Category: Daily

I got up, made breakfast, paid bills online, washed tons (and TONS) of dishes, did all the laundry, organized all my drawers in the kitchen, pulled all of Mario’s miscellaneous junk and tools out of said drawers and into little containers that I bought especially for him (now to train him to actually use them). By the time I knew it, it was lunch time.

I made lunch for Aly and myself and as soon as she was done, I tried potty training to no avail. She loves to follow me in and remove her diapie and sit on the toilet, but I can keep her there for 10 minutes and she won’t do anything. She’ll look around and point at the ceiling and tell me, “Guess what, Mama?” and I’ll ask her, “What, Baby?” And she’ll say something random like, “Spongebob?” LOL

As soon as I let her off the toilet and I grab a diaper, she’ll get up and pee on the floor, I’m not kidding you. I feel a little like a failure because everyone was constantly talking about how fast girls were at learning. Maybe it’s just because I’m pregnant and Emily will be here soon?

I started clearing off the kitchen table and then went to pick up the boys. I was dead tired by the time I got back and helped them with their homework. Not even putting my feet up was helping. My status on Myspace was something like, “Is so exhausted” and Mario left a comment in return that said,”Rome wasn’t built in a day baby, I told you to take it easy”. I can’t take it easy though. I need to move around and do something or else I feel useless.

I chose that night to finally start weaning Alaethia off milk at night. It’s kind of like she’s still waking up for a bottle and wakes up even more now that she’s not in her crib (since it’s in her room) and is sleeping between us again since she’s scared to be in her room still. I was sure, that even after she’s weaned off milk, that she’ll still want a sippy cup, but I’d rather she just take water and eventually get bored of it, than keep drinking milk and messing up her teeth.

Mario went to bed early and then I took Alaethia with me. She made a big ol’ racket trying to wake her Daddy-O up and then, after about 15 minutes started asking for her mee-ulk. She literally screamed her head off for 2 hours, tossing her orange sippy at me in anger. Mario got so sick of not sleeping that he gathered up his pillow and another comforter and left to the living room. I was losing my mind, but I told myself this was it; I’d promised I’d wean her off when I stopped working, because it was impossible to do when I was.

Just when I thought I’d give in and get her a sippy of milk, I got an idea. I told her, “Look, I didn’t want to tell you, but Spongebob sent this Magic Water especially for you from Bikini Bottom. He doesn’t want you drinking anymore milk at night because then you’ll end up with teeth like his.” I even threw in that what if the Magic Water gives her mermaid fins since it’s from Bikini Bottom? She eventually conceded and either liked the story so much or was just so exhausted that she just drank the water LOL. It’s safe to say I got about 4 hours of sleep that night. The good thing was, I was 2 days closer to having her weaned completely off the milk at night.

I saw Mario off to work and then started tidying up here and there. I had a whole to-do list and it just seemed like it was impossible that everything’s going to get done. After lunch, John came over and I asked him to tag along with me and Alaethia to Hancock Fabrics. I’d started the morning by putting her in training pants and letting her walk around and use the potty everytime I had to go (which was often), but then she peed in the kitchen so we just took a break, heh.

I wanted to get the other valance done for my kitchen and I ran out of fabric. I hoped I’d find the right fabric; I’d gotten it back in November when the autumn colors were popular and wasn’t sure if I’d find it again.

It took forever to get there because first I got off the wrong exit, then I couldn’t remember how to turn around and find Business 83, and then I couldn’t remember if we were supposed to go East or West on Old 83. Grr. Needless to say, I had to rush and find some fabric (they didn’t have the one I wanted so I picked another stripey fabric that’s still cute) and still get to the school on time to pick up the boys. Alaethia didn’t make the end of the trip easy, either. Someone took her to town with them once (and I WILL find out who it was!) and let her sit in the basket part instead of the actual seat. Well, she made a big fuss when I wouldn’t let her out of the seat. It was awful. We finally gave in and told her she’d better sit before she fell out. So she did.

We picked up the boys and then John went to the bank while I got the boys started on their homework. I needed to go to Target and Walmart and Alaethia was already tired so the kiddos all stayed with Mom.

We went to Target first and then went to Walmart. Mario met us there since I wanted his opinion on what toddler bed to get Alaethia. We couldn’t find anything we liked. I really wish we could find a bed like the one the boys had. It was that hard Fisher-Price-type plastic and it was really cute. We’d sold it at a garage sale we had when Alaethia was around 4 months old because her crib turns into a daybed and full sized bed…and we didn’t think we’d have anymore babies LOL.

