A Day in Our Crazy Life

So today when I woke up the only things on the agenda were to go to the Post office and to Costco. When you have two kids with you though nothing is really ever that easy. (I'm sure those of you with 3 or more kids would love to trade me but don't you remember when you thought 2 kids were hard?)
So by the time we were all up, fed and dressed we left the house about 11. We were in the car and headed to the post office. Once we got there I put Elsa in the stroller while Caitlyn walked. When we got in there I got my package all ready and then got in line. Of course the line was about 10 people long and they weren't efficient and everybody had all these difficult packages they had to send. Caitlyn was pretty good. She wandered but didn't really hurt anything. The lady that was in front of me said you can go ahead of me, I have grand kids and know how impatient they can be. I love nice people like that. (It is amazing to me sometimes how oblivious people are. My favorite is when I am pushing the double stroller and the doors don't automatically open and people will walk by me while I am trying to hold the door open while pushing the stroller through.) I was called up to counter and then about 3 seconds later she was called up so that made me happy that she didn't have to wait forever.
Now we were off to Costco. By this time it was about noon so I decided we would eat and then shop. Caitlyn does not let us leave Costco without getting a Hot Dog. Costco was not full of too many nice people. When I go to Costco by myself I don't really have much of an option than to push my cart up to the food line. Usually I eat before the lunch rush so I don't have to push it through the ropes. Today it was kind of crazy so I got in line behind a man. There was a lady in front of him that was chatting it up with some other lady outside of the rope. She was totally oblivious to what was going on. The man in front of me cut in front of her and I would have too but I had my cart. I thought about ramming her with the cart to get her attention but just said "excuse me" with an attitude. She finally moved. We got our food but the next task is getting Ketchup for the hot dogs and drinks filled. There was crowds of people but I managed to work my way through with the cart. The next task a table. As I am walking down the row there is one open where I can park my cart to. So I pull my cart back out of the way. I have my back to the table and while I am trying to unhook Caitlyn from the cart some guy comes and sits down at the table. I didn't say anything maybe I should have just sat there anyway. I'm sure he would have loved to have lunch with a 2 yr old and and 8 month old. So I walked around trying to find a table. There was not one table open. I really wanted to just start crying. It was just a lot of work today. It hasn't been that stressful in the past. I stood around for about 10 minutes and then finally a table opened. We ate and were off to shop. After that things were pretty smooth. We got home and it was nap time. Elsa fought me a little but finally went down. Caitlyn never did take a nap but she wasn't acting too bad so it was okay. I organized Caitlyn's toys and then went to start dinner.
I had dinner simmering while Elsa was playing on the floor by me. I look down to see what she is doing and she is trying to get some crumb from the floor, I pick up the crumb and notice some red on the floor I thought it was from a cut I had. Then I see Elsa with something and it is a pretty big piece of glass from a jar that I broke about 3 weeks ago. I took it away thinking that she didn't cut herself and then I remember the red on the floor and so I check her hand and sure enough she had a cut on the tip of her index finger. Elsa didn't cry at all. It was bleeding really bad though so I went up to our room to get the band aids. Have you ever tried to put a band-aid on an 8 month old though? She was not cooperating. Because of where the cut was she needed 2 band-aids so it stayed on. I put one set on but she bled through it. I got some gauze out and added that with the next set but it was a pain. I think I went through about 8 bandages until finally it stayed on. She wouldn't leave it alone and so she pulled it off. It was still bleeding so I had to start another round. While I was doing this Caitlyn took off her diaper and said she went pee in the potty. She really didn't, she just likes to sit on her potty. That is the next project in the next few weeks. I'm sure they'll be some good posts about that. Anyway, I finally got a band-aid on and we came downstairs. Remember that dinner that was simmering? Yes, it was burned. It is 6:30 and now I have a screaming 8 month old who had been traumatized from trying to put on a band-aid, Caitlyn running around and no dinner. We go outside to calm Elsa down and try and distract her from the band-aid. Caitlyn put leaves all over the porch and I told her pick them up or she was going to her room. Of course she didn't pick them up so she was in her room. I called Wade and asked him when he was coming home and it was not soon enough.
Elsa pulled off her other set of band-aids but thankfully it wasn't really bleeding anymore. I probably used16 to 18 band-aids. I got Caitlyn our of her room and Elsa calmed down so now I needed to worry about dinner. We ate a frozen pizza.
Tomorrow is a new day. Hopefully there won't be too much craziness.

