I'm all over the place

I have way too much going on, which um.....is nothing new, right?! So this will be another random blog post of things all over the place. I just can't seem to find enough time to sit down and write very often about what goes on in our crazy house!

Sophia did the cutest thing today. The girls always have their food on a plate, and for some reason this morning, I didn't use a plate when I gave them their dry cereal to snack on. She picked up the whole handful of cereal and looked at me and said, "need plate, need plate." It totally cracked me up. Morgan was busy chomping away not caring if she had a plate, but Sophia was not going to eat in this uncivilized way. She was so cute that I just had to get her a plate!

Rachel has been getting a little bit better with her food. I have started to ask her if she wants a certain food before I offer it. I don't give her more than two choices, but with her deciding yes or no on something, it seems to be helping decrease the tantrums in her chair. We're still at a stand still with trying to get her to try something new, but it's all about baby steps with her.

Last week's crazy bad night of sleep was just that. Just ONE night. I haven't tried having them sleep in any other clothes other than their zipper jammies. We've been using our air conditioning at night anyway so it's fitting that they are wearing warm jammies to bed. And no, we're not wasting money since it's not that hot out yet. haha... We have a separate A/C system for our second floor and we only run that one at night so we don't pay to cool the entire house. I still need to find some cotton zipper footie jammies though.

I got my surgery date. It's scheduled for the end of this month. I'm getting really nervous about it. Turns out I have to have a CT scan before the operation now. MAJOR TMI warning... During some pre op lab work, I found out that I have blood in my um... pee. That's always fun to share with the internet, eh?! I've had it tested twice with the same results so my doctor is ordering a scan to rule out any other issues before he does the surgery. He thinks the scan will be fine and that my endometriosis has possibly spread to my bladder, in which case, I need this surgery asap! It's still crazy to me that I'm even having surgery when I have three 2 year olds to care for. At least the surgery is on a Friday so Bob won't have to take as much time off of work.

Okay, remember not too long ago, I said I was going to do a half marathon this Summer? Well, of course you can guess that isn't going to happen. I'm not going to give up on that though. I'm going to have this surgery and get my body feeling better and get my fat butt right back out there running again. A half marathon may not happen this year but it WILL happen next year! My primary goal at this point is to just get my body healthy again. I'm so tired of feeling icky and being in pain. I'm ready to just fix the issue and move on.

We are loving Bob's new work schedule. Oh and BONUS.... he got a promotion and a raise this week! I'm so proud of him and excited! Anyway, having him home just before dinner has been so nice. We are now sitting down as a family every night for dinner. It's amazing how this change has really helped me and my stress level during the day. Knowing that he'll be home within 90 minutes of the girls waking up from nap has just calmed me. I used to have a long morning and a long afternoon alone with the girls. Now that he is home, it makes the early evening so much easier on me. I can actually prepare dinner, clean up, and we even do baths almost every night now for the girls. He, of course, doesn't like getting up earlier, but he says it's worth it to be able to come home sooner.

So did anyone else watch the episodes of Extreme Couponing this week? I'm really intrigued by couponing and want to give it a try, but no way would I ever take it as far as some of the people on this show. One lady bought like 50 something mustards. What in the world would anyone need that for? Anyway, I think I will give couponing a try one of these days. You know.... why not add something else to my list of things to do? HA!

Okay... speaking of. Sleep is next on my list.