A Day in My Life

It's been a long time since I did one of these and thought it would be a good excuse to snap some pictures throughout the day.  Here's what our Monday looked like!


5:30ish am - I heard Jarrod getting out of the shower, which is my cue to hop out of bed and get myself going.

By 5:37am, I was in the kitchen, ready to get coffee, breakfasts, and lunches going...

 Kids were both up earlier than normal.  They had mini pancakes for breakfast, then Gavin took care of brushing his teeth and getting himself dressed for school.

6:02am - Time for Riley and I to get dressed.  I'm so glad I started wearing hats a couple years back...there's no doing hair before school drop off for this mama!

 6:23am - Kids get a little time to watch TV (Gavin actually picked iPad because he's super excited about his new game) while I have my own coffee, eat something quick for breakfast, and hop on to check team sales, a little Facebook, and reply to a couple emails.

7:08am - We're pulling out and on our way to school.

7:25am - Since it's Monday, we get to walk Gavin in to school.  When he was having a rough time doing the drop off in the car line at the beginning of the year, we agreed that Mondays and Wednesdays I'd walk him into the building.  I love it just as much as he does!

7:55am - Riley and I drop off a food kit for an excited October host!

8:17am - Pick up dry cleaning

8:35am - Back home!  Riley has her '2nd breakfast' (she never eats much before we leave for school) and I make dentist appointments.  She then moves on to her new sensory tub while I unload the dishwasher. 

9:30am - Time to put dinner in the crockpot!  Chicken Ranch Tacos for dinner tonight...

Then I start decorating with the fall decor that Jarrod pulled from the attic for me on Sunday.  Riley helps! :)

10:30am - An early lunch for the Riley girl.  Her fever started to come back and I knew she was tired, so we started lunch/nap early...by 11, she was sound asleep. 

I put the finishing touches on the mantle and took a little break to grab a quick bite for myself while watching some Bethenny.

12:15pm - I jump in the shower and get myself ready (finally, right?) for the day.  Then, spend a little time working on the blog and helping a team member get ready for her first party.  

1:30pm - Riley's up! 

She gets a drink and gets to watch a little TV, I load up the dishwasher, and clean up a little in the living room.

2:30pm - Time to leave to go get Gavin! 

 3:00pm - We make a stop at Amy's on the way home to check her mail and take care of the pets while they're still in St. Louis with Baby Maggie.

3:20pm - Home for snack; I go through Gavin's backpack while the kids eat Goldfish

 3:40pm - Quiet time for the kids - Gavin needs his down time after school!  Riley picked to look at books, and I sent some emails about his upcoming Halloween event at school (gotta love being homeroom mom!)
4:00pm - Gavin didn't fall asleep today (surprising!) so he's out of his room.  They watch a show together and I shred the chicken and finish some dinner prep. 

4:30pm - Kids hop in the shower and I fold laundry (notice I didn't say anything about doing laundry before...this laundry was in the dryer for the last 24 hours.  Oops)

5:10pm - Jarrod texts me that he's coming home!  Loving these earlier nights...he'd been working out after work for the last several months and hasn't been getting home til 6:15-6:30, so I'm excited that he switched to lunchtime workouts this week. :)

5:45pm - Dinner is ready!

Jarrod and I clean up after dinner together (like we always do!  Love that he's so helpful!) 

6:30pm - Kids get a little dessert, and I get to sit down to watch a little bit of the DVR'd Ellen

The kids wanted to take pictures of each other...

 7:00pm - Bathroom to brush teeth, get Pull-Up on, and in bed to read.  Daddy went up to let the dog out at Amy's, so we read together (usually Gavin brushes with Daddy while I read to Riley)

I rub Riley's back for a little bit, and Gavin heads out to have some 'Daddy Time.'  

7:30pm - I have a training call for work.  I check-in and participate for about 10 minutes, but hearing Riley struggle with bedtime was distracting so I muted myself and laid with her, and just listened to most of the call. 

 Jarrod put Gavin to bed, and I finished up my call around 8:15.

 8:20pm - Finish the Ellen episode from earlier and hang out with Jarrod on the couch

9:00pm - We head into bed, and of course, watch an episode of Friends :)

9:20pm - TV off and we're sound asleep shortly after!

 

A Day in My Life

{With 2 kids!}

This is one of my favorite posts to do because I know that someday, I'll love looking back at how we spent our days.  I realized recently I hadn't done a post like this since Riley was born, so it was time to do one!  Brace yourself...two kids just means more pictures to take during the day.  This could get long!  Here was our day yesterday.

4:30am - Up with Riley to nurse, put her back to bed

5:00am - Heard Riley again, so I just went to get her and put her in bed with us

5:55am - Got up to start coffee and found Gavin in the bathroom...he's started getting up to go to the potty by himself now, yet another sign he's growing up. 

 Jarrod's out of the shower, I get in, Riley wakes up

6:25am - Daddy leaves for work.  Gavin eats breakfast and I put Riley on her playmat.

 7:00am - Mommy's ready!

