This weekend

So, I know it has been a while since I have blogged. I was so excited to start this and then I have been neglecting it. Not good. I will tell you all about my crazy weekend. Friday morning I was suppose to have an appointment to get assistance paying for daycare. I thought the lady on the phone told me 8:30 am but apparently it was 8 am. So needless to say I missed the appointment. Which I really need since I am currently not receiving child support for Izabel and daycare is expensive. After that I stopped at O & H to get some donuts to cheer me up. I took them over to my grandparents to see my grandma who just got out of the hospital from knee replacement surgery. She is doing so well, it is awesome. I am so proud of her, at 82 she is doing amazing well. I brought Izabel of course hahah, and we played and my grandpa was so excited to see and hold her. While I was playing with Izabel I figured out how to make her giggle. She started laughing so hard, it was so cute. When you tickle her little tummy she thinks it so funny. It definitely improved my mood. After my grandparents I was suppose to have lunch with Bret's two sisters, Lia and Kendra but something came up and they couldn't go. :(  Later, I met up with my mom, and my little sister to get something else for her Birthday. This turned out to be a great big waste of time. Oh well, I went back home and took a nap with Izabel.
Then we got up super early and drove to the Kenosha train station. And of course there was drama trying to get onto the train. Izabels stroller is too big and wouldnt fit down the aisles. Finally we made it too my sisters condo and it was pretty cold and windy. After eating breakfast we tried to decide what to do to celebrate my little sisters birthday. We all packed up and decided to walk around chicago. As soon as we got outside it was pouring rain, super cold and windy. And izabel doesnt like the rain on her face so we went back to the condo and watched movies. We didnt really get to celebrate her birthday together but it was kind of a fun day. I love going to visit my older sister. I miss seeing her all the time. She is one of the only people I feel I have to talk to about things. We took the late train back and got home at 12. By this time Izabels schedule was completely screwed up. And she had not been sleeping super well all week. Needless to say we fell asleep together and at 1 am I put her in her crib.
Izabel and I got up early sunday morning and drove down to Kenosha to have breakfast with Brets mom and grandparents at Panera Bread. The food was delicious and it was nice for Izabel to see them. Even though Bret lives far away I feel it is really important for his family to be part of Izabels life. So, whenever they are in town or call to meet up I really try to make it work so we can meet up and they can see her. She is growing up so fast. At first Izabel cried because she has stranger danger but after a few minutes she was fine. We took lots of pictures and visited. It is always a little awkward for me because his family really likes me and his grandma wants us to get back together. But since he lives in another state I am not sure that will ever work out. The day ended with grocery shopping, cooking chili and lots of Izabel fussing. I think she is teething because she is drooling a lot and is chewing hard on everything. I did not end up going to bed until late because my little sister finally opened her presents at 10 pm.