I woke up feeling like I really should be productive today, but for the first time in a while, both kids were happy and in great spirits, and I wanted to be around that more than I wanted to leave it to do work. So we had breakfast together and chatted about the weekend and all the time spent with Grandma and Grandpa. Then we made our way downstairs and played basketball and cars. Laela has learned in the last day or two how to climb onto the couch, which is both exciting and a bit nerve wracking. I saw her climb up and celebrated her accomplishment. It was even better than she climbed off of the couch the correct way without any falls so far. It got to the nerve wracking part when I found her sitting on the side table. Its definitely not a sturdy table, and its taller than the armrest of the couch. No good. But still exciting that she’s learning to climb 🙂
Now that the kids are in bed for their nap, I’m trying to get a bit more Christmas stuff organized and planned. I’ve checked on the many things I’ve ordered and nothing has arrived or made any visible progress today, so I continue to sit and wait impatiently. I don’t want to whine, especially because I am thrilled to have the busyness that is my kids, but it makes it so hard to go out and get a bunch of stuff done! I have everything written out and organized, and what my list basically consists of going to maybe 10-15 places, each for one thing. So even if I packed the kids up and we came into the city for a big day of shopping, I doubt I’d even get half of the list done, since I’d spend more time dragging the kids in and out of the van and stores than I would in each place, and I can only do so much of that. However, I have many things to schedule in the next few weeks, so likely I’ll just hit one or two places each time. Sometime before Christmas, I still have to get Laela her shots, get my bloodwork and glucose test done, get my legs waxed, and I HAVE to go to chiro soon! I have a prenatal appointment and Brady’s career fair thing to think about as well. We were also hoping to book one of those fun 3D ultrasounds before Christmas, since we’ve done one for the other two kids around 28 weeks (I’m 26 weeks as of yesterday) and we were also hoping to go out for a “company Christmas party” this year 🙂 Basically, a date night that we can write off, haha! But thats a lot of things to fit into the next three weeks! Luckily, I know I I have lots of people who are eager to help. I just have to actually book things and get organized. Seems ominous though, doesn’t it? Maybe its just me.
Weirdly, writing it all out like a rant made me feel a bit better. Now I will lay around a bit and rest my achy right leg that refuses to quit!