets, the more freedom I gain back to do extra things like working out at home. Heck, I’m glad I get to actually cook dinner now. He still wants held here and there, but for the most part, I can cook a full meal without too much interruption.

 

The last two mornings he’s woken up early. It sucks because that means I have to get ready, while tending to him. He’s kind of needy in the morning, so just plopping him down isn’t always an option. Instead, I end up moving at a slower pace because I’m tinkering with him in between getting myself ready and our stuff packed. I missed garbage night this morning because of it. I just didn’t have time to take the garbage out. We left on time though. I need extra time in the mornings at daycare to drop him off now. I no longer carry him into his classroom. Instead, we go to his locker, hang up his coat, and then he walks into the classroom. He plays around though, so it takes us a little longer than when I used to just carry him in. The good thing is he doesn’t cry anymore and a teacher doesn’t have to hold him. I end up lingering longer than I used to though, so having a few extra minutes is nice. He’s been going to bed steadily between 7:30-8pm, so I can’t blame him for waking at 5:30am. That’s a lot of sleep. He hasn’t really been waking overnight either. Pros and cons, right? (I hope I didn’t just jinx myself)

 

I have no idea what we’re doing this weekend. I don’t have much money budgeted out for it either, but it would be nice to do something. I’m going to see what my sister and nephew have planned. Maybe they’d want to do something with us. I’m not sure what though.  Going out to dinner is okay sometimes, but I’m grocery shopping on Friday. I don’t’ want to pay for groceries AND go to dinner in the same weekend. There really isn’t that much to do though. Maybe we can go to the bookstore and get some frozen yogurt on Saturday. It’ll get us out of the house for a bit. Emerson has TONS of books, but it’s still fun to go browse and hang out. We can swing by my parent’s house afterwards to visit too. That should make for an exciting enough day, right?

 

Something REALLY silly happened this morning. I can’t believe I’m even going to blog about this, but what the hell, right? I was getting coffee at work this morning. There was a guy around my age walking in front of me. He was pretty cute. I don’t ever think about things like this. Ever. I hardly give dating a thought, or guys for that matter. I just don’t have the time to go there and I’m pretty much terrified from what happened to me the last time I dated (becoming a single pregnant woman, then turning into a single mother even though I’m the happiest I’ve ever been now). Anyway, I turned into the coffee room and nearly ran into another (cute) guy. I’ve never seen these guys on my floor before either. This guy is chatty with me and says good morning. After we exchange pleasantries, he meets up with the first guy I initially saw. I get my coffee and go back to my desk. About 5 or so minutes later, guy #1 appears at my desk! My initial thought is “wow, this guy scoped me out!” So, he asks me if I heard about the printer upgrade. I respond that yes, I knew about it. The secretary came around yesterday to let us know. The entire time I’m thinking “wow, he just wanted to talk to me, so he’s asking me about the stupid printer” He asks if he can check my default printer to make sure the new one is selected. So, after he checks, I think he’ll hang around and ask me my name, anything. WOW, could I be more wrong. He goes to the next cubicle and recites the same damn line about the printer. He was going around to everyone to make sure we all had the new printer default on our computers. Face palm. I felt really silly afterwards. I never go there in my mind about men at all. I just have no faith in the male population. Sorry guys. Here, the one time I do, I read the situation completely wrong. I’m glad I didn’t embarrass myself by trying to chat this guy up. I guess I don’t have “it” anymore. LOL

 

Alright, I have tons of things that I need to finish up before I leave. I can’t believe it’s already 1:00pm. Have a great Wednesday, all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUMMY IS CREEPED OUT

Today is picture day! Emerson looks so cute-black eye and all! I asked the staff to try to keep him clean until after he has his photos taken. They said they’d just take his shirt off and put it back on when it’s his turn. Sounds good to me! I hope these photos come out just as well as the winter ones did. The winter one was so adorable. It’ll be hard to top, but Em looked so darn cute this morning. I’m sure they’ll be just as adorable.

 

We had the most random dinner last night. I made fish sandwiches, fries, and garlic bread. Emerson loves garlic bread, so I know he didn’t mind. We’re getting down to the bare bottom of our groceries, so it’ll be random dinners the rest of the week. I’ve got no idea what I’m making tonight. I’ll just wing it later.

 

