What A Week!

LUKE AIRBORNE AT THE POOL

This last week I have been on-the-go constantly, which is so NOT like me! For those of you who know me well, know that I am very much a home-body and enjoy being home for naps and so on. For the last couple of weeks I have been feeling very anxious and on the brink of having a panic attack and found myself wondering why I have been feeling this way. Now, after looking back at my life over the past week or so, it is not hard to understand why. So, this is an account of how my time was spent last week...

Sunday, June 3rd: Church 9-12pm, YW meeting 12-1pm, Presidency meeting 1:30-3:30pm. I arrived home and Blake was already awake from his nap which meant NO down time for me...need I say more?

Monday, June 4th: Mostly, a pretty easy-going day. I took the kids to the pool and started preparing for the combined mutual activity that I was in charge of the next day.

Tuesday, June 5th: Get Taylor out the door for pre-school, exercise, clean the house, get dressed, pick up Taylor from pre-school, come home, get all of the things together needed for our YM/YW combined activity on Optimism. I had planned to do an ice-cream sculpting contest and relate it to how we are the "sculptors" of our own life. Then, last minute (which is so me. In fact, I think I do my best thinking at the last second) I decided to throw together this short 5-7 minute presentation on optimism relating negative and positive things in our life and ended up putting together an entire visual aid and display that took up my entire time that afternoon until I needed to be at the church at 6pm to set up. I spent the next 2 1/2 hours at the church and came home just in time to help Devon put the kids to bed. Luckily, he had straighted up the mess I had left behind and I didn't have to worry about that too! We put the kids to bed and 10 minutes later Blake woke up throwing up all over himself and his bed...AAaaaahhh!

Up and down all night with Blake...

Wednesday, June 6th: Taylor's Final pre-school hoorah! I was in charge of bringing an appetizer to the picnic, but since I had no time the day before, I rushed to the store at 7:30am to buy the ingredients and throw together a spinach artichoke dip. Blake was still running a fever and not feeling good, but I couldn't disappoint Taylor and not go. I gave Blake some motrin and a quick nap, hurried in the shower, got everyone dressed, made the appetizer, woke up Blake from his nap, we were out the door at 9:45 and on schedule to be at the Park at 10:00. We arrived at the park and discovered that I had to pay to park the car. I only had a $5 bill and the machine only took 5, 10, 25 cents or $1....AAaaaahhhh! So, I parked the car anyway, unloaded the kids, walked them over to the park, and found someone with change for a $5, walked back over to the machine and got a parking pass, put it in my car and went back to the park and mingled for a couple of hours and had a good time. We arrived home and everyone zonked out, including me (yahoo!).

Blake still has a fever and yucky diapers!

This is Taylor and her Teacher, Mrs. Tranchina.

All of us at Da Kitchen, our favorite Polynesian Restaurant!

Thursday, June 7th: Blake still had a fever and I was starting to worry that it was ear-related since it always had been in the past. I made an appointment with the doctor and took him in. The good news was it wasn't ear related and his ears looked fine. The bad news was it was just a yucky flu virus and the other kids would probably get it too (great!). I had planned a play date with friends later on in the afternoon and really didn't want Taylor and Luke to have to miss it, so we drove straight from the doctor to the park and played for 2 hours while Blake laid miserably on my shoulder. My back was so sore the next day. It is not easy holding a 26 1/2 pound baby like that for that long. Oh-well, I love it when he still lets me cuddle with him. I got home and realized I hadn't done a thing to prepare for Robyn, Joe, Parker, and Michael's visit. After the kids went to bed, I stayed up cleaning the house until midnight.

Friday, June 8th: Blake's fever is gone, Yay! Utah has arrived, Yay! Robyn, Michael, and I go for a morning jog while Joe stays home with the kids, Yay! Came home, took the kids to the pool, later went to Da Kitchen for dinner, put the kids to bed, and then stayed up playing Clue on DVD until 1:30 in the morning.

Saturday, June 9th: I helped Utah get ready to leave to drive to the OC for the wedding. Then, I took the kids to Target to buy a wedding gift and buy Luke new sandals (we lost his other ones at the park earlier in the week). While trying on Sandals with Luke, I was kneeling on the floor with him and when I went to stand up, my big toe toenail caught on the carpet and peeled up off my toe (OUCH!). I continued to the check out counter with my toe bleeding and in pain and trying not to cry. I got the kids in the car and 2 minutes later my mom called to tell me my Dad was called to be the 1st counselor in the Stake Presidency. With my toe aching and bleeding, and the thought of Utah going back home, and thinking my Dad's new calling would endear them to Tennessee forever...I began to cry harder. Needless to say, I pulled myself together, got everyone dressed for the reception and we, shortly after arriving home, packed into the car again to head to the OC. The reception was fabulous and totally fun to see all of our old friends from the OC. We got home close to midnight.

Sunday, June 10th: Devon had a 7am meeting and we all got to church late. I had a meeting after church, but other than that it was a good day. Later that night, Taylor woke up throwing up...I guess it never ends!

And I wonder why I am on the brink of having a panic attack?!

This is what I make Taylor do to relax me...she loves to play with my hair and I love every second of it! She always makes my hair look really crazy so I had her take my picture.