Motherhood in a Month: June 22nd

7:15am: Girls woke me up. I looked at my phone thinking it’s too early to wake up on summer break. Hubby came in to kiss us goodbye and we all went in the living room. Turned on the tv and I was still fighting to stay awake. Baby was still fussy so I breastfed her and she fell back asleep. Which was my cue and I went back to sleep too. Woke up and saw my oldest cuddled with us sleeping with her Frozen blanket and was relieved that she wasn’t up by herself and went back to sleep. 

10:53am: Woke up, looked at my phone and was surprised to see that we totally skipped breakfast and that it was almost lunch time. First the baby woke up, then my oldest. Made her a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and warmed up a pizza that I had got yesterday from Kanehide. Made coffee and started to clean the living room. 

1:00pm: Baby started getting fussy. I’m breastfeeding her now and I think she might be going down for a nap. I need to vacuum, exercise, and prep for dinner. I’m hoping I can get everything done considering I had such a late start. 

  

So, I did everything that I wanted to. Put baby to sleep, washed clothes, and cleaned the kitchen, and loaded the dishes in the dishwasher. Baby woke up, put her in the carrier, and vacuumed. Walked on the treadmill for an hour while I watched Orange is the New Black. Went to the BX to get a new wallet. Are dinner and now we’re just watching the food network. 

Motherhood in a Month: June 13th

8:25am: Baby woke me up. She was in a good mood, and so was I since she let me wake up later than usual. Anything later than 7am is sleeping in to me. Hubby and I were up late with friends. They left around 2:30am, and we went to bed shortly after. I woke up still feeling tired, and with a little headache; probably from all the margaritas I had last night. Despite the lack of sleep and the small hangover, I still felt ok. After I had my shakeology and coffee, I felt a little better.

It’s 10:41am now and I still have my headache but I can still function. My daughter wanted me to draw with her and I had a fun idea. We took a bunch of papers, stapled them together, and I told her let’s make a book. We each took turns adding to the story. She started off the story with three girls playing, I added the second page with the three girls playing on the swings. My daughter loves to draw and make stories, so I thought this would be fun, she loved it. I don’t do enough of this kind of activities with her, and I’m planning on doing a lot of them this summer.

We have a party later today at 6pm. Our friends are moving away, so we’re having a going away party for them at the base pool. We’re already sunburnt from the other day, so I’m not sure if I’ll be swimming. I think we’ll just be lazy at home until the party, plus hubby is already falling asleep on the couch.

11:30am: Put baby in the carrier and went walking on the treadmill while I watched Orange is the New Black. Baby slept the entire time and woke up when I was done. Typical. We had ordered lunch from Popeyes delivery an hour earlier so it finally came shortly after I was done working out. Ate lunch, washed dishes, and now  breastfeeding baby. I’m hoping she naps because I’m tired. Nap time for mommy too. 

We finished our family book. It was actually pretty fun. The story ended up being about three girls having fun at the park, having sleepovers, and going to the beach. 

   
    

Motherhood in a Month: June 12th

Damn, I didn’t finish yesterday’s post again. It was a very eventful day, and when night came, I was tired. I’ll post some of yesterday’s pics in the end.

7:00am: Even though it is summer break and I don’t need to wake up to get my oldest ready for school, my baby woke up anyway. Sleeping in is always wishful thinking for me. My perfect morning consists of my husband watching both kids, and I’m sleeping in a totally different place where I can’t hear the kids; maybe in a hotel where I would use strictly for sleeping. If only.

I made my shakeology and coffee and was texting my mom and cousin and breastfeeding all at the same time. Multitasking at it’s best. We’re going home to Hawaii next month, so I’m planning days to see my family. My cousin is flying in the day before and I would love to see him since we’re both going to be home at the same time. Anyway, my baby fell asleep at the boob and I really needed to go to the bathroom, number 2. Put her down in her bed and rushed to the bathroom. About a few seconds into it, she wakes up crying. I tell my oldest to keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn’t fall out. I would remove the basinet off of the playpen, but my arms are too short to put her down to sleep if it’s not there. But yet, she can stand on her own, so I’m always running as soon as I hear her wake up. So I had a super fast bathroom break, and as soon as I enter the room, she stops crying. I can never stay annoyed my babies. When I see that I have such an affect on them, my heart does a funny thing. I picked her up and just hugged and kissed her. I love my babies.

It’s 8:34am now and we’re just pretty much hanging out. My oldest has a dental appointment at 1pm, so we’re just being lazy bums until then. Baby is chewing on her toys, and the other one is drawing. Ah, I love summer break.

Went to my daughter’s dental appointment at 1pm. Everything is all good except one thing, which according to the doc, we can take care of after our vacation. We went to the exchange afterwards. I told her she could get something since she was so good during her appointment. She got fingerprint. I got two tank tops, which were on sale! Headed over to the commissary to get things for dinner. Then went to the shoppette because I want to try recreate Chili’s tropical sunrise margarita. Hopefully turns out good. 

Made dinner, folded laundry and now breastfeeding baby. She had a fever so we gave her medicine. She’s acting fussy but hope it goes away. 

