After breakfast I allowed the girls to watch some TV while I tried to catch a few more zzz's. Turns out Max was not going to let me sleep. He wanted to eat. After feeding him, I decided I might as well get up and get going for the day. I got the girls and Max dressed and we headed to the van to run errands. At this point in time I had heard from Charlotte about 75 times that her tummy hurt. I paid no attention to that considering she complains her tummy hurts almost daily. She eats like a bird and I'm sure most of the time it is hunger pains. Its a work in progress.
We first stopped at the Rec Center to reactivate our membership. We let it lapse when I was on limited activity. Max finally hit the magic age of six months, so we figured now would be a good time for me to start going back to the gym. See there is this annoying little gene in my body that doesn't do what its supposed to. It allows my blood to clot easily. Since I'm overweight that just adds to the clotting problem. So I've got to kick it into high gear to get healthy. I enjoy exercising at the rec center and can't wait to start building my endurance back up. Its going to be a long road but I'm excited about it. I like to call this journey "operation fluffy marshmallow" because that is what I am right now...a fluffy marshmallow.
While I reactivated our membership the girls kept themselves occupied by playing follow the leader and choo-choo train. I loved seeing my girls enjoying each others company. The moments where they all get along are awesome (Everything is awesome! -- Name that movie!)
After that we ran over to Walmart to pick up just a few essentials. I had debated about doing a full shopping trip with everyone but decided against it. All through the store Charlotte complained about her tummy and insisted on riding on the shopping cart. While checking out, I looked down and Char was curled up in a ball on the floor whimpering. Poor baby! We were supposed to go to another store, but I called it quits there.
We got home, had lunch, and sent the littles to bed for their naps. The only problem...Char didn't nap. She kept telling me she couldn't sleep. Finally I told her to bring her pillow and blanket out and rest on the couch while we watched a movie. She made it to the couch and promptly threw up her lunch. I cleaned that mess up, gave Char a barf bucket and went to lay down. I was just falling asleep when Lily ran in hysterically that Char was sick again. Char had completely missed the bucket. We ran a quick bath and I cleaned her up.
Meanwhile, Max woke up. No rest for the weary....I decided to play with him because he has been exceptional grumpy lately. Normally he rarely cries, but he recently started solids and they are making his tummy issues worse than they already are. Anyway, I sat him up in front of me and put a dinosaur toy within reach for him. After a minute or two I realized he was sitting up all by himself! He wasn't leaning on me or the toy. I slowly moved away and caught these cute pictures of him...
The rest of the night was uneventful. Russ came home, we had dinner, and sent the kiddos to bed. Now I'm off to bed exhausted with the sad realization that I don't get to sleep in tomorrow.
