Story of my life

I just can't believe how busy life got. I think it has to do with having two kids start school and having a baby all at the same time. I think I am trying to adjust to having more then just a baby, but having to get up at 7:00 in the morning to get Landon off to school. And he needs someone to keep him going all morning long. "Eat your food, you only have 10 minutes left until you need to get dressed. Hurry and get dressed. Hurry and get your shirt on. Don't forget your homework folder." It goes on all morning long until he is out the door. Then a couple of hours later I do it again. Kylie doesn't seem as bad, but it also isn't 7:00 in the morning trying to get her ready. But we have to do lunch and pretty much change what she put on in the morning because it is weird and doesn't quite match. Then we need to get her hair done. Lots of time Tannen sits by us and pulls her hair or bugs on her. We get her our the door and then it is time for Tannen to take a nap. And hopefully Aria too. For a while I was taking naps with them but the last couple of days I have been low on sleep so then I can't fall asleep. I get too worked up and have been trying to think soothing thoughts but they always seem to get interrupted with other things.

Plus I think something is off with Aria. She cries constantly. I was reading about colic, and they say it is for three hours in the evening but if they are crying all day long it could be something else. She is really bubbly in her stomach. I have tried mylicon drops, working with peppermint drops, and now I am going off of all milk products. I read and a friend told me that she needed to go of milk because her baby was so fussy. The baby could have an allergy to the milk protein. Next week she has her wellness visit, and hopefully by then I will know if me going off of milk has helped. I really think she is a happy little bug, but I only seem to see little pockets of it. She has been smiling for the last few weeks, and the last week has been doing it daily. She is also really close to giggling. She is starting to use her little voice besides crying and I love those moments. But wish I got them more than just moments. As a side note why do people bug you when your baby is crying and ask you what is wrong? Is she hungry, tired? Don't you think I would feed her or put her to sleep if that was the case? She is just fussy and I can't do anything for her except hold her. Do you just want me to leave?

Marcus this morning was amazing for me because I haven't been able to nap at all this week. When it was time to get Landon up for school I had already been up for an hour with Aria I asked him if he could stay a little bit and take all the kids and get Landon out the door so I could sleep. I was so tired and scared I wouldn't be able to take a nap today, I just couldn't face the day. He did and I was able to sleep an extra hour and a half. It was wonderful. I woke up to a trashed house (I went to sleep in a trashed house), but somehow it seemed okay.

Then after naps Tannen wakes up and gets snuggle time. We hang out and wait for the kids to come hope. Then we need to look over school work, do homework, try and clean. Let the kids run around outside, get dinner ready, eat, play a little more, and get ready for bed. All the while doing this with a fussy baby and a little toddler who has a knack for getting into everything you could possibly imagine, seriously.

Last week was my birthday and I didn't even seem to have time to figure out what I wanted to do. It was the big 3 0!! We had Aria's blessing on Sunday. Then I had to do a huge activity for Relief Society on Wednesday. (My calling is a whole other long thought. Just this week so far I have had two meetings in the evenings to go to. 2nd counselor in Relief Society is so busy!) The activity turned out really nice. The next morning I still just had no energy to think about what I wanted for my birthday. Marcus had been bugging me what I wanted for my birthday for the last couple of weeks, and I have been too stressed to worry about it. I told him after the activity I could think about my birthday. Marcus called at 4:00 and told me that work was doing free flu shots. I hurried up there. We waited for a while because all work employees brought there families. Then Landon pretty much ran away because he was so scared. I think he would have been fine if we could have just walked right in and had it done, but the longer he thought about it the more worked up he got. We were there for about an hour and a half, and I left really mad with Landon. We didn't have time left for anything else that night. We just needed to eat dinner and put the kids to bed. I was hoping to take the family out to eat, even though it would be crazy and then the kids wanted to buy me presents. Marcus came home with Landon and he had bought me earlier in the day a huge gorgeous boutique of flowers because I hadn't come up with anything. We order in Olive Garden and ate and sent the kids to bed. I decided I wanted some fun hair products and a haircut. So Marcus told me to go shopping and get some. I did, and was happy with that as long as I can get my haircut sometime soon. He still wants to get me more stuff. But for now I am fine. I have decided with the money from parents that I now live in an area that has snow half of the year and so I need some really great trendy boots.

Anyways I really don't know where I was going except there is a small view of my life right now. And Aria is crying again so I better go. Sometime I will get up the pictures of Aria smiling - she is really cute.