I took last week off of blogging with intentions to have blog posts ready to go for the entire week this week. Well, life has been a little busy, so let me fill you in on what's been going on...
The weekend before last was Belle's birthday extravaganza! We woke up early Saturday morning and headed out to the Oakland Zoo to have a little quality family time. We spent half the day there and Belle had a blast. We came back for lunch and Belle's nap and then Justin took Belle out for the afternoon (to a train ride up at Tilden Park) while I spent the rest of the day - and well into the night - cleaning the house for Belle's party the next day. I finished cleaning at 11 PM and was pooped. No baseboard was left undusted!
Sunday was the day of Belle's party so I got up with her and had a little mommy/daughter time picking up cookies and balloons and having breakfast together. During her lunch/nap we set up for the party and at 2:30, everyone started showing up! Belle had so much fun with her friends and family. We tried to keep the party small inviting only immediate family and a few of her friends, but it ended up busy, but really fun! Belle had the best time and was giddy all afternoon with excitement. After the party, some of Justin's family stayed for dinner and we spent the rest of the evening cleaning up.
Monday came before I knew it and life was back to normal. A couple of weeks ago I had a doctor's appointment to check up on little Leo (and a birthdate has been set! for privacy reasons, I won't be announcing it but it will be in April). My doctor told me she wasn't too concerned about my anemia so I stopped taking my extra iron supplements but unfortunately it's left me pretty tired. So between that, our busy weekend and everything else, I was really exhausted. So from Monday - Wednesday I napped every afternoon when the girls napped. Between their regular activities and keeping the house up, I had no time last week to even open my computer let alone blog. Any spare time I had was used to do our taxes, yuck.
Before I knew it it was the weekend again. This past weekend Justin had a side job the kept him out of the house most of the day Saturday and Sunday but the weather was so beautiful that Belle and I stayed outdoors exploring for most of both mornings. One of Belle's friends had a birthday party late Saturday afternoon that lasted until dinner. Then on Sunday as soon as Justin got home, we took Belle and Abby to see Toy Story on ice (which they loved!). After that, I dropped Belle and Justin off at home and headed to a sorority meeting (I'm an adviser for my old chapter) that lasted well into the night - that was last night.
Between all of that, the few hours each night that Justin and I did have free, we spent catching up on TV shows and watching Downton Abby (more on that later). So other than checking email and Twitter I've been pretty technology free and it felt good! Although I do miss updating the blog, it was nice to take a week off.
Unfortunately things won't be slowing down anytime soon. This upcoming weekend I have two showers to attend (one of them being a baby shower for Leo) and the following weekend we are having a (month late) birthday barbecue for my brother-in-law at our place. I think things will start to settle down sometime in April... just in time for the baby to arrive!
Phew... what have you all been up to? I promise to have a couple more updates this week, and pictures!