After we got home, put everything away and had dinner, we went over to Jorge’s. Mom offered to stay with Alaethia, so that was good since the time we’d gone over with her before she kept spilling stuff and was moody. I think this was the second time going over to their house since they moved into Jorge’s mom’s house.

We chilled out with Jorge, Javi and Maggie while the guys tried their hardest to make the internet work. At the same time, Jorge was transferring a whole butt-load of movies from his computer to Mario’s external. We were going to have movie nights for a month!

I woke up around 9am, which is unheard of for a Sunday, and started worrying about bills and trying to calculate things in my head. Now that I’m not working I need to re-do my whole bill schedule to make room for my Equinox and school loan, which I’d pay with my paycheck.

I willed myself to go back to sleep and had a dream about dad. I woke up when the phone was ringing and it was him. He told me he hadn’t called because he was sick. I said I know, from the cold and Laryngitis, right? And he said no, of something more severe. His leg got infected–the one that was amputated about 4 inches under the knee–and he finds out Monday what’s going to happen. I told him to take care and keep me updated.

I stayed awake and started cleaning up the kitchen. There was stuff left over everywhere from Alaethia’s party. I wasn’t sure if I should or not, but got tired of seeing everything on the floor and started opening up her gifts and putting stuff away. She has a whole new 24-months wardrobe, heh. I had some cereal, Cookie Crisp, of course.

I took my time checking my e-mail and then Mario and Aly woke up. The boys were already in church and Jaylen in CFF by that time. Mario dropped Eenan off. I got ready and we went on a date to Kumori once Mom came over and Mario picked Eenan up.

We talked all the way over. Well, I did anyway, Mario just patiently listened. When Mario remembered he had something to tell me, I found out some scandalous stuff about some friends. I felt disgusted, shocked and a bit intrigued at the same time. I couldn’t enjoy my food after this, let me tell you.

We left and went to Target to buy Alaethia’s diapers. I was going to get Pull-ups but they’re a bit costly and I didn’t even use any with the boys except for a few that Yadira had given me of Angela’s for Eenan. I just got regular ones and will work with her like that. We went to the baby section and I was going to get the monitors but they seemed a bit expensive so I got a playpen and swing instead. They’re not the ones I originally wanted but I think those were discontinued already. Still, the ones we got are cute. I just hope the playpen we bought Emily isn’t as uncomfortable as the one we’d bought Alaethia. The cushion on that one was awful.

We came home and each went to the bathroom. Alaethia followed me so I got her to try and use the potty. I even turned the faucet on for extra motivation. She got tired of sitting and got up and started peeing a little. She stopped herself and I sat her on the potty again but nothing happened. Grr. I was so sure she’d take to it like a fish to water, because she was showing so many signs of readiness, but nope. I guess I’ll try again next week. I don’t want to overwhelm her.

It was the day of Jorge and Mona’s Housewarming bar-b-q. Mario left to his Nino’s while I finished getting Alaethia ready. I seriously don’t know how I’m going to manage getting two girls ready when they start school! It takes 15-20 minutes just to calm Alaethia down enough to get her hair half-decent looking!

We went to his Nino’s and just chilled out with the family. The food was great. There were, of course, a few tiffs between relatives, like there usually is, but other than that everything was fine. The guys ragging on each other as always and by guys I mean Mario, Jorge, Jose and Adan LOL.

Mona gave us all little dishtowel gifts which was really nice, even though we’re supposed to be taking them gifts for their housewarming, not the other way around! I got some ideas for her though. I think a really nice gift would be a nice jar for her flour. She just had it in a bag.

Alaethia was getting bored and kept jumping on the couch so she had a few close calls. She’s so accident prone, that girl. Mom was being embarrassing again and said some stuff that would have been better kept quiet. She always does that and I end up having to defend/talk for her. We left a while after that even though Jorge wanted us to stay. I was silent the whole ride home until we parked here. Then I let her know how embarrassed I was that she’d said what she did. I told her next time she invited herself, I wasn’t going to allow her to tag along.

But anyway, I’m now chilling with Alaethia on the sofa, watching Noggin as usual. Emily’s moving like crazy tonight. I really wish I could see what she was doing in there, or why she stretches right across my belly and then starts thrashing about like she’s trying to find a comfortable position. This is probably what I’ll miss the most: feeling a baby move inside the safety of my body.