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!!

A Week In Our Lives: Tuesday

Up at 12:30 am, 3:30 am, 5:00 am, and 6:00 am with Karter. Wondering why he isn’t sleeping more!!

Woke up at 7:30. Got kids ready.

Raisin Bran for kid’s breakfast, leftover pizza Steve brought home last night.

Took bath and nursed Karter.

Drove Jakob to school with wet hair. Left kids with Steve

Finished nursing Karter while checking blogs on the computer. Finished getting ready.

Drove to Target to get pull-ups and look at Halloween Decorations. Went to JC Penney to pick up the Huish Grandkid photos. Debating if I should return the sheets for white sheets.

Picked up Jakob at the bus.

Home to a lunch of leftover spaghetti and pizza. Debating if I should just have Spaghetti for dinner tonight since Steve missed dinner last night.

Put Karter and Isabelle down to bed.

Jakob watching PBS Kids. Laundry, straightening up, call from Steve, computer time. Switch our bedding to the red quilt. Decide I will exchange sheets. Dreaming of what I would like to do to our bedroom.

Karter crying. Karter back to sleep. Do dishes and straighten house.

Karter crying. Go upstairs, get Karter, Isabelle is awake. Take Isabelle to the potty. Nurse Karter. Give Karter bottle while on computer.

Play Uno with Jakob and Isabelle. Karter tummy time at my feet. Steve calls to tell me his Van blew a spark plug. Asking me what we should do, we know this will be a major repair. Should we buy or fix?

Make Protein Shake. Steve comes home. Put Karter down to bed. Read books downstairs with kids. Clean up downstairs. Steve working in office, looking up sprinters on the computer, making calls. Talk with Steve about going grocery shopping tonight. Will he take the kids so I can go?

Go upstairs to make dinner. Look at spiders out on deck. Kids draw pictures at island. Karter up. Nurse and bottle. Dishes. Jakob sets table. Dinner. Clean up.

Family Home Evening. Jakob conducts. Isabelle chooses the song, “One Little Monkey Swinging from a Tree.” Read Scriptures. Get ready to go on walk. Talk with my neighbor Amy for a few minutes. Go on walk. Beautiful fall night. Decide not to go grocery shopping.

Arrive home. Bathe Isabelle. Nurse Karter. Put Isabelle to bed. Read Nemo. Clip Karter’s nails while he screams. Steve showers with Jakob and puts him to bed. Feed Karter bottle while looking on computer.

Steve working in office, scheduling the rest of the week. Karter to bed. Straighten kitchen, 5 minute time limit. Straighten house. Get ready for bed. Pray. Talk to Steve about van. Should we repair or buy something else?? Asleep by 11 pm.

A Week In Our Lives: Monday

12:00 am Up with Karter. Change Karter’s diaper and nursed him while I read The Work and The Glory II.

2:00 am Up with Karter. Gave him 4 ounces of formula and fell asleep in the rocking chair while I was feeding him.

4:00 am Karter is crying in bed.

4:30 am Karter is still crying. I went into his room and gave him a pacifier and walked him around the room until he went back to sleep.

5:00 am Karter is crying again.

5:30 am Steve gets up. Offers to get Karter but I tell him I’m trying to train him to sleep longer.

5:35 am Go in and get Karter. Nurse him for a couple minutes. He goes to sleep and I can’t wake him back up. Put in a load of laundry. Straighten the upstairs, putting away stuff from our trip to Utah.

6:00 am Steve leaves for work. Takes my van because he has to drive all the way out to Pacific City for a job for Bathfitter. Take bath. Get ready. Read Ensign while I eat breakfast.

6:45 am Karter wakes up. Nurse Karter.

7:00 am Jakob and Isabelle up. Get all the kids dressed and hair fixed.

7:45 am Breakfast for Jakob and Isabelle. Nurse Karter.

8:00 am Out the door to walk Jakob to school. Karter fell asleep in stroller.

