A night in the life of the Holsteds

Well, after my zombie-day yesterday - I was surprised that my evening turned out pretty good. Well, as good as it can be with 2 stinky dogs causing me to leave work early & Lauren pooping in her pants & trying to wipe herself & getting poo all the way up to her belly button.

We had dinner last night at the in-laws & in the middle of dinner is when the 'accident' occurred. She was finished eating & in the play room. I hear her call for me - I tell her I'll be there when I get finished eating. Then she yells, "But mom - theres poop in my panties!" Let me tell ya - that will get a mother up fast... I ended up having to stick her in the bathtub. There is nothing like having to clean up poo in the middle of dinner - and every mother that reads this will shake their head & agree with me.

Since Jaci is gone on a trip with DoDo & Choo Choo - Lauren has been enjoying having all my attention. So - I told her last night that she could fall asleep in my bed & I would put her in her bed after she fell asleep. This is something we let Jaci do on a semi-regular basis. But it was Lauren's first time. Now don't think I'm being unfair - Lauren just likes her bed. Anyway - when I told her she could lay down with me - she got so excited. She pulled the covers up to her chin & said, "Mommy - this is SO comfortable!" That brought back lots of memories. My parents bed was the place I got the best sleep. I was always comfortable, the room was cool & I NEVER had bad dreams in their bed. Since there were 2 of us - sleeping with mom & dad only happened on special occasions. Bless their hearts - I can imagine having 2 Laurens & instead of having 1 toe in my belly button - having 2 toes there. Instead of one slap in the face - two slaps - you get the picture.

Well, it will be a while before I let Lauren do that again. After I put her in her bed, she woke up at 11:30, saying she needed to pee. 1:00 asking me to rock her. At 2 I got up to take some meds for a headache. At 3 she woke up again - I made Jeff get up, but she was crying for me. Finally - I go in to her room & she wants me to lay down with her. She has a twin bed, so I suggested going to sleep in Jaci's bed for the rest of the night. After I pulled the covers back - Lauren said, "Jaci doesn't want me to sleep on her sheets." I said, "Who cares - get in bed, close your eyes & mouth & go to sleep." She must have known I meant business because she did just that.

But then I couldn't go to sleep. Jaci can sleep through anything - including our loud house alarm going off. So I wasn't surprised that her stupid window thing clinks like crazy when the fan is on. It has about 10 strips of plastic circles hanging in front of her window. It drove me nuts - I finally got back up and tried to position her Littlest Pet Shop window box in front of it to stop the clink.

This morning when Jeff came in at 6:45 & said he was leaving - Lauren was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Not me. But strangely - I feel more awake after last night, than I did with my 10+ hours the other night. The human body is strange.

I'd better get busy with my day. I did make my list yesterday of the 7 things on it - I crossed off 5 - so not too bad.