Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Its Wednesday already?

This week is going by fast. Probably because Ryan had Monday off so he was here an extra day. It hasn't been that much of an exciting week. Monday I got my birthday/valentines day present and it was a hot stone massage. It was amazing. It was my first massage so it was a little awkward at first but after a few minutes I just laid there and enjoyed. I really want to go back and get another one. That my be my holiday present to myself every year. :)

Last week was pretty boring. My computer has been acting up and we were going to fix it but then Ryan found a good one for a good price so we bought it. I love it. Its so quiet and never gets overheated like my other one. We're going to fix my old one and hopefully give it to my sister. If we can't fix it then we'll just trash it. We did our taxes this weekend and we're getting about $3500 back. Most of it is going to pay off our credit cards. I wish we could do something fun with it but we need to be responsible and pay off debt. Being an adult sucks.

Tomorrow is school. Hopefully she doesn't have a lot of breakdowns this week. Last week wasn't as good as the week before but it wasn't terrible. She ignored music which usually is her favorite part. It was a bit strange. She kept walking out of the room to roam the halls. So I'd follow her to make sure she wasn't getting into anything. I kept trying to get her to sit and play music but she wasn't having it. We'll see what this week brings. Her sleeping was getting better then she had a relapse this weekend. Last night she was up til almost 10. She took a 2.5 hour nap and when I tried to lay her down at 8:30, she was not ready. She jumped, yelled, cried and talked for over 30 minutes. Then just started crying so I tried to rock her. No dice. Finally at 9:30 I changed her, gave her another small bottle and rocked her for 25 minutes and she went to sleep. She slept until 8:30. I haven't tried to get her to nap today yet. She hasn't acted crabby or anything yet. If napping makes bedtime a 1-2 hour fight, I'd rather her just give up her naps. When she doesn't nap, she takes her bottle and goes straight to bed at 8ish.

Well the laundry should be done soon so I should pick up the house and put it away. Such an exciting life I lead. ;)

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentines Day everyone!!

I hope everyone is doing well. Its been a long 2 weeks since I last wrote. A lot of nonsense has happened. It snowed 20+ inches, our internet went down, I turned 25, our power went out and now its Valentines day. Its been busy.

Ryan took Kenna out to play in the snow but I guess she didn't like it much. I didn't think she would. She isn't a cold texture fan. Maybe next year.

My birthday was on the 6th. I went out shopping with my stepmom, sister and mom for it. It was fun. I got some clothes and a Nook. I love it. Ryan got me something that he is giving me this weekend. Its a birthday/valentines day combo gift. Its a secret so I have no idea what it is. I have a few ideas but he isn't telling me anything. I'll find out Saturday. I'm really excited.Oh I got this super awesome poster from my bestie. I hung it up across from my bed. I love it.
I got a surprise bouquet of flowers today. Ryan kept saying that I wasn't getting anything today and that the surprise was this weekend. That was fine with me but then around 4 today someone delivered a beautiful flower bouquet. I love it. I have something being sent to his work Wednesday. He had to one up me and give me something today. Jerk. ;) Here are my flowers.
Kenna also learned some new tricks. She now loves opening and closing doors. Sometimes she'll close it too hard and get stuck. Usually she doesn't push it too hard though. Here are some in action pics I got. Ignore her wet shirt. She was chewing something right before deciding to play with the door.
Peeking through:
I see you!
Here I am!
And a smiley one for good measure
She has also learned to clap her own hands. I've been working on that for about a year and she finally did it. She use to just clap my hands together but wouldn't do her own hands. Now she does. I was so proud when she just started to clap her hands that I cried. :) She does "so big" too. That started today. I tell her I love her "sooo much" and she raises her hands above her head. Its so cute. Here is a video of her clapping. Please ignore my messy bathroom.
She is getting so big. 4 months until shes 2! I already reserved her birthday party location. I just have to send them a check. Its at another park so hopefully it doesn't rain or its warm this year. I can't believe she is almost 2. Time has flown by.

