Listing: Day 30

30 Days Of Lists
Today is the last day of the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

This time next year I will...

• Have an almost 1 yr old boy, an almost 6 yr old girl, and a 15 yr old step-daughter.
• Have a new car (hopefully!)
• Be married for 9 yrs
• Be back to my pre-pregnancy weight
• Have my windows paid off - only debt being our mortgage & the new car

And that is the end of 30 Days Of Lists! Now I just have to decide if I want to do something else with my lists of just leave them on my blog.

Listing: Day 28 & Day 29

30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

Day 28: Memories made this year...

• Going on a family vacation to Colorado
• Being pregnant
• Meeting our newest nephew
• Having Claire switch schools and handle the transition really well

Day 29: Things I'm letting go of...

• WORRYING so much about the kids, I think with 3 kids the amount of worrying will kill me
• Obsessively checking facebook/email/pinterest/twitter/feedly on my phone
• My current method for Project Life - I need to revisit it in a way that will work better for me
• Stuff, lots and lots of stuff will hopefully be leaving our house in 2014

December Daily - December 25

Anaya was already back at her mom's house and since all we had this morning were Claire's gifts from Santa, I let Justin sleep in until 10am. Claire was super excited to get the My Little Pony Hot Air Balloon and another LaLaLoopsy (Haley Galaxy & her alien). I was happy that the makers of My Little Ponys don't use nearly as much crap to attach the toy to the box compared to the LaLaLoopsys I was opening yesterday.

We went to my mom's house today for brunch and opening stockings. We tried to leave Claire there so that Justin and I could go home and clean up a little bit and get presents put away without Claire's "help" but she was quite insistent that she needed to go with us. Although that did lead to the eventual chasing of Claire with the vacuum cleaner. She's not scared of it, she just thinks it is fun to shriek and run away and hide from it.

30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

Can't get enough of...

• Peppermint Bark Bells
• Sleeping
• Carbohydrates that I'm not supposed to be eating - they are ALL I want
• Yoga Pants

December Daily - December 24

We opened our presents at home on Christmas Eve morning. Everyone was excited by their gifts. Claire loved getting so many more LaLaLoopsys, although she did pretty much want to go play the computer once we were done with presents. Anaya got her new cell phone & two cases for it. Justin got a new sleeping bag and two cds that he had been wanting. And I got new computer speakers (mine were seriously 10+ yrs old and crackled) and some yoga pants that I never want to take off.

After opening presents we had some breakfast - homemade cream cheese & strawberry cream cheese coffee cakes - they were so delicious and some bacon. Then the kids played with their new stuff and old stuff, I worked on activating Anaya's cell phone and we all just hung around for a while. Eventually, it was time to head over to my mom's house to do Christmas over there!

My parents had been working on a puzzle when we got there...so I kind of took over because I have a small addiction to puzzles which is why I rarely do them because I'm stuck until it is done. Once my brother & his family arrived, we started passing out presents and opening them. Lots of awesomeness. Claire had a melt-down post present opening because (1) she wanted MORE presents and (2) we were making her pick up one toy before getting another out. So we all pretty much vacated my parents house to go home and get the kids back to happy and put away a some presents. Then we went back to my parents house so Anaya could open her stocking (before returning to her mom's house) and we ate dinner (soup!).

And that was our Christmas Eve. Lots of present opening. A few meltdowns from the younger children. It didn't help that my nephew (about 14 months) wasn't feeling good either.



30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

Things I heard today...

• Open presents NOW?!?! (Claire)
• Go to Ga's NOW?!?! (Claire)
• No Claire, not yet (Justin, Anaya & I)
• This is so cool (Anaya)

Listing: Day 27

30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

Ways to unwind...

• Read a book
• Bake something
• Take a nice warm shower
• Go for a walk
• Do something mindless but productive (so I feel accomplished!)

Listing: Day 26

Well, December Daily is over, but 30 Days of Lists continues until December 30. I'm working on getting pages completed for my December Daily album...so far I have a cover, and intro page and Nov 30 done. And I have basically NO motivation to work on it. I'm also attempted to catch up on Project Life, I'm back on the first week of November. and again with the NO motivation. I have gone through and picked out my pictures and figured out my layouts, now it is just a matter of resizing them, uploading them and ordering them.

I'm not sure if it is the being pregnant that is making me lose my motivation...or if it is the fact that I got sick over Christmas...or if it is just that time of the year. Hopefully I'll find my motivation again soon and can get these projects wrapped up before the little boy gets here!

30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

I am thankful for...

• My family
• All the awesome new stuff that we got
• That Christmas is over (it was fun, but I was ready to be done and relax)

December Daily - December 23

Tonight is Christmas Eve Eve. Since we have Anaya for Christmas Eve this year instead of Christmas Day, we start our celebration on Christmas Eve Eve. Everyone gets Pajamas. Well, usually. This year, Justin & I didn't want pajamas, so the kids each got to open their pajamas...and then because Claire is spoiled we let them each open one more.


