Busy, Busy

I feel like lately we are constantly doing something. I like being busy at times, but because I would consider myself more of a homebody, I would rather just enjoy some "chill" time or cleaning time. The little cleaning I am able to get done is all stuff that gets messed up right away and you feel like after all that work nothing got accomplished..ever feel like that?

I have a feeling I'm going to feel like this for the next, oh, 18 years, at least!  Even though it seems like we are barely home, our house is a mess...probably because we just run here and there while just dumping things here and there.

I really need to go through the girls clothes because Aubrey is getting almost too big for her 3 month stuff and some of her and Natalie's things are for warmer weather and since it's getting cooler I think it's time to put all that away. Aubrey is fitting pretty well in 3/6 month stuff right now and Natalie does best with 18 month stuff, which I think I was jumping the gun on size for warmer stuff because it seems like she has quite a bit of 24 month stuff that is just too big right now...hopefully by November/December time it will be fitting her better.

It's also time to buy Natalie some new shoes because her size 4 shoes are getting a bit too snug!  I still can't believe how expensive kid shoes are...almost as expensive as some that I buy!

Our seemingly time-consuming week and it's only Wednesday night...

Monday: picnic and park playdate with Abbey, Allison, and Max...I was so mad because I brought my camera but left my memory card at home and it was a cloudy day so the lighting would have been perfect for me to work on my skills!  At 6, Bobby had a softball game (no Zumba for me), which was followed by an impromptu trip to our old neighbors' house for a quick trip to DQ. By the time we were done with that it was time for baths and bedtime.

Tuesday: I am crazy busy at work, which I am thankful for, just not used to...my wallet will like it though!  My average of 5-7 patients a WEEK has now turned into 5-7 each DAY.  I was feeling achy and flu-like all day, but once I came home to pump in between patients, I took a Motrin (wasn't running a fever) and headed to my next patient with 90 degree heat blowing on me but yet I still had goosebumps.  Luckily, that patient wasn't home so I had a little break. Once I picked up the girls, got home, fed Natalie, I was feeling horrible. I didn't care if Natalie was destroying the whole house, I just wanted to lay down and sleep. Of course, Bobby had to work late so he didn't get home until closer to 6p. He took Natalie to small group and luckily I was able to get Aubrey to sleep and was able to take a 2.5 hour nap!  I was burning up by the end of that nap and my highest fever was 100.2. I won't even get started on what the difference would have been if Bobby had to do everything I did with the kids/work if he was feeling like I did because we all know how much guys milk their sickness!  He did do a good thing by taking Natalie and putting her to bed, but still...it took a lot more effort than normal just to feed her dinner and make sure she had a drink/snack for small group. Of course, Aubrey wanted to wake up every 3 hours to eat. I could have Bobby get up in the middle of the night to feed her, but my frozen breastmilk is like gold to me and it's hard enough to keep up to provide enough for daycare each week, so it's just easier if I do it, plus I hear her cry and wake up anyway.  The whole pumping/breastfeeding is very taxing (more the pumping), but I know totally worth it.

Wednesday: Had 7 visits at work (making me have 2 stops at home to pump). Trying to schedule my patients and picking the girls up at daycare by 4:30 is hard enough, but then to schedule my pumping int he mix...even trickier!  I'm managing but sometimes just feel super stressed out.  I had a meeting at work at 4, so I picked the girls up and took them with me like I've done before and had Bobby pick them up after work. They were with me for almost 40 minutes and Natalie was getting super ansie, so I was glad when he picked them up. I am glad that I work for a great company that does not mind that I bring them, most everyone thinks it's fun to have them there anyway. Aubrey was quite vocal during the meeting, too.  After dinner, we did my run to finish out Week 6.

Bedtime Run

I think after today, my week will start to calm down...I hope anyway because I desperately need to clean our house!

Here is a video of Natalie dancing to Bobby's singing: