Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Reading lots of stories to Violet and Dominique this week. And they love it. Playing more catch-up with journaling and scrapbooking. Watching nothing much this week, unless you count Violet watching VeggieTales and My Little Pony on Netflix (yes, they are basically the only shows she watches). Trying to help Dominique with her teething pain. She cut tooth 6 and possibly starting on tooth 7. Cooking lots, like usual. 2 very hungry kids all the time and a hungry husband to feed. Drinking lots of tea, as per usual. It’s cold and I need something warm to drink. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Doing lots of backing up of photos onto an external hard drive and off-site. And will take my favourites, print them out and put them into photo books. Going grocery shopping and visiting parents this weekend. Excited for both. Loving that Dominique is now officially sleeping through the night, from 7:30pm-6:30am. It’s awesome J Hating the cold. That’s all I have to say about it. Dis

Dear Dominique: You’re 10 months old today and here’s 10 things about you currently. 1) You have a HUGE appetite. Yes, it’s the first thing I thought of. You have no problem polishing off anything I give to you to eat and always ask for more. You eat anything that is in front of you and have no problem trying new foods. Current favourite foods are chicken, sweet potatoes, and any fruit that’s available. 2) I’m overjoyed to report that you are fully weaned from boob juice AND sleeping through the night! It makes everything go much smoother know that you’re not dependent on Mommy for nursing and we both get some good solid sleep as well. You normally go down around 8pm after a nice hot bath and I don’t hear a peep out of you until you wake up in the morning. 3) You are curious about everything. Is this food on the floor edible? What about this toy? Those cords? What happens if I play with the door? It’s fun to see you explore your world with your eyes wide open to everything around you a

Reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on my Kobo Touch. And lots of stories to Violet and Dominique. Playing catch-up with journaling and scrapbooking.  Watching not too much this week. We cut back how much cartoons the girls were getting and it seems to be improving the listening skills around here. Cooking a couple more new recipes again. Love trying them out on my family and getting the reviews back.  Eating anything I feel like. Drinking lots of Cherry Dr. Pepper this week. Total weakness. Doing nothing this weekend except spending time together as a family. Going grocery shopping tonight and I’m torn on if I want to go by myself or as a family. Loving how playful Dominique has gotten in these past couple weeks. So exciting! Hating that Dominique is teething. Makes for a little bit of a tense house when she’s not happy about anything except being held 24/7 when she’s awake. Discovering that there are WAY too many rainbow birthday party options on interest when it com

Let's just start this off by saying that my Hubby is the bestest (yes, that is a word in our house). Saturday morning (Valentine's Day) was a lazy one for us (we slept in until 8am!) and I thought that we'd stay home all day. Me and Keith had discussed it earlier in the week and had agreed that we would stay home today to avoid all the rushes and go out the following weekend. And it would be easier to find a babysitter for the girls.  Agree? Agree. During the morning on Saturday, Keith had suggested that I get myself dressed up a bit to make myself feel pretty as I spend quite a bit of time in my t-shirt and comfy pants (read: sweatpants). I though, "why not?" and did my make-up as well. Then around 1pm, my Mom showed up and Keith started leaving her instructions about the girls, where supper was, etc. And then he looked at me and said, "We better get going." Wait. What?! My Mom also took that time to say that she'd take the girls for the night so th

Reading Unsinkable by Abby Sunderland. I’ve been on a biography kick lately and loving it. Although I’m not intrigued by sailing (as this is what the books about), if it can capture my attention past the first 2 chapters, I’m in. Playing LittleBig Planet on the PS3 with the girls. I swear they love watching me play and get frustrated with some levels. Watching season 4 of Supernatural (finally!!), along with lots of VeggieTales with the girls. Trying to start carving out time for myself during the day/evening so that I can spend time with Keith after the girls are in bed. Cooking pizza buns for snacks. They don’t last long in this house! Eating homemade pizza for supper tonight. Texting my sister Sam about Supernatural. She’s way further along than I am (she’s on season 10) and likes to give me teasers about what’s coming up. Going to a Tupperware party this weekend. I’m not big on them, but my SIL is hosting it, so I’ll play the nice family member. Loving that the girls are wa

Selah (Mom's group) kicked my butt this morning. We were taking about getting joy through our relationships/marriage and the were told to plan a date night and discuss what excuses/barriers were in our way of having regular date nights. Right now a lot of it is the fact that Keith is exhausted when he gets home from work and when he goes to bed, he's sleeping in 5 minutes. And I'm tired as well because of getting up during the night with Dominique. But then something else came to mind: the fact that I've been using breastfeeding as an excuse. Don't get me wrong, I love breastfeeding my baby, but I was also using it as an excuse as to not do anything. Can't go out because I'm nursing, can't go on a date because I'm nursing, etc. Then it hit me. Would it have been that hard to get the baby onto a bottle or pump so that I could leave her with the babysitter and get some quality time with Keith? The answer: no, it wouldn't have been that hard.  And i