It has been a long week. Trial was a long week, but at least we all went into it knowing it would be. This week was a bit different. My nanny took a few vacation days. With my boss being out of town, I thought, 'sure! I'll work from home' Which I have to say I am very successful at - I wake up early, get work done before the girls wake up, then work during naps and while they play independently, and I think I get more done from home since I feel guilty not being in the office. So we were all set. Well. On Wednesday, my client called with an emergency hearing on Friday, a day I had NO day care set up. James is incredibly busy at work so really it wasn't the best option for him to stay home. I spent all day Thursday preparing for the hearing from home - thank goodness I had bought a ream of paper and an ink cartridge for the trial! The hearing was supposed to take maybe 2 hours, so James covered the morning and would go into work in the afternoon. When we started, and without going into boring detail, it was obvious this was going to take all day. Ugh!! I ended up being stuck in Marina Del Rey until 5:30! Exhausting.
Playing with dad's child hood toys!
The take away is that I just felt so unprepared - its impossible to get a new case on Wednesday and essentially try it on Friday. You haven't met with anyone, you are scared to ask your witness questions under oath as you don't know all of the answers. You have no idea how the Claimant will present. Meanwhile we have child care issues to worry about and missing work for either of us is not the best option.
Josie pushing T-Rex around in a box!
Squeezies are our favorites!
Alex tries on my visor - and looks SUPER cute in it!
Alex wanted to wear her sunglasses during dinner, so naturally Josie wanted to, also.
Using aunt Becky as a ride on toy.
In personal news, and since I posted about it here a few months ago, I am down a few more pounds. I have just a few more pounds to my pre-baby weight. I've been focusing mainly on diet, and would love to add some exercise back into my routine but there hasn't been too much time for that lately. And, since it is the "year of sick" I think I am getting sick again - I have a horribly sore throat and some congestion. Hoping its a quick one, though I have felt it coming on for quite a few days now.
The girls are awesome. Alex has been really into naming parts of her face - eyes, ears, nose, mouth. I just love love love how she says nose: "Noh" And every time she sees you she points to your "Noh" Both her and Josie are starting to say "Ma" and "Da" for us, which is nice. They are really into discovering their toys, and other things we let them play with, and are using their imagination a lot lately. They have some play purses they put on and say "Bye!" They had a bad week of barely eating last week* and this week they are cleaning their plates. Same with naps - they are napping SO MUCH this week, we have been actually waking them up for meals, and so they don't sleep too late and spoil bed time! (*If I got this sore throat from them, then that explains the not wanting to eat.)
Discovering Kraft Mac and Cheese.
Yes.
James and I have been really enjoying our last two weekends and are using our time to work on our yard. We are trying to set up a nice outdoor space to feel comfortable hanging out in. Last weekend we got rid of bags and bags of dirt that was out there, and planted some flower pots to brighten it up. This weekend we will be adding some river stone, and hanging some patio lights so we can use the space after dark. I can't wait to see the finished product.
Alex helps me shop for flowers, dirt and some out door garden lights!
Finally got my new kitchen faucet installed
Garden pots - The flowers are Kalanchoe, which is drought resistant and pretty!
Chalk drawings and the bags of dirt in the background
Well thanks for hanging with me for so long! Here is an awesome video of the girls!
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