Super Nanny

On Monday my sister had to work and didn’t have daycare – so I volunteered to take her kids for the day.  My plan was to still work myself while they were here, just so I could get a feel for this working and taking care of little ones.  Secretly I was actually really nervous – I had no idea how it was all going to work out.

It couldn’t have gone better!!  My goodness she has some super awesome kids!!  About 15 minutes before I was suppose to start work I got everyone in the office and snuggled in.  Elly at the computer playing her games… she thought it was so cool that she was on Jesse’s computer and was she very happy to tell him when he came home for lunch that she was on his computer!

And Garrett in his jumper.  Look he is happy!!  Now he goes crazy in this jumper and nonstop jumps… and it is noisy!!

So Elly and I are at our computers working away and Garrett is jumping and it is loud.  Elly finally yells – I can’t hear my games!  And I’m thinking if my phone rings I’m never going to hear the caller.  Pretty soon Garrett starts grunting and I so know what he is doing… he is working on a good smelly one for me!!  And he did!  So I go change him and I left him on my bed while I went to discard the nasty diaper and wash my hands and when I came back he was almost asleep, so I left him.  He slept the whole morning while I worked!!!  I was so excited – that was a 3 hour nap!!

He woke up during my lunch and we got him all fed and put back in his jumper for the afternoon of work.  I could only do another hour or so and both kids had enough of my working and were ready for something new and exciting.  My last 10 minutes of work I actually had Garrett in my lap and he thought it was real fun to drool all over my papers and grab anything in his reach!  Elly was even at my desk at this point coloring and watching everything I did and she is so into reading so she wanted to know all the words I was typing.  It was time for me to shut down and spend the rest of the day with the kids.  So I did.

The biggest challenge during the day was feeding Garrett his bottle.  I have this huge oversized basketball belly and trying to snuggle Garrett on top of it was literally like trying to balance him on a basketball.  We did eventually get snuggly and he drank his bottles without any problems.

It was a really fun day with the kids and I learned that it wasn’t so scary.  I really need to practice my diaper changing – man it has been a really long time since I have done that!  And I really need to get organized… it would come time to feed Garrett his cereal/fruit and I would get him in his chair and I would have the food and the spoon… but no bib on him – and he is a messy eater.  Elly would go get the bib.  Then I needed a burp cloth because he was really getting messing and starting to put his toes in his mouth and now we had cereal all over his toes!  Elly ran and got me that.  I think Elly just needs to move in with me when I have Blueberry!  Elly even tied my shoes for me – hey it is hard work to reach my toes these days!! 

And I slept SO good that night!  I think I was even rolling over without waking up!!  And for those of you who have been pregnant before you know you can’t roll over without waking up first – and you know how much of a workout it is to roll over.

Walls are Up!!

It has been very busy here the last couple of days!  A good busy!  Progress is being made and I’m loving it.  They put up the walls yesterday and this morning - the job is done!  Well, done enough that we can move the office back down and start on Blueberry’s room.  Way too exciting for me that I might burst at the seams!

This is looking down the steps at the new bathroom!! 

The room is enclosed!  The lights are in!  Even the shower head is installed.  I asked if I could take a shower because already this shower is way prettier then the one we are currently using.  I was told I better wait for the glass to be installed.  Bummer!

We even had Mike redo this wall for us this morning (picture below).  It was icky wood paneling.  Last night Jesse tore it down while I sat on the steps and supervised.  Jesse even installed these lights too!  I love them!!

It is so nice to have these walls up and to see a room so close to being ready!

Tinkerbell!

Elly had Tinkerbell tattoos yesterday and she wanted me to have one – so we put it on my belly!  She thought that was so fun and then wanted to put more on my belly!  I think she thought it was her new art canvas!

Since I didn’t give you Ups/Downs last time I thought I would share a few now:

Ups:

~ Baby girl is already into position – head down.  I was a little scared when the Dr. told me this, but she acted like it was a good thing and didn’t seem concerned at all.

~ I asked the Dr. if she knew how much the baby weighed… she said she could guess.  She started feeling around and said, 4 pounds!  Whoa baby!  How much will they grow in 2 months?  Hopefully it is only a pound a month or I could be the next lady that delivers a 12 pound baby!

~ For the most part I am still feeling good.  Yeah there are minor aches and pains here and there, but I know that comes with the territory.  And they put me on iron pills a few weeks ago and holy cows can I tell a difference!  I had no idea my iron was low.  I thought I just hit the 3rd trimester sleepiness.  Amazing what a little iron can do!

~ Hiccups.  I just started feeling her have the hiccups.  It is kind of funny and really cute.  You can actually see her have the hiccups – my belly will shake!

~ The crib and dresser are ordered.  I found a crib and dresser set on EBay, my new found addiction.  Except it hasn’t arrived yet and I am very anxious and ready to see what it looks like in person.  Although we don’t have a room for her yet so I guess I better get those boys motivated on that bathroom so we can get her room ready!!  (Jesse did install lights in the bathroom yesterday!  And they work!)

Downs:

~ Birthing classes.  We still haven’t signed ourselves up for birthing classes.  I don’t know why.  Lazy?  Scared?  Is it worth it?  Our Dr. actually told us to call on Friday… and I didn’t.  Shame, I know.  Jesse says, I just figured we would figure it out on our own.  My thoughts are, do I really want to know what happens?  I think I would rather just go blindly into it.

~ It’s snowing.  Okay so this has nothing to do with pregnancy – but it is snowing and I’m grossed out by it!  It would be real pretty if it was December, but it is April and we’re ready for that hot sunshine and a campfire in the backyard.