This week was utter insanity. We had so many commitments - albeit many of them were really fun ones - but it about killed me. So here's a quick recap for my posterity.
Monday - The calm before the storm: had a friend over for a playdate, preschool, quick run to grocery store, FHE and then I ran a couple errands while Al put the kids to bed.
Tuesday- My friend Erin came first thing in the morning and took pictures of the kids. Here's one of her GORGEOUS shots of Addie:
Took all 3 kids to the doctor for their well-child checkups. Makenna gets a shot. All kids pronounced healthy as horses. Here's their stats (for my record):
Carter: Height: 44" (75th Percentile), Weight 42 lb. (50%)
Makenna: Height 39" (90th), Weight 34 lb. (75th)
Addison: Height 21.25" (75th), Weight 8 lb. 8 oz. (50th), Head 14" (25th)
Carter to preschool
Home for M's nap
After school bday party
Prep for M's birthday
Wednesday: Miss Makenna's Birthday! Had a quick breakfast and present opening before Al went to work. She received tons of stuff for her Bitty Baby - several outfits and some furniture. It was all a hit!
Playdate with some friends at our house
Preschool/Nap/etc.
ANOTHER after school bday party
Met Al and his mom at "the peanut restaurant" (aka Texas Roadhouse) for Makenna's bday dinner. This is by far her favorite place to eat and she requests it a few times a week. She was thrilled when the waitstaff came to sing to her and sat her on the saddle with her own special dessert.
Thursday: Al's mom spent the night at our house and I got to sleep in!! Wahoo. I did some stuff around the house while she took the big kids to the park. Al's mom came with me to run a few errands.
Took Addie to get her PKU screening (blood all over my brand new carseat-ugh)
Trip to Costco to get food/supplies for High Priest party
Preschool/nap routine
Spend most of the afternoon/evening working on my Old Testament lesson packets
The weather here has been really warm (low to mid 80s) so the kids actually got out their swimsuits and played in the hose. Here they are in the sand/water table, pretending it was their pool:
Friday: Visiting teachers in the morning. Addie starts crying at about 10 a.m. and does not stop ALL DAY LONG unless she is being held.I opt to skip the THIRD birthday party of the week because of a fussy baby (my kids were really sad and I missed hanging out with my friends).
High Priest group party. We were not hosting at our house but did lots of the work for the party.
One of the rare minutes she was not crying was when Carter was singing primary songs to her. She was really content while he was singing to her. Too cute!
This weekend has been slightly less busy. Keep in mind that all of this was on VERY very little sleep. Addie has had really rough nights this week and I've been up the better part of most nights. I admittedly tried to do to much this week. There were even several commitments that I had to back out of. I hate that. This week is looking a little better but with preschool/dance/soccer starting up things will stay busy for now!!
15 comments:
Unbelievable. Honest. I have yet to have a week with so many things and my baby is going on 10 weeks. In fact, not a week that even comes close to yours. You are amazing Monique!!!
Adorable picture of Addie above. But seriously, you need to rest! I couldn't do all that if I hadn't just had a baby.
It's so hard to cut things out of your schedule! I'm amazed by all you were able to get done.
That picture of Addie is amazing! And I love how she stopped fussing when Carter sang Primary songs to her--how sweet!
Hope this week is a LOT less hectic for you all.
OK, so I don't do that much in one week, & I don't have a 3 week old!
Addie is so beautiful in that pic!
Oh, & love seeing the kids stats, M. is taller (& a couple lbs bigger ) than both girls! I'm still stressing over their height.
Love the picture of Addison. So precious. You are amazing with your busy schedule. I don't know how you do it. Hey I love the Oxi-clean in the spray bottle. David gets bloody noses all the time and it really works on getting the blood out. Maybe it could help on the car seat. I hope that you can get a little more sleep. You amaze us all.
You really deserve a break...go get a pedicure or something. Just reading that made me need a nap. :)
Breath-taking picture of Addison!!! She looks like she is a good baby.
And fun b-day dinner for Kenna- that is one of my kids fav places to eat...LOVE the rolls!
Ok, you make the rest of us look bad! I slow down for 6-8 weeks after having a baby. (Mine don't sleep well for months no matter what we do) I know you like to keep going and going, but you need to take care of mom too!
Your kids are adorable and it sounds like they are adjusting well.
I hope it's a slower week this week. Take time to smell the roses!
you are concerning me. At three weeks i can hardly drag myself out of bed and snuggling with my baby! Seriously, you'll end up sick or something. The more you do, the more people expect you to do -- so take it easy!
oh! And M looks adorable! what a fun party day!
beautiful family!your kids are sure lucky to have such a great mom!
Sounds like a busy, but fun week at your house.
McKenna's b-day was obviously a hit, and that picture of Addison is TDF.
Hope you are able to relax a little more this week. I'm sure you just want to sit and love on that baby...
Great pic of Addison, and Makenna looks like a happy birthday girl. Love that Carter sings Primary songs to his baby sister. So sweet!
Addie is so beautiful. You are so lucky. I would like to tell you it gets less busy...but alas, it does not. It does get A LOT easier though. I remember the days when Sky would scream all.day.long and wonder how I ever survived. It's amazing really what we are capable of...you are doing an amazing job.
Love that picture of Addie and Carter! What a sweet brother to sing to her!!
They are such cutie pies! Love all the new pictures, that one of Addie is pure heaven!
Hope this week is a quiet one, so you can catch your breath!
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