Back in the game and some organization

Whoa....it's been over a year since I've last posted anything. Man, has life been busy. I don't know if I'll go back and try to catch up, but I may here and there.


Work has slowed down a lot for me (for now...) so I have more time to prioritize for things like possibly blogging again. Ha!


Landon started getting a cold this past Saturday, which subsequently turned into what I believe to be bronchiolitis. Every single time he gets a cold he gets a horrible cough that turns into wheezing and shortness of breath. After the first three bouts of this over the past two years I know what to look for and I just give him an inhaler and it seems to help until the cough runs it's course.


All that to say, he stayed home with Kevin on Monday and I stayed home with him yesterday. I got this random urge to organize all. the. things yesterday and so we took a trip to our cousins' house to drop off some clothes for their daughter that Preslie has grown out of. One closet in our house has a little more room [for junk].


Then we grabbed some lunch real quick where Landon exclaimed "My like chick nuggets, Mama!" Everything is "my do it" or "my tired" or "my cold" right now. It's kind of cute.


We drove all the way across town to Home Depot so I could get one of those over-the-toilet storage cabinets for our bathroom and of course Home Depot had nothing. So we drove all the way back across town to Target and I found exactly what I needed (and then some, of course). Landon was a trooper the whole time. While we were standing in the horribly long line to check out, he proceeded to sing (scream?) "Jingle Bells" for all to hear. 'Quiet' is not in that boy's vocabulary.

Sweet boy was so tired.

A drive back across town and we were home. Landon took an hour-and-a-half nap while I put part of the cabinet together. Then I had to wake him up so we could get Preslie from school. Got home, tried to finish putting the cabinet together while the kids ran around the house and asked me for snacks 50 million times. Made them dinner, bathed them, dressed them and settled them down for bed.


Then I started in on our hall closet - which was the whole purpose of the over-the-toilet storage thing. I threw away crap that we've had for over six years now, and have never used! *sigh* it feels so good. I didn't think to take before pictures, but it's a serious improvement.

More towels should be in the bottom shelf but I need to do laundry!

Got ready for bed, put our Elf on the Shelf "Tipstie" (named by Preslie last year) on our tree with toilet paper so P would think he TP'd it, then finally crawled into bed about 10:00 (and stayed up for the next hour perusing FB and Instagram on my phone - such a bad habit!).


And that was my day!

A Day in the Life...

I did one of these posts almost eight months ago, and I wanted to do another so I can look back and compare how different life is now.

This post won't contain as many pictures as my last "Day in the Life" post because I'm not that on top of things now with two kids. Ha! So I'll just post some random photos of the kids that I have on my phone, instead.



Kevin's job requires him to work really long hours so I take care of most of the kid and home stuff on my own. He helps when he can, though.

4:45-5:30am: Snooze my alarm and then hop in the shower.

5:50: Put my makeup on while I pump.

6:20: Get my lunch bag together, get Landon's bottle bag together, get my pump bag together. So many BAGS!

6:30: Wake Landon up, change him, dress him, feed him a bottle. Put him down in his crib to play or in the swing. If Kevin happens to not have to go into work early, he'll do this.

7:00: Get myself dressed, finish my hair, brush my teeth put ALL THE BAGS in the car. Put the dogs in the garage, get them food and water for the day and turn the space heater on for them (they are spoiled little pups).

7:15: Wake Preslie up. Get her changed, dressed, do her hair and brush her teeth, then take her straight to the car. I turn the car on so it'll warm up, lock the doors, go inside to get Landon and turn on the house alarm.

7:35: On the road to take the kids to Miss Kara's.

8:10: Get to work. Thank goodness my job is super flexible with my schedule.



11:00-11:30: Pump and read.

12:00pm: Eat lunch at my desk.

1:00: Go down to our little workout room in the office building and exercise for about 45min-1hr. Shower and change and back to work at 2:00.

4:00: Leave work and pick up the kids.



4:30/4:45: Get home, unload the car of children and BAGS. Get things settled in the house and immediately change out of my work clothes into comfy clothes. Get Preslie a snack.

5:00: Feed the dogs and nurse Landon.

5:45: Start dinner if I'm cooking. Otherwise, Kevin will make dinner or we do leftovers.

6:00: Preslie eats, or waits until our dinner is done to eat. Kevin gets home.



6:45: Kids get a bath. Kevin will usually bathe them while I get the kids' jammies out and diaper bag ready for the next day. I'll get Landon ready for bed, nurse him and put him down. Kevin will get Preslie ready for bed, read to her and put her down. After, Kevin will usually clean the kitchen.