Tagged A to Z

I'm seen this around on a few different blogs and now I was tagged.

A - Attached or Single: Attached.....to my husband Wade
B - Best Friends: Wade and the Beehive Possee
C - Cake or Pie: Definately Cake
D - Day of choice: I don't know if I really have a day I love. They are all pretty hectic
E - Essential Item: Vaseline and Lotion
F - Favorite Color: Blue
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Gummy Worms
H - Hometown: Born is Bellingham Washington but Las Vegas is all I really know
I - Indulgence(s): Chips and Chocolate
J - January or July: July because it is somewhat of a break from tax season.
K - Kids: Yes, Caitlyn 2 1/2 and Elsa 8 months
L - Life is incomplete without: Family and Friends
M -Marriage Date: March 22, 2003
N - Number of Siblings: 4 brothers
O - Oranges or Apples: I like them both but they taste even better when somebody peels and cuts them for me
P - Phobias or Fears: Living this life without any of family
Q - Quotes: In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed; not just endured. President Gordon B. Hinckley
R - Reason to Smile: My husband and kids, Tax deadline, and eating out.
S - Season: Spring
T - Tag Three Friends: I tag anybody who wants fill this out
U- Unknown fact about me: I don't like chunky or chrunchy things in my soft food i.e. chunks of fruit in yogurt or pickles and celery in potato salad
V - Very favorite store: Gap
W - Worst habit: Biting my nails
X - X-ray or Ultrasound: Ultrasounds
Y - Your favorite food: Mexican
Z - Zodiac: Aries

Easter Weekend

Since I have been so bad about posting I thought I would post twice in one day.

Friday night Caitlyn and I died Easter eggs. On Thursday we went to JoAnn's to buy a Disney Princess egg dying kit. I totally did not take any pictures. I am so bad at taking pictures and I am trying to be better. Sometimes it just doesn't cross my mind. While we were dying them I went to get some hot water to put these princess things on the eggs (they didn't end up working) I was gone 2 seconds and Caitlyn spilled the orange dye on the table and spilled on my carpet. So while I start getting that cleaned up Wade comes home. For most people that would be a relief, extra hands to help but for me it was bad timing. For those of you who don't know I have to move the van everyday so Wade can pull his car in our garage. We have a one car garage and my van doesn't fit in it and we can't park on our street, so most of the time I move it for him. So I had to get the kids into the van, I couldn't leave them unattended around the egg dye and Elsa would have crawled right where the orange was on the carpet. Anyway so it came out of my carpet thanks to spot shot. We finished the eggs and it was bedtime. Nothing can just be simple with a 2 year old in the house.

Saturday I had to wake up and finish filling out the auction sheets for our YW camp fundraiser. We all got ready and went to the Ward Easter egg hunt and ate lunch. Once again I totally forgot the camera so we didn't get any pictures of Caitlyn but it was kind of chaotic anyway. the auction was a great success and we raised more than enough money. The ward really came through. Once we came home from that I had to tally up things from the auction while the kids took naps. Saturday was also Wade and I's 5th Wedding anniversary. It is crazy to think it has been five years. My parents came over so we could go out and celebrate without the kids. It was so nice to go on a date with with Wade. It is hard to do that when you are living on a tight budget and have kids but hopefully we can do it more often. Also with it being tax season it was nice to get to spend some time with him. He usually comes home from work and goes to bed about an hour later. Only a few weeks left until the deadline.

