Day in the Life - Thursday

For the next 7 days I'm going to document what we do each day.  I can't guarantee it will be interesting, but here I go regardless.  ha!

Liam and I woke up this morning around 6:45.  I fed him his morning bottle while I drank several cups of coffee and browsed around on the internet.

  I actually bought a new pair of glasses from coastalcontacts.com using one of their free glasses codes this morning.  I'm hoping they turn out okay.. I've never bought glasses without first trying the frames on, so I'm somewhat nervous.  They actually weren't FREE, since I'm practically blind as a bat and have to have the extra thin lenses, but it was a great deal regardless.

The other boys woke up around 8:30 and I fed them breakfast (cereal), then went to get dressed for the day.    At around 9:30 my husband came home from work so he could watch Rylan and Liam while Brodie and I went to a podiatrist to address his toe walking.

 

The appointment went really well.  We really liked the doctor we saw and Brodie had x-rays done of his feet which he LOVED.  

He's been really obsessed with bones, muscles, blood cells and everything else in his body lately, so this was huge for him.  lol.

After questions, watching Brodie walk, and looking at the x-rays he determined that his toe walking is habitual and not congenital, meaning he does not need surgery to fix it. We'll go back in a few weeks (hopefully just a few weeks.. we have to wait on insurance to process everything) and he'll be fitted for custom inserts for his shoes.  The doctor also sent us home with stretches to do for his calf muscles.

While we were at the dr. I picked up a copy of a local parent's magazine, and was happy to find Rylan's photo under their birthday page.  I'd uploaded it to them in June, for the July issue, and he was super excited to see it later in the day.  I told him he was famous!  lol!

After the doctor we went ahead and went to the grocery store while we were out. 

While we were at the store I picked up one of those net feeder things for Liam.  You cut up fruit (or whatever really) and they can chew it through the netting, so that they get the food but do not choke.  Either they didn't make these things when the other boys were babies, or I was just living under a rock then, ha!

 Liam tried it out and LOVED it.   Right after this picture was taken he had a major diaper mishap and had a bath.  lol.  So that was tons of fun.

My husband went back to work and the kids and I lounged around watching cartoons and playing with toys in the family room.

We then went swimming until Liam decided it was nap time.  We actually have a pool in our neighborhood, but even the shallow end is pretty deep at 4 ft, and I just don't feel comfortable taking all three kids there by myself.  I talked Brandon into getting this for the boys a few weeks ago and they have spent SO many hours in it so far this summer. 

Since it is only 30 inches deep, I feel comfortable floating around with Liam while they play or even sitting out on the side.   What I find incredibly funny about all this is that we both insisted on NOT buying a house with a pool when we were house shopping.  I was SO nervous for safety reasons.  Now we both talk about one day getting a built in. 

I find this setup so funny.  Its like we're the backyard version of the redneck yacht club, with a pool and an awning, but they're the foldable, put up at the end of season versions, lol.

While Liam napped the boys took turns playing games on the computer while I cleaned the kitchen and then read some blogs.  He was up pretty soon after that (the kid hates to sleep) and we all just lounged around until Brandon came home from work.

Brandon and I talked about our day and then he went out and mowed the yard while I fed Liam and then started dinner, which was chicken fajitas.  We ate and then I took the older boys into the backyard to swim again while Brandon took Liam on a walk to check the mail.  If Liam could do one thing everyday, it would be walk to the mailbox.. he loves it!

Liam took a little dip with us and then decided he'd rather swing, so Brandon did that until we all went inside and showered up for bed.

Liam fell asleep eating a bottle around 9 and the boys are currently up in their playroom watching a movie.  We're not really strict about bedtimes during the summer and we usually let them fall asleep watching movies on their futon up there. 

All in all, it has been a great day, with very little stresses.. which is honestly odd for this house, ha!   Until tomorrow - Courtney