3rd Edition of A Day in the Life of Grayden {and now Sadler too}

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Click here for the 1st edition and here for the 2nd edition. I am so glad I started this 3 years ago, its been so fun to see how much our days have changed over the years!
Follow along as I update throughout our day!!
Sadler’s day starts out at 5am to eat. Robb get him a bottle and he goes back down to sleep.
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I wake up at 6:30 and get ready for our day, we are headed to a stroller fitness class and then playing in the fountain downtown with my friend Emily and her two girls. I pack up the diaper bag, check emails, blogs and face book and get myself ready, and I can’t miss my breakfast!
7:30 I do a load of laundry, water the plants and let the dog out. The boys are still sleeping! We have to be out the door in an hour, this could get crazy!
Sadler wakes up around 7:45, I change his diaper, get him dressed and fed him a bottle! He’s so happy in the mornings! After his bottle we have another diaper change :)
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I wake Grayden up at 8:15,
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(yes, those are snowmen pjs keeping it real here people :) you know that load of laundry I talked about? there were summer pj’s in there!)
get him dressed,
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do his hair and give him breakfast on the go. Sadler chills in the swing!
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We leave for stroller fitness class shortly after 8:30am
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we get to the park we meet at a few minutes early so I let Grayden play on the play equipment for a bit!
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For the next hour I push the big bus around as we walk, we stop every few minutes to do cardio, leg and ab exercises.
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10:00 After class we met up with the girls at the fountain, the big kids play for awhile and the moms hold the babies.
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11:00 Sadler has a bottle and we head to a jewelry shop I love downtown and then grabbed some lunch at a new deli.
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After lunch we stopped in at one more store, did a quick diaper change in the back of the car for Sadler and were headed home at 1:00.
On the way home we quick stopped to see Daddy, Aunt Mindy and Grandma at work but both boys were sleeping in the car so we had them come out to the parking lot to see us (me, basically! :)
And one more quick stop at the lot to check the framer’s progress on the house
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and we were home by 1:30. I put Grayden to sleep in his bed and Sadler is sleeping in the car seat.
2:00, like clock work Sadler eats again, then he chills in the bouncy seat while I switch out the laundry, unload the car and diaper bag, return phone calls and go through the mail.
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2:40 Sadler’s still happy as a clam in the bouncy seat so I put away laundry…anyone see a theme here? we do laundry ALL.THE.TIME. My typical laundry day is Monday, that’s when everything gets washed, but it takes me all week to get it all put away and finished and with the holiday on this past Monday, and being away for the weekend I am way behind!
3:00 change Sadler’s outfit, he is wet with drool, spit and slobber. We spend some time cuddling and playing!
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3:30 I hear Grayden wake up from his nap but he plays upstairs in his room for awhile after he wakes up so I leave him be. Sadler goes down for a nap 15 minutes later in the bouncy seat. I spend some time on the computer.
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4:00 I get Grayden from upstairs, he got himself all wrapped up in his shirt, that's the second time he did that today, I think the tank top thing is new to him! He told me he ‘need a snack’ so i got his some pretzels and water and sat him in the chair where he watched a Boz movie. I’m going to get dressed for Mindy’s birthday dinner and have a little treat of my own, iced coffee!
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4:15 ok, so i got about half way through taking my pony tail down and brushing my hair out when Sadler wakes up, and he is mad! I spend the next 45 minutes trying to get him back to sleep with no luck. at 5pm I give him another bottle. Hoping to be able to get dressed and ready when Robb gets home in a few!
5:20 Robb comes home, gives Sadler the rest of his bottle while I get ready. Some one comes to look at Robb’s Jeep for sale so he heads outside. I get the boys ready and we are on our way to dinner shortly after 6. We make a quick stop at the lot!
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Grayden sings his little heart out when we’re in the car, so I took this little video of him!

We enjoy dinner with my family to celebrate Mindy’s birthday
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and then head to Best Buy to price out TV’s. After Best Buy we head back to the same deli I had lunch at for some frozen yogurt! Sadler gets his last bottle at 8pm
We swing through at the lot one more time on the way home (we obviously can’t stay away!) and get home around 9:30, I get the boys ready for bed and Robb tucks Grayden in!
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Grayden is fast asleep by 9:45. Sadler is in his pj’s and winding down,
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he will most likely be asleep in the next half hour (10:30ish). We’ll head to bed too once he’s asleep!
Thanks for following along on our day! It sure was a busy one!

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What I Wore Wednesday

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

linking up today for What I Wore Wednesday from the Pleated Poppy. Lindsey started WIWW to motivate her to put more effort into getting ready everyday and lets face it, as a mom to a 2 year old and 2 month old these days I spend a lot of time in yoga pants and tee shirts! But I think its about time to get out of that rut so I joined in!

 

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Wednesday, play date at the park with my friend Jayme and her son Andrew, and niece Piper

Stripped tank: Gap-old

White Tank: Charlotte Russe

Skirt: Old Navy

Necklace: Mommy Necklace

Watch: Rue 21

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Thursday, I was home all day, at night we checked out the happenings at the lot and had dinner at our friends/cousins Scott and Stacey’s house. At the end of the night I had baby pee on my shirt and questioned why I had agreed to put effort into my wardrobe in the first place!

Top: Rue 21

Capri’s: Maurices

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Friday, Dr appointment for Sadler and errands day

Pink Tank: Target

Ruffled Tank: from Forever 21, fabric for ruffles from Hob Lob, sewn on by friend Val!

Jeans: American Eagle

Watch: JCPenney

 

Spent Saturday and Sunday at the lake, in my suit all weekend!

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Monday, fourth of July breakfast with my family.

Blue top: Love Culture

Sleeveless wrap: Forever 21

Jean Capri’s: Maurices

Necklace: Body Central

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Tuesday, doctor appointment for Sadler, visit with baby Andrew in the hospital. (please pray for him, his been at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital since Friday for the second time now), hair clients at night.

Shirt Dress: Old Navy

Leggings: JCPenney

Necklace: Mommy Necklace

Watch: Rue 21

Shoes: Bitten by Sarah Jessica Parker (Steve and Barry’s) wedge espadrilles, OLD

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Wednesday, play date at my sisters house

Pink Tank: Target

Grey Tank: Old Navy

Capri’s: Kohl’s

Watch: Rue 21, obviously a good purchase, I wear it all the time :)

Pink hair clip: Forever 21

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swimming lessons

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Grayden finished up 2 weeks of swimming lessons last week at our soon-to-be neighbors’ pool.

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He’s never been a huge fan of water so I thought it would be good for him to become a little more comfortable around lakes and pools. The first lesson he said “all done mommy, get out please” about 50 times, no joke! Every day he got more and more relaxed…he was by no means jumping right in by the last lesson, but there was some definite improvement!!

So proud of him!

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Weekend Up North

Monday, June 27, 2011

We came home last night from a fun weekend up North at Robb’s parent’s cottage. The weather was PERFECT!

We had a great time!

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testing out the water, grayden is getting braver and braver in the water!

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playing ball with uncle ryan

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castle building with uncle jeremy

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this little cutie was a little outta sorts this weekend, seems to me like he’s gonna be my schedule/routine boy!

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telling grandma stories

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the whole family

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alyssa gave me feathers!

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grandpa and grayden sitting on the sea-doo

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