Yesterday's day was so ridiculous that I must record it or I'll think back on it and not believe it actually happened.
9:50 am: Addison starts crying (up all night, which was why she slept in), I go into her room to find her naked, wet diaper on floor, covered in poop, which is also smeared all over her crib and PotteryBarn bedding.
9:52 : I throw her in bathtub and hose her down
9:54: Hunter decided he wants to take a bath and starts taking all his clothes off, trying to climb in my now poop filled bathtub.
10:00: Both kids are now in our master bathtub playing happily as I carefully pry all bedding off crib.
10:10: Ding Dong! A new college student to our ministry arrives for our breakfast meeting
10:12: Me and two half naked wet children come downstairs to greet our sweet visitor, Kate.
10:15: Try to make chocolate chip pancakes as Hunter spills pancake mix everywhere
10:20: Look at Addison to discover she looks like she got into a UFC fight, her eye and chin is swollen and red.
10:30: Call Pediatrician, give Benadryl
10:40: Eat pancakes and enjoy a discussion with Kate (while Addison spills a box of Cheerios on carpet)
11:30: Say goodbye to our guest, vacuum up cheerios.
11:30: Try to clean the rest of Addison's morning surprise and notice that the children are both very quiet.
12:00: Call Poison Control. (Kids knocked Pepto Bismol tablets from top shelf in pantry and decided to try a few)
12:30: Put Addison to bed, collapse in a heap.
3:00: Hunter wants to play bubbles, and spills and entire bottle of bubble juice on floor.
3:30: Notice an army of ants that have come marching into our kitchen.
4:00: Wash all kitchen mats and vacuum (again)
5:00: Try to make dessert for our premarital counseling session tonight: Hunter wants to help.
5:37: BEEPING oven timer!! (AH! Burned the dessert b/c I was playing trains with Hunter)
6:00: Throw kids into van.
6:02: Forgot something: Got locked out of house, go around to get extra key
6:03: Go out into the rain to grocery store to buy new dessert: ice cream. (Praying that for once, as I check out there's not a kind old lady behind me telling me to "Enjoy these days! They go by so fast!" I could just see it now..."Local Pastor's Wife takes out old lady in Grocery Store Checkout Lane."
6:15: As I put the cart away, Hunter gets out of his carseat, throws open driver's side door and almost smashes the nice black BMW next to me...close call!
7:00: Make dinner, Doug walks in- exhausted from his nonstop day of ministry.
6:30: Throw kids in bathtub again, and make myself somewhat presentable for our company coming.
10:00: Watch Covert Affairs with Doug and fold a ginormous amount of laundry.
12:00: Roll into bed
1:00am: Addison crying
4:00am: Addison crying
5:00am Addison crying...We pretend not to hear
7:30am Hunter wakes up: "Mommy! Come downstairs with me!!!"
Your title called it.....A Wife and Mom Depending on Jesus! Google defines that "depend" as...rest on, hinge on, governed by. Where scripture describes it as a "Codependency"....aren't we glad that every aspect of the Trinity is concerned about our day. Furthermore....you had the strength of each of one of them adding to your strength that made your day possible during what felt like the impossible. This mom is thankful for one, my day wasn't like yours and two that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the ones Im codependent on! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh my word....I remember those days...and though I AMA NONNY now, those are the times I do NOT miss! Bless you!
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