A Day in the LIFE....Of ME...

Baby wakes up for good at 7:30 am, now it's feeding time, Ashlyn is awake waaaayyyy before that and is waiting very impatiently for Breakfast...."I want cereal, I want cereal, marshmallow kind. Maaaammaaa, wake up." Alley soon wakes after that and by now we are all ready for breakfast. Baby has eaten and I gotta move fast to get stuff done before he's grumpy and tired. Eat Breakfast.... do a little exercise video as the girls try to move a long with me.... :), Get a quick shower and get ready enough to not feel so ugly and yucky. Get all kids dressed & hair done. Baby is not being so happy by now... he's getting tired and wants to be held for a few minutes and maybe rocked to sleep. Yay... baby is asleep, I'll try to lay him down.... "oh man, he's not having that, I guess I'll put him in the swing, let that rock him to sleep again." Alley and Ashlyn are playing... by now they want a snack, oh my gosh... do you kids always have to be eating???? Soon, I'll be hearing... "Mom, Ashlyn licked me." "Mom, Alley hit me." "Mom, Mom, Mom..." I guess someone better sit in the corner! "Mom, now we want (this) now we want (that). Help me do (this), help me do (that)." Baby is awake.... ready to eat, oh no, now he's pooped up his back.... change clothes. Okay he wants somebody to talk and play with him.... now maybe he'll be happy for a minute while I do some chores.... throw some clothes in the Laundry, Load the dishwasher..... okay... baby is tired again.... rock, rock, sing, sing.... he's asleep... might as well put him in the swing where I know he might stay alseep this time. Lunch time.... what's for lunch???? Mac n Cheese, taquitos, soup, corn dogs, ham & cheese sandwich???? Okay... I need to get some more chores done... oh but I need lunch too.... quick, quick... eat, eat.... baby is awake... He's ready to eat.... feed, feed, change diaper AGAIN! Okay, now finally I can eat lunch.... eat fast! Now maybe I can vaccume, answer the phone, pay the bills, get the mail, do a few business things, change the laundry, feed baby again, change diaper again, take Ashlyn to the bathroom AGAIN! Tell, the girls to clean up their messes, I just cleaned the house.... Argh! Now we gotta load everybody in the car to go to the Doctor...... Mommy has tonsillitus....yuck! It seems like someone is always sick...this time it's ME! Load back up in the Car.....drive home....Daddy's home.... yay! Good, now maybe I can get a break..... HA.... Daddy's asleep on the couch! Oh no! What in the heck are we gonna have for dinner????? Fix Fast Dinner. Everybody's ready to eat... and so is baby...."you guys eat, I'll eat in a minute." Whew! I'm exhausted and we still gotta get baths, read books, sing a song, say prayers, feed baby some more, take Ashlyn to the Potty again, Help Alley do Preschool homework... Can I go to bed ever???? Change more diapers, get kids to sleep finally! Wake up a couple times in the night to feed baby some more!.... wow... doesn't this sound fun??!! Isn't it great to be a mom! Now, explain to me again why I don't get paid for all of this??? And you know what... somehow.... IT'S ALL WORTH IT! :) And with all the kisses and hugs, "I love you's" and cute little things they say, trying to be big helpers, saying "I'm sorry" when they do something wrong, their cute giggle when they are being tickled, watching them dance and sing around the house, little baby coo's and smiles... I forget all the crazy, hectic times, mad times, sad times..... it really is ALL WORTH IT.... (even if I don't get paid.... :))