Day In The Life: Jan 13

So I have seen a few of these posts and always thought they were fun to read.  I read one last week of another SAHM and thought it would be fun to document one of our days. If reading what someone does all day is boring to you, you might as well go ahead and stop reading here! haha Basically we follow the same loose schedule daily, with the activities and outings varying. 

Here is our little basic rundown:

7:15-30- Tilly is waking up and playing while I get up and shower
8- Get her up, everyone fed, ready and out the door
9-10:30/11- Out and about
11-2- Snack and then nap
2- Lunch
After lunch until 5- Play at home/outside/run errands
5- Dinner
5:30- Bath and then playtime
6:30- Bed

I decided to document along our day yesterday and share one of our days together.  Here we go!


7:15am- Lance is leaving for work and I am trying to wake myself up. I hear Tilly playing and laughing in her crib already. I finally crawl out of bed, take a quick shower, make the bed, and get my coffee started.

8:00am- Go get Tilly out of bed and dressed for the day.  We make our way to the kitchen and start breakfast around 8:15.  Today she starts with 4 mini pancakes with peanut butter and finishes with a banana. She also is drinking Lactose Free Whole Milk with her meals now. As she eats, I sit at the counter and do my makeup. We have a small TV on the counter, so we enjoy The Today Show as we eat/get ready.

My view while I get ready! :)

 

Once she is done eating I clean her up with baby wipes and this waterless cleaner. This stuff is AMAZING and we have used it since her puking days.  It gets the lingering smell of food off so she doesn't smell like her meals all day.

 

8:30am- Finished in the kitchen and we head to my room for me to do my hair and get dressed.  Tilly just sits on the bathroom floor and plays while I get ready. She loves our slippers and wears them around whenever she finds a pair.

 

 

9:00am- Ready to go and out the door to make our 9:15 art class at her baby gym! I don't normally take my phone in her classes, so no pics from class.  Once we leave, I swing through Dunkin Donuts and grab an iced blueberry coffee.. yum!

 

 

10:25am-  Back home and we go inside to wash our hands and get a snack.  As soon as I say "snack" she knows to run to her table and get ready.. too funny! I picked up the "eat" placemat at Target a few weeks ago and it's so perfect for her. She is yelling EAT EAT! all the time.  Today's snack is cheddar penguins and cheese crackers.  She has come to expect these and will get mad if it's anything else.  I chose to not fight this battle, so cheese crackers it is!

 

Once snack is over I let her play about 10 or so minutes to get some last minute energy out. 

10:50am- Back to her room to change her diaper and down for nap.  She's out by 11.

 

11:00am- Ah, naptime.  This time is filled many different ways- Cleaning, laundry, paying bills, reading, eating, blogging, catching up on my DVR, a rare nap.. basically anything I need to do that's a million times easier when she is asleep! This day was not so fun. I called Verizon about switching our plan since we were both out of contract and it turned into an hour long phone call. Let's just say I spend half my life on the phone with either phone companies or cable companies. BUT, I did get an extra gb of data and our bill $8 cheaper a month.  I am the queen of fighting these people for a discount! ha

 

Once I was off the phone, I made my lunch and prepped Tilly's. I had a salad that I have been making frequently.  I buy the steamable bag of buffalo cauliflower and use half a bag per salad.  I  dump the cauliflower over fresh spinach, top with some black bean salsa, fresh grated cheese, jalapenos, and light ranch. So good. Tilly's lunch was turkey kielbasa sausage, cheese, half an avocado, and she finished with Jello.

 

While I ate, I caught up on Teen Mom (yes, I am still hooked on this show) and did a load of laundry.

 

1:15pm- Tilly is up a bit early today (which is actually getting more normal since the holidays got her so off).  I go to get her and of course by this point she has thrown her pillow and blanket out and has her sock on her hand.  This girl LOVES putting her sock on her hand and keeping it there HOURS. haha!

