Then Monday happened. Everything seemed fine, and then we went to Wiggleworms. We went early so we could play in the tot lot for a while first to get rid of some of her extra energy. By the time class started, she had had a chance to run around and play with some kids for a while. Usually, that means that once class starts she's ready to follow directions and show the babies how to do all of the motions for the songs, dance moves, etc. Not that day. She had another one of her 'I'm just going to literally run around the room in circles like a tasmanian devil' days. So we left after about 15 minutes because it clearly was not going to work. I blame this more on daylight savings than her actual misbehavior because the minute she sat down on her bike to go home she just about passed out, and was completely asleep, sitting up and peddling, by the time we got home.
Sadly, she woke up with a runny nose and just a generally cranky mood. Tuesday and Wednesday we battled extreme tiredness, little to no appetite, and mild fever on and off. There was lots of TV watching, coloring, play-doh-ing, book reading, long napping and snuggling. She was too miserable to go to art class or dance class, so that made the days even longer. Thursday was a little better.
On top of all of this, I've been having trouble sleeping. Crazy terrible heartburn that doesn't seem to respond to ANYTHING, super uncomfortable hip pain no matter how I lie down, and thinking through all of the things that need to get done in the next three to five weeks before the little boy arrives. I was able to be productive the first night and write some organizational lists, finish the baby blanket, and got a good start on one of Lily's Christmas presents. The next two nights not so much. I was too tired to think straight, or sit up really, and Lily was having so much trouble breathing while lying down there was no way I could sleep.
But today is Friday. And today is a good day. Thankfully I got a full night's sleep, the kind of deep, intense sleep I needed. The sun is shining. Lily seems happier, if not completely better. And the Aaron Copland Pandora station is amazing. My original inclination was to go with the positive turn of events and take an excursion to the Arboretum for story time. But after some consideration, I decided to stay around the house and get caught up on housework, play a bit, and finally get over whatever Lily has. After a nap and some lunch we'll walk to the grocery store for a bit of outside-ness, maybe get a special treat to eat in the park on the way home, and then bake something together. I definitely think this was the right decision. Later tonight I'll get a fun craft prepped for tomorrow since Joe will be busy at school all day again, work a little more on Christmas stuff, and maybe we can even get caught up on Once Upon A Time after Lily goes to bed.
OK, enough complaining. There was lots of good that happened this week, too. Like we bought a car! I've been driving a tiny, red Mitsubishi Lancer since 2006. This little beast moved with me to New Hampshire, then to Arizona, and finally back to Illinois, with several trips between all those places in between. She was a good car, but I'm not sad to see her go. For one thing, it was tiny. With Lily's car seat still backwards (until 40 pounds! Seriously, she's going to be in there until she's 4.), the passenger seat has to be up almost all the way. Poor Joe's knees have been jammed up against the dashboard for a year now. We tried to put the infant car seat behind the driver's seat, and that just wasn't going to happen. I like to have the seat back pretty far, and there was just no way it was going to fit. It was almost to 100K miles, and it was starting to require more maintenance than I wanted. So, we decided to look for something bigger, yet still fuel efficient, and NOT a mini van. We settled on a 2011 Chevy Equinox from Carmax. I love Carmax. Neither of us are negotiators in the slightest, so it's nice to go to a place that doesn't expect it. And that's where I got my first car, my parents have gotten several cars there, and Joe sold his car there. It was a fairly painless experience, just a small snafu with Joe's driver license and birthday, and we have a very pretty new car with PLENTY of space.
And finally, some silly Lily stories. Whenever she wakes up we say "Good morning, Lily, how did you sleep?" She usually says good or fine or just yes. Then we ask her if she had any dreams. A while back she started saying yes, so we then asked what she dreamed about and she said babies. She says this every day. I ask her what about babies, and for a couple of weeks the answer was "Poke! Poke babies!" Then about a week ago it changed to "Book! Read book babies!" I have no idea where this is coming from, but it cracks me up. Also, her favorite princess Cinderella, or 'Rella' as she says, has a new name: C-Rella. Like P. Diddy. I love it. I can't believe how fast her vocabulary and sentence structure is improving. It's almost like she's a real human now.
OK, time for some soup and tortilla chips for lunch! Have a great weekend!
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