21.5 Weeks
Kohlden 15 lbs
Madelyn 13 lbs 10 oz
This week was another short week, albeit a very tiring one.
Friday I had the day off for a 3 day weekend. Wouldn’t you know Kohl decided to catch the fever Maddy had had a couple days prior? So instead of hitting the greens like I had planned Tangie and I did another “split shift”, where I had to go to work for a few hours to fix some things and then came back home to be with Kohl while Tangie went to her job for the afternoon. Luckily the two girls were able to go to school while all this was going on. I treated us to homemade sushi for dinner that evening.
Sabbath we laid low, so that we could get some rest and not have Kohl get any worse. He had a little congestion and cough, but the fever seemed to subside. We went to the Winter Garden Farmer’s Market where we got some fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as stocked up on some honey. They had a lot of different choices and flavors! Did you know that if you eat local honey from where you live you could decrease your chances of having allergies from all the pollen? A fun fact we learned from the honey lady. Anyway, we got one called “Autumn Fiesta” but there was one that had Key Lime flavored that I liked. I think Nana would have liked it too. After that we took a little Sabbath drive…which ended to be around 50 miles around the circumference of Lake Apopka! At least the kids were able to get their naps in as the “short” trip took almost 2 hours.
Sabbath afternoon was very hot. So hot that I decided to get the slip and slide out into the backyard for Braelyn to get some energy out without collapsing in the heat. Boy, did she have fun, although she still needs to understand how to fall forward to get momentum down the slide rather than falling on her knees. That evening we spent at home getting ready for the big brunch the following day.
Tangie had this great idea of getting all of our friends that had babies in 2010 together for a meal, pictures, and just socializing. A support group of sorts. We had a few that couldn’t make it, but we did have 14 adults and 9 babies, including 2 sets of twins! Everyone contributed to the food and we had fun catching up with each other as most of us hadn’t had a chance to really go out since the births. It was neat to get the kids all together on the sofa for picture, and even funnier to see all the parents as paparazzi! Braelyn was enamored by all the little ones.
So Monday brought us back to reality, back to schedule and routines, and the constant state of exhaustion. We almost have it together, although sometimes we have little kinks in the routine, such as today when daycare called saying Braelyn had put some mulch up her nose and it didn’t come out, so Tangie had to take her to the after hours doctor, twins in tow, to get it checked out, which, luckily, they couldn’t find anything so (cross my fingers) it must’ve fallen out. Apparently she was giggling and laughing all evening.
Braelyn is getting so big. I can’t believe the conversations I’m having with her. She’s like this little grown up. One of her favorite sayings: “When I was a little girl, I…” I’m sure she meant when she was little like the twins. Another time she was telling me something and though I was listening to her, she wanted my full attention, so she demanded: “Look at me, Daddy”. I almost laughed out loud but did a pretty good job of holding it in.
So we are starting to mentally prepare and pack for our big trip to California in less than 2 weeks for Mike’s wedding. We are getting excited but we know there are a lot of things that we need to pack and finish here at the house before we leave. Luckily I was able to find someone to stay at the house with Zoe and watch over things. That way Zoe doesn’t have to stay in a kennel while we shell out lots of money we don’t have.
We look forward to Lolo and Lala this weekend. See you next week!
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