This weekend is a 3 day weekend for us. Ryan has Monday off for some national holiday. I'm excited to have more time with him. Then next Monday is our Plain White Ts concert. We get a night out in Chicago. It should be fun. I'm looking forward to it.

Well since Kenna decided to get up at 6:30 this morning, I'm hoping she goes to bed a little early for me. Its almost 7 now so I may start getting her ready. Now I just need her to sleep til 8 or so tomorrow. She peed through her jammies this morning which is why she got up but then wouldn't go back down after I changed her. I may need to move up a size for her night time diapers. We'll see how this week continues. Its good that we may need to though. That means she is gaining weight and getting bigger. All good things when she is under the 5% for weight and height. :)

Time to get ready for bed! Its going to be an early night for mommy too. I'm exhausted.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Near moving experience

Its been 2 weeks (again!) since I last wrote. We really haven't done much. Just the usual. Kenna school, hanging out at home, visiting with Ryan on the weekend. Nothing much has changed.

We almost had someone come look at our apartment but they canceled. :( I put up another ad on CL and one person contacted me for a March 1st move in. I was very excited. Then they emailed me and said they have a "conflict of interest" with the management company so they bailed. We were so close but yet so far. I'm kinda sad but kinda relieved. Moving out by March 1st would have been ridiculously stressful. After that, we pretty much decided to wait until August to move. That gives us time to thoroughly look for a nice apartment in Chicago, get all of her medical records and referrals and research for doctors, pack and save up for a security deposit, etc. I'm sad that that means 6ish more months of this but it'll go by fast. The past 3 months have gone by pretty fast already. I started looking at places down there and got excited about all the nice places I could find in our price range. I think we're going to get a great place. :)

I did also reserve her space for her 2nd birthday party. I know its not until June but I wanted to beat out the graduation and wedding crowd. We reserved a sheltered park area in Kenosha. Its the park that me, Ryan, my sister and some of her friends had a picnic at the day I broke my leg/ankle. Its a great park. I love it. I'm excited for it. I've decided to be laid back about her party this year. Last year I was pretty stressed and crazy about it. This year I won't do all that. She won't remember it anyway. I also pretty much picked out her outfit and invitations but I won't order anything until closer.

Oh My sister and I went to the Plain White Ts concert Thursday night. It was so much fun. My stepmom watched Kenna for me. I'm so glad we went. We were like 3 rows back from the stage and got some pretty awesome pics. I also got a guitar pick. The show was amazing. The 2 bands before the Ts were good too. I bought their cds from the concert. I like them. Ryan was sad he couldn't come. The same 3 bands are going to Chicago on February 28th so I'm thinking I may get tickets to that one. That way Ryan can experience it and we can have a night out in Chicago. My mom is most likely going to watch her for us. :) I hope it works out. I'd love to see them again and be able to go with him.

I think thats the lastest and greatest from the past 2 weeks. Nothing too exciting really. Our lives are pretty boring. :) I can't wait to start doing more when it gets warmer. Next weekend is my birthday so on Saturday my mom, sister, stepmom and I are going out to lunch and shopping while Kenna and Ryan spend quality time together. It'll be fun. I get to get out of the house and he gets Kenna all to himself. Its a win win. Then Sunday, my actual birthday, we're probably going over to the ILs to watch the Superbowl and have cake. Not too exciting for the big 2-5 but it'll be nice. I'm not a fan of huge, over the top birthdays anyway.

Well its 10:15 and Ryan is still sleeping so I think I'm going to send Kenna in. ;) Time to wake up daddy!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Man I'm such a slacker

I can't believe its been almost 2 weeks since my last entry. I really need to step it up. Anyway..nothing different has really happened. Kenna has went back to school. She is finally learning what its for I think. The past 2 times she has done amazing. Less screaming and more interest in playing. It makes it easier to take her when she isn't crying for 2 hours straight. It does make me sad that she is getting into it and we're moving away in 7 months. We'll see how that goes.

