A Day in the Life.....

Tonight, As I get into bed before 8:00, I can barely keep my eyes open. I look back on my day and think how can I do all of that? Really, how can I? I thought it would be fun to "document" the day in the life of a mama (me), for one day.

6:00AM- wake up hearing Olive playing in crib
Get up, pee, put on bra, make bottle.

Olive first thing in the morning

6:30 Change Massive diaper.... poopy
6:45- Bring O to bed to feed bottle
7:15- Take a quick shower while O has daddy time
8:00- More bottle
8:15- Make breakfast, cry about not having any coffee.... prepare O's breakfast
8:30- Eat while feeding O.
9:00 Sit on floor and have O climb on me. Try to check email, fail.

9:30- More bottle (Shes eating small amouts and fussing about it today)
9:45 Step in dog poop, have to clean carpet with Olive screaming in the crib. Then, shes blown out her diaper and I run out of wipes mid-change......Take her to sick to rinse her off....
10:00- O falls asleep but wakes up 5 minutes after I leave the room. I let her play for 30 min in here crib.
10- 10:30- Clean kitchen
10:30- 11- Play and Read to o
11- 12 Olive actually naps (this was a huge nap...)
12:00 Pack her up, get in the car and drive to Solano Ave.
12:00- 1:00- with O in the carrier- pick up lunch for me, get COFFEE, Get wipes, Get Diet Pepsi, Drop off mail, pick up some stuff at pharmacy. Sit down to try to eat (because Im starving), but cant because they didnt have high chairs and O tried to choke on a garbonzo bean I had.
1:00 Come home, Eat while feeding O
1:30- 2:30 Sit on floor while Olive plays. Mostly climbing on me.
2:30 Bottle-
2:30- Play Play Play-  fuss
3:00- Diaper change
3:00- 4:00 Walk to library. Read O a few books, let her crawl around playing. Walk home- uphill.

4:00- Bottle and Nap
4:45- Read stories. Try to walk around and do things, but shes clingy...
5:00- bring her in kitchen, sing and dance while i try to make dinner
5:30-6 O takes bath with Dad and gets into Pjs
6:00 Feed O solids, let her play
6:30- Bottle, and Bedtime
7:00 put O in crib, Eat dinner, do dishes
8:00 Get in bed. Sore, tired, and wondering how I do this everyday.

Oh, PS- This was our "chill" day.

Im not doing this to complain.

At all. In fact,  tonight as I laid O in her crib I whispered in her ear "Everyday with you is a blessing", which is the honest truth. I do it all, and I love it. Its not easy work at ALL. In fact, sometimes I feel like I'm going nutso, but its amazing work. It's the best job I can think of. Tomorrow I will hear that little voice playing and do it all again, gladly.

I would love to hear all the crazy days YOU all have. I know you all have crazy busy ones too!

8 months!

I remember before I was a mama, I would visualize myself with a chubby, laughing, smiling, silly baby.  Olive turned into this baby around 6 months, but here we are at 8 months now, and it's only getting better and better. First, she really is packing on the chubs. She weighs 19 pounds now fully clothed! She is fitting in 9-12 month clothes too. She also is eating like a little piggy. She LOVES finger foods, and will eat almost anything I put in front of her. She loves peas, tater tots, lentils, chicken, and eggs. She also loves drinking water from her sippy cup. She loves going to restaurants and eating my food too. It's so much fun watching her grow and experience new things.

She's now crawling, standing (while holding on to things), and pulling up on everything. She is constantly on the move and loves getting into things. I'm exhausted just trying to keep her busy! We go to story times, playgroups, and do a lot of walking and shopping.

Favorite word: "HI- DA", which can also be "Uh- Da", or "Eye- Da"
Favorite food: tater tots and mango
Favorite book: Doggies
Favorite toy: gorilla puppet or any metal kitchen tool
Favorite past times- finding daddy's shoes, chasing down the pugs, crawling around looking for trouble.
Sleeping- 10-12 hours a night- 1-2 hours in naps (mostly under 1 hour)
Hates: When mommy walks away, vacuuming, diaper changes.... NAPPING

She really is such a joy! I look forward to watching her grow even more. Here's to all the future milestones to come! Bets on when she will walk? I'm in no hurry!!

Stand Up!

Today, February 9th, Olive stood while holding on to me.
Yesterday, she said "Hi dada"

I just wanted to document this so I dont forget. Bigger blog to come.