2:21 a.m. - Ugh, I can hear E crying. He's been sleeping "through the night" (i.e. 8 - 5 or 6) several nights a week, but the rest of the time he still wakes up once a night. I grab him, bring him back to bed, and nurse him about 20 minutes. Luckily he's tired and I'm able to put him back to sleep in his crib at 2:45. Unluckily, I have a hard time going back to sleep and toss and turn about 30 minutes.
6:55 a.m. - Now we're up for real! We hear Emmett rustling around and Luke goes to grab him. He's so excited to see me and dives into my arms in bed. I nurse him for 20 minutes, then he's ready to adventure crawl around the bed and bedroom. He's happy and easily entertained this morning - score!
7:30 a.m. - Luke takes E downstairs and I check the weather before getting up and quickly dressed and pick out Emmett's clothes for the day. I head to the kitchen to find Luke has already changed E's dirty diaper (yay!) and started the coffee (double-yay!). E plays around with bowls and wooden spoons while we whip up breakfast. I make oats in a jar (not in a jar or overnight, but still delicious!). I microwave a couple Applegate Farms chicken & maple breakfast sausages, crumble up a homemade almond flour muffin and grab a pouch and leftover homemade smoothie for Emmett.
7:50 a.m. - We all sit down to breakfast. E throws his first few bites of muffin, the blackberries I've offered and spits out the smoothie. Yikes. We give him some Cheerios and sausage which cheers him up. We revisit the muffin and he devours that along with all of the sausage. Phew! A big breakfast for him.
8:07 a.m. - All done with breakfast! E surprisingly enjoys playing with his toys for a few minutes, so Luke and I do a quick power clean from breakfast and unload the clean dishes from the dishwasher. Luke finishes getting ready for work while E and I play ball on the back deck for a few minutes. Luke heads off to work and I get Emmett dressed for the day.
8:44 a.m. - It's time for a wagon walk! E enjoys being outside and pushing his wagon, and I'm really proud how much he's built up his stamina. The other day we were out for an hour and he did almost a full mile on his own two legs! It takes him a little convincing to go the way I've decided (sometimes I let him choose, but only when we don't have any time commitments). We see the guineas down the road, so then he's more than happy to go my way! He sits and watches them for a while, and gets sad when they go behind a house and wants to follow. I end up having to carry him the rest of the street, but then he's ready to walk again when we turn the corner. We have to book it home to keep on schedule!
9:25 a.m. - We get home and pack up the car. It's time to head to Mueller to lead our weekly Hike It Baby hike! Emmett usually takes his little morning catnap on the drive, but no dice today. He's a little fussy, but luckily traffic isn't too bad.
9:55 a.m. - We arrive, pull out the stroller, and head to meet our hiking friends. It's a small group today (only 4 - we've had as many as 18!), which is kind of nice so we can easily stay together as a group. After waiting to make sure we don't leave any late-comers behind, we head off on a 2.7 mile stroll. E passes out halfway through and sleeps about 20 minutes. A little later than usual, but I'll take it!
11:10 a.m. - Back at the Mueller park, and it's time to play! We let the kiddos out to stretch their legs and play. I'm glad my friend Rachel meets us there too with her daughter Amity. We haven't seen them in a while due to travel and sick kiddos, so it was fun to catch up! While at the park, E snacks on a mandarin and some graham crackers.
12:20 p.m. - Time to pack up and head home for lunch! I give Luke a call, and he's able to meet us home. Yay! Traffic is randomly lame and Emmett is not excited about it, so I sing the Wheels on the Bus and Old MacDonald to cheer him up - it does the trick :)
12:40 p.m. - Lunch will be a bit hodge podge, so I throw some tater tots in the oven for Emmett and start warming other things up. Once things are all set up, we play in the back yard waiting for Luke to get home.
