Project #2 - Week In Our Lives Scrapbook

Do you remember me documenting a week in our lives this past October. Well, I finally finished the album this last month. I would say 6 months to get this documented is just about right. I really had a lot of it done, I just had to put it all together. I kept it really simple, not a lot of embellishments. I might go back later and add a few things, but doing less now is good enough for me. I'm just glad I have it recorded and in a book for us to look at. Below is the cover and a few shots of some of the pages. The are 8 1/2"x11" pages, with the journaling done on the burnt orange 4 1/4"x11" pages. I just paper cut my original paper protecters and stitched them up the side.

A Week in Our Lives: Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Finishing up a Week In Our Lives. Just a few photos and words.

Sunday

A treat for me. Yes, it is the lowfat version, I know how much pregnancy weight I still have to lose.

A Sunday walk to the park.
Playing.
Sewing Karter's quilt after kids are in bed.

Steve looking at homes on the internet.
Saturday

Cooked up hamburger. Ready to freeze for meals.
Trip to the apple farm.
This guy was amazing!!!

Look at our Spiderman!

All cozy.
Reading before bed. Bedtime story.
Major cleaning after kids went to sleep. Went to bed with main floor and basement clean. Love that feeling.

Friday

Waking up and cuddling in bed. Trying to organize toys.
Grilled cheese for dinner.
Drop Steve off at plumbing job.
Visit Lisa, play with cousins.

Grocery Shopping.

A Week In Our Lives: Thursday

Up with Karter at 2:30 am. Woke up at 5:30 am on my own. First time I have woken up on my own in a long time. Stayed in bed until Karter cried at 6:00 am. Nursed Karter. Is having a hard time breathing with his stuffy nose. Suctioned his nose. Doesn’t seem sick other then you can hear the congestions in his nose. Put him back to bed in his crib.

Eat leftovers for breakfast while checking email. Steve is getting ready to go to work. Back upstairs to bathe and get ready for day. Wake kids up at 7:50 am. Get them dressed and they have cereal for breakfast. Drive Jakob to school.

Straighten up house. Amy brings Finley over at 9:00 am. She shows me the pictures she has taken of Karter on her computer. So cute!! So perfect!! Can’t wait to frame them. Thank you Amy!! Finley stays and plays until 11:00 am.

Get kids ready and in stroller. Get Jakob from bus. Lunch. Peanut butter and Jelly for the kids, leftovers for me. Wash off everyone’s sticky hands.

Karter down in our room so I can finish working in boy’s room. Isabelle down. Jakob watching Leap Frog movie. I work on Week In Our Lives and update blog. Have lots to type!

Clean main floor. Sweep and mop floor, clean bathroom, dust, etc. Worked on business/personal finances. Upstairs to try and take a nap. Isabelle was awake. Went in her room and tried to take a nap in her bed, in and out of sleep while Isabelle played.

Make protein shake. Worked on Halloween garland and kids made pictures with scrap paper. Karter awake. Nurse and give bottle.

Fixed dinner while kids played Cooties. Turkey hamburgers and fries. Calling Steve, hoping he will be home soon, no answer. Feed kids. Steve calls, said he was out of service, will be home in 20 minutes.

Steve home. He eats and takes kids up to bathe them. I put Karter down. I go to JoAnns to look for Halloween decorations for mantel. No luck. Stop at Safeway to buy milk, bread, fruit, etc.

Home by 8:10 pm. Steve has put Isabelle and Jakob to bed and we are excited to watch the office. Karter is up. Gets fussy. I nurse him and put him to bed by 8:45 pm. We watch some of Heroes on DVD and watch The Office and SNL Election Special. Finish the Heroes episode. Feel like I should straighten up before bed, but am so tired. Go to bed.

A Week In Our Live: Wednesday

Up at 1:30 am, 4:00 am, and 6:00 am with Karter.