Last Friday we took a trip to Chicago. Ryan's mom and brother were going down to visit him and pick up his sister so we went along. It was Kenna's first train ride. She did very well for the most part. The first hour on the train there and back was good. The last 30 minutes on both rides were a bit tricky. She was getting antsy so we had to take turns walking her around on the train. Luckily it was pretty empty and quiet on both trains so we weren't disturbing too many people.

The walk from the train station to Ryan's work and back was another story. IDK if it was coldness or if she was hungry or what but she screamed the whole walk. It was only a mile walk but she screamed bloody murder the whole time. We had to stop at a CVS on our way to his work to warm her up and redress her to get her warmer. She was much quieter after that but then screamed the whole way back to the train when it was time. But while we were inside walking around and shopping, she was perfect. She stayed in her stroller and played with her toys quietly. We hit Macy's and her grandma bought her some outfits and 2 pairs of shoes. I picked up one outfit that was adorable. Then we just hung out in the pedway until Ryan was done working. I feel bad that we didn't get a whole lot of shopping in because we didn't want to take Kenna outside. It was still fun. While we were waiting for Ryan to be done, we all went down to a bar/restaurant and had a drink and some food. It was delicious. I do want to go back there and eat something more than appetizers. Here are some pictures from our trip. You'll be able to tell the difference from the train ride there and the train ride back.
Then last Saturday we went out with my friend and her boyfriend. We've had a bit of a strained relationship because of my PPD and life in general so it was really nice to go out and have a good time. We went to a restaurant in Milwaukee called Transfer Pizza. It was good. The atmosphere was awesome. I'm sad that we didn't know about it when we lived close to it but we will definitely go back. Then we went to Bryant's Cocktail Lounge.  Its a swanky place for sure. Its still set up like it was in the depression era. There is no menu and the bartenders know like 400 cocktails. We just went in and told the waitress the kinds of flavors or drinks we like and they would have recommendations. I had 2 fruity drinks and they were delicious. I can't remember the names but they were yummy. I would have had more but I was the DD so I stuck to water and soda after that. Ryan had quite a few drinks and they were all different. Everyone loved it. I really really want to go back.

Other than that, we've been doing nothing. Kenna has limited my computer access so I usually sit here and watch her play or chase her around to make sure she isn't destroying my books. Thats her new favorite thing. If shes been too quiet in our room shes almost always ripping apart my books. And if I give her one of hers, she just sucks on it until its wet enough to rip apart. We have a book hater. Which is funny because we both love to read. I'm hoping she starts warming up to books and story time. I'd love to be able to sit and read to her.

On that note, shes been awfully quiet for a few minutes...

Monday, January 3, 2011

Happy New Year!!

I can't believe its January already. 2010 went by so fast. We had a good new year. We went to our family friend's house for their annual party. It was a great time. I didn't take pics but I was tagged in some on FB so if you're my friend, you can see them. Kenna went to my moms and she did good. We're hoping for a great 2011.

I also had lunch with one of my old friends last week. Kenna did awesome. I was scared to take her out. She usually just yells and cries because she doesn't like being in the high chair. I tried a new strategy. I fed her while we ordered. Then I brought her favorite portable toys to play with while we ate. It was fun. I'm glad we got to go out to lunch. I really missed having her as a friend. We're going to double with her and her bf this weekend. I'm so excited.

Thats pretty much anything new. She had a 2 week break from school so Thursday so goes back. I hope she doesn't sit and cry through the whole thing. I really hate when she does that. It makes me so sad that I can't help her. I know she isn't hurting or anything. She just doesn't like being forced to do something when she doesn't want to do it. Its angry, frustrated cries but it still hurts my heart to watch her. She'll be graduating from them soon when we move. Maybe the therapy in IL will be better for her. Who knows. We'll have to wait and see. I'm getting pretty excited about our move this fall. We looked at some listings and found some great apartments in our price range. I wish we could move now so we don't miss out on the good ones. We'll just have to wait. Fingers crossed that someone wants our place in spring so we can get down there sooner. Until then, we're stuck here.