So, something happened yesterday that is really bothering me. I don’t know if I’m reading too far into it, or what, but let me just relay what happened and then I can get your opinions. My landlord texted me. Now, we all know I’ve had some wacky landlords in the past. This one has been pretty normal thus far, which is much appreciated. The last thing I want is to start feeling uncomfortable like I did with my last one. Anyway, he texted me a picture of my rent check and said that he knows I didn’t meant to write 3/11/2015 on it, but I did. No, I actually did not. I wrote 3/1/2015 on the check. Looking at it, it was pretty apparent to me that it said March 1^st. I guess it could be because I wrote it and I know what I wrote, or meant to write. Obviously I apologized to him and offered to give him a new check. It was a bit concerning to me considering he owns a few rental properties, so my measly $600 shouldn’t make, or break him in my mind. He asked if he could come over for a new check. I was at work and not home, so I indicated that yes, he could come over, but not until around 5:30pm when I got home. After a few moments of thinking, I suggested that he just write a zero in front of the 1 to truly show that it was a March 1^st check. He wrote back and said that I was pretty slick. Well, I had one check left and needed to write it out to the photographer for daycare today, so I didn’t want to have to use it on another rent check. He said he was swing past another PNC and would see if they’d take it. A few minutes later, he wrote back and said the check was deposited. It seemed a little too quick to me. He just happened to be going past another bank and he had it deposited that quickly? I don’t know. So, I just let it go and said that next time I’d be more careful writing my check out. He made a joke and said “Well if you’d just buy the house we wouldn’t have this problem” Over the weekend, he texted and asked me if I wanted to purchase the house and that he’d sell it to me at a fair price. He even came back at an estimate of the mortgage after taxes and insurance. Obviously, if I wanted to buy a home, I’d buy a different home that had everything I wanted. I wouldn’t purchase that house, though I do love living there. If I’m making that big of a commitment, then I’m going to have the open floor plan I want, more than 2 attic bedrooms, and a larger kitchen and bath. We basically live in a shoe box right now. Yes, it works for us, but it isn’t necessarily something that I’d want to purchase. Anyway, after he made that comment, he said “Have a good week, Beautiful” THAT’S THE PART THAT IS BOTHERING ME! WHAT?! Why did he have to say that and cross a line? I’m his tenant and this is strictly a professional relationship. Though I’m friendly and I joke around, I don’t do it in a flirtatious manner and I never hint that it would be okay to say things like that. He is also married and I’ve met his wife several times. I mean, I am a single mother and I live alone. This man has access to my home. I just don’t want to have to feel uncomfortable. I don’t want to say anything either and open an unnecessary can of worms, so I guess I’ll just sit back and see if it happens again before I do anything. It just bothers me. I don’t know if this is his game plan to get me to buy the house, but he’s going about it the WRONG way!

 

 

What do you guys think?? Should I be creeped out??

Mummy and Emmie's weekend

This weekend was really nice. I worked from home on Friday, so afterwards, I ran some errands, grocery shopped, went home, cleaned up, then picked Emerson up from daycare. We had no plans on Friday night. We just hung out at home. It was really nice. Emerson went to bed fairly early, which meant I went to bed early. He slept in until almost 9am too! That was a treat. Of course, I was up at 6:41am, but that was still sleeping in for me considering I wake around 5am daily.

 

Saturday was great. We woke up, had breakfast, and played most of the day. Emerson took a nice nap, which lasted about two hours. While he snoozed, I got all gussied up to take us shopping. It’s always nice getting that extra time to put into yourself. I don’t have much of that anymore. Anyway, we headed over to visit my parents before we picked my sister up from work. We headed to Once upon a child where I got Emerson a nice button up for picture day, pajamas, and a new toy. I ended up spending around $12.00. It was worth it. We’ve been waiting a long time to get out of the house! Afterwards, we took Emerson for shoes. The poor kid didn’t even have shoes on his feet as we shopped. We had a hard time getting something that fit, but settled on two pairs of slip on boat-like shoes that are adorable. It was buy one get one for $1, so I couldn’t pass it up. We kept a pair on his feet and just had the cashier scan him at the checkout. He got a kick out of being put on the register. Afterwards, we went out to dinner. The restaurant had no open high chairs. Emerson was a wild animal! He was crawling onto the table and just being outrageous. Luckily, they had one open up right after we got our food. He was an angel after he was restrained. Dinner was nice though and it was great to get out. After dinner, we drove my sister home and hung out at her house for about an hour. It was getting pretty late though. We didn’t get home until almost 9pm. Emerson slept most of the way, so when we got home, I let him stay up awhile. We did get in bed by 10 though. I thought he’d sleep in on Sunday, but he was up around 730am.  He ended up taking an early morning nap that spanned about two hours though, so that was nice. He took another late afternoon nap for about 45 minutes. We just played all day. It was a nice weekend.

 

This morning was a little hairy though. The roads were a bit icy. I was able to get Emerson to daycare and myself to the bus, but it was really scary. I hope the roads are better when I leave. Today is crazy hair/hat day at daycare. Emerson has a Mohawk! I geled his hair up this morning. He looks so cute and funny! Tomorrow is just picture day, so I’ll dress him up for that. I hope his black eye looks a little better. He had another incident at daycare on Friday. I was afraid to see the damage when I picked him up. It wasn’t too bad though. It’s healing pretty quickly, but it’ll still look awful tomorrow I’m sure.

 

This week, we have not much going on outside of work and daycare. Funds are pretty low. I think I have $4 after I pay for his pictures on Tuesday, which is okay. We have food, etc. I already made our meal plan for the next two weeks once I go grocery shopping on Friday. I’m trying to add some variety and healthier options. Hot dogs are great and quick, but I want him to have some healthier meals. Plus, I need to be eating better than hot dogs and French fries. We don’t have that more than once a week, but now that he gives me more time to cook, it’s nice to switch it up. I love to cook anyway, so it’s fun for me.

 

Alright, I have to go pump. Happy Monday, all!