Sunday- We got up and went to church. The Easter bunny came and brought Caitlyn 101 Dalmatians. Everytime that she has seen it advertised on the TV she says "mommy buy that" She has been watching it as much as she can today. I got the girls dressed in their way cute Easter dresses made by my mom and we were off to church. Now we are just hanging out and will go over to my parents for dinner. It has been a pretty busy weekend but fun. I did remember to get pictures of the girls in their dresses. As you will see Caitlyn was not totally cooperative but I'll take what I can get. I will be getting professional pictures taken in the next few months for their birthdays.

Here is Elsa, while I was trying to get Caitlyn to cooperate I took one of Elsa

This was the best I could of the both of them.

This is Caitlyn after church, isn't something missing? Oh Yeah that would be the white pinafore. She got 3 different colors of crayon on it during sacrament meeting. I was not very happy. No worries though a little bleach and oxi clean and and it came out. Those are 2 things that are essential with kids.

Random Pictures

So I know I haven't been very good about blogging. Life has been busy with being a wife, mom and YW stuff. Hopefully this week calms down a little. Here are some random pictures from the last couple of weeks. I had another picture to share but I accidentally deleted it. It was of Elsa and Caitlyn playing on the stairs. Elsa is trying so hard to climb the stairs but hasn't figured it out quite yet, Thank goodness. She has recently started to pull herself up on the ottoman. She is getting so big!

Elsa's other love is rugs. She follows me around and if there is a rug in sight she will try and eat it.

This picture is on the Sunday that we moved our clocks forward. Neither one would take nap earlier but by 5:00 pm they were out. Of course they both wanted mom and within seconds they were asleep.

Mornings and Updates

I would not say I am a morning person. I would rather stay up late and sleep in. Before I had kids I could easily sleep in until 11 or 12 and I loved it! Having children has changed all of that though. I now have no choice but to be a morning person. Every so often I will still get to sleep in but not very much, especially now that I have nursing baby, a husband that currently has to work Saturdays, and church at 9. Caitlyn has always been an early riser and I think that is because I had to go to work and so she had to be up and ready to go. Elsa is really good because she will wake up around 6 and then go back to sleep until about 9. Some mornings I do turn on the TV for Caitlyn and go back to sleep for awhile but it is not the same as sleeping in my bed until 9. I will take whatever I can get though. This morning was not one of those mornings that I was able to go back to sleep and I really wanted to. Elsa woke up and ate but wouldn't go back to sleep and Caitlyn was up at 6:30. Oh Well, I will just try to get a nap today.

It has been a pretty normal week this past week but I will tell you some cute things my girls have done this week.
Caitlyn - One morning after I was done showering I went to check on Caitlyn and she had gone downstairs got the grated cheese out of the fridge grabbed the scissors out of the drawer (all of our scissors have been put up for a while now but I must have put the kitchen ones back in the drawer out of habit) got a spoon and a cup and headed upstairs. She then cut the Ziploc bag open (she knows how to open Ziploc bags) filled her cup with cheese and proceeded to eat it. When I found her she was like "I tut it mommy" Thankfully nothing more happened with the scissors and I remembering to put them on top of the fridge. Caitlyn is starting to talk more and more and use lots of sentencing and it is so cute. When she sees things on the TV that she wants she says "mommy buy this" I don't know how she has picked that up she is so smart. She keeps me on my toes. It is harder to outsmart a 2 year old then I thought it would be. She has a little bit of a cold but so far it isn't too bad so hopefully it stays that way.
Elsa - She cut her other bottom tooth last week. She continues to get faster and faster at crawling. She will be on her tummy crawling and can get back into a sitting position. She is getting so big so fast and I cannot believe it. She is a really good baby.
Wade - continues to work at least 12 hour days and 5 or 6 on Saturday. In a way I am thankful for Utah Games because they get him home from work at a decent time some days.
That is all that has been going on in the Christiansen household.