Saturday, January 23, 2016

Our Life Lately

Well, I'm BACK! I've been wanting to post for awhile, but I just can't seem to find the time. If your wondering what we have been up to lately, we have just been living life. I started more of a routine around the first of the year with getting up early and working out. It really works well and I feel much more accomplished midway through my day. I have so much energy! If you haven't tried starting your day before the sun comes up you should. I HAVE missed a few days though, I can't say I've made every day count. This is usually how it goes though when I do get up early.

6:30 am - Get up, brush my teeth, and put on shorts and tank top. Workout for 30 minutes.

7:00 am- Get Dannie's work clothes ironed and his lunch made.

7:30 am- Take out Olivia's injection so it can get to room temperature and start some coffee.

7:45 am- Make sure Dannie is awake and start breakfast for us all.

8:00 am- Wake up Olivia. This usually takes a few minutes because she's not a morning person.

8:30 am- We give Olivia her oral meds and injection after she finishes eating.

9:00 am- Dannie leaves for work (sometimes sooner) and I usually put some cartoons on for Olivia so I can wash the dishes and straighten up the rest of the house.

10:00 am - 11:00 am- Play with Olivia or sometimes give her a bath. Most days the house is clean by 10:30.

11:30 am- Lay Olivia down for a nap. (I try at least..she's been fighting all naps lately)

I don't ever plan our afternoons unless we are running errands or have something else to do. Once we eat breakfast and she gets her first nap in we pretty much do whatever. It would be nice if I could get into the habit of having dinner ready before Dannie gets home, but let's just be honest..that may never happen. If your curious about the workout I've been doing, it is T25 Focus. It's great because it's only 25 minutes!! I've also been walking/running on the treadmill some evenings. I've lost a few inches here and there, but last week I had a little set back with a kidney stone and some stomach issues. Hoping to get back into it on Monday. I'll be starting week 4.


Olivia turns TWO this week! I can't believe we will have a two year old running around. It makes me sad and scared. She talks SO MUCH and is just blowing us away with the things she's learned. We are really struggling with nap time lately. I knew that one day she would go down to one nap a day. I guess I was just hoping it wouldn't be for awhile. She usually always gets a first nap as long as we're home, but she will fight the second nap. I'll miss her second nap because that's when I would nap with her.


We are planning a pretty small get together for her birthday. Same people as last year :) I started out wanting it to be Curious George themed, but when I thought about it and how hard it was going to be to find everything, I changed my mind. So, Olaf it is! I was able to pick up some stuff up at Target, but a lot of it was 50% off at The Party Store. We had talked about renting a pavilion at the park thats close to us, but the weather has been crazy here lately. It's 90 degrees one day and 40 the next. I am pretty excited about making her some birthday waffles and putting some balloons in her room when she wakes up on her birthday.


Other than preparing for Olivia's birthday, I turned t-h-i-r-t-y on the 8th. Can't say I was happy about it. However, I was happy about getting my hair done and covering up all the gray. Ek! On my birthday I was surprised by Dannie, Marcella, and Will with a night at Painting with a Twist. My mom also took us to lunch and watched Olivia while we painted. We had lots of fun! I've been wanting to do it for awhile, but we just never planned it. Wine, painting, and friends equals a good time.

Can't wait to show you pictures from Olivia's birthday! :)