Monday, 28 July

Today was really tough getting up this morning. Didn't sleep very well. Kurt worked Sunday night and when he got home, Riley went crazy and woke me up. Olivia was already up when I went into her room. She was just bouncing on her crib mattress. I'm hoping that now we know about her allergies and she is eating the right foods that her skin will heal up. She is still itching but it's getting better. After dropping her off at Day Care, I got to the gym. Just dragging, I did not have the energy at all but forced myself to continue the cardio. Work was busy, it's going well. I got an appointment for Olivia with the Allergiest for more testing on August13. At lunch, I did an AB workout. Came back to work and ate my lunch (left overs from last night). I gave blood today (they came to our office) and that took about 1 1/2 hours - really slow this time. Finished up after that and then headed home with Olivia. Got home, immediately changed Olivia (she gets so dirty at daycare) and then headed out to the Health Food Store. I got a bunch of recipes for Wheat Free/Glutten Free/Egg Free/Milk Free Breads and snacks so I wanted to get some of the ingredients I needed. The Health Food store had a lot to choose from, I got Egg Substitutes, Rice Flour, Tapioca Flour, Cookie mixes, Chocolate and Vanilla Rice Milk... well, too many things to list but I did get a bunch of things for our baby girl. After that, got home - Kurt had left for work already so I started cooking up a Cheesy Turkey Rice Noodle meal for Olivia's dinner. Rice Noodles take only a couple of minutes to prepare which is nice but if you overcook them even by a couple of minutes, they are mushy. Olivia loved her dinner, which made me happy. For Dessert, she got a couple of Oat Free Oatmeal cookies. After dinner, got her changed and we played for a while. I learned my lesson today, I was laying on the bed and Olivia was climbing on my back - well unfortunately Olivia lost her balance and fell off the bed - luckily she landed on a bunch of pillows but it scared her and she cried for a bit. She ended up falling asleep on my chest - so I put her to bed. I then started to clean up from the mess we made getting all the tupperware out of the cupboard, pulling out all of her bottles, pulling all of the socks out of her dresser... Got some laundry done and then got my stuff ready for Tuesday. I was so tired by the time I got done with all that. Went to bed and fell asleep pretty quickly. Woke up when Kurt got home, Riley and his barking are driving me crazy. I may have to put him in his Kennel tonight. Olivia got up around 4:00 am, I changed her and she went back to bed pretty quick. Long Day