what happened to today?

i thought today would never end...but it has (almost). i think if i was to count the number of times i've cried out of frustration today...i would run out of fingers. no joke.

it's really about a lack of sleep last night (sick infant + sick toddler + my weird intermittent insomnia + sick mama + sick daddy) coupled with a fairly terrible day that included a series of unfortunate events...i think i could nearly outdo 'liminy snickets series of unfortunate events' (maybe).

addy started the morning barking again, just about the time that amelia was crying for a bottle...so i tried to feed amelia & then addy started crying, making the coughing/barking worse. so i put amelia down to take addy outside to alleviate the cough ("oh baby it's cold outside") to come back inside to a wailing infant (we were gone maybe 4 minutes) who had vomited all over herself (how did she miss the bib, though?!). so i change millie (already in her 2nd outfit of the day) & continue feeding her, only to make addy upset (she likes to be held a lot when sick), so she wanders off to do something...which includes desitin, diapers, & her teddy bear. (i found that out much later).

once i did find the teddy bear with desitin, i washed it & then went down to the basement to put it in the dryer quickly before nap time & i thought addy was staying upstairs with wes, who was home for lunch (but yet neither of us ate anything)...but she wasn't; she was behind me, apparently very concerned about her 'little bear' being thrown into the dryer b/c she then attempted to jump or fall or something off the 3rd step down on the basement stairs. there are no walls on the sides of the stairs. just cement on the floor, which she hit, head first. from 6 feet up. MY OH MY did that scare the living daylights out of me. i actually think my heart stopped beating; truly folks. it was like she glided in slow motion & hearing her hit the floor just sent me over the edge (i think that was cry #2 of the day). i saw it all from about 10 feet away. gliding, i promise.

however! she is okay! she landed cheek first & the pediatrician joked that she has extra padding there, so it helped her fall a bit. but below i have posted a lovely picture of addy's christmas war wounds. it is actually much better by the time i took this picture...for a few hours her left side (which hit first) was very swollen, up to the eye & for also a few hours she was drooling blood (she apparently bit her cheek upon landing...ouch!). & yes, we've visited the pediatrician two days in a row now. i asked if they had a frequent flyer program...the receptionist laughed, but i was so totally serious! we weren't sure if she might have a concussion or something of that nature, so we agreed that it would be appropriate to take her in.

above i have detailed all the ailments (really i just wanted to try out picasa's new text abilities).

and addy on steroids (for the croup) is totally, TOTALLY wild. she is wild, i mean. she's a very active, rambunctious kid to begin with. but today she was literally climbing things & bouncing off furniture & walls & going a mile a minute. (until she smacked the concrete). one second she was crying & wanting to be held, the next she was zooming around the house or chasing griswold with a orange fairy wand. or trying to scale the cabinets to get to the chocolate basket (oh yes, we have a basket filled with chocolates! & i wander why the weight isn't coming off as easily this time around?!).

& i think millie just sensed my frustration & stress & everything else today...she was just in a sour mood & also wanted to be held most of the day. & then she took the best nap in a week & i had to wake her up to take addy to the pediatrician.

*SIGH*

so i am incredibly glad today is over. but now i am afraid...what will tomorrow bring? the ped joked with addy, asking her 'what will i see you for tomorrow?'...i think i almost cried thinking about it.

then i get addy together after dinner & whisk her off the costco with me to buy a non-frozen turkey for christmas dinner. AND THEY ARE OUT OF TURKEYS! gasp! so as i type, wes is off attempting to find a turkey in this town of ours. (no worries all folks who are joining us for christmas dinner...i will triumph & find a turkey. it's about the principle of being able to buy a fresh turkey now, not about how far i have to drive to find it). damn it. i just had to throw a cuss word in there b/c i felt like it.

no one need feel sorry for me. such is the life of a mama. i'm sure many have gone through nearly an identical day & i probably will do so again. i just have to tell it b/c i don't know if i'd believe it in a few years. will i remember these days?!