This morning I let Meredith run wild in the house because I just could not deal. Usually I clean up as she goes but today I just left it all and decided to shoot a video of the mess she made. It actually wasn’t as bad as expected.
http://youtu.be/pIgY7TITY2o
I love a long weekend. Seems like that one extra day makes a world of difference. This Labor Day weekend was a good one.
After breakfast on Saturday Meredith and I hopped in the car and headed out to do some errands while we let David sleep in and do his own thing for awhile.
First stop was to pick up a new batch of diapers. I was really hoping once Meredith started walking her legs would thin out and she wouldn’t need to go up in size, but it hasn’t happened yet. The mediums are too tight and leaking too much, so we had to bite the bullet and go for the larges. They look comically big on her, but they are working much better.
We were in the area, so we just had to stop at Target and Old Navy. I found some good stuff in the clearance section.
When we got home we grabbed David and immediately left again. We decided to leave our bank and join a credit union so we needed to get there in plenty of time before it closed. Meredith amused herself with my wallet. She was unimpressed with my lack of cash.
That evening we didn’t have any plans so we just hung around the house. I made a lot of progress on my current cross stitch project that I’ve been working on for months.
Sunday morning was church.
Then we went to lunch at Chuy’s for Mexican food with my whole family. We were celebrating my brother’s birthday – the baby of the family is 27 years old and the biggest of all of us. Meredith kept throwing things across the room so we distracted her with beans and guacamole.
While at lunch we begged asked my parents to babysit that night so we could go on a date. We’re really trying to make this a priority and so far we’ve been able to fit it in every couple of weeks. Since I chose the last movie we went to, David chose this one. We saw The Possession and after I was freaked out by the previews I questioned what on earth I was doing there, but it ended up being tolerably scary.
Monday morning we had breakfast with David’s family and it was delicious. And it’s always so much fun watching the cousins play together.
For most of the day Monday David watched Meredith and took her shopping, giving me lots of alone time at home. I got a spread of Project Life done (to be shared tomorrow), made brownies, and did some housework. Then that night we went to his brother’s house for burgers and hot dogs before winding down at home and getting ready for the week.
The best part is, I have another long weekend coming up! I took a full day off next Monday for a dentist appointment and plan to spend the rest of it indulging myself in pampering, relaxation, and whatever else I feel like. :)
At the end of each day I write down at least one GOOD thing that happened, then I share them all here monthly.
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5 – Church potluck, making chocolate chip cookie dough, lots of good play time with M, and an unplanned sit down dinner with David
6 – Catching up on all the unread blogs in my reader
7 – Leisurely work day doing injections with one of my favorite coworkers
8 – Playing with Meredith in the bounce house with family
9 – Taking possession of David’s Kindle
10 – Getting Meredith to sleep without a drive
11 – M’s first steps; date with David to see Dark Knight Rises
12 – Play date with a friend; lots more steps from M
13 – Being floated to another unit and having three nice/easy patients, making plans with David to save money, getting to a really good part in my audiobook, and listening to Meredith laugh while David played with her
14 – Early bedtime
15 – Getting to craft in the evening
16 – Having a nice chat with the morning daycare lady (I didn’t like her for awhile – realizing I like her now); ice cream social at work
17 – Work not being as bad as I expected
18 – Figuring out how to save money with the car situation
19 – Meredith sitting on my lap letting me read books to her
20 – Playing chase with M and hearing her laugh so much
21 – Family shopping night
22 – Super nice patient wanting to officially compliment me, a friend interviewing for the open RN position, and Meredith being so affectionate
23 – Time to cross stitch in the evening
24 – Dinner at Mom & Dad’s
25 – Essential oils meeting where M was so good, seeing family again after they were out of town & my nephew Lucas giving me a huge hug
26 – Getting a thank you card with gift card inside from a patient in the mail; getting some alone time at home
27 – Extra time spent with David
28 – Good reading time, M climbing on me to play
29 – David in a great mood again; how Meredith walked to me with her arms open just for hugs
30 – David doing so many things for me at home since I was late; coming home to him feeding M beans and corn from the can
31 – Dinner at David’s parents’ house
I’ve been in reading/book cataloguing/organizing mode. This is my to-read shelf, and here’s what’s on it.
Time // 1:45 p.m.
Place // on break at work
Eating // for lunch we were brought a delicious chicken in a creamy sauce over rice
Drinking // afternoon coffee (my caffeine addiction has taken itself up a notch)
Watching // nothing since the Olympics ended
Reading // Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (for book club, on the Kindle) and Dinner: A Love Story by Jenny Rosenthal (from the library)
Wanting // to finish cataloging our book collection and make the library into a happy place
Thinking // about painting our front door
Creating // a cross stitch I’ve been working on for ages, and fiddling around with hand illustrating a new blog header myself
Hoping // to pay off some debt and save some money now that we’ve dropped a car payment (long story)
Needing // to make the switch from our bank to a local credit union
Anticipating // the arrival of my new cold coffee press that I ordered recently
I had such a fun weekend. Meredith walked. On Saturday it was just three steps and I didn’t know when she’d repeat it, but on Sunday she took off and I knew it was the real deal. Seeing the exhilarated smile on her face makes me so happy; I know it’s the natural course of development but I have never felt so proud.
We played together a lot over the weekend, which I am enjoying more and more. She is doing purposeful things with her toys now instead of just throwing them or eating them. She is interacting with me better and showing such joy. And as a follow up to my last post, we started a bedtime routine with her and for three nights in a row now she’s fallen asleep without needing to be driven.
Other weekend things: A few weeks ago I started a weekly ritual of making pancakes from scratch. It’s easy and yummy. I read a lot, and finished The Age of Innocence. I started cataloging and organizing my books, and even though it will probably take me weeks to finish, I am loving the process of laying hands on all my books again. David and I went on a date to see The Dark Knight Rises. I hung out with a coworker-turned-friend, and recorded a day in the life for VEDA.
There are some things hanging over my head these days, but for the most part life is good and I am choosing to see that.