Here is my before picture, taken yesterday:
And here are the after pictures taken this afternoon:
Friday, July 18, 2008
My New 'Do!
Today was a day I have been looking forward to for awhile. It was my afternoon, child-free, to get my hair done and relax. I wanted a change, so I went in and told the stylist "Something short, and red, and different," and this is what she did. It's bold and I think it's way cooler than I am, but I love it!
Here is my before picture, taken yesterday:
And here are the after pictures taken this afternoon:
Here is my before picture, taken yesterday:
And here are the after pictures taken this afternoon:
Thursday, July 17, 2008
1 More Sleep!
1 more sleep until my kid-free afternoon of pampering. I can hardly wait! It will be so nice to have an afternoon to myself. I love my girls, but I need some time for myself. It is long overdue.
Today was another uneventful day, although I did put a pretty good dent in Mount Washmore. There is still alot to do, but I did get a surprising amount done. I didn't manage to get much else done, but I can deal with that. It seems that whenever I do laundry, it gets washed and dried, but then just stuck in a laundry basket and forgotten about. So today I had alot of folding and putting away to do.
Tonight seems to be a nice treat. Both girls are already fed, bathed and in bed asleep. So it looks like Jamie and I may have some couple time!
I broke Addy's blind in her bedroom today. It's one of those stupid roller ones that you have to pull down farther to get to go up. Well I pulled, and it fell on my head. So now her window is covered with our duvet cover, which is a not so subtle pink. And being in her room is now like being in a cotton candy machine. Everything is pink. Hopefully Jamie can get that blind fixed soon!
Today was another uneventful day, although I did put a pretty good dent in Mount Washmore. There is still alot to do, but I did get a surprising amount done. I didn't manage to get much else done, but I can deal with that. It seems that whenever I do laundry, it gets washed and dried, but then just stuck in a laundry basket and forgotten about. So today I had alot of folding and putting away to do.
Tonight seems to be a nice treat. Both girls are already fed, bathed and in bed asleep. So it looks like Jamie and I may have some couple time!
I broke Addy's blind in her bedroom today. It's one of those stupid roller ones that you have to pull down farther to get to go up. Well I pulled, and it fell on my head. So now her window is covered with our duvet cover, which is a not so subtle pink. And being in her room is now like being in a cotton candy machine. Everything is pink. Hopefully Jamie can get that blind fixed soon!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Happy Hump Day!
Well the week is half over now. Only 2 sleeps until my child-free afternoon! I can hardly wait, although I know as soon as I leave the house I will be missing my girls.
I didn't do much of anything today, although I did see the doctor. I went because my ears have been giving me issues, but it turns out it is just because of my allergies and the fact that I'm not (not to mention can't) take anything for them because I'm breastfeeding.
I also asked about all my belly pain. I have been having alot of numbness and pain around my c-section incision as well as pain on the left side of my abdomen. He says that it is muscle spasms from screwing around with my muscles during my surgery (obviously he didn't use those words...lol) and that I have 2 options. Option #1 is a topical gel that should help. Option #2, if that doesn't help, is "targeting the spasms" and he says he does that for a few patients but that it is incredibly painful. So I figure I'll try the gel, but if that doesn't work I'll just wait and let it work itself out. It's not painful enough that I want to try an "incredibly painful" procedure to get rid of basically some mild-moderate discomfort. Plus I'm a wimp. lol
Not much else to mention, though. Tomorrow will be dedicated to laundry and housecleaning, assuming my kids let me.
I didn't do much of anything today, although I did see the doctor. I went because my ears have been giving me issues, but it turns out it is just because of my allergies and the fact that I'm not (not to mention can't) take anything for them because I'm breastfeeding.
I also asked about all my belly pain. I have been having alot of numbness and pain around my c-section incision as well as pain on the left side of my abdomen. He says that it is muscle spasms from screwing around with my muscles during my surgery (obviously he didn't use those words...lol) and that I have 2 options. Option #1 is a topical gel that should help. Option #2, if that doesn't help, is "targeting the spasms" and he says he does that for a few patients but that it is incredibly painful. So I figure I'll try the gel, but if that doesn't work I'll just wait and let it work itself out. It's not painful enough that I want to try an "incredibly painful" procedure to get rid of basically some mild-moderate discomfort. Plus I'm a wimp. lol
Not much else to mention, though. Tomorrow will be dedicated to laundry and housecleaning, assuming my kids let me.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
What is wrong with people?