 

 

1:30pm- Tilly is all changed and strapped in for lunch.  At one point she was eating all nice and grown up. Then.. she dumped her food and was squeezing her milk all over the food. Toddlers.

 

2:15pm- Lunch is finished, cleaned up, and we are headed out to Target.  I needed a few things and since I knew it was too cold to be outside long, I used this afternoon to squeeze in an errand.

 

 

3:55pm- Back home and she had about 5 minutes of playtime before I was freezing and drug her back inside! haha

 

 

4:15-5:00pm- We played inside and then  Facetimed with Lexie and Canion for a few minutes before dinner.

 

 

5:00pm- In the kitchen getting her dinner ready and having a dance party while the food cooled off.

 

5:15pm- Back to the highchair to eat. Garlic tomato pasta with carrots, plus mandarin oranges.  As you can see from pic #2, she ate all the pasta and left all the carrots. Sigh.  So veggie pouch it is! Topped off with some animal crackers for dessert.

 

 

5:40pm- Dinner mess cleaned up and now we are in the bath! She loves these bath paints (from the Target $1 section!) and will spend the whole bath time rubbing them all over herself and the wall. The paint turns into soap, so no mess at all. Win!

 

 

 

 

6:00pm- Finish up bathtime and brush teeth. We are just putting away the towel and walking back out to play when Daddy gets home!

 

 

6:10pm- Daddy's home and takes over! He plays with her and she is wound up running through the house like a maniac.  Her last 20 minutes awake she is always so hyper and then once it's bedtime, she's done!

 

6:31pm- At exactly 6:31, she walked into her room and stood by her rocking chair pushing it waiting on Daddy. This girl is hilarious and when shes ready for bed, she's like "Come on and put me down!" haha

I normally start dinner as he is putting her to sleep, but last night I did some cleaning first.  By 7:30 we were getting dinner ready and sitting down to eat.  Salmon tacos were on the menu this evening. Super easy and delicious.  I buy the frozen salmon and let it thaw out the day of. Right before cooking, sprinkle with seasoning of your choice and cook in skillet with some olive oil.  Once the salmon is finished, break into pieces in the pan.  Brown corn tortillas, smear on laughing cow cheese, spinach, salmon, and top with salsa. Ta-da!

 

8:00pm- Dinner is cleaned up and time for some American Idol. By 9 we are in the bed and Lance is watching a new show while I read. 

 

10:00pm- Lights out and resting up for a new day!

 

 

And that's that! Some days we stay home more and spend more time coloring, doing activites, or being outside.  Other days we are running around and not staying trapped inside.  We do about 2-3 mornings at her baby gym and also have a playgroup that meets one morning a week.  We try to stay busy and as interactive as we can.  Even though some days are loooong (boo for being stuck inside for winter), I love each and every day! Lately my days are mainly spent keeping her from breaking her neck and it's definitely exhausting days.  I think every morning she plots what dangerous thing she would love to do next and then practices it  alllllll dayyyyy looooong! Whew. 

 

(side note- it's 2:10pm as I finish this up and she's STILL napping. Yay for an over 3 hour nap!)

Easy Breakfast Casserole

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and got to spend lots of time with family and eat way too much. Speaking of eating, I wanted to share this super easy, super delicious breakfast casserole we had Christmas morning.  I have made this before awhile ago, but forgot how tasty it was.  It's something you can make any day of the year and also change up the ingredients to your liking. I loved that I could basically make the whole thing the night before and just pop in the oven when we woke up Christmas morning!