Get up at 6:00 am. Breakfast while checking out blogs, type up my blog, read scriptures,

Bath, get ready. Karter up at 7:00 am. Steve gets him and plays with him. I finish getting ready. Nurse Karter. 7:45 am I realize we have to walk to school, Steve is taking our car. Get the kids out of bed, they are already awake. Get them ready. Eat protein bars for breakfast on the way to school.

Walk home from school. Karter has fallen asleep in the stroller. Isabelle watches Sesame Street. I straighten house and collect clothes for Karter to wear when Amy takes photos of him today. Found the biggest spider I have ever seen on our back deck. Set up Karter’s tub to give him a bath when he wakes up. Keep cleaning house. Karter still sleeping. Steve calls while I’m ironing clothes. He comes home and stops in to get some paperwork. Karter still sleeping. Amy calls at 10:20 am. We decide to head over without giving Karter a bath and let him sleep.

Photo shoot at Amy’s house. I thought he would want to eat when he woke up, but he was happy. We got a bunch of pictures. I only had to give him a little of his bottle a couple times to keep him happy. So excited to have these done.

Went to get Jakob from the bus. Stood there FOREVER before I called the school to see if I had missed him. I had. Had to walk to his school to pick him up. Isabelle cried a good portion of the trip. Karter slept. Trying to figure out what is up with all this sleeping?? Wondering if he is getting on a schedule. Get Jakob and walk home.

Chaos for the next hour. Karter is crying, kids have to go to the bathroom, lunch needs to be made, I’m starving. Feed kids and myself. I had spaghetti and kids had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and milk. I had to mix the Adams Peanut Butter. Debating if I should switch to a peanut butter I
DON’T have to stir.

Isabelle down for nap. Karter in bouncy chair upstairs with Jakob. Loving that Jakob can play on his own and entertain Karter. On computer, relaxing, having a snack, protein bar and milk. Make myself get back to work.

Karter still in chair. Jakob has moved the chair so Karter can watch him draw. Karter down for nap. Notice that he has been sleeping a lot today. Hoping it is a sign of good things to come. Jakob downstairs watching Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Haven’t watched that in awhile. Work on boy’s room. Have a great idea for decorating the shelf in their room with Jakob’s artwork. Love Jakob’s artwork framed, am not liking the overall effect of how it is turning out. Remember that I was supposed to decorate for Halloween/Fall before I started working on the finishing the kids room. Isabelle up.

Make protein shake for me, early dinner. Work on bills. Pay a bunch of business and personal bills. Realize I don’t have any stamps.

Start dinner. Breaded chicken, parmesan ravioli, and steamed carrots. Set kids up with puzzles at the island while I work. Call Steve to see if he will be home for dinner. Tells me he will be home at 6:30 pm and not to wait. Karter up. Wow, he slept a lot. Nurse Karter while finishing dinner. Interesting. Amy calls and emails me Karter's pictures. Put Karter in bouncy seat with bottle so I can finish dinner. Feed the kid’s dinner. Run down to check email to look at pictures!!!! So, so, so, so cute!! Karter asleep in bouncy seat, loves the vibration, so relaxing. Can’t believe he is asleep again. Worried he won’t sleep tonight.

Downstairs with kids to pick-up basement. Upstairs with kids to take bath. Isabelle asks for bubbles. I fold laundry while kids are in bath. Steve calls, says he is on his way home, reminds me we need to take Plumbing Van to Forest Grove to get new engine. Try not to think about how much it will cost us.
Steve home. He works outside getting things settled. I get kids in pajamas and teeth brushed. Pack a few things for the road. Pack up the kids, Karter and Isabelle with me, Jakob with Steve. Drop off Van. Go to Steve’s parents house. Realize I forgot my camera!! Stop by Grammy and Grampy Moons. Kids run around like crazy people!! I relax on couch in front of fireplace. Borrow their car for the next few days. Drive kids home. Karter slept the whole way, wakes up when we get home. Steve puts Jakob and Isabelle to bed while I nurse Karter. Steve showers. Straighten up downstairs. Get ready for bed. Give Karter bottle and put down to bed. 11:00 pm, lights out, so tired!!