I sat down at the computer this morning with my cup of coffee to check my email and see what's in the news today, like I usually do. And what do I see? Yet another news story of a dead, abandoned newborn being found.
I just don't get what is wrong with these people. I can understand someone finding themselves dealing with an unwanted pregnancy. It's not fair, but I know it happens. But do these women (and girls) not understand that they have options? As much as I disagree with it, and I am 100% pro-life, I would rather see a woman have an abortion than to leave their baby in a dumpster or a stairwell or wherever to die. But if they do carry on with the pregnancy, why not just give the baby up? Why abandon it? Why not seek medical help when they go into labor? Or if they don't, at the very least drop the baby off at a hospital after it's been born so that it can be taken care of.
There are so many couples who can't have children, or who miscarry, or who have a baby or child die, yet these women who are blessed with these babies just throw the child's life away like it doesn't count.
Hopefully one day there will be a system in place for women who feel they have no other option. So that another baby doesn't have to suffer like so many have. In the meantime, I suppose all we can do is hold our own kids close to us and be thankful to be able to provide for them.
I just don't get what is wrong with these people. I can understand someone finding themselves dealing with an unwanted pregnancy. It's not fair, but I know it happens. But do these women (and girls) not understand that they have options? As much as I disagree with it, and I am 100% pro-life, I would rather see a woman have an abortion than to leave their baby in a dumpster or a stairwell or wherever to die. But if they do carry on with the pregnancy, why not just give the baby up? Why abandon it? Why not seek medical help when they go into labor? Or if they don't, at the very least drop the baby off at a hospital after it's been born so that it can be taken care of.
There are so many couples who can't have children, or who miscarry, or who have a baby or child die, yet these women who are blessed with these babies just throw the child's life away like it doesn't count.
Hopefully one day there will be a system in place for women who feel they have no other option. So that another baby doesn't have to suffer like so many have. In the meantime, I suppose all we can do is hold our own kids close to us and be thankful to be able to provide for them.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Another new week.
It is Monday again, and for once I am actually feeling well-rested and happy. I am usually not a morning person, and although I am usually in a better mood by this time of the morning than when I first get up, I have been strangely un-grumpy since I rolled out of bed.
It's certainly not because I had a restful weekend. Saturday Jamie was barely around at all and I had a difficult day with the girls. By the time the weekend rolls around I am so ready for his help, and he was busy and I didn't get it. Yesterday was also busy, but the girls were much easier than they were the day before.
I think the real reason why I feel so wonderful is because I got a good night's sleep last night. And not just 6-ish hours of straight sleep like parents of a baby are thrilled to get...Lexi was down by 11:00, I was asleep shortly after and she let me sleep in until 8:45 this morning. That's how real people sleep! lol
This week should be relatively uneventful. Nothing planned until Friday, when I get an afternoon to myself. Either my mom or my mom-in-law will be watching the girls and I will have the entire afternoon to myself to go to St. Paul and get my hair done. Something short and red, I think.
The weekend should be busy because we have a wedding to go to, but it will be nice to get out and do something. We won't be kid-free (although we will likely only take my breastfeeding lady with us), but it will be a nice change of scenery, not to mention routine.
So I have my fingers crossed for a nice, quiet, maybe even relaxing week. Hopefully my 2 lovely ladies are in agreement with me on that one!
It's certainly not because I had a restful weekend. Saturday Jamie was barely around at all and I had a difficult day with the girls. By the time the weekend rolls around I am so ready for his help, and he was busy and I didn't get it. Yesterday was also busy, but the girls were much easier than they were the day before.
I think the real reason why I feel so wonderful is because I got a good night's sleep last night. And not just 6-ish hours of straight sleep like parents of a baby are thrilled to get...Lexi was down by 11:00, I was asleep shortly after and she let me sleep in until 8:45 this morning. That's how real people sleep! lol
This week should be relatively uneventful. Nothing planned until Friday, when I get an afternoon to myself. Either my mom or my mom-in-law will be watching the girls and I will have the entire afternoon to myself to go to St. Paul and get my hair done. Something short and red, I think.
