Easter at Smith's...

When we planned to be in town for Easter, we didn't think we would get to see Nana and Papa because they were in IL and IA visiting family. But they managed to make it home Saturday evening to see us. And of course, the Easter bunny left something there for Rowan as well; a soft doggy backpack full of goodies. Well that was the intention, but the goodies didn't all fit in the backpack, so there was a bucket too. Rowan loves chocolate, and I think we can blame her Nana for that after living there for 9 months with M&M's constantly at our disposal!

The Schuett's...

I didn't do a very good job with the picture taking at Andi and Aaron's house this time. As you can see. I did get a couple of Rowan and Breyson sharing very nicely. Rowan was sharing her Goldfish! And perhaps I managed to get one of them after Rowan getting taken down, but I don't really remember what they were doing at the time.

Excuse Rowan not having any pants on in one of the photos. She was warm and refusing to put them back on, and it was a battle that just wasn't worth fighting. Not to mention, she had a fever of 101 at the time. Didn't realize that until I decided to take her temperature while we were there. But she played pretty nicely despite!

Anyway, we spent the later afternoon and evening playing at Breyson's house. Us adults got to visit and catch up, we had some dinner and then headed back to Nana and Papa's house to sleep. Rowan didn't have the best nap and clearly was a bit under the weather, so it was time for her to go to bed!

Easter at home...

The Easter bunny decided to deliver Rowan's basket on Saturday morning this year, due to our plans to be out of town on Easter. Instead of a basket this year, Rowan got a backpack! Inside the backpack were some M&M's, that had to be opened immediately, bubbles, chalk, some gummies, and a couple stuffed animals (gotta be honest, the Easter bunny re-gifted the stuffed animals, found them in basement when going through baby stuff, worked perfect, and were very affordable!) The Easter bunny forgot about Gizmo this year, but we had plenty of treats to makeup for it! He say by and watched contently!

The garage...

Here is the shelving that has started to organize our garage, as well as the hanging apparatus used to organize our handled items. We need a bit more shelving to create a bit more space, but it is a start!

Garage project...

Ed's wish finally came true today, sort of...he has been wanting to buy shelving and get our garage organized since we moved in. Finally today we decided to buy some and get things organized! Of course I didn't manage to get a picture of the final product before it got dark, so I will work on that tomorrow! We still have some more to buy, but it is a start!
Rowan enjoyed her time outside today too. We didn't fill the watertable today, were too busy with garage stuff. She entertained herself with her wagon, and strollers and whatever else she can get into. She was a bit happier today than most of her days have been this week, but she also took a 3 hour nap this morning, and at daycare she usually only sleeps 1 hour. So I think that is part of her problem this week, lack of sleep, which is causing her to wake up in the middle of the night, although this morning she just decided to get up for the day at 540am! Not cool! But we all survived!

Best investment...

Rowan's watertable is the best thing we have ever bought her. We have almost had it a year, and she still loves it. This year she actually tries to pour the water into the funnels and watch the wheels spin. After she drinks the water out of the table of course. She had lots of fun with it tonight.

It even brought out the neighbors. Not really, but yes, after a month of living here we have finally met our immediate neighbors! They seem very nice, and they have a little girl that is just 2 months younger than Rowan. I didn't find it appropriate to be taking pictures of their daughter the first time we met them. But she enjoyed the watertable too!

You would never believe that this is the same girl smiling in the pictures above, but yes our fun time outside didn't end so happily! Rowan was walking in the in the rocky yard and tripped right near the sidewalk that goes to the side garage door and scraped her arm pretty good. And she hasn't been having the best days as it is, so the whining, crabby girl with snot running everywhere we are getting used to this week. The poor girl has been very upset. We hope next week is better! Maybe this 3 day break from daycare will get her back to normal?

Daycare update...

Well, our week hasn't exactly been ideal! Rowan has woken up in the middle of the night the last 4 nights. The first two she managed to go back to sleep on her own no problem, but the other two nights we had to intervene. She has had a runny nose all week, and been super whiney and crabby! We can't seem to pinpoint the reason behind all of this, other than daycare.

She does great when she is at daycare. They consider her gentle and love to have her there. But her napping isn't ideal, for us anyway. She naps usually 50-70 minutes only. At home she usually naps at least 1 1/2 hours or more. And I'm not sure if she is sick or teething, which is the runny nose issue. All of this has lead to a rough week around here.

I have 2 more weeks of working 4-5 days a week, then I will be back to working 3 shifts a week, so she won't have to be at daycare quite as often, hoping the extra days home will help her. Then when I am off orientation I will be working only 2 days a week. So that will be even better yet! I guess that is enough venting for now!