Claire got two sets of footie pajamas (she picked the pair with reindeer feet to wear to bed) and then a snow globe from Anaya. Anaya got her pajamas, and I was going to let her open the present from Claire...but I couldn't find it. So instead she opened one of her gifts that my parents brought back on Friday from our extended family - a scrapbooking kit from my Aunt Lynn.

On years when we have Anaya for Christmas Day, the pajamas happen on Christmas Eve. But since we have her for Christmas Eve, that means we're opening all of our family presents on Christmas Eve morning (tomorrow!).

30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

Who I consider 'family'...

• Justin, Anaya, Claire, baby boy
• My parents & brother & sister-in-law and nephew
• Justin's parents & brother & sister-in-law and nephew
• My extended family of grandma's, aunts & uncles, cousins & their kids (at least to some degree since I haven't actually MET all of my cousins' kids)

December Daily - December 22

It SNOWED! Not a lot, but 2-3 inches I think. Enough that the driveway had to be shoveled and Claire had fun running around in the snow. The plows were out late last night and again this morning, so by lunchtime we were fine to go to my mom's for lunch.


I did make the questionable decision of shoveling our driveway while 35 weeks pregnant. That is probably not recommended, but I think shoveling was easier than it would've been to bend down and play in the snow with Claire! Claire loved making snow balls. She made one snow angel on the driveway before I shoveled too much of the snow. She didn't really want to play in the grass, she mostly just wanted to play on the driveway and I kept taking all her snow away.

30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

Things that can wait until tomorrow...

• Washing the rest of the baby's stuff
• Calling the doctor's office about getting TDaP boosters
• Cleaning out the fridge
• Hanging stockings
• Taking out the trash & recycling
• Going to the grocery store
• Finishing wrapping presents (although it will HAVE to be done tomorrow!)

December Daily - December 21

Today's plan was to go to Union Station to see KC Southern's Holiday Express Train (aka Rudy). But after all the throwing up yesterday and some more this morning, we had to skip it. We tried to go to it last year, but the line was too long. This year I actually got reservations! And we still didn't go.

Instead Claire wanted to help me wrap some presents, the only problem was most of the presents I still needed to wrap were for her! I convinced her that she should help by putting on bows & picking out ribbon for the presents I had already wrapped. I'm not a huge fan of ribbons & bows so I usually don't put them on. Claire is an expert ribbon and bow picker outer. Then she carried each present down the stairs and put it under the tree! We did wrap a couple of presents for her cousin, and one for the baby, and one for Anaya.


Otherwise we've mostly spent the day sitting around inside. Claire still isn't well - although she acts completely fine...and then she throws up. The weather got fairly crappy just after noon with some freezing rain which was followed by snow starting around 8pm. We all stayed in our pajamas all day. And, today at least, she only threw up once, so hopefully she is on the mend and the rest of us won't be coming down with whatever it was just in time for Christmas!

30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

Positive things from this week...

• Winter break started!
• Had our 34 week OB appointment, baby boy is still doing fine - heartbeat of 153bpm.
• Washed my sheets & comforter - LOVE clean sheets
• My vacation from work started - no work for NINE WHOLE DAYS (including the weekends)!

December Daily - December 20

Today was Claire first day of Winter Break! My mom & dad had made arrangements to drive 2.5 hours to see our extended family, but my doctor doesn't want me going 2.5 hours away from my hospital (he really doesn't want me more than an hour from my hospital). The plan was for my parents to come get Claire and take her with them. But then my dad wasn't feeling great so my mom was driving in by herself and she wasn't sure if she was still okay to take Claire. We were fine with it, but she wanted to make sure first. Then Claire apparently threw up about half way through the trip there. And again right after lunch. When she's not throwing up she is acting fine. So, we'll see. Obviously if we'd known she would've just stayed home, but she was fine last night and she was fine this morning with Justin.

Normally I am the picture taker at all events. And I like it that way because then I have the pictures! But since I wasn't going, I had to ask my parents to make sure they took pictures. I think it will be kind of interesting having a different perspective of what is going on. My pictures normally focus mostly on Claire (and Anaya if she is there), with some of my nephew. I haven't actually seen any pictures yet...there may only be one or two, who knows. The rest of my family isn't quite as picture taking crazy as I am!

30 Days Of Lists
I'm joining in on the 30 Days of Lists - December Edition challenge. Each day they post a list topic and then we make a list. Here is today's list:

With a day to myself, I would...

• Work on December Daily 2013 - I only have two actual pages done, TWO!
• Wash baby clothing & sheets & everything else
• Clean my desk?
• Get sucked into looking at pictures of Claire as a baby and accomplish nothing...

So I did actually have a majority of this evening to myself. Or at least mostly to myself, my husband is around but he's doing his own thing. So here's what I actually did with 6 hours of kid free time:

• Went to the grocery store
• Put gas in my car
• Went to Target
• Finished washing & drying my sheets and putting them back on my bed
• Cleaning up my very messy desk & empty my overflowing trash can