The weekend should be busy because we have a wedding to go to, but it will be nice to get out and do something. We won't be kid-free (although we will likely only take my breastfeeding lady with us), but it will be a nice change of scenery, not to mention routine.
So I have my fingers crossed for a nice, quiet, maybe even relaxing week. Hopefully my 2 lovely ladies are in agreement with me on that one!
Some photos!
Lately I have been trying to make a conscious effort to take more pictures of the girls. I always took alot when I just had one child, but since Lexi was born, I haven't taken as many. Which I suppose is to be expected, but I really want to have those memories.
So along with taking more pictures, I have been really trying to get some good ones, too. To put some thought into them and try to make them as good as can be, not just Lexi propped up in the corner of the couch, or Addy in the highchair eating because that's the only time I can get her to sit still.
So here are some of the ones I am most proud of. They're almost all of Addy. For some reason, I hardly get any good ones of Lexi. Although she has gotten much better, she is still not greatly photogenic, and her movements are still a bit jerky and unexpected, so I end up with some part of her blurry.
So along with taking more pictures, I have been really trying to get some good ones, too. To put some thought into them and try to make them as good as can be, not just Lexi propped up in the corner of the couch, or Addy in the highchair eating because that's the only time I can get her to sit still.
So here are some of the ones I am most proud of. They're almost all of Addy. For some reason, I hardly get any good ones of Lexi. Although she has gotten much better, she is still not greatly photogenic, and her movements are still a bit jerky and unexpected, so I end up with some part of her blurry.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
One Of Those Days
Today was a day, as Cathy so perfectly put it, from you know where. It started last night, with both of my girls not sleeping well. Jamie was on nights so I was left to deal on my own. Addy was a little difficult to get to sleep, but there was no throw-up, so I'm not going to complain about that. But she had a very restless sleep and was up countless times crying out, but she was able to soothe herself back to sleep, so that was good.
Alexis...Not so much. She was up at aroung 12:30am, and then again at about 4:00am, wide awake both times and very demanding of my constant attention. She also had me up much earlier in the morning than I would have liked, and wouldn't you know, as soon as we were up and I was semi-awake, she was snoozing in her swing.
Addy had a very difficult morning. She was very bratty, which is unusual for her. She was pinching, hitting, throwing toys at her sister, picking on the cat and throwing tantrum after tantrum after tantrum.
Lexi was a little better, but still not very happy. Fussy and, again, very demanding of my attention. I'm beginning to wonder if she might be teething already. I was hoping that would wait a few more months so the breastfeeding would continue to stay pleasant, but I'm not so sure.
Anyways, they both basically slept the afternoon so that was nice. And I shipped Addy off to her Grandma Dianne's for the night, so it's so nice and quiet around here. Lexi is already fed, bathed and in bed, and I have the evening to myself.
The weekend is nearing, but I don't think it will be very relaxing. It sounds like it's going to be another busy one that won't be much of a break. Maybe one of these times I'll get a bit of a break. Just not this time.
Alexis...Not so much. She was up at aroung 12:30am, and then again at about 4:00am, wide awake both times and very demanding of my constant attention. She also had me up much earlier in the morning than I would have liked, and wouldn't you know, as soon as we were up and I was semi-awake, she was snoozing in her swing.
Addy had a very difficult morning. She was very bratty, which is unusual for her. She was pinching, hitting, throwing toys at her sister, picking on the cat and throwing tantrum after tantrum after tantrum.
Lexi was a little better, but still not very happy. Fussy and, again, very demanding of my attention. I'm beginning to wonder if she might be teething already. I was hoping that would wait a few more months so the breastfeeding would continue to stay pleasant, but I'm not so sure.
Anyways, they both basically slept the afternoon so that was nice. And I shipped Addy off to her Grandma Dianne's for the night, so it's so nice and quiet around here. Lexi is already fed, bathed and in bed, and I have the evening to myself.
The weekend is nearing, but I don't think it will be very relaxing. It sounds like it's going to be another busy one that won't be much of a break. Maybe one of these times I'll get a bit of a break. Just not this time.
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