12:55 p.m. - Dada is home! He washes E's hands, then we sit down to eat. Luke and I are having leftover risotto that I made last night with some delicious kale and leeks I scored at Springdale Farm this weekend along with bacon and roasted tomatoes, and plenty of Parmigiano Reggiano. I also slice up an apple for us to share. We offer E tater tots, edamame, peanut butter oat date balls and a Greek yogurt butternut squash pouch. E discovered tater tots this weekend is obsessed, but today he just chunks them on the ground. Luckily he's into the edamame, oat balls and apples.
1:15 p.m. - E and Luke horse around for a few minutes before Luke heads back to work. It's a busy day so he can't stay too long, but we were glad he could come for a bit! Emmett and I hop into the playpen for a bit to play with toys and read lots of books. I happen to smell a surprising midday dirty diaper so get him all changed up. I ask him if he's ready for milk and a nap and he nods and says "yeah" so we head upstairs!
1:45 p.m. - A quiet nurse and then he goes down for his nap. Phew!
2:00 p.m. - Naptime freedom! I clean up from lunch, then sit down to start this post. I have a blog post due for the Whole Foods blog this week, so I finish that draft and send it off. Voting day is tomorrow so I also spend some time researching issues and candidates so I can rock the vote tomorrow. I throw a mix of brown rice and quinoa in the rice cooker and set the timer so it'll be ready for dinner. I prep some salmon and broccoli to cook off at dinner time. Next I chop veggies to throw in the slow cooker for a white bean veggie soup tomorrow. Emmett is STILL asleep so I change course for dinner and go ahead and cook it. Finally I head upstairs to put some laundry away. That does the trick, I hear E stirring...
5:03 p.m. - Wow! A long nap, that's three days in a row. I'll take it. I go grab him from his crib. He points to some books in his room so we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar (he loves that book because one of his words that he says is apple, pronounced "happle" in a very shy, sweet voice) and The Little Blue Truck.
5:15 p.m. - We head downstairs, harness Benji and I put Emmett in the hiking carrier, and we head on a neighborhood walk. It's beautiful outside and we're all in good moods. I text my friend Aubrie as we pass her house and she pops out for a quick hello. We head on our way and give Luke a call to make sure he'll be home in time for dinner. He says yes but he's running a little later than usual (he's usually home by 6 or sooner), but no worries, we're enjoying ourselves and dinner is already cooked! We run into a few more neighbor friends and stop to visit.
6:08 p.m. - Luke gets home as we're out front talking to our neighbor and his dog. Dada's home! We head inside and I warm up dinner while the guys play out back. Everyone is excited for salmon night! Note I accidentally gave Emmett more salmon than we had - don't worry, he ate all but one bite. Actually, he ate this WHOLE plate of food. Kid LOVES salmon so we eat it at least once a week. I buy the vacuum packed frozen salmon from Whole Foods - it's fresh, affordable, sustainable and convenient. I usually cook two fillets and then divide it amongst the three of us.
7:00 p.m. - Time to fill up my water, kiss the boys goodbye, and head to the gym!
7:15 p.m. - I arrive at Gold's for my weekly Body Jam class. I've been jamming for 8 years, and I'm obsessed with it. Our instructor, Nicole, is SO awesome, fun and inspirational. Despite tiring days, I always get re-energized for Body Jam.
8:15 p.m. - Class is over. I stay after to chat with some of the gang for about 15 minutes before heading home.
8:45 p.m. - Hi Luke! We say a quick hello and he tells me about bedtime and I tell him about jam. Then I head upstairs to shower since I'm hella sweaty. He even took a few photos of bedtime which is too cute. E had a blast crawling/walking around downstairs banging his wooden spoon around.
We snuggle up on the couch and watch an episode of The Americans on Amazon Prime. It seemed like that show had a long break so I assumed it had been cancelled - we were excited to see it's in its 3rd season.
9:45 p.m. - We head upstairs and get ready for bed.
10:00 p.m. - Lights out! I'm zonked after another active Monday and ready to sleep.
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