Oh what do you do....

Snow always puts me in a bad mood. Especially when we've been teased with nice spring weather. Seeing snow in the morning makes me sad. So, today has been an especially hard one for me. After a long discussion about how we should spend our morning, Andrew opted to take Beth to Cabela's to see the fish. She loves fish, even though she calls them doggies. And I decided to take a nap. I wasn't able to fall asleep, and i'll be grateful for that later probably.

So, after lunch, and another failed attempt at a nap, I decided to get up and get going. My "going" went no further than opening the blinds and putting on sweats, but hey, it's Monday. I have to remind myself that although it's dreary outside, my home can be a happy place. All in all, we've had fun the past week. Here is a little bit that has gone on at our house:

I pulled out some old curtains that we had been storing since our last apartment and hung them. I was hoping that if I put a curtain up in Beth's room she would ignore the blinds. And it seems to be working. I pull up the blinds during her nap so she can't get to them, and I close the curtains so it isn't too bright to sleep. Andrew also requested a curtain in our room, as any amount of light from cars and street lights wake him up, and once he's awake, he can't go back to sleep. So after 2 years in this apartment, we have some curtains up. :-) I also bought a cute new rug for the Girls' room.

Unfortunately, I have been quickly running out of storage space in Beth's room.  It's amazing how many clothes, blankets, socks, shoes etc, ONE CHILD can accumulate! I have used diaper boxes for storage, which is nice and neat, but you can only have so many before you are overrun.

 So I have been looking for another storage option. I decided to go with space bags. We had used them once before with ok results. So I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and purchased some space bags and set out on my task. I moved the clothes (Newborn-18 months) into 6 bags and labeled them. I put most of the bags under our bed, but kept the Newborn & 0-3 Month clothes accessible. 

My favorite picture of the week is one of Beth at church. When she turned a year old, she started getting very curious about everything at church. She never wanted to sit still and it only got worse and worse until she was finally able to go to nursery at 18 months. Sometimes during Sacrament Meeting we still struggle to keep her on our bench  and happy. This week she kept pulling on Andrew's suit jacket and asking please. I finally figured out what she wanted, and she was very happy!

 

All she wanted was to sit close to daddy and snuggle in his jacket. She had her water and snacks, and was very happy for awhile.  She always makes me smile. 

The other interesting thing I have been doing is researching All Natural Birthing options. After deciding to try breastfeeding again, I've felt like I should have a birth plan, and feeding plan. When I was pregnant with Beth I never really planned anything, and although I wouldn't change Beth's delivery (it is what it is). I know that I can decide to have a better delivery this time around. So I'm trying to piece together a plan that works for me using a few different techniques. I'm excited about this delivery because I've been through one before. Now I know some of what I can expect. I still believe that some medical intervention can be necessary, but if I can have a smooth, medication free birth, that would be great. So I'll start the birth plan now, and edit it as we get closer to the delivery. If things go according to plan, great, and if they don't, we'll roll with the punches. I'm a pretty flexible person, but it's better to have some kind of plan, than nothing.

I hope everyone is doing well and that this week gets sunny soon!

Happy Blogging.