11-11-11

When I woke up the morning of 11/11/11, I thought to myself that today would be a great to get married or engaged or have a baby......easy date to remember when you get old and start loosing your mind. However, today for me was just a regular day of keeping Addy busy and the house intact. My sister had this great idea (she always has great ideas) for all three of us sisters to record our day on 11/11/11. Both my sisters have their posts up which means I am the last one to get the post up. This is not uncommon for me to be trying to play catch up with my sisters. They are always on top of things while I just struggle to feed my one child three semi-healthy (heavy emphasis on semi) meals a day. So, with out further adieu, I present to you my day:
 This morning, Addy woke up around 7:45 which is a killer for me since before this week she was waking up at 9:00 every morning. Darn day-light savings! I let her sing in her crib for about 5 minutes but she started to wonder where we were, so she started yelling, "To, To." Which means Toph. This is generally how we decide who gets Addy out of her crib in the mornings and after nap time. She will either yell "mom" or "To". This morning, I lucked out so I  was able to stay in bed for an extra minute. Toph walked in and snapped this pic of Addy and her blankie ready to get out. She always grabs at least one binkie her pink blankie.

Toph brought her down to our room and she cuddled with us for about 2 seconds. She let us know she was ready to eat by pointing to the kitchen and saying "eee" (eat). We got her some delicious and nutritious cold cereal. After eating three bowls, she was finally done. Then she had us get her drinks out of the fridge. We always have a cup of milk and one of water in the fridge for her to choose from. Today, she chose both.

While we were cleaning up the house a little bit, Addy settled down in her favorite chair to read a book.

While I was getting ready for the day, Toph got Addy in the tub.

Addy was not quite sure why I was getting in her personal space to take the picture.

As soon as Addy and I were done getting ready, we got the mail which is one of the highlights of Addy's day (That is pretty sad, I know).  She always has to hold the key while we are walking to the mail box and she puts the key in the box. I am pretty amazed that she can remember which box to put the key in.

As soon as Addy realizes that we are headed back to our house, she throws a fit and starts running in any direction she can. I had to chase her down which is kind of embarrassing because it took a little while to finally catch up with her.

Now it is time to perform the daily task of sweeping the cockroaches that died during the night off the doorstep just in case we have a visitor. I'll admit it, we are pretty popular people.  The only visitor that comes to our door is Maintenance Man Sam (as he affectionately calls himself).  We have been having problems with our furnace, so he has frequented our doorstep this last week which has been pretty exciting!

Once I was finished disposing of the carcasses, I checked the mail to see if there was anything exciting besides bills.  As I was looking, I spotted a coupon that was a great deal on cheese. The only problem was that I could only get one block of cheese per coupon. I had the perfect solution to that problem. A solution that was taught to me by my oldest sister, Aimee. It is something I like to call. . . . . . dumpster diving!!! There is a garbage can by all the mailboxes in our complex, so after looking around to make sure I was not being watched, I dug in. I was not too successful, because 1. Addy was with me and we have been pounding it in her head that it is not okay to pull things out of the garbage. 2. The office is right next to the garbage can and I was afraid someone was going to come out and discover me.  And 3. I did not have a look out person to alert me if someone was coming (I may or may not have been that look out person for Aimee a time or two).  I decided I was going to go back later without Addy and when the office was closed. I knew I was not going to be able to find a look out person because the two people I am closest to in the complex were not available..... Toph just thinks I'm a little crazy, and maintenance man Sam had to go home to his family.

I was going to work concession stands at 4:30 PM until 11:00 PM, so I tried out a new recipe for BBQ pulled chicken in the crockpot. Addy assumed her usual spot on the counter and we got cooking.

We didn't get too far because I realized I forgot a few ingredients. Toph saved the day by running to the store for me.

After I threw everything in the crockpot, it was time to get Addy some lunch. I went out to lunch with a friend, so Toph whipped up some mac and cheese for the two of them.

It is now 1:30 P.M. and we are just trying to make it another 1/2 hour before Addy takes her nap. This is usually a rough time of day for us. For about the 10th time today, Addy pointed to the TV and said "bir". She really likes the first 2 minutes of a show called Third and Bird. I put it on for her and she was squealing the whole 2 minutes. There is a character in the show called Muffin. Muffin has a little dance she does every once in a while during the show. Toph is trying to teach Addy the muffin dance which is pretty funny to watch. Toph would not allow me to take a picture of him doing the dance, so I took a picture of Muffin doing her dance instead.

It was time for Addy to go down for her nap and she let us know by saying, "ni-ni" (night-night) and crawling up the stairs with her blankie in tow. She pretty much puts herself to bed, all we have to do is lift her into her crib and cover her up.
I had an hour before I had to go off to work, so I tried to take a little nap so I could make it that night while Toph was applying for jobs.
The rest of the night was spent working at the concession stand with Char and Hal.

Before I took the picture, I tried explaining to them that I was recording my day to put it on my blog. They seemed pretty confused, but were nice enough to let me take the picture. As soon as I was done, Char asked me what a blog was. I tried explaining it the best I could, but I don't think she understood. I gave them the web address so they could check it out. I hope they are able to figure it out.

While I was slaving away, Toph and Addy were having a great time. Addy got a kick out of biting Toph's toes. I can tell you that if I was there, there would have been no disgusting toe biting. Oh well, I guess it could have been worse.

I came home around 11:30 to this cute sleeping beauty.

 

11/11/11 was just another day in the Pace house. I am excited to look back on this post in a few years and remember what a day was like with my little family in the year 2011.