Terrible Friday, fun Saturday, busy Sunday & nice Monday.

This weekend was crazy busy! 

Friday was terrible. I woke up with a really intense migraine that would not go away. I think Colleen could sense something wasn't right with me, because she was (mostly) well behaved. Her tooth seems to be bothering her less and less, so she's starting to seem like her old self again. So she played with her toys quietly and really enjoyed watching tv. We don't have cable and the tv is rarely on during the day. So it was a real treat for her and it was pretty cute to see her sit so quietly during some of the shows.

Thankfully, Justin was home by 1:30pm. His schedule is always all over the place and that can be terrible, but also pretty fantastic. On Friday it was FANTASTIC!!

I still had a headache when I woke up Saturday, but I sucked it up and we headed to the beach house! It was a busy day because we had to bring up the crib we bought at Ikea a few weeks ago, wait for the new mattresses to be delivered and celebrate our cousin's 1st birthday! Little Alex actually turned 1 last week, but was in Florida so we had a mini get together to help celebrate.

We somehow managed to fit a huge Crib box & mattress in our car. Look at that cutie in the mirror!

Colleen and Alex up to no good.

Opening gifts. The house was full of chaos with 5 adults, 2 kids and 2 dogs but I loved it so much!

Not a bad view for the day!

It was a fun and tiring day! The minute after we got in the car, Colleen fell asleep.  We got home and had dinner and just relaxed.

Still had a headache on Sunday, but it went away quickly once I got up and had coffee.

I've been feeling kind of crummy about my body lately so I decided to stop feeling bad for myself and do something about it and go to the gym. I had an incredible workout and felt so good afterwards! I really need to start going more often. 

After the gym, I fed Colleen lunch and got us ready to go out while Justin mowed the yard. Colleen is growing quickly and was in need of clothes, so while Justin did yard work, C and I headed to the outlets in Maine.

Carter's and Osh Kosh were having a huge sale and even had 20% off sale items. I always do well when they have these sales and scored $531 worth of clothes for only $147! I purposely bought bigger sizes so Colleen could grown into them and we could get more bang for our buck.

Our bounty with a funny girl. 

In Osh Kosh. Colleen usually hates hats, but loved this one! Too bad they didn't have one in her size!

We got home and Justin was working on installing the cat door to the basement. Colleen loved watching him work.

Making sure Dada does a good job.

The most exciting moment of the day was when Colleen decided to stand up on her own. When she saw how excited we got, she kept standing up and smiling like she was so proud of herself. I was sooooo proud of her! I also feel relieved that she's showing some progress with standing/walking on her own.

A sneaky photo I took of her standing! She's so cute!

We ended our Sunday by discovering that our strawberry plant had some strawberries turning red.

I didn't have much hope for this plant, but maybe we'll get a few tasty strawberries from it after all!

This morning we woke up exhausted, head-achy, back-achy and overall just feeling yucky. But I didn't want to waste what was forecasted to be a beautiful day. So we somehow got it together.

Justin stretched his back while Colleen practiced standing.

Then Colleen did some yoga. Here's her downward dog.

At the beach house we met up with family and Colleen and her cousin got to hang out again. 

Trying to break free!

Not a bad place to eat lunch!

After lunch, we let the babies get dirty in the sand. They had a lot of fun and I loved watching them play.

I couldn't get a good shot of Colleen's face ( she was concentrating really hard), but here's a cute one of our cousin Jen (Alex's mom) with the two kids.

It was a little too cold for bathing suits, so we just let them dirty up their clothes and hosed them down afterward.

Here they are pushing the stroller around while not wearing any clothes!

And then Colleen decided to sit in the dirty bucket everyone rinses their feet in. 

Overall it was a great day! I love making memories and am so thankful Colleen will have so many good ones!

Poop Monday

Today started with a lot of poop and is ending with one tired mama.

The day started like normal. Got to sleep until 7:15am while Justin took care of Colleen before work. Then I got up, had coffee, made breakfast and got Colleen dressed. It was beautiful weather out, so I decided to go for a little walk. 

As I was getting my shoes on, I smelled something. At first I thought it was Colleen, but then I picked up Clemmy and I knew right away something wasn't right. She had poop all over her tail. And then a vague memory from breakfast came back to me. As I was feeding Colleen, she came up to one of the baby gates and meowed. I ignored it because I was so focused on feeding my girl. Turns out the door to the closet where we keep her kitty litter got shut. We have yet to install a cat door, so much of this morning's fiasco can be blamed squarely on Justin and me. 

Long story short, I found where the cat ended up going - Colleen's infant car seat that we had tossed in the living room (aka 'the temporary junk room'). I felt so bad and don't blame Clemmy. It was still really disgusting and I tried for about 5 seconds to save the car seat but knew it was hopeless and ended up calling it a loss and tossing it in the trash. I'm kind of emotional about this. I have so many memories of Colleen in that car seat and would have loved to use it for any future kids. So RIP infant car seat. You survived 11 months of Colleen spitting up and pooping all over you, but your run-in with the cat just proved to be too much. May you rest in baby gear heaven.

After throwing the car seat away, Colleen dediced she wanted in on the action and had the worst diaper ever. At that point I was so tired of cleaning up poop that I got Colleen in the stroller and ran out the door and went for a walk.

I'm so glad I did! The weather was PERFECT. Proof:

Not too hot with a warm breeze. 

After the walk I felt refreshed and like I could take on any shit (pun intended) that was thrown at me!

The rest of the day was much more relaxing. I did some yard work, ran to the grocery store and bathed Colleen.

After her bath she kept smiling. Bath time is her favorite!

She really enjoys sitting in baskets. Even when they're too small and full of ceramic tissue holders and hand towels.

 

Grampy goes back to Florida tomorrow, so we all went out to dinner. It was Grammie, Grampy, Brendan, Donna Taylor and then Jus, Colleen and me.

Here she is at Grammie's house before dinner. That dress is from baby gap and was a gift. We got it about 8 months ago, but this is the first time she's worn it. Oops. She's just not really a dress girl and I don't like her knees to be bare when she's crawling around. So I just put some leggings underneath it and now it's a really cute tunic! I've done this with a few other dresses and it works out well. I also feel like it helps me get more mileage out of her clothes!

We went to the Loft in North Andover for dinner. It's one of our favorite places!

Colleen started getting restless half way through, but we all entertained her and ended up having a really nice time!

Talking with Mimi Donna. 

Hanging with Grampy and Uncle Brendan.

Selfie.

Funny girl.

We got home about an hour ago, got Colleen to bed and did some dishes/laundry. I think Justin and I are both beat. So I'm very thankful that Mother Nature decided to make it rain so that we wouldn't have to set up the sprinkler for our newly seeded patch of dirt out front. Let's pray for rain for the next few days!