Sunday reached 70 degrees so we took the kids to the park.
Monday, February 10, 2014
A Day in the Life
I had friends that captured one day with the kiddos and
thought that was a great idea. I wanted
to capture my day today. It felt pretty
non stop, but none the less that’s what makes it fun!
5am – Ania starts crying.
In order for us to get another hour of sleep, Tom gets her from her room
and sleeps in our bed. She falls asleep
instantly.
6:15am – the alarm goes off.
Cameron didn’t wake up at all tonight (nice!). Tom and Ania are spooning and asleep. I try and wake up.
6:20am – Ania wakes up looking for her blankie, then
proceeds to have fun in our bed. She
gives me morning kisses, gives daddy morning kisses, then asks if baby is
awake. We tell her she’s sleeping
still. I get up, Ania puts her blankie
in her room and Tom goes to make coffee.
Baby still asleep.
6:30am – 7:10am – I’m working from home because my parents
and in-laws are unable to watch Cameron.
Also, Tom hasn’t been in the office since Tuesday because of work
travel. I login to work to send the WFH
email. Ania hops in my lap. I tell her to not touch anything and she
listens. Still in pjs and need to get
her ready for school. Tom is getting
ready in the other room and I’m sending emails before an 8:30 call I’m
chairing. Baby is still asleep
(wow!). Tom tries and gets Ania ready
and continues to cry and yell ‘No!!!!!’ followed by ‘No school, Mommy’. Done with emails, walk into Ania’s room to
change her diaper and put her school clothes on. Diaper changed. School clothes fail. Tom goes back in and tries…and fails
again. He leaves and I walk back
in. School clothes on!! Finally!
Except her socks, which she insists “Ania do it”.
7:10 – 7:20am – Ania and I walk to the bathroom to wipe her
face and brush her teeth. Mommy brushes
her teeth but now Ania wants to brush.
Ania brushes teeth while I wipe her face. Ania still brushing her teeth so I put her
hair up. Ania is finally done and I try
to put her socks on. Fail. She starts screaming ‘No, Ania do it.’ So, we walk out to Tom and get ready to go. Tom is dropping Ania off. We sit her on the counter, followed by
rushing to put her socks and shoes on.
Ania refuses jacket so Tom holds the jacket and carries her to the door. Ania is screaming ‘Mommy’ so I carry her and
give her kisses reassuring her that we’ll play when she gets home. Tom and Ania leave with Ania calling my
name. Heart broken. Baby still asleep!
7:30 -7:45am – Baby still asleep. Check email and make my cup of coffee then
decide I better make my breakfast too.
So make an egg with a little ground beef and grape tomatoes. Thinking of plan to keep baby quiet while I’m
on my conference call. Make baby a 5oz
bottle.
7:50am – I hear Cameron waking up. No crying just goo goos and ga ga’s. I walk in and say good morning with a
response of a smile. Love her. She slept from 8:30 to 8am…but not getting my
hopes up. This could be a fluke. Anyway, I feed Cameron her bottle and downs
the 5oz.
8:10am – Walk around with Cameron and trying to get her to
burp. Success. Now see if she’ll make a poop because trying
to refrain from a crying baby in the background.
8:25am – No luck for Cameron to poop but I put on the bjorn
and in Cameron goes. I walk around a
bit. I wrote my notes on a notepad and
open up the line. I’m walking around,
headphones on and notepad in hand.
Continue to walk to bathroom and let Cameron look at herself.
8:30 – 9:00am – Conference Call. Success.
Cameron was good and quiet.
9:00am – Cameron starting to fuss. She wants to take her morning nap. I need to update my boss on the updates from
the 8:30am meeting.
9:20am – Cameron finally falls asleep in my arms and I sit
in rocking chair with her in my arms and laptop in my lap. I write an email to my boss giving him
updates and send. Phew. Then IM him, letting him know I sent and if
he wants to chat since Cameron is sleeping.