Here’s some pictures from yesterday’s beach day.

Motherhood in a Month: June 9th

6:45am: Baby woke me up. Took her I the living room where my oldest daughter and hubby were. I still felt sleepy so thank goodness my daughter played with her while I napped a bit. My alarm finally went off around 7, and I had to get up. My daughter is one of the star students this week, so she gets to have lunch with the teacher. Which means I need to pack her lunch. She just wanted fried rice with bacon. I made her that and in another container I put some tangerines, crackers, and mochi crunch. 

Baby was screaming the whole time I was making the packed lunch. When I was done I made my shake, coffee, then finally did my morning pee. I figured she was crying anyway might as well get everything done. 

  
Ugh. Morning didn’t start out like I wanted it to. I just hope this doesn’t reflect the way the rear of my day will be. 

10:50am: Baby has been sleeping since 9am. I was able to do a 45 minute cardio workout, plus 4 sets of push-ups and 4 sets of abs. Thank goodness my day so far wasn’t all that bad. I need to go to the post office, ATM to take out money for my daughter’s hula tuition, and commissary, so I’m just waiting for baby girl to wake up. I love mornings when I can get my workout over with. 

Around 11:30am I went to the post office to get a box my dad sent, then went commissary to get things for dinner. Went home, ate lunch, then around 1pm took a nap with the baby. I had my alarm for 2 but I woke up five minutes beside because I had to pee so bad. Woke up the baby, peed, then got ready to pick up my daughter from school. 

3:15pm: started dinner earlier because my daughter had hula practice and I wanted to cook before we left. 

4:30pm: left for hula. Baby was good and everybody took turns carrying her. She cried with some and was good with the rest. I fed her and she passed out. 

  
Got home around 7pm, ate dinner, showered, and watched the second episode of Extreme Weight Loss. I’m feeding the baby in hopes that she sleeps soon so I can go to bed.

Motherhood in a Month: June 8th

7:00am: Alarm woke me up. Baby was in bed with me. We had a rough night. She’s teething, so she was very uncomfortable last night. She woke up every hour in her bed. Then when I tried to nurse her in bed and co-sleep, she grumbled and whined. Her bed, my bed, nothing worked. I’m exhausted, so when I woke up I knew I was desperately in need of coffee.

7:30am: Made my shakeology and coffee, and got out a jar of Bananas and Strawberries for the baby. Multitasked and fed the baby, drank my shakeology and coffee, and made sure my oldest was ready for school. Thank goodness this is the last week of school. I love summer time; I get my babies with me all day, and I get to sleep in.

Thursday is the last day of school, and I promised my daughter since it’s a half day that we can go to the pool afterwards. If the pool is closed then we can go to the beach. That is, if it’s a nice day. It’s been raining lately, so I hope mother nature gives us a break this week.

Now I’m breastfeeding baby girl in hopes that she takes her morning nap already so I can exercise.

So she didn’t take a nap. I managed to do a 15 minute HIIT workout, about 20 minutes of the sculpting workout, then she started getting fussy. Put her in the carrier and walked on the treadmill for about 35 minutes. She took a little nap in the carrier but as soon as I put her in the bed she woke up smiling. 

Lunch time was a little frustrating. I was starving, probably because I worked out extra, so all I wanted to do was to pig out on my spinach omelette and turkey bacon. Buuuuut baby was climbing all over me, falling down, crying, whining. I just wanted to scream, but I was too weak. I was so hungry. 

Now, my 6 year old is home playing with her friend and baby girl fell asleep at the boob. Just when I thought things were good, my oldest gives me attitude. She always acts like this when a friend is over. Brat. 

Motherhood in a Month: June 7th

7:00am: Baby girl wakes me up, I go into the living room. She plays for about ten minutes, gets fussy, I breastfeed her and we both fall back asleep. 

10:10am: we finally wake up. Now that’s what I call sleeping in. Feels good. Baby girl starts playing with her toys, I check my phone as I hear my oldest daughter and hubby playing Clash of Clans behind me. I make me shakeology and coffee and check my facebook. Then, little miss thing totally picks herself up on the couch and starts side stepping. My 6 month old is growing way too fast for me!

  

We decided to go out for lunch again. Haha eating out during the weekends is our thing. I chose my favorite soba place. Last time we were here, baby girl was little and slept the whole time. Now, she’s over 6 months and was able to sit at the table with us. Hubby fed her some rice but majority of the time she chewed on her toy. 

   

Speaking of chewing, along with her two bottom teeth growing, we just found out one of her top teeth just broke through! That’s probably why it hurts so much when she bites me when I’m nursing her. Ouch! That’s the main reason why I wanted to stop breastfeeding, but my emotions trumps that. I’m just not ready. I felt sad that one morning when I tried to wean her. The bond is so great, I can’t just end it; especially if this might be my last one. 

After lunch we went to Don Quiote. I needed more Polaroid film and my daughter got some Tsum Tsum stationary. Our night was typical. Dinner, TV, games on our phones and iPad, shower, then bed.