Monday, December 27, 2010

We survived Christmas

It was touch and go there for a little bit but we survived. Kenna did as well as expected. It could have been a lot worse. Christmas eve night we went to my dads house for that side. It was loud and busy but fun. We stayed upstairs for most of the night since it was quiet. Kenna wasn't all that interested in opening presents. She did one and since it was a toy, she just wanted to play with it and nothing else. So I opened most of her presents. Thats pretty much what she did every time. We didn't get home until 9ish. She went straight to bed when we got home. Little girl was exhasuted.

Christmas morning was done at our apartment. We got up around 9:30. Kenna ate breakfast then we tried to get her to open some presents. She did alright. She opened about 2-3 and then she was done. We didn't get her a whole lot because well she doesn't need it and I knew she'd get stuff from everyone else. Here are some pics from our Christmas morning.

 The wire for the beads on top light up. She likes it a lot.


 This is her playing with toys she already has. :)
 Ryan got her glow sticks. She enjoyed them very much.



 She also loves her Leaptop. Its one of her favorites I think.
Our little load. She got a lot of great stuff though.

Christmas afternoon was spent at my moms. She cooked us breakfast and we hung out. Kenna opened about one of her presents and she was done. She got a light up drum that she just loves. She played with it the whole time we were there and she still loves to sit and play with it. And its not loud and obnoxious so I enjoy it. This is the only family pic that we got. Its nice luckily.


Then Christmas evening we went to Ryan's family. It was nice. Kenna took a little nap while we ate then she roamed around. She had some fussy moments. She did not want to open presents at all. I think she was just overwhelmed. She went through a lot in 2 days. Once we took her into a quiet room and let her play she was much happier.

Sunday we just relaxed a bit before taking Ryan back down to the train. We got to sleep in a little since we didn't get home until after 9 Saturday night.

Today I was ridiculously productive. Since we took almost everything out of the boxes as we got them and she didn't get a large amount of stuff, we didn't have a lot of garbage. I took out about 3 loads. I also did 3 loads of laundry plus have one left to do tomorrow. I went through my closet and took out a garbage bag of clothes to send to Goodwill to make room. I took down our little tree and put away decorations. Finally I swept and steam moped the kitchen floor with my new Shark steam mop. My next project is to tackle her closet and pack away smaller clothes and hang up all the new ones. Hopefully by the end of the week, our house will be back to normal.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Its almost Christmas!

6 days until Christmas? Really? This year has gone by super fast. This weekend Kenna went to my dads house for a night. We dropped her off at 12 on Saturday and went out to enjoy our "us" time. We went to the mall to have lunch at PF Changs. It was delicious. I wish I could eat there all the time. Then we did some shopping. We had to finish Kenna so we picked up some toys and some outfits. Then we came home to rest. We ate our leftovers for dinner, which were still amazing, and then set off wrap. She didn't have a whole lot so it didn't take long. I learned that Ryan is a very precise wrapper where I just do it to get it done. She won't notice so I don't need perfect corners. :) But then we wrapped all of the presents and by then it was like 11. I decided to go to bed to get as much sleep as I could. It was nice.

Today we just ran some errands then hung out at my dads with Kenna. They took her to see Santa. She did not like him very much. When I get the picture, I'll post it. Its so sad and adorable at the same time. I love it. She didn't nap today so as soon as we got home from dropping off Ryan, she went to bed. Hopefully she'll sleep peacefully for me. I can dream, right? 

I ordered my new phone this week and I got it Friday. I'm in love. I got an HTC Incredible. Its amazing. I love everything about it. Ryan has phone jealousy but hes trying to find things he doesn't like about my phone to make him feel better. Silly boy. I'm just excited to have the internet on my phone again. I've missed it for almost 2 years. I got a few apps for Kenna and we tried one out today and she loved it. I'm hoping this helps when we go out in public but we'll see.

Ryan is coming home again Friday morning for Christmas. I can't wait. I love Christmas. I'm not looking forward to trying to find places for all the stuff Kenna will more than likely get but it'll be fun. I hope she enjoys it. I bought bright, metallicy type paper for her presents so she should at least enjoy that part.

Now I'm going to enjoy the rest of my quiet night and watch football. :)