He’s fine with the updates. Thank
goodness. I call my mom quickly and find
out she’s off!!! I thought she switched
her schedule this week because next week is a mess. Nope, she’s off so she’s going to swing by
and help!
9:30am – Put Cameron in her crib.
9:50am – Cameron wakes up and I have a 10am conference
call. She’s not liking the bjorn so I
carry her around until I have to dial in.
Thankfully, it’s a 15 min call.
10:00am – I put Cameron in her bumbo and she’s ok. I put a mirror in front of her while I dial
in.
10:00-10:15am – Cameron good again. I gave my updates and boss asks me to stay on
the line.
10:20am – Cameron starts to fuss so I pick her up and change
her diaper while I’m talking to my boss.
Call done!
10:25am – Cameron calm again so put her on the playmat and
put Barney on the tv.
10:30am – need to dial in to another conference call.
10:30 – 11:00am – thankfully on mute. Cameron starts to fuss so I pick her up and
walk around. Thank goodness I was
listening because I was sneak attacked and asked a question. Call done!
Mom walks in door around 10:45am and takes Cameron from me.
11:00am – I make Cameron a bottle and mom feeds her.
11:30 – 12:30pm – ‘Lunch Break’ Exercise to the Jillian
Michael’s 30 day shred, then eat. Mom is
taking care of Cameron so I decide to quickly make the filling a stuff pork
chops for tomorrow’s dinner. Tom’s
parents are over and we’re celebrating their birthday’s so I’m cooking now.
12:30pm – I start making a packing list. Ugh so much stuff for two kids. Order rainboots / jacket for Ania. Cameron falls back asleep and mom puts her
down. Mom eats lunch.
1:00pm – Cameron wakes up and mom hangs out with her. I work a bit and start thinking I should cook
since I need to run later.
2:30 – 3:00pm – Cameron fussy because she needs to
poop. She finally does. Mom helps and give Cameron a bath. I chop veggies and throw them in the
oven. Check email.
3:00pm – I move computer to kitchen and decide to cook pork
chops. My coworker IMs me for help on
something. Good thing, it’s just a heads
up on something. Continue to cook with
headphones on in case he calls.
3:30pm – Cameron all clean and sleeping. Mom watching tv. I answered a few more emails and feeling like
my heart has been pumping since I woke up.
4:00pm – Mom heads out to beat traffic.
4:30pm – Tom comes home with Ania and I get ready to go to
the gym for a run.
4:50pm – Arrive at gym and run 5 miles. Took me an hour. Stretch and go home.
6:25pm- Arrive home.
Ania is in the middle of dinner and asks for grapes. I get her grapes and take a quick
shower. Cameron falls asleep.
7:00pm – Bath time for Ania.
7:20 – 7:45pm – Ania watches Little Einstein and Cameron
wakes up. Ania has a snack during her
show. Tonight was white chedder rice
cakes.
There is my day in a nutshell today.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Business trips
Tom was in Dallas for a night so I asked Mom to sleepover and help me out. Both kids were so good and Ania came in our room at 5am. After calling daddy out a few times, she finally came to me and fell asleep in my arms. Loved it. She woke up in a happy mood. I told her to close her eyes because the flash was going to be bright.
Packing
I'm already packing up 0-3 month cloths and soon 3-6 months because Cameron is growing too fast
Date night
We dropped the kids at my parents house so we could have a date night. It was the first in awhile for the kids to have a sleepover. Actually this was Cameron's first.
We went to Glass Wall in the heights area. Cute area since we've never been. We decided to be fancy since we were celebrating tom's new license and my promotion :). Oh and an early Valentine's date too.
We did the wine tasting with each course which I've never done and may want tp continue because it went well with each meal. For appetizer, we got a crab and shrimp dip paired with a white wine. For entree, we got a steak and fish. The waiter split the red and white wines so we could each have a glass. I wish I could have taken a photo of the wine glasses on our table by the end. And ended with panna cotta. Never had it but must say it'll be my go to if I ever see it on a menu again
Here's a photo of ania at my parents
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