That Was A Long One

Today's highlights:

• A random "I love you Mommy" from Luke when we were driving.
• A stop at the park after Luke's Tremendous 2's class.
• Lunch at Jimmy John's with 2 well-behaved children.
• Watching Luke flip through the clothes rack at JC Penney's looking at all of the clearance Cars 2 shirts they had and getting one for just $1.97. He was so serious about it and looking for the perfect shirt!
  

The lowlights:

• Losing sight of Luke while I was taking a shower this morning and stepping out of the shower to the words, "Help me!" coming from a little boy downstairs. I came down to find him sitting on the kitchen table with the chair too far away that he couldn't get down (I wonder how long he was like that!).
• A kicking and screaming almost 3-year old who did NOT want to leave JC Penney's (so ridiculous!). He would not get into the van and once he did, he would NOT sit in his seat to get buckled in. He kept hitting the automatic door button. I finally pulled him out of the middle of the van, placed him in his seat and had to hold him down to get him buckled in. (Note: He fell asleep within 5 minutes of me driving home.)
  
• After hitting Nala with a toy, I put Luke in timeout. He sat on the steps yelling "No Mommy! I'm not sitting in timeout" repeatedly!
  
• While I was getting Paige ready for bed after her bath (diapering, lotioning, and putting on her pajamas), I heard silence. I kept asking Luke what he was doing and getting no response (seems to be the norm these days!). I find him sitting on top of the counter in the bathroom putting his hands all over the mirror (seriously, what is with him climbing today!).

And the lowest lowlight of the day:


Yes, that is a toy train and my hair!

Luke was playing with this little train (whose wheels spin when it is turned on) right outside of the bathroom while I was giving Paige a bath. It makes a little noise and he said it sounded like a razor. So he came over and was pretending to shave. He said let's shave mommy and put the train on my head. My hair immediately got caught around the wheels. It was pulling my hair so hard. I do NOT have a sensitive scalp, but this hurt bad! I am trying to turn the train off and pull it out of my hair. All the while, Paige is kicking away in the tub (she loves it) so I can't walk away to deal with a train on my head. So I finish up Paige's bath with a train still pulling my hair. My hair is wrapped around the wheel...I have no idea how I am going to get it out. Do I cut it? Do I yank really hard? Seriously. I am losing enough hair being postpartum. I can't really see what is going on with the wheel and my hair since it is in the back of my head so I finally just yank and it hurt so bad. I am really hoping I don't have a bald spot - ha!

:sigh: But now, both kids are asleep, Wally still isn't home from his golf match, I have a quiet house, Grey's Anatomy starts tonight (right now actually, I will need to catch up with the DVR), and tomorrow is another day!

Miss Avery

Today, Paige and I got the pleasure of meeting Miss Avery Jane Lenkaitis, the daughter of my best friend Jessica and her husband Charlie! Avery was born Friday night at 8:40 PM weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz. and was 19 inches long. She is gorgeous and such a little peanut!






Current besties, future besties (just 11 weeks apart), and the coolest dog around :)


One proud papa!


So far Paige is winning in the "Who's the bigger drama queen?" contest!


We can't wait to see her again!

Here are a few other pics from when we were in town!

Paigey and Grandpa


Luke's 'friends' at Grandma and Grandpa's house (and Oscar the newest fur-baby in the family!)


A naked Lukey riding the flying broomstick at Grammy and Papa's!

The Weekend

It was a good weekend! There were 3 highlights:

1. Avery Jane Lenkaitis came into the world on Friday night.
2. Luke and I saw The Lion King 3D on Saturday afternoon.
3. Paige transitioned to her room. (more on this below)

Other than that, it was a pretty low-key, relaxing weekend!

Luke wore his Bears attire again, which unfortunately didn't bring them a victory this week.


Others just wore pink :)




So first, Paige's room...still not painted or redecorated, but I did put a pink sheet on her crib. I 'think' this is the color scheme I am going to go with - light gray walls with pink, purple and green accents. Ignore the princess-y stickers. I am not a princess person and am not really a fan of calling Paige a 'princess', but I liked the colors and there are a few stickers that I can use for something. The shelf and the letter 'P' are 2 of my projects...



