{"id":92,"date":"2011-06-05T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-05T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/just-some-odds-and-ends\/"},"modified":"2018-04-21T17:22:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T17:22:25","slug":"just-some-odds-and-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/just-some-odds-and-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Some Odds and Ends."},"content":{"rendered":"

We just dropped Baby Ella off at Mimi\u2019s house yesterday \u2013 she\u2019ll be there for a week and I think it will be great for all involved.  I really do feel like God has renewed my affection for my littlest one these past couple months.  She is coming into her own, but anyone who\u2019s had an 18 month old knows it is one of the most exhausting stages in early child parenting (at least, in my own humble opinion).  She\u2019s so BUSY.  I cannot take my eyes off that girl and she\u2019s already zipped up the back stairs.  And the sibling stuff \u2013 omg it is just so exhausting, and it\u2019s just beginning.  So to have a week with just one of them is really a gift, for them and for me.  So far, I\u2019m told Baby E has walked the length of my parent\u2019s house with her shopping cart about 10 times.  She\u2019s even stepped away from the table towards my mom, without holding onto anything.  It really is only a matter of time before she is running everywhere.  What an enormous blessing!!  She\u2019s a feisty one.  At 19 months, E definitely has her opinion on things.  She has a temper, and isn\u2019t afraid to let you know when you\u2019ve sufficiently ticked her off.  On the other hand, she has the cutest giggle and \u201ctalks\u201d constantly, often using any small object as her cellphone.  It\u2019s pretty darn cute. So what on earth, you may be wondering, are you going to do for a week as a one child household??  Weeeelll, I\u2019m glad you asked because I have plans; pool dates with friends, a long, leisurely stroll through Central Market<\/a>, a kid\u2019s matinee or two, daily gym visits (as I should have no fear of being called down to collect a screaming baby) and some quality one on one time with C. We are in the midst of a struggle with our oldest and I\u2019m not sure what to do.  She\u2019s been waking up in the middle of the night, hysterical and irrational, wanting to sleep in our room.  Charlie has always been an amazing sleeper, since she was 6 weeks old\u2026Vann and I are at our wit\u2019s end with these midnight temper tantrums.  A friend recommended this<\/a> book \u2013 it seems that many of our friends who have 3-4 year olds are dealing with some type of behavioral struggle these days.  So, this might be the week to give it a try.  In other less serious news, we\u2019ve decided to have our guest bedroom and bath done this summer.  This bathroom about did me in \u2013 and we almost didn\u2019t buy this house because I was so turned off by it: \"243217_10150210591667722_611007721_6925908_6650731_o\"<\/a> I know,  I know, if it\u2019s cosmetic, it can be fixed!!  Haven\u2019t you ever watched HGTV??!!!  I admit, I was bothered by the cosmetic updating that needed to be done.  After almost a year of living here, I recognize we bought a wonderful house on an excellent lot and with love and care, and yes, money, we will be able to put our stamp on it and make it (even more) fabulous.  So, the first step, is tackling our \u201cpatriotic bathroom\u201d and removing the lovely stars and stripes border and spongy blue wallpaper, then texturing and painting.  After poring over painting magazines all weekend, I think we might be going with a lilac, orange, chocolate brown, and white palette \u2013 with both rooms coordinating in some way.  Can you tell I\u2019m a little geeked about it??  Anyway, nothing too earth-shattering on this end to report.  I\u2019m looking forward to a little less busyness <\/em>this week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We just dropped Baby Ella off at Mimi\u2019s house yesterday \u2013 she\u2019ll be there for a week and I think it will be great for all involved.  I really do feel like God has renewed my affection for my littlest one these past couple months.  She is coming into her own, but anyone who\u2019s had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/almostjuliet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/243217_10150210591667722_611007721_6925908_6650731_o_thumb255B1255D.jpg?fit=644%2C430&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/almostjuliet.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}