I love reading these on other blogs so I thought it might be fun to do myself. If you're reading and have a blog, I want to read about your day! Also, I chose this day randomly but it turned out to be a pretty involved day. We are always busy so that's nothing new but today was even moreso.
On top of that, March 10th is the anniversary of our first ultrasound to see Mister for the first time. I love that in just a year, we go from this to this.
Back to our day, Saturday, March 10, 2012 began at about our normal wake up of 6am. I hear the kiddo on the monitor and check to see he's hanging out. I let him squak for a bit, hoping that Joe (who is already up) will get him and bring him to me in bed.
6:05am- No dice, so I get up after a few minutes to find a happy baby and Joe no where to be found. He must have got an early start and went into town and his office. B gets a diaper change and back to bed we go so he can eat. We lay there for a while and I hear the garage open, Joe is back and ready to start our deck project. He tells me he's been awake since 2:45 and I'm not too surprised coming from the guy who wakes at 4am every morning "just because." I give my camera to Joe to take a few "before" pictures.
6:25am- Barrett and I get out of bed and play with toys on the floor. Joe is already outside moving lumber and starting to dig for the footings.
7:00am- I load up the kid in the Bjorn and we check out the progress outside. Still a bit chilly but it looks to be a gorgeous day!
(The house does not look this dirty in person but apparently, we need to add powerwashing to our Spring to-do list.) The deck is going to be two story above our current patio. The second window on the right will be a sliding door in our kitchen so that we actually have backyard access from the main living space. This will give us deck space above and a covered patio below.
7:30am- Back inside for a diaper change, some tummy time and playing with more toys. Bubs has found his voice in recent weeks and loves to hear himself. Squealing and Ahhing happens alot around here. Evidence:
8:00am- Bath time! We usually reserve baths for night times but last night we went to a brewery for dinner with Becky and Jason and didn't get home till 7:45 which meant straight to bed for Mister. I sit him in the tub and let him watch as the water fills up. He is very interested in water faucets these days so he loves this. He gets cleaned up and dressed for the day.
8:30am- I feed him and then we walk around for a bit. I talk to him and point out various objects throughout the house. "Basket", "Clock", "Table", etc. We spend a while looking out the window at Daddy who has started digging the footings.
8:45am- I read him a book (Berenstein Bears) and he goes down awake. He lays there quietly for a bit.
9:00am- B is out. I sit down for some breakfast and check Facebook and a few blogs. Then it's time for a shower for me.
9:30am- It's go time for me to get some things done around the house while the kiddo naps. I get dressed, make the bed, start some laundry and fold the 3 loads of clean clothes that ended up on our floor earlier in the week because I was lazy.
10:00am- Joe has almost 3 holes dug by now. He's talked to Jason on the phone 428 times. I clean the kitchen, wash bottles and sweep the floors. I usually can't go to bed with a dirty kitchen but it was a long week and sleep sounded better on a Friday night.
10:30am- I hear B wake. An hour and a half ain't bad. He hangs in bed for a while so I can finish up the kitchen. He's happy and squeeking some more. I get him up and do a diaper change.
10:45am- I put Barrett in the swing to chill while I change over the laundry, change crib sheets and changing pad cover and refill the diapers in his dresser.
Joe is inside for a break and an early lunch (that's what happens when you are up before the crack of dawn.)
11:00am- We go to the bathroom so I can finish getting ready. He lays on the floor (is that gross?) and watches me do my hair. He's obsessed with the hair dryer.
11:15am- We go back to his room for another diaper change and he plays in the Bumbo with his playmat. I sit on the floor and check Facebook on my phone.
11:30am- He's over that pretty quickly so I bundle him up to go play outside and check out Dad's progress. Almost all the footings are dug and ready for concrete.
We stay out there for a while and play around in the grass.
12:00pm- We head back inside for B to eat then it's time for a book and a nap. The book we read is Itsy, Bitsy, Spider which is one of my favorites. He whine/cries in his bed for 10 minutes and I know that's not a good sign for a successful nap.