Ingredients:
12 eggs
1/2 cup of milk
1 lb breakfast sausage
8oz cream cheese
2 cans (8oz size) of crescent rolls
2 cups of shredded cheese

Directions:
(I prepped the night before, so I did everything up until putting it in the oven and instead stuck it in the fridge)

1. Preheat your oven to 375'
2. Beat eggs and milk together and scramble.  Set aside.
3. Brown sausage and drain grease.  Once cooked, mix together with cream cheese.
4. In an ungreased 9x13 pan, unroll one set of crescent rolls. Spread sausage mix on top as first layer, then eggs, and cheese. Last, unroll remaining can of rolls.
5. Bake 25 minutes

I honestly didn't measure the cheese and just sprinkled it on the eggs until they were covered.  I also ended up cooking quite a bit longer than 25 minutes, which is probably from having it chill overnight.  I think I ended up cooking it close to 40 or so minutes.  You just want to keep checking and take it out once the rolls turn nice and brown, as everything in the middle is already cooked.

This was delicious fresh, and also heated up as leftovers for days after!

Enjoy! :)

Tilly - 18 Months

18 Months

 

 

 

It seems like you have been in our lives forever, but I also just can't believe my sweet little "baby" is already a year and a half! Time really does fly.  You my little lady are so full of energy and personality! You keep my days interesting, that's for sure.. and are sassy with a capital S.  You love to put your hands on your hips and prance around. Who knows where that comes from... haha!

I have to throw in that FINALLY around 14/15 months you gave in and let me do your hair! Around the time it actually got long enough to work with, you accepted the bows. Yay! I'm not really into the turbo bigger than your head bow look, so we stick with the smaller bows. I also throw in the occasional crazy pig tails on the top of your head (where the hair is long enough- ha!).

We had your 18 month check up this morning and everything went perfect.  You are still our tiniest little peanut and weighed in at 19.1lbs.  You now are under the 1% coming in at 0.6% ha! But you grew another inch and are now 31 1/2in which kept your height at 50%. You seem to just love to grow up, and not out.  No worries over your size as you eat TONS and are one of the most active babies around. The doc says everything is moving along normal for you and you are just lucky to have a fast metabolism.  You are starting to grow into most 18 month clothes, even though some still swallow you up. Why cant they make sizes consistent?! sheesh!


Some highlights from the past 3 months since your 15 month update:

You now have 12 teeth.  All of the front 8 and your first set of the 4 molars. Knock on wood, but teething this go around has gone pretty smooth. By far the worst was the 2 week terror when your top 4 came in at once.  The molars have actually gone pretty well.  You can tell they bother you on some days as you are constantly chewing on something and shoving your hand back there.  You did have one weekend with a mild fever that I am pretty sure came up when that last molar popped out. Other than that you have been our little champ.  I did hear those "eye" teeth can be horrible, but fingers crossed they don't cause you too much pain.

Your vocabulary is picking up daily and you are learning more and more words.  Right now your favorites to say are yellow, two (as you hold up 3 fingers lol), eat, and mommy hey! You say those  alllllllllllllll day long.  You say tons of words and have around 3-5 phrases. The doctor said your vocabulary seems to be above average and a little ahead for your age. You also have a ton of gibberish that you get really into! You are really good at repeating us and definitely are picking things up quickly now each and every day.

You have learned most body parts and as of now can point out: head, hair, eye, nose, mouth, teeth, ear, belly, knees, toes, feet, peepee, booty, and beard (on daddy).  You can say just a few of them.  You also now yell out "EW" every time you poop and sometimes when you pee.  If we asked if you pooped, you start screaming ew and run in circles.  It's so funny! And every time I change your diaper you switch from "ew" to "cooooold" during the whole process.

You do great with understanding what we are saying. Things like asking if you want to go outside where you'll run to the door and grab your shoes trying to put them on. Or when we ask if you want to go night night, you'll come give me a kiss and run back to your room to wait on daddy.  You also know most of your toys and if we ask you to go get them, you know what to go grab.  It's so amazing to see you learn so much and how you soak in everything around you.

Really you are the happiest little thing and love when we go out shopping so you can interact with everyone. Every time we go to the store you spend your time saying hey while waving and blowing kisses at everyone. You still are iffy if men try to actually hold you, but from a safe distance everyone is your best friend.  I don't think I have ever gone to a store with you where at least 5 people don't stop us to come up and see you. This makes shopping go pretty smooth since I can take my time while the other customers are your distraction! haha You are just such a ham and eat up all the attention!!

