What a week!

It was a rough week for me - I'm so glad the weekend is here!

We struggled with bedtime this week ... the girls are still not sleeping well - waking up often, screaming, wanting someone to stay in their room. Jaxon is throwing huge fussy fits in the evening. Justin and I are exhausted. It has to get better soon! :)

Justin was out of town on Wednesday and Thursday. My mom came to stay with me on Wednesday. We struggled to get the girls to bed, and Jaxon screamed hard from 6:00-11:00. He was so constipated. (Poor daycare got to deal with that mess the next day - but I got to deal with the laundry from that mess. Ha!) While my mom and I both tried to calm Jaxon down (taking turns), the girls so nicely dumped out every. single. basket of toys they could find. They dumped out every puzzle and every little thing they could find. Maybe they were mad that my mom and I were giving so much attention to Jaxon?! :) So on top of crabby kids, our house looked a tornado went through it.

I finally got the girls to sleep, and my mom had to break it to me that my fridge was not working. Everything in the freezer was thawed, and the items in the fridge were not very cold. So, here it is almost 10:00, Jaxon is screaming, Jordyn woke back up and is on the couch, Jayla was in her bed screaming, and I have a fridge/freezer that don't work. We have an extra fridge in our garage, but since the garage is not insulated and it was super cold here this week, everything in the fridge out there freezes. We couldn't use the fridge as a backup.

I called my neighbors (so thankful they didn't mind a late phone call) and Dave brought over a cooler for us. I filled that one and our cooler, and we put them in the garage. Of course our freezer and fridge were full - I had just gotten groceries the night before. I was in a bit of a panic because I wanted to make sure we had milk for the girls and that Jaxon's medications would stay cold. Thankfully the coolers worked. By 11:00 that night, my mom and I were exhausted ... and the girls were still waking up crying. Jordyn ended up sleeping in my bed with me, and Jayla slept in the pack and play next to my bed.

The girls were super tired/crabby the next morning, which didn't make getting ready for school very easy. We made it though!

Justin's mom came to help on Thursday. My dad had brought my dorm fridge to Justin's parent's house so that Shelli could bring it up to me so that at least I would have a little fridge to put things in until ours was fixed! Justin's mom was able to get ahold of a repairman - and through some begging from her, they came to the house on Thursday afternoon. She was here while they fixed it, and thankfully, it was a just a $150 fix. So much better than having to buy a new fridge! She also picked up Jordyn from daycare so that I only had to make one stop to get Jayla and Jaxon in this cold weather. She and Jordyn cleaned the fridge and the house for me. SOOOOO appreciated! Jordyn also got to go run an errand with her and pick up happy meals for supper. She was pretty excited!

We are so incredibly thankful and blessed with such wonderful parents who give us so much help and support!

I have some random pictures of the kids below. The pictures are from about two weeks ago. :)

Totally random - but Jayla's hair is finally long enough on the top to put in a pony. The problem though is that she HATES having anything in her hair! I have to work fast, but I'm getting pretty good about getting the hair into a ponytail! :)

Jordyn loves to wear Mommy's boots!

The three kids snuggling in Mom and Dad's bed ... nope, the bed is not made. Don't judge. :)

Oh - I was just about ready to post this, and I forgot to mention how my rough week ended. Ugh. I rolled my ankle after lunch on Friday. I was walking in the hallway at school and saw a puddle of water from melted snow, and I was being super cautious and before I knew it, my left ankle rolled. I was wearing boots with about a 2-3 inch heal on them. I didn't fall, but my left ankle went down far enough to touch the floor.  I've never sprained an ankle/broken a bone, and I have zero pain tolerance. I sat with my foot up and iced it for the next hour and a half, and then it felt pretty good. In fact, from about 3:00-5:00, I had very little pain. By about 6:00 last night, I couldn't walk. My ankle, the top of my food, the bottom of my foot, and my leg hurt. Finally by 11:00 last night I was able to walk enough to get up the steps to bed. It is doing much better today - a little swollen, but it feels so much better. If the horrible pain had continued, I would have gone to the doctor today. I already filed the work claim on it.

And one other update - I saw a urologist specialist this week. No infection right now, but I need an ultrasound done on Monday morning. I am hopeful they won't find any problems. :)

Today has been a good day. All three kids are napping right now. The house is quiet, and I am enjoying the peace and quiet! :)