Giggles & Gumdrops

Well, I had my first nervous breakdown moment today. I spent the past nine of months of pregnancy in fear of days like today and was shocked that the first two weeks had not resulted in this moment sooner...

Yesterday the mini-van started acting funny. The back wouldn't open with the remote anymore and the car seemed to struggle to start - multiple times. Last night I mentioned it to the husband and he said I would need to take it in to have the battery replaced. We have a long drive this weekend for a wedding and neither of us want to be stranded in a town we aren't totally familiar with. I start getting a little anxious and frustrated about this last night...this is the 5th thing we've had go 'wrong' recently and the 4th relating to cars. And this would be my first experience taking both kids...the husband suggested taking Kendall to day care...yes, this would have been smart, however I felt guilty just thinking about it so I continued on my stubborn way...

So last night was like every other night this week...Leah won't go to bed until after midnight, then she wakes from 2 until 4 and then again at 6. The husband needs 7 hours of sleep to be functional at work, so I've been sleeping on the couch in the living room so we won't disturb anyone. Back to this particular evening...I've had a couple nighttime 'naps' and feeling very groggy when I hear Kendall wake up at 7 - much earlier than she normally does. This makes me a little grumpy because now I'll have to get everything ready to go to the car dealership with Kendall awake and on the loose too...so I get her up, get her juice...start the fun pumping process...pack the bags, feed the baby, change the baby, change the baby again, change the Kendall...run out of bottles for the road, wash bottles for the road...finally get to where I can load up the car and...

THE BATTERY IS NOW DEAD

Thus began my nervous breakdown moment...lack of sleep, frustration, BOTH children fussing...so this wasn't a very good morning for me.

Fortunately after about 30 minutes of off and on crying, I pulled it together and got a hold of the husband to come jump the mini-van. Another blessing from God, the car dealership has a children's waiting room, so Kendall couldn't escape! It was great.

So even though I had to pay $100 for a battery on a car we just bought and had to keep Kendall from banging on glass windows for about an hour...we are all calm now :o)

My take away moment of the day...I CAN handle two kids under two years old for at least 60 minutes...and people really do help you when you are pushing a stroller with one hand and have an 18 month old in the other.