8:00-9:30: Race to get something done before I have to go to bed. Whether it be a load of laundry, bills, write a blog post, clean a bathroom, unpack from a trip the weekend before. There's always something that needs to be done. Wash Landon's bottles and fill them for the next day. Make Landon's baby food for the next day. Get ALL THE BAGS together for the next day.

9:30: Pump and read.

10:00: Bed (if I'm lucky) and start all over the next day.

THE END.

A Day in the Life...

I think about a year ago I did a post similar to this. I wanted to do another for this stage of our life - which feels like a never-ending dose of crazy.

Kevin is starting a new job on Monday, so he hasn't had work for the past week-and-a-half. Yesterday, his plans were to get his tires rotated, go to the gym, paint the crown moulding in Landon's room and possibly mow the lawn.

6:00-6:45am ~ Snooze the alarm. I'm a pro at it, really. ;)

Hop in the shower.

It takes me exactly an hour-and-a-half to get ready and Preslie and I are out the door on a work day. On this particular day, I wanted to be out the door by 8:00, which means I really should've gotten out of bed and in the shower by 6:30. Didn't happen.

7:00am ~ I wake Kevin up so he can wake Preslie up. They will snuggle in bed and watch morning cartoons while I put my face on, pack my lunch, rally all the bags I need to take for the day and make sure Preslie's diaper bag is stocked with diapers and wipes.

Mornings with Papa. Yes, she's trying to chew on a lock. No, it was not clean.

Makeup, my lunch and all the bags for the day.

If I planned ahead this is probably stuff I should do the night before; but lets be real here, folks. It hardly ever happens.

7:45ish ~ Lay out Preslie's clothes, she plays while I'm running around, and then attempt to do my hair in a way that would be quick and make me the least sweaty.

Clothes for the day.

I'm thankful she does a good job at entertaining herself, for the most part.

Meanwhile, she'll come in the bathroom to get my attention (i.e. whine and want to be picked up) and Kevin will manage to get her dressed. I also manage to brush my teeth.


8:00am ~ I try to find an outfit to wear that has to meet certain criteria: 1) Comfortable, 2) Quick decision-making process, and 3) Doesn't make me sweaty. Are you seeing a trend here? Eventually get dressed. Hmmm and haaaw about if I like my decision or not, put the necessary accessories on and perfume.

My bangs have since been trimmed and thinned out. ;)



Put Preslie's hair up (Kevin hasn't quite mastered that yet) and try to wrangle myself and P out the door.

She's a blur. Going "bye bye" is very serious business to her.



She has to explore the front yard on our way out.

8:15am ~ We're finally in the car and on the road and I realize I will be 15 minutes late to work because it takes exactly 30 minutes from our house, to Kara's house to drop P off, and then for me to get to the office. Luckily, the hours for work are lax for me. :)

She has her Lovey and thumb - all is right in her world.



8:30am ~ Finally arrive at the office and get busy.

My incredibly tiny cube.



12:30pm ~ Eat lunch at my desk. Today was leftover spaghetti from the night before.

1:30pm ~ Get my hair done on my lunch break! The salon is across the street from my office so it makes it super convenient.



2:30pm ~ Back to work.

4:00pm ~ Leave work for the day and head to Kara's to get Preslie.

Normal day...4:30-7:00pm ~ This timeframe is usually a race against the clock. I'll get home, get Preslie settled with water and a snack, unpack the bags from the day, go through mail, entertain P, try and figure out what we're all eating for dinner. Try to convince Kevin to make dinner. Play with Preslie. Pick up our bedroom and Preslie's bedroom. Feed P, bathe her, nightime routine of books and put her down. If Kev makes dinner I'll do bath and bed and he'll clean the kitchen, or vice-versa.

This night we went out for Chinese food which means no one has to cook and all that's needed is bath and bed for P! Luckily, Preslie was so much better at dinner than the last fiasco at sushi the other weekend.

Trying plum sauce for the first time. She was a fan!



Books before bedtime!

Normal day...7:00pm-10:30pm ~ This varies. Sometimes I choose to veg out on the couch. Other times I'll pay bills and pick up the house or do laundry. I usually try and spend some time with Kevin. Right now I've been trying to get Landon's nursery done and his clothes organized. I eventually get ready for bed. Lately, I haven't been falling asleep until 11 or 11:30. Eeep!



This night, I accidentally fell asleep at 8:30! So nothing got done except some much needed sleep.

That's our day in a nutshell. I'll have to do another Day in the Life post once Landon is here and I'm on maternity leave.



CHEESE!!!