12:15pm- I switch over laundry, fold and put away a load, make a pb sandwich for lunch because it's about all we have. B is quietly hanging in bed still.
12:20pm- Sit down to eat, check facebook (yes, again) and edit some pictures for Project 365. Check the video monitor and Bubs is finally asleep.
12:30pm- Joe comes in for another break (coffee!) and we have a fun argument about stain for the deck. I threaten to call Jason to see whose side he's on.
1:00pm- I start cleaning out our junk drawers (everyone has one of those, right?) It's been on my to-do list for months. I'm actually trying to move them completely so we can use the drawers for more kid friendly items because they will be accessed too easily once the offspring starts moving.
1:02pm- Barrett starts whining. I let him for about 5 minutes. I can see on the monitor that he is awake. Continue with organizing.
1:20pm- Check video monitor...yep, still awake.
1:30pm- Drawers are done. Put away all the clean bottles, dust the house, organize a few things that are randomly in the guest room.
1:40pm- He's asleep!
1:45pm- Attack the "to be filed" stack of papers in our guest room closet. Joe has started filling all the footings with concrete.
1:50pm- Kid starts squealing. (OMG!) I leave him.
2:00pm- It's apparent that nap was a big fail today so I finish up separating the files into piles and set them aside to be filed or shredded later. Even though Bubs spent 2 hours in bed, he slept less than an hour but thankfully he's happy as can be. I change his diaper. Joe leaves to go into town to pick up more supplies.
2:15pm- Switch over the laundry and put it away quickly, then since it's so nice out, I decide to bundle the little man up and we head out on a walk in the stroller. We are a block away from the big community park in town with a great walking path, 4 baseball fields, 6 soccer fields, 2 football fields, a picnic gazebo, tennis courts and 2 playgrounds. Total kid jackpot when he grows up. We will be spending tons of time here when it warms up.
3:00pm- I'm sweaty. We get back home to watch a semi-truck deliver the last bit of lumber for our project. We head inside to change over the laundry again (are we done yet?!) then I fed the buddy.
3:15pm- He falls asleep on me while he eats and rather than waking him, I hold him while I catch up on an episode of One Tree Hill on the DVR. I'm a multi-tasker so I edit pictures while he sleeps in my arms. It takes talent!
4:15pm- He's awake and my show's over. I change his diaper.
4:20pm- We head outside again to check on Dad and Jason. They have almost all the cement done. Barrett squeals the whole time. Me thinks we have a fan of the outside.
5:00pm- Back inside and Mister plays on the floor with his snail. I change laundry and put away the clean. Decide to order pizza since we have no food and I never made it to the store.
5:30pm- Change his diaper and put jammies on. Joe and Jason are all finished and come inside for a break.
5:45pm- Pizza arrives! Bubs hangs out with his ball while we eat. He was completely on the blanket and wiggles his way around at a 90degree angle. I'm not ready for movement yet.
6:15pm- Joe changes his diaper and plays for a bit and I feed the boy.
6:45pm- I read him a book and down to bed. He's asleep in minutes. Joe runs to get more saw horses for staining.
7:00pm- I clean up the kitchen, fold the last load of laundry (!) and file the papers I organized earlier in the day. Shredding will wait till tomorrow so I don't wake up the kiddo. I write my to-do list for tomorrow.
7:30pm- I sit down to watch Breaking Dawn. It's impossible for me to just watch tv anymore so I edit all the pictures I took for this post while I watch the movie.
7:40pm- Joe starts staining a few joists so they are ready for him in the morning. Very happy with the stain choice we went with.
9:30pm- Movie ends, I finish up the last bit of editing and check facebook one last time.
10:00pm- Pump (ugh)
10:15pm- Bed. Barrett was very nice to me and slept 11 hours straight. Up at 7:00am but what feels like 6:00am, thanks to DLS. Woo Hoo!
The.End.
No comments:
Post a Comment