We had a busy last few months with traveling and holidays.  You made a few trips to VA to see daddy's family and luckily did very well on the 6 hour car drive.. thank goodness. We also made our trip back to MS to celebrate Thanksgiving. Of course you had your second Halloween before that, and now are about to celebrate Christmas #2! You had your 3rd cold ever this past month and sadly it turned into a sinus infection that required your second sick doctor visit (the first was your virus at 1 year) and got your first prescription of antibiotics.  I will say you are a tough cookie and never let it drag you down.  The only reason we took you in is because of how long it lasted and because it moved down into your chest.  Only the first 2 nights where you were super snotty and had a nasty runny nose did you wake up and not want to sleep alone.  Of course you ALWAYS give your sickness to me so since I was knocked out on Nyquil in our bed, Daddy made a pallet on the floor and slept with you in your room.

 

Speaking of sleep, you are still a rockstar here and I am SO thankful for that! We are starting to move your bedtime back from 6:30 to 7 and a typical night is 7-7/7:30. You nap most days 11-2, but sometimes wake up around 1. You  have always been my little schedule baby and that makes your OCD mama so happy. I hear a schedule is definitely a challenge once you have baby #2, so I am enjoying it while I can.  And no, no plans of baby #2 yet.  Trust me.. when WE are ready, it will happen.  I have always said I think you sleep so good and hard because you are NON STOP every second you are awake. You are moving and grooving, running and jumping, dancing and twirling 24/7.

Things you LOVE:
Eating.. oh my gosh. I hear EAT! EAT! all day long. Daddy gave you some ketchup one day for lunch and you now would probably eat a straight bowl of ketchup if I let you!
Being outside. You loooove it outside. We normally spend an hour or so each day walking around our property and I just follow you as you pick up rocks and sticks and explore.
Dancing and shaking your booty.  You still have zero interest in TV, but if we turn it on the music channel or turn the radio on.. you can get down!
Climbing! You can climb up the slide in your gym class all by yourself now. You go up the top, climb over and slide down like such a big girl.  This also means you can climb on the couch now, though I do stop that as much as possible.  The back of the couch is where I "hide" my phone, remote, and drink during the day. You are about to take over the one safe place! haha
Also- Our cell phones/tablets and remotes (which you aren't allowed to play with and make your mission to get), running, laughing, playing with mommy and daddy, coloring for about 2 minutes, playing with friends, bath time, books, baby dolls, doggies, leaves, rocks, sticks, your Romp N Roll gym classes, balls, putting on mommy or daddy's shoes and walking around, putting on daddy's hats, when daddy gets home from work, spinning in circles making yourself dizzy, and of course your elephant that is still your sleeping buddy must.

 

 

 

 

 

Things you aren't so found of:
When daddy tells you no. Girl, you have got this pout DOWN.  You pretty much act like your world has been destroyed and get the MOST pitiful quivering lip I  have ever seen. Your eyes fill with tears and you look at him.. and bam! He jumps up and is hugging you telling you he's sorry and how much he loves you. It's hilarious, and yet so bad. You know what you're doing there little lady.  Luckily with mommy you just give me a mean look and stop whatever you're doing because you know I don't have time for that nonsense all day long.. mean mommy!
You aren't a big fan of most vegetables so we are still working on squeezing those in when we can.
Oh, and Santa.. you are not feeling the big guy this year!

Happy before we left the house.. then not so much!

 

Overall you are still our little ball of joy and keep us smiling and laughing daily.  Even though some days you can drive me crazy, I couldn't imagine my life any other way than staying home with you and being a stay at home mommy.  It is the best job I have ever had and I am probably way too attached to you.  But that's ok! :)  We love you to pieces and can't wait to see you continue to grow and learn as the months roll along!

 

 

Happy 18 months Ms. Sassy pants!