ole schnikees: 2017

Tuesday was Halloween. T and I went over to Jodi's in the morning for a little Halloween party with the kiddos; they played, did a craft, had a snack, had lunch & cupcakes, then we came home to see Al. Al worked 7p-330a and then had Wednesday and Thursday off. at about 2pm, trevor and I drove up to mom's house for trick or treating. we unpacked at mom's quick, then went over to my dad and papa's house for a bit, then great aunt & uncle sarajane and Gordon's house, and stopped at great aunt & uncle barry and Brenda's house like usual. uncle barry gave trevor one of his play tractors and trailer and T loved it! then we went back to mom's for supper, passing out candy, and T and I trick or treated at a handful of houses around mom's house. it was cold!! 31 degrees!

Wednesday morning, we drove home before the snow came. once home, we went outside with Al to sweep/rake and bag a bunch more leaves. we got the whole yard swept/raked and bagged in like 1.5 hours (so much less time than last year). Al took 2 loads down to the compost site just before it started to snow. we ended up getting enough snow to cover most of the grass but it was melted by morning which didn't make T happy because he really wants to make a snowman. I keep telling him there'll be plenty of time for that coming.

Thursday I finally got baby girl's room painted, well 3 walls anyhow, the 4th wall will be the accent wall and I still have to pick the color and get the paint for that. I painted the first coat in the morning while Al and Trevor played, and since paint dries much faster in November than July in Wisconsin, I was able to paint the second coat during naptime. Al helped me roll the end of the second coat. we kept the windows open in that room for 24 hours to help with the paint smell and it seemed to help; hopefully it didn't effect our heat bill too much.

Friday morning Trevor and I went over to Jodi's to play for a bit while Al slept in since he had to work overnight. we came home about 11 to play a bit then have lunch and nap. during nap, I had Al help me bring a bunch of packed baby stuff up from the storage area so that I could go through it. I went through 8 boxes/totes and consolidated, put things in a big box for a garage sale, and just went through to know what we all have. I was able to keep more clothes through 6 month of trevor's than I expected to use for baby girl. we put all the baby stuff into baby girl's room closet so it's all upstairs, I labeled it all, put some of the changing table stuff on the changing table, and organized the newborn through 3 month clothes in her dresser.

Friday night, T and I went over to matt & Jodi's house for supper and then hung out with Jodi and the kids for a bit afterwards. then home for some tv watching and then bed time. Saturday morning Trevor, Jodi, Cam, Chloe and I went to a big craft fair then home before swimming lessons. then after nap, T and I went to the budget movie theater with matt, Jodi & the kids to see lego ninjago movie and ate lots of popcorn. Al worked 3p-3a on our anniversary & through daylight savings time making it a 13 hour shift. :(

sunday morning T and I bummed around until about 11 where he went over to play with cam & chloe & matt while Jodi and I ran to the shed (shopping). then home to see Al before work and then nap. sunday night while making supper, I think I had my first ever Braxton hicks contraction. I never felt contractions with Trevor until I was way into labor and they were all in my back, so i'm not certain what front contractions feel like. but I think that's what it was; I texted the other mom's I know/love and a couple of them had had them before and said to just lay down, relax and drink water, that they usually come on with dehydration and doing too much. I know I didn't drink as much water as I usually do and had been cleaning for about an hour before hand. gonna try to avoid those in the future.

Monday morning, T and I drove up to mom's house bright and early, picked her up and then drove out to River Falls for her colonoscopy. we dropped her off, then went shopping, had lunch at a play place, found a cool park to play at (although not for long since it was cold out) then back to sit with her in recovery. they found a polyp that they removed so it was good she did it; we left about 130p back to mom's house where we hung out for the rest of the night. nap, pizza supper with uncle, playing and bed.

Tuesday morning, T and I ran errands in the cities and in eau Claire (we got to say bye to Al quick before he left for work, his Friday!)

being the hulk at Jodi's on Halloween

snack time

visiting with great great uncle barry on Halloween

passing out candy at nana's house

ready to trick or treat

sorting candy with nana

raking with dadda

i'm feeling like my belly is a little smaller this week which makes me happy :) i'm making sure to take time to rest and relax and listen when my body says to rest. also trying to eat smaller meals more frequently so as not to feel full. reading back through my blog from when I was pregnant with trevor is very helpful, i'm glad I documented it. the heartburn is the same this week as with trevor, there but not awful just annoying, but it scares me because heartburn is where my sore throat/sickness started that ended in influenza while in labor. the comparison shot seems pretty similar, bigger this time but not a whole lot this week? and coincidently, i'm wearing the same shirt this week :) did have the Braxton hicks contraction on sunday night so gonna be careful with those.