Busy Bee

These past few weeks have been just insanely busy, and I don't really see anything letting up anytime soon. Work has been jam-packed, plus having to rush out of there the minute I can to get Olive from daycare and take care of her, the dog, the house, (myself?), etc....yeah, it's been a lot. I pretty much hate when Mike works. I need him. I'm too big and pregnant and slow and sciatic-crippled to do anything. It's frustrating at times because I want to do more. I suck at playing with Olive. I know she loves me and doesn't care, but I want to take her on walks, to the park, to anywhere, but ugh. 7 more weeks. I think post partum hospital time might actually be a welcomed (ooh, choose your words carefully, Noelle) break. When else am I going to be able to lay in bed for two straight days?

Okay, now my thoughts are getting really, really pathetic.

Any Questions?

Molars = Hell

I want to have my non-possessed baby back again. If I thought the front teeth were a feat, holy crap, I had no idea what I was in for. Olive's getting her first molars, and all four have come in within the last  week or so. We have used about a gallon of children's Tylenol and recently started using Hyland's teething tablets, also. She hates Orajel, but that seems to be a miracle if you can actually get it into the kid's mouth (equally hard as jumping though a hoop of fire, blindfolded, backwards, without getting burned).

It's been interesting getting woken up several times a night again and having to get up and care for a baby. Slightly different at 7.5 months pregnant, but perhaps a reality check for what's coming...very...soon...

Happy Easter!

Packing List for Labor & Delivery

Alright, the 30 week itch is on. Nest, prepare, clean, get as mentally ready as humanly possible (which is not ever really possible), nitpick on husband to fix those stupid things around the house that don't matter at all, freak out at how we're going to juggle it all (parents of twins, I commend you), etc.

I woke up today with a need to look at my hospital bag packing list. Here it is, with some revisions. {I didn't need nearly as much as I thought I did.}

 

·         Chapstick

·         Cell phones& chargers

·         Toothbrushes & toothpaste

·         Deodorant

·         Lotion: face & body

·         Hair ties

·         Camera & charger

·         Video camera

·         Flip flops

·         Going home outfits

o    Me: maternity jeans, t-shirt, bra, underwear

o    Baby: onesie, going home outfit

·         Boppy

·         2 shirts

·         crappy bra 

·         Pajama pants

·         5 crappy pairs of underwear

·         Socks

·         Breast pads

·         sports bra 

·         Pillow

·         Toiletries: Shampoo, conditioner, face wash, razor, shower gel, moisturizer, makeup, brush, flat iron.

·         Laptop/charger

·         extra reusable bag (for stealing permanently borrowing hospital-issue items, such as formula, pacifiers, nasal aspirator, etc.

 

For Husband/Significant Other

 

·        Jeans/comfy pants

·        Blanket

·        Pillow

·        Change of clothes

·        Cell phone & charger

·        Deodorant

·        Toothbrush/toothpaste

·        Underwear

·        Socks

·        Change for hospital meals (hospital only takes exact change)

·        Tylenol

 

Baby Hair Clip Organizer and More Etsy Wants

I got this super cute hair clip organizer for almost all of Olive's hair clips from Who's Sew Cute Designs on Etsy. How cute. Why didn't I think to invent something like this?

Next up...this.

From Kate Williams Designs, on Etsy.

My wallet is grateful that Spring Break isn't every week. Seriously.