Just a Day in the Life....

It's just been one of those days....here is a small sampling of things that have happened around here today.

• As I was changing Logan's diaper, I hear Jay making an odd gurgling noise and then a huge splash. He had tried to get a drink of water from my cup. He was soaked, the carpet was soaked, and he was screaming like it was acid on his skin!

• As I am getting my coffee, I go to shake up the creamer (don't know why, but I always shake it before I pour the creamer) and the lid was not closed. Sticky hazelnut creamer went everywhere!!!
  

• For some odd reason, Logan decides today is not a good day at all to take a morning nap. He was crying and fussy all morning long. Just as I get him quieted down, a huge penguin (one of Jay's favorite toys) comes flying into the room and hits the floor with a thud and the penguin proceeds to loudly sing the 'cute' song that he sings. Oh well for Logan's morning nap!

• I realize today is not a good day for a shower. As I am trying to simply brush my teeth and hair, I hear a splash and see Trey's toothbrush in the pot. (Shhh!! Don't tell him...I, of course, told Jay that I was so glad it was his Daddy's and not mine! We're really working on the heart issues here!! ;)

• While I'm attempting to finish getting ready, Jay knocks my beloved bronzer off of the counter and it shatters into a million pieces. :(

• I decide it would be a good idea to have an 'extra-curricular' activity and make some cookies. Um...not such a great idea! Started cookies: 10am. Finished cookies: 1pm. Yup!

• While trying to watch the dogs out the window, Jay gets stuck between the entertainment center and loveseat.

• While playing with toys, Logan gets stuck under the ottoman.

• While playing with toys, Jay gets stuck in the basket.

• While feeding Logan, I see Jay scamper off with two whole cookies stuffed into his mouth.

• Another splash...this time, I find rubber duckie and other misc. bath toys floating in a pool of urine from where I forgot to flush the pot. (Yes, I have reached the point in my life where I actually don't have time/forget to flush the pot.)

• I find a cookie in my decorative bird's nest. Why not? Bird's eggs and cookies...they go together right?

• Another splash...Logan has pulled the lid part out of his sippy cup and drenched himself. He thinks it's hilarious!

• While trying to help Logan with his sippy cup, Jay pours the rest of the water all over himself and the kitchen floor. He doesn't think it's hilarious...'Acid on my skin' scream again....and another change of clothes...for both of them!

• Don't forget to add in about 6 diaper changes, 4 outfit changes, 4 meals, and a nursing baby....all by 1pm. (far cry from my previous post of a mini-vacation huh?!)

This truly has just been 'one of those days'. As I was scampering from here to there, I could feel my attitude going south quickly. It's hard when you feel like you have 'an agenda' and nothing seems to work out. But, then it was like God reminded me that these days and these boys are the greatest blessings I have. As tiring as some days can be, I do not want to take these boys for granted. I think all the time about sweet Katie who lost her precious little girl, Reese, at 2 days old. I know that she would literally give anything to just have one more day with her precious daughter...just to hold her in her arms once again. All of a sudden, my day changes to something so wonderful! (That is not to say that I do not have horrible days where I am grumpy and grouchy and have a horrible attitude...just ask Trey!) It's just a good reminder that these days will be gone in the blink of an eye (and that we're not even necessarily promised tomorrow). I know it goes fast because you can't go to Wal-Mart without having at least 5 'older' people tell you to, 'Enjoy these days, because they're gone before you know it!' I do not want to wish these days away....

For those of you that know me well, you know that I LOVE country music! If you have time, you really should listen to this song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y4NTXT96EM (The only correction I would make in the song is for the whole 'we made love' part to come AFTER 'we took the vows' part! :) It is so sweet!! I love the part that says, "Remember when, the sound of little feet was the music we danced to week to week." I remember hearing this song when Jay was just a few months old and thinking that it would be forever until I actually 'heard' the sound of little feet....and now it won't be long until I hear the sound of two sets of feet! I don't know what I'm going to do when those precious sounds are gone. Every time I hear this song, I think of our parents and just sob. I'm sure it feels like just yesterday that they had a houseful of kiddos and now they're already watching their babies raise babies. It goes by so fast....

These are exhausting days....but these are precious days! Thank you Lord for these wonderful children....they are truly a gift from above!

Here are my two 'darlings' attempting to 'help' me with cookies...ha!

This is what a bad day looks like when you're 22 months old!

"No nap for me!!"**I forgot to mention that the whole reason that song came to mind was because I had the radio on and Jay thinks it is so funny to turn it up REALLY loud. So, after Logan and I had already been attacked by the flying penguin and I was trying to calm Logan down, I hear this song BLARING from Jay's room...who says God doesn't use kiddos to help teach you lessons?!? "Out of the mouths of babes..." or in our case, I guess it would be, "Out of the mouth of the babes' radio" or something like that.... :)