Ok so even though Paige's room is not changed I still thought it was time to get her into her own room and out of the pack-n-play in ours. She has been sleeping through the night lately, and I figured it was better to do this transition now than after she has been sleeping through the night for 2-3 months and then mess her all up again.

Friday night I took down the pack-n-play in our room (I didn't want to have the crutch to fall back on in the middle of the night when I was tired of walking down the hall) and put Paige to bed in her own crib at around 8:15. She would make noises about every hour and a half to 2 hours. She never cried, just made noises and her eyes would be wide open when I went in her room. Each time I just gave her her paci again and left the room. She would fall right back asleep. After I nursed her around 4 AM I decided to hang a blanket over the side of the crib to make it a little more enclosed. She is used to being surrounded by dark walls from her pack-n-play so maybe this would make a difference. This ended up being her longest stretch. So the first night wasn't too bad!

Saturday night was much better. I didn't (and I checked that Wally didn't either) have to get up once to even give her her paci. She slept all the way through until 5. I fed her and she went right back to sleep until about 7.

Last night was amazing. Once again, I didn't have to get up once in the middle of the night and she slept until 6:30 - woo hoo! Now we just need to get her room painted and girly!

The kids and I are off to LP today for an overnight stay. We have grandparents to see and a new baby to meet :)

Saturday Morning Video (Baby Talk)

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Don't Laugh, I Still Got It, and...

kids' pics in between! (a.k.a. A completely random blog post!)

This is the 'don't laugh' part for my family! Luke was at Punky's yesterday, and I decided I need a hobby. You know, because in between 2 kids, a dog, a husband, a house, and a full-time job, I need something else on my plate. Seriously though, I need to DO something that doesn't consist of watching television or at least something I can do WHILE I am watching tv :) So with a little inspiration from Pinterest, Paige and I hit up Hobby Lobby. After an hour and a half of walking around and feeling completely intimidated and overwhelmed, I made some purchases! I will keep you posted on how all that goes!

Luke's new favorite thing is emptying and filling his piggy bank!


Polka-dot love






Hey! Who stole my headband?!?!


Future American Idol????


For the 'I still got it' part, I went to my first Zumba class in over a year last night. I can't say that I look good doing those moves, but at least I catch on to the choreography right away unlike some people...I feel bad for some of the others because there really is no 'teaching' in Zumba. You just have to follow along and that seems to be quite difficult for some, but I guess I am tooting my own horn here, but I still got it! :)

I am really looking forward to the weekend! My best friend will be holding her baby in her arms by tomorrow (boy or girl? I can't wait to find out!), I get my hair did on Saturday morning, and Luke and I are heading to see the Lion King 3D (I am not sure who is more excited to see it, him or me!). It's gonna be a good one!

Wordless Wednesday

Luke loves wearing Wally's belts! He puts them on himself too!

Weekend Wrap Up

We had a nice weekend! Friday and Saturday were garage sale days. Thanks to my sisters for coming those days to watch the kids for me since Wally had school and a golf invite. We did pretty good. We still have a lot of stuff left though (most of it is going to Goodwill and the rest is going back into the basement for a future sale).

Saturday night we had our first fire of the year. Luke really wanted to have a fire, but he wouldn't have a s'more (what a strange kid!).

Sunday we headed to church, watched the Bears game, and then went over to our Village's fall fair for a bit.

And some pics for you. These first ones are actually from Thursday night.

Luke asked to hold Paige in his Mickey Mouse chair (she looks thrilled doesn't she?!?!)




A little tummy time - she is really getting good at lifting that head!


Early morning of the garage sale. The kids were outside with me until Aunt Carly arrived! It was a little chilly and foggy!

Covering his ears because the garbage truck was coming by!




Our fire...


And the fair.

Lukey won his sister a hippo!




We all had on our Bears attire on Sunday (except Paige, we need to get her some!), but I failed to take a picture! Next time!