Ain't Nothing Gonna Break My Stride

For the last two years I have been kind of down and out in the household department. I was so sick with Lillian, I would come home from work and either go to bed or lay on the couch until bedtime. Through most of her life she has had such bad sleeping problems, it was all I could do to stay awake during the day. After I got pregnant again? Forget about it. Worst stay at home mom ever.

Part of the problem is, besides her sleep schedule I never put us in a routine. I would just wake up and sit and watch her play. It was always so hard to get work done anyway because she won't play on her own and likes to get into everything that I am doing. I started having some problems with depression and anxiety and I realized the house being in a constant state of disaster wasn't helping. I also realized that even though I hated doing anything, when I got stuff done, I felt better. Added on top of all of this, I was not being very fair to Travis. He had to work all day, then come home and do the dishes, pick up, etc. Our weekends were dedicated to cleaning and getting everything else done.

I decided last week, it has to stop. I need to get us in a routine for both the week and every day. I put together a schedule for the day, and a cleaning schedule for the week and decided I was going to set my alarm in the morning, get up and get to work. Then that night Lillian was awake from 10:30pm-2:30am. Uh, yeah. I didn't get up until she did. Immediately following that I got a cold that knocked me out for a few days. Starting Monday, I decide I AM going to do this, and even though it has just been a few days I am loving it. I already feel better, and I think we are all better off for it.

As far as the actual schedule, I had no idea where to even start. I emailed one of my most organized friends and pretty much use her schedule to the t. Of course I made some adjustments for what works for our family but on any day during the week, at any time during that day we might just be doing the exact same thing.

15 Month Check Up

it weird to post a check up post when you have never posted a check up post previously?

Guess what? I don't care!

Even though Lillian is 16 months old, we had her 15 month check up today and for some reason this is the first appointment where I was so proud of her accomplishments. I guess the nurse asking about her milestones just make me realize how much she is growing and learning.

She is in the 10% percentile for weight and 35th for height. Our little petite girl is finally getting some inches on her!! Still in the top of her class for head size.

Some of the things they asked about:

5-6 word vocabulary? Yes. She says mama, dada/daddy, blanket, doggy, ball, baby, and I'm pretty sure she said Kyle (after hanging out with her Uncle Kyle). She can also sign eat, sleep, blanket, bath, milk, banana, please, and thank you.

Can she walk/stand on her own? Yes, this girl is all over the place. Her favorite thing to run to is her daddy. Every day when he walks through the door she runs to him with her chin up high and her hands in the air.


Is she climbing? Yes. She started climbing on some indoor play area equipment one day a couple of months ago and wants to climb on everything since

Can she point out 2-3 body parts? Yes, I didn't even know this was a milestone. I'm so glad we had been working on it. She can point out her mouth/tongue, eyes, nose, ears, hair, belly and toes.


How many fruits and veggies a day? 3-4. This is one that I was particularly glad about because I was beginning to worry she wasn't eating enough fruits and vegetables. Apparently kids her age are supposed to have 2-4 which doesn't seem like a lot. Especially considering he said that a serving is the size of her fist. That is only like 3 grapes!


She still isn't sleeping through the night, she wakes up once a night. She has two teeth on the bottom. She LOVES dogs, if she keeps up her excitement for doggies her daddy is going to be hard pressed to keep her from getting one. She seriously goes crazy at the sight or even sound of a puppy. She has started folding her hands when we pray. When she wants a snack she signs eat then runs to the fridge. She won't watch a tv show for more than 5 minutes.