church mouse: A day in the life, March 31, 2008

My alarm goes off at 7:30 as usual, and, as usual, I press snooze every 5 minutes for an hour. At 8:30, Abbie wakes up; Matt changes her diaper, I nurse her, and then I get her half-dressed while Matt gets breakfast ready. Because her tummy was already pretty full from nursing, Abbie only ate a few bites of her pears. Cinnamon Pecan Special K for me and off-brand Raisin Bran with an organic apple for Matt. Our neighbor's trees are blooming!

After breakfast, I get Abbie ready to go to story time at the Jessamine County public library. At 9:47, they’re off (through the pouring rain)!

In the meantime, I clear the breakfast dishes under the brand new facet that Matt put in yesterday—Look! No duct tape! No leaking!!! And for the first time in three years, we finally have a working sprayer!

Get Matt’s very healthy lunch together (chicken, cheese, broccoli, carrots, strawberries, bananna, and yogurt):

Make coffee, so that I can resist the temptation to buy a latte at the library. Unfortunately, I didn’t rinse the travel mug well enough and my coffee tastes like Shaklee dish soap. Blah—although I must admit I did consider drinking it anyway.

At 10:20, after packing the diaper bag, I’m finally ready to go.

I get to the library hoping to have time to read for my class, but only end up reading about a page and a half before story time ends. While Matt gets our card stamped (we get a stamp every time we go to storytime, and after accumulating 5 stamps we can get a free book. We’ve already got 4 stamps!) I sit with Abbie while she enjoys how her loud voice sounds in the echoey hallway. We head home. At 11:30 I change Abbie’s diaper and outfit, nurse her, and put her down for a nap. Ahhhhh J Mommy time! I check Facebook, watch the beginning of What Not to Wear, and finally buckle down to do some reading. Abbie usually sleeps for 2.5-3 hours, so I am pretty annoyed when I hear her stirring, then talking, then crying beginning at 12:30! At 1:00 I get her up and get lunch ready.

Butternut squash, peas, mango and nectarine for her; chicken tortilla soup (i.e. bliss in a bowl) and a strawberry shake for me. Yum! I decide that an afternoon of playing in the living room isn’t a very exciting proposition, so at 2:00 I pack Abbie and her stuff into the car and head to Mother Nurture in Lexington to fetch a few large diaper covers, since hers have been leaking with the bigger diapers we bought earlier this month.

Success! 6 brand spanking new diaper covers are ours! We get home around 3:30 and due to much eye-rubbing on the way home, I nurse Abbie again and attempt to put her down for another nap. To no avail. I hear her rustling around in her crib for about 45 minutes, while I read a little more for class. When I finally go in to retrieve her, I find Abbie grinning and THIS in her crib:

I have no idea where this tag came from, or how she got her mitts on it, but nevertheless, there it was, half-eaten by my paper-eating monster! At least I know she got her daily allowance of fiber! And why she was so quiet for 45 minutes…

Matt gets home at 5:30. Horray!! While I get dinner ready (breaded pork chops, baked potatoes and green beans) and wash dishes, Matt plays with Abbie and then gets a shower. I’ve invited our friend Carrie, who is husband- and child-free this week over for dinner, so we enjoy a great dinner and conversation. Abbie gets acorn squash, broccoli, and applesauce for dinner.

After we finish eating (around 7:45) I give Abbie a bath, Matt changes her into her pj’s, I nurse her, and finally put her to bed at 8:00.