A collection of our ordinary days, recorded every week.
Around here, I have been:
surviving a horrible cold and sinus infection that started late last week. Since the strongest thing I could take was good ol’ Tylenol, it felt like forever until I started feeling better. I’m still not 100% and this week was such a wash. I wasn’t productive at all. My lifesavers were this chapstick (after almost a week of breathing through my mouth, my lips were hurting!), our cheap humidifier (I always feel like it doesn’t help much, but I slept SO much better with it vs. without) and inhaling steam from a bowl of boiling water.
reaching the point of pregnancy where all you can think about/talk about/dream about is birth. My emotions have been all over the place and I’m generally just a hot mess – my poor husband. Trying to remember the end is near! On the rare occasion I’ve had a burst of energy, I’ve been distracting myself by reading birth stories (Fran’s was awesome) and cleaning the carseat. I really need to pack a hospital bag, but have been procrastinating. I probably should prioritize that soon.
finishing Flight Behavior and starting The Quality of Silence.
celebrating M’s 10th birthday. He requested a BBQ feast from Famous Dave’s for dinner and graciously accepted a store bought “brownie cake” instead of homemade because I’ve been so sick. (And it was actually delicious!) We are so proud of the young man he’s becoming, even though his tween status feels more than a bit surreal to me. How in the world have I been in this mothering gig for TEN years?! Seems like forever and just yesterday.
granting J’s biggest birthday wish by celebrating his birthday two weeks early. He has the last birthday of the bunch and struggles with it every.single.year. Sweet boy just can’t understand why he has to wait until the very end, watching all of his siblings enjoy presents and cake and adventures with Daddy. So we surprised him with the option and you’d think he won the lottery! He requested my homemade crepes for dinner and a cookie cake and ice cream for dessert. Surprisingly, his favorite present was an inexpensive pirate play set. We love him so.
adding a handful of vintage Santa mugs and a really cool pair of stocking stretchers to Big White Farmhouse. I am still in shock that Black Friday is next week already, but hoping we’re as prepared as we can be!