 

Gavin plays Angry Birds...

 ...while I try {unsuccessfully} to get Riley to nurse one more time before we leave.

 We brush teeth, I refill my coffee, and we're all in the car and ready to pull out of the driveway at 7:48am.  On the drive to school, I talk to my mom for a few minutes.

8:10am  Arrive at preschool.  Gavin washes his hands and hangs up his coat and backpack.

 I talk to his teacher for a few minutes.

8:20am - Riley and I are back in the car {she's all bundled up...it's cold here!}

 Time for errands.  While Gavin's at school, we go to the bank, to two different friends' houses to pick up crockpots they're letting me borrow for the open house tomorrow, Walgreens, and Walmart.

10:40am - Got back to school.  I nursed Riley in the car and replied to a couple emails.

 Riley and I went in to get Gavin, and the door wasn't open yet, so I sneaked a picture of him through the window.  He was reading in the library. 

 "Mommy!"  My favorite part of preschool...picking up this cute boy.

 11:15am - Quick stop in Target because I forgot one thing at Walmart.

11:40am - Home!  Time to unload the car.

 12:10pm - Lunchtime.  Gavin had a PB&J, oranges, yogurt, and milk.  My lunch was the oh-so-appetizing combination of the crust off Gavin's sandwiches (I hate to waste it...), leftover meatballs in Bayou Bourbon Glaze, and some orange slices.  Riley tried to eat her feet.

 While I wait for Gavin to finish lunch, I changed Riley's diaper and soaked some bath toys.  I hate bath toys!

 Riley played on her playmat for a few minutes.  I swear I put her in the middle of the mat.

 12:35pm - Family Reading Time.  This is something new we started recently.  I decided that I wanted Gavin to see us read more, so before we go in for a story and naptime, we have ten minutes of 'family reading time.'  We all have a book to "read" until the timer goes off.  Gavin looks at pictures, searches for letters, uses his Tag Jr., etc.  Riley chews on her books.  :)

 12:45pm - One of my new favorite times...Stories before nap!  Riley is usually awake at this point, and with her sitting now, she loves to read with us.  I love their smiles!

1:00pm - Naptime for Gavin.  Riley nurses, and is asleep by 1:15.

1:15pm - Tastefully Simple work...enter parties and orders, conference call with my business coach, set up a Freezer Meal workshop for February, and start a new business account for a local realtor.

 2:40pm - Look who woke up!

 Diaper change for Riley and play time in the Exersaucer while I build Gavin an Angry Bird board and start straightening up the kitchen. 

 3:15pm - Gavin wakes up!  He thought it was hilarious how I was trying to get a picture of the two of us and kept cutting off parts of our heads. 

 Gavin has a quick snack and watches a show.  I finish cleaning up the kitchen.

3:45pm - Nurse Riley and play Words With Friends!

 4:00pm - Run the vacuum, then play Angry Birds one more time with Gavin.

 4:30pm - Start prepping dinner while Riley happily sits in her bumbo seat watching me.

 5:15pm - Dinner is all in the oven!

 I quickly clean Gavin's bathtub and do the dishes from dinner prep while Gavin plays trains and Riley sat with her toys and the Boppy...or at least she started out that way!

 When Jarrod texted me that he was close by, I got Riley in her high chair and Gavin wanted to hide from Daddy under the table.  Riley thought it was the funniest thing ever and just kept watching him and laughing.  

 6:00pm - Daddy's home!  Time for dinner...Riley has homemade peas and butternut squash.  We have BBQ meatloaf muffins, parmesan roasted potatoes, honey carrots, and crescent rolls.

Riley and I played a game of "Close Your Eyes" while Gavin magically made his vegetables disappear.  It's crazy what will get a kid to eat...

  6:25pm - Dishes...Daddy dried, Gavin played cars on the floor.

 6:45pm - Nurse Riley while I watch some DVR'd Ellen shows and Gavin and Daddy hang out.  {Gavin took this picture of us.}

 7:00pm - Riley is asleep on me, Gavin and Daddy are playing Angry Birds {imagine that!}

 7:15pm - I try to lay Riley down while Daddy and Gavin go 'hunting' {made Jarrod's night!}...didn't work.  That was her nightly cat-nap I guess!

7:30pm - Teeth brushing time and stories in bed.  Love these boys!

 Gavin decided he wanted to wrestle for a few minutes with Daddy instead of rocking with Mommy.  Daddy definitely was Gavin's favorite last night! 

 7:50pm - Bedtime for Gavin.  

8:00pm - Nurse Riley one last time, and she's asleep and in her crib at 8:15.  Gavin's still awake so I rub him back for a few minutes.

Jarrod and I straighten up a little, watch the end of an episode of Chopped, and he looks online at some hunting stuff.

9:00pm - We're in bed watching Friends, our nightly routine. :)  

9:20pm - We're both asleep!  Good night...

10:30pm - Just kidding...Riley's up again.  Rock her, nurse for a few minutes, back in her bed...ok, now really good night!