8:50 am Arrive home. Isabelle watches Sesame Street and I quickly finish scrapbook page from yesterday, check email, make a phone call, and blog.

9:15 am Karter is crying. Straighten downstairs quickly. Nurse Karter. I clean up the kitchen. Isabelle finishes Sesame Street. She plays upstairs and draws on big paper on the easel. Karter is fussy. I give him 2 ounces of formula. Karter falls asleep.

10:45 am Read with Isabelle.

11:15 am Loaded Karter and Isabelle in our Joovey Stroller and walked to the bus stop.

11:30 am Jakob arrived home from the bus. Walked home quickly because Jakob had to use the bathroom. Started Macaroni and Cheese for the kid’s lunch and reheated Taco Soup for me. Nursed Karter. Finished making lunch. Ate lunch, gave Karter 2 ounces of a bottle. Talked with Jakob while I ate, he wanted to play the guessing game, one of his favorites. He wanted me to guess what had four wheels. He asked me if big spiders could eat people. I said there wasn’t a spider big enough to eat a person. He then asked me if they could eat a small part of us like our eyes, fingers, or toes. Lots of thinking going into these questions, though I admit they are gross!

12:30 pm Remembered I should be potty training Isabelle and put her on the toilet. Put Isabelle to bed without any fussing. Steve called, talked with him. Steve came home for a minute to switch cars. Took Karter upstairs, changed his poopy diaper, rocked him, and put him down in his crib when he started getting sleepy. Came downstairs and found Jakob organizing/playing with the kid dishes.

1:00 pm Started the old versions of The Absent Minded Professor for Jakob to watch. Ate protein bar and glass of milk while I read Ali Edwards blog.

1:30 pm Ran and got camera out of car. Snapped some pictures. Michelle Rex called asking me about freezer meals and about teaching a digital scrapbooking class.

2:00 pm Karter crying. I let him cry hoping he will go back to sleep. Go upstairs and read magazine on bed for a minute before I hear Isabelle awake in her room saying, “Poo-poo Mommy.” Take Isabelle to the bathroom to do her thing. We go downstairs to finish movie with Jakob, I nap on the couch for 20 minutes.

3:45 pm Upstairs to start dinner. Make myself and kids a protein shake. Clean kitchen while kids draw/color. Karter still sleeping.

4:30 pm Wake Karter up to feed. Nurse and bottle.

5:00 pm Kids play outside. I hold Karter and read blogs. He is fussy.

5:45 pm Talk with Steve. He will not be home for dinner. Feed the kids spaghetti and go upstairs to put Karter to bed.

6:00 pm Put kids in bath. Fold three loads of laundry while kids are in bath. Brush teeth. Clip fingernails and toenails. Say prayers. Read books, ABC Book and DW Needs Glasses.

7:15 pm Kids in bed. Isabelle cries. I take bath and put on pajamas.

7:45 pm Jakob is falling asleep in our bed. It is Karter’s first week in his crib and I’m hesitant to let him read books with the light on while Karter is sleeping. Jakob asks me to rub his back when I get out of the bath. We talk about school. He says he doesn’t like it when his teacher tells him to do things. I ask what kind of things he doesn’t like to do. He says he doesn’t like to write because he doesn’t know how to write. He says he can write jet, cat, and fat.

8:00 pm Finish dishes. Lay out towels to give Karter a bath. Work on notes for the day. Blog photos of trip to Wallowa Lake and Utah. Check email.

9:00 pm Woke Karter up. Gave him a bath. Fed him and dressed him while I watched Penelope.

10:45 pm Steve still not home. Called him. Said he was just finishing up and would be home soon. Went to bed.
11:15 pm Phone woke me out of a deep sleep. Steve quickly got off the phone when he realized I had been sleeping. In and out of sleep, heard Steve get home.

A Week In Our Life!

Inspired by Ali Edwards, I'm recording this week to scrapbook in an album. I know, I'm crazy, I just got back from vacation, but no week is perfect or routine and there is always extra going on. So, this is a glimpse into our daily lives.