It’s been a bit since I posted about just every day life and I thought why not. Just an average day with little miss Valeria and I as daddy had to go into the office. Mama/daughter day, it was really nice.
She’s such a well behaved little girl, I can’t complain really when she has a bit of a breakdown due to exhaustion or when she wants attention. How could she want my attention still, she was stuck with me all day?! It’s sweet really that she just loves spending time with me and Anthony always.
She was having a rough night last night so I went to sleep in her room. Anthony’s alarm was going off at 5 AM to make the couple hours drive to his office, so we thought it best he gets the bedroom to himself. She was wiggly and I’m almost certain I was punched, kicked and crawled on throughout the night. Oh toddlers! To say she is an active sleeper is an understatement. She also decided it would be a wonderful idea to wake up at 7 AM after she had hardly slept. Yeaaaaaah… mama was TIRED! Eventually after calling for daddy and me explaining that it’s just us today, we crawled out of bed. Diaper change completed, teeth brushed and clothes changed – we headed to the kitchen for breakfast.
Now….breakfast was barely had. She kept say ‘toast, toast…’ followed by ‘baycan…baycan..’ which translates to bacon, just to clarify. So I made her toast with a bit of peanut butter and some bacon. If you could see my face, you would know she hardly ate – having half a bacon strip and 1/4 of the slice of toast I had made her. She just doesn’t have much of an appetite for breakfast lately.
We proceeded to play; colouring, puzzles, DuoABC lessons and we attempted The Little Mermaid but didn’t last long before she started getting cranky due to exhaustion. I had to push it until 11 AM because I knew if I didn’t, well it would mess up her whole evening sleep schedule. Thankfully, she was able to last and slept from 11:15 AM to about 1 PM. However, in that time I washed dishes, cleaned the rest of the main floor bathroom, brought up clothing that were scattered all over the house (don’t even ask…), cleaned the kitchen, cleaned up the recycling, handled some bills, made her soup and just before she woke up I attempted to start making brownies. I didn’t get a break really.
Once she was up she wanted to listen to Finny the Shark music, so I put that on for her while she played with her rocking horse. I finished up in the kitchen, dished out soup in a bowl and opted to attempt Casper the Friendly ghost. She liked it for 15 minutes before she wanted to colour and do other things. I left it on because well….it’s me and I love Casper. She also ate two massive bowls of soup. We played up until the doorbell rang at 4:30 PM.
My mother and brother decided they were going to pop by, mentioning it the night before to me on the phone. It was nice that they came over. When that doorbell rang and she saw who it was – she was shrieking with excitement. They played with her as I made dinner and well we had brownies and coffee for dessert. Anthony walked through the door just as we finished dinner and Valeria was thrilled for a second time that evening. He ate quickly and then spent time with Valeria. My brother managed to fix our coffee maker and we sat around chatting. It was some really nice quality time. They left around 7 PM, which was just in time for Valeria to go down for the night. She was getting fussy and asking for milk.
We said our goodbyes to my mom and brother followed up by diaper change, pajamas and then bottle filled. Whisked upstairs to bed for a quick book and her nightly prayers. I gave her kisses and we said our I love yous and I left the room. I watched on the camera as Anthony and Valeria both fell asleep. They both looked so peaceful.
The night ended quietly – I finished the novel I was currently reading and eventually Anthony woke up so we could watch our show. Not long after he went back to bed and here I am writing this post and watching my all time favourite Autumn show – Gilmore Girls. Every September I start it, but now I’ll watch the rest of this episode and maybe another then pass out.
So I will bid you farewell right now.
Hope you have a wonderful day or night wherever you are in the world!
Ciao!
Mama on the Move 
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