What a great Birthday!

Yesterday was my birthday and the day after Martha's mysterious nightly fever fully ended so we needed to do something special! Martha wanted to go to the pool and I though that sounded great it was sunny and looked beautiful out! So I fiddled around for way too long in the morning looking for a pool to go to since the local one didn't open till 1 pm! Well it ended up we weren't ready to leave till oh 12:15 so I asked Martha before I took sleeping Ruth off my back if she was sure she wanted to ride in the car to the pool...she said no the stroller! So I altered what I packed (which was way too much junk! especially for such a small basket!) and packed the girls up...waking Ruth up...changed to my tennis and off we went!

I pushed them about 2 miles to the park where the pool is and it was not a bad walk at all...I wasn't even that hot! But we got there 10 min before the pool opened. Took a porta potty trip for Martha and then went to get in line...thankfully we got in front of the first set of day camp kids!

The big BOB Revolution Duallie just fit through all the crazy entry ways designed for privacy of those in the locker rooms! I partially dressed Ruth in the noisy locker room and then off we went to the kiddy pool! Martha was so excited but had to wait a few min for the life guard to say it was ok...so I finished dressing and sun screening Ruth while Martha got in and walked around...then all the big kids were everywhere splashing and getting water in her face and such and she got cold...so she came back to me and back to the water for a bit. Finally We were all off at the pool side. The water was FREEZING! Ruth however seems to be the only one that didn't really care...she probably has the most body fat...haha! We got in and out a few times and after while they had a safety check so I suggested we take out food and go eat in the snack area!

Both girls had a great time eating under the umbrella of the table. Finally we were about out of food...only apples left so we went back pool side. I threw on a little more sunscreen to be safe as it was about 2:15 PM! Martha went back to the water shortly later she deemed it too cold and wanted to go home. So we went back to all our junk and I dried off Martha and got her dressed...she wanted to eat so I put her in the stroller pulled the canopy and let her eat a cheese stick I found in the bottom of the lunch box (yeah I know dairy is on the no no list but oh that's another topic I don't even know quite how to deal with lately!). I got Ruth dressed and packed everything up in the stroller and off we went. BOB was an even tighter fit leaving and Martha didn't want to go...I told her we could go to the playground before coming home because I needed to feed Ruth but she was asleep so unhappily according to Martha we went on our walk home.

About 10-15 min in Martha was asleep too :) Oh the bliss...so I took my sweet time because I felt like my whole return walk was uphill! As I was walking down our street I though geeze this is great but I still need to pick up a few things up at the local grocery store...so I stopped in the driveway and unloaded the basket and junk in the stroller and off we went again. I rocked the stroller while I waited forever to check out...what the heck was everyone doing at the grocery store at 3:30 pm!!! Both girls stayed asleep and back home we went :)

Oh the peace but I was starving so I went inside went potty grabbed some food and a chair....as I was walking out the door Martha was waking up screaming! So I quickly grabbed her and started nursing her back to sleep...that worked but Ruth woke up especially with the noisy wind chimes in the front yard. Took Martha in to the couch...got Ruth. Took care of her and go to eat my food! I played with Ruth a while and then put her on my back for another nap...ordered 2 bras (oh yeah more on the bra hunt to come in the next 2 or so weeks). Next Martha woke up quite unhappy so I nursed her. When Dan arrived home I had Ruth sleeping on my back and Martha sleeping/ nursing in my lap! Martha had a great oh 3 hour (segmented) nap and I didn't have to fight with one kid for a nap! OH YEAH GREAT DAY!!!

I got some time to relax while Dan Ergo'ed Martha while cooking dinner...then I got called to "watch" the soup so he could go mow the yard. In I went and Ruth woke up so I had all sorts of things to do. We had a nice dinner...toward the end my parent's called to wish me happy birthday. (I got tons of Facebook birthday wishes.) And then Dan and Martha made me a cake while I got to take a shower ALONE!!! I got yummy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting yumm! Martha only got a little tiny bit because she was acting crazy after licking the icing while cooking.

I finished up the night by washing the girls quickly in the tub to eliminate sunscreen. Then everyone got in bed with sleeping daddy had some mommy milk and went down without much fuss :) Which is huge as lately I've been having to literally hold Ruth down till she was crying and finally ready to quit trying to sit, crawl, climb, stand and go to sleep!

In Search of the Elusive Nursing Bra

A few of my friends and family have heard of know of my search for a nursing bra that actually fits...so here is the update and latest saga.
I seem unable to find a nursing bra that fits! I tried on everything that was near my size at Be By Baby and only one fit but I refused to buy it because it was too wide...inhibited my ability to move my arms in front of my body. Next I went on a venture with Bella Materna and tried oh every style they make in a few sizes They were great to work with sending me extra's to try on after I talked to them on the phone about my saga. I even tried the Intimacy bra store the Opera show had their intervention thing for...no luck! I did end up keeping one Bella Materna that fits pretty good...support is iffy but supper comfy except the darn band rolls under the busts and messes up the support and fit so it slides around way more than I would like or a bra should! Then I tried with New Mother New Baby in Northbook where Hy and I are teaching BWing and CDing classes...she is going to order me an Anita in a 32 G (yes I know 32 and G!) I'm hoping that will fit....because in Bella Materna I'm like a 32 H/I! What the heck!

I want to write angry letters to all the bra manufacturers about lack of consistancy and lousy size selection!

But today I attempted to go to Betty Schwartz in Buffalo Grove because when I called I though they said they had 5 styles in 34 F and some in 32 G...yeah I heard WRONG they had 2...one Anita underwire (that darn brand has no size consistency) and a really old Leading Lady in a cotton soft cup...it even had the 3 step old hook and eye nursing "clip." If I wanted a plain old underwire I would have been all set as they did have a few of those to try!

Yeah and no exerciseing today though we are planning a family walk in a few min...hopefully Dan can wear Ruth down and transfer her to bed...I took too long being "held" down my a nursing toddler while typing...daddy says its too late!

Martha woke up with Dan this morning at 5:30! after going to bed at 10:30 or 11. And Ruth woke up just before 6am because Martha was being noisy talking with daddy in the bathroom! So I was a bad mom and put Martha in front of PBS for way too long and wore Ruth for some napping while I got all sorts of cleaning done in my kitchen...it looks quite nice...I even managed to load almost all the dinner dishes!

In retrospect I'm glad the girls woke up early as the grinding and what not to resurface our road was quite noisy at 7 am! I though it was really cool to watch the stuff being shot into the truck and what not Martha didn't care she was missing her show! After we got done "shopping" both girls were asleep and I though the loud uneven road was going to wake them up...it didn't and I sat in the car while they slept because transfering would end all the happy sleeping!

The road is a dusty icky mess! So I'm happy we didn't breath that in!