ole schnikees: 2018

At 10 weeks old, Tova still takes 4-5 naps a day (mostly because she doesn't sleep longer than 45 minutes in her crib.) but this week she has only been waking up once at night, at 4 or 5!!! she almost always poops while she's nursing which means she pulls off and goes back on a lot, it's not the easiest for either of us, so i hope she grows out of that soon. she eats 7 or 8 times a day which includes the dream feed i do just before i go to bed. she is super smiley!! and while she has great cheeks and is a big baby, she's not all that chubby. she gets red and a type of chafing in her neck creases because she's drooling/bubbling a lot now and spitting up more. she gets the hiccups a lot and she loves to move her arms, kick her legs, and hold on to things like blankets or those link things. she's pretty easy going until she gets tired but is fine if we walk her around. she loves to look at the little black & white books trevor loved too and to look at anything colorful like the blanket i use that mom made me. and she absolutely loves to look at faces and smile at them.

Monday trevor had a stomach issue or bug. he was up lots sunday night with a tummy ache, threw up once Monday morning and once at night right after Al left for work (and while i was feeding Tova) so we didn't do much other than watch tv. he took a 3 hour nap, too.

Tuesday we didn't do a whole lot either; it was cooler out this week and rained a bunch so we were ok with it. just tried to build up trevor's strength and still go easy on his tummy.

Al was off Wednesday and Thursday although he had training Thursday night from 6-10pm. Wednesday morning the kids and i walked over to Jodi's house to play in the morning after tova's first nap and both kids did great! Tova was awake watching the kids for a while and then took a decent nap in the stroller still at Jodi's and on the walk home. trevor played pretty well and then got in the stroller to leave the first time i asked him. then home for lunch and nap. during nap i ran to target and walgreens to grab some things and just after i arrived home, grama DD and grandpa Rick came to our house. Trevor took a short nap. we just hung around the house since it was pretty rainy.

Thursday morning we were able to play outside for a bit. at lunch time grama DD and grandpa Rick headed to their "camp" up in Rice Lake, just an hour from us, to get the trailer all situated and get unpacked. hopefully we get to see them more now for the month they're here until they head back up to Alaska. during naptime, i went garage saling with Jodi but it was kind of a bust, there were hardly any garage sales and we only bought stuff mainly at the first garage sale we went to. then home to get some more stuff done and play with the kids until Al had to go to training. then supper, a movie and early bed times for both kids.

Friday afternoon, mom came down so i could sew and get some more prep for the garage sale done.

Saturday morning, mom, the kids, and i walked to the church down the street for their rummage sale and then to another garage sale. trevor got a foosball table at the rummage sale for $5! and he played it almost all day and the next days. then we came back and played outside while i cleaned the garage and got it all ready for the garage sale. then we played out back some. during naptime, i ran to a neighborhood garage sale where matt & Jodi were, but i didn't find much. Saturday i got most of my sewing done!

sunday morning mom headed up to her house and shortly after so did we, for softball. it was mother's day and maren, nick, tula, etta and uncle jimmy came over to mom's house for brunch. it was fun! i had softball at 4 & 5 and mom and the kids came. one of our new players's fiancé held tova most of the time and my dad was there for a bit to help with trevor.

Monday morning the kids and i went to the Minnesota zoo for tova's first time and maren and her girls met us there after a while. then we went to lunch with them, mom met us for lunch too, and then we drove home. it was Al's day off but he slept until 5 pm (he worked a lot of extra hours over the weekend and wasn't feeling great so obviously needed the sleep but we lost a whole day off with him...)