Another recap

It was pretty therapeutic for me to keep track of my day last week. I felt justified (just a little) for my perpetual crazed state of being and tiredness beyond tired. So, I kept track of another day, a day that for me is usually pretty hectic feeling. Maybe for some, this is nothing, but for me, it's stressful. So, again, this is for a future day when I look back on this time in my life and think, phew, that was nothing compared to what I'm dealing with now! :)

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 -

4:34 - Paci goes in for the first time - Go Grant! Almost made it 6 hours between your last feeding!

4:39 - Hmm ... paci goes in again for the 2nd time. I decide to hit up the bathroom before the inevitable feeding that's getting ready to happen.

4:45 - Head out to the living room with my sad baby and start to nurse.

5:25 - G is officially fed and back to sleep so I drop him off in the pack 'n play and drop into bed.

5:42 - Still wide awake, laying in bed, willing myself to fall back asleep. This happens sometimes when I'm too exhausted to actually sleep. So. Incredibly. Frustrating.

6:47 - My eyes pop open and I realize I'm already "late" for the start of the day. [sigh]

6:51 - Climb out of bed and in to the shower.

7:10 - Finished with shower

7:21 - I've finished drying my hair in the bathroom and walk out to the kitchen to check with Kc to see when we are leaving. He's having his breakfast and doing his quiet time at the table.

7:27 - Kc puts together his lunch and I go wake up both babies. I hate having to wake them up to leave ...

7:30 - Pull out of the garage and head out to take Kc to school so I can have the car today. While we are making our way, I put on my makeup in the car. B sees every single school bus on the way there and points out the fact that they have an octagon as a stop sign. Yes, son. They are. G has fallen back asleep and B is happy and chatters up a storm.

7:46 - We pull into TCA's parking lot and immediately my heart rate sky-rockets as we deal with carpool traffic. Ugh. Retrace my steps and head home. I feel so tired.

8:01 - Pull in the garage and unload everyone back into the house.

8:03 - Get B dressed for the day and get his breakfast together.

8:12 - Get G dressed and change his diaper.

8:15 - Start nursing G while B walks around the living room and eats his breakfast. Normally he has to sit in his highchair to eat, but since we are short on time, I let him walk around and we watch the "Today" show.

8:41- G seems to be finished nursing.

8:42 - B needs another diaper change! Sheesh. Collect all the diaper bags and my BSF study notes.

8:53 - Out the garage and on our way to BSF.

9:05 - Pull in to BSF on 3 wheels - I'm only 10 minutes late for our early fellowship. Bummer that I've missed out on the few minutes that we are allowed to chit-chat! :) BSF was good, but I struggled to stay awake during the lecture. Just. So. Tired. today.

11:22 - Pick up B from his class and head out of BSF. I decide to stop at Costco on our way home to pick up a few things. Costco beat out lunch with Daddy. :)

11:50 - Fastest trip to Costco. Ever. As I driving home, I see that the trunk light is on. Oops. Forgot to close it all the way, I guess. G is fussing the whole way home as he's starving and I'm in complete agreement with him. I drive over a railroad track and the trunk closes on its own. Sweet.

12:03 - I'm starving and too tired to even think about preparing lunch when I get home so I drive through McDonald's. B is thrilled.

12:07 - Home once again and I quickly unload all the cold/frozen food and leave the rest of the dry goods in the trunk. Unload all the babies and get B started on his lunch. I inhale as much as I can before G wakes up again and wants to eat.

12:16 - G starts crying so I get set up to nurse him. B is still in his highchair, enjoying his hamburger and fries. I sit so I can see B while I'm nursing and be able to talk to him.

12:29 - B decides that he's tired of sitting in his chair, but I'm still nursing, and don't want to deal with him yet, so we sing songs for a few minutes. That fun wears off so I walk into the kitchen, still nursing, still holding the boppy pillow, and sit down next to B and open up the computer. We look at family pictures on the computer and I try to skype Mom. She's not there. B is sad.

12:46 - Finally finished with G. Set him down on the couch and take B back for his nap.

1:06 - Finish putting B down for his nap. I sit down at the computer and bounce G in his bouncy seat with my foot.

1:29 - G won't settle down and keeps fussing. I'm not entirely sure what his deal is so I stick in his paci to see if that will help him settle down. His fussiness and squirming produces a huge diaper and once we get that changed, he settles down.

1:52 - Get G's diaper changed and put him in his car seat for him to fall asleep. I'm anticipating leaving fairly soon for the playdate at the park and don't want to disturb him by moving him from the bed to his car seat. Poor kid.

2:06 - G is finally asleep in his car seat and I start blogging the previous day.

3:00 - Finish my blog post and go wake up B from his nap so we can meet other moms from church for a playdate at the park. We are already 30 minutes late but sleep was more important than playing at this point. I'm wishing I had taken a nap instead of blogging. I feel so tired all day long. I'm ruing that 1 extra hour of sleep from 5-6 this morning. It seems to have messed me up for the rest of the day.

3:20 - Arrive at park. Visit with other moms and nurse G while keeping track of B playing on the playground equipment. B seems too shy to play with others and he mainly sticks around me and eats goldfish crackers.

4:45 - Everyone packs up and we head back home from the park. One child in particular is especially sad about this fact. Kc has texted me to say that Erin has offered to bring him home so I don't have to go back and get him. Love her.

4:56 - Back at home. Unload everyone. Kc is home and plays with B.

4:59 - Change another huge dirty diaper for the littlest and nurse him again.

5:12 - Finished nursing the baby and open up the fridge, wondering what to make for dinner. I'm too mentally exhausted to even begin to think about it. Make the call to use a gift card to Pei Wei. B is thrilled about eating at his 2 favorite restaurants on the same day. I feel like a failure for opting out of cooking. Oh well.

5:47 - Arrive at Pei Wei (RIIIICE!!!!!!!) and enjoy a great meal that I didn't have to cook. :)

6:32 - Leave restaurant.

6:45 - Once we get home, I unload the rest of the trunk from this morning's stop at Costco. G is asleep in his carseat and Kc takes B to get his nightly bath.

6:49 - G wakes up and he and I go out and get the mail. B is still bathing and I get all his stuff together for bedtime.

7:13 - Start nursing G while B drinks his milk and we watch "daddy's show".

7:40 - G finishes nursing. He's enjoying some sweet cooing time when his paci comes flying in his direction from the hand of his big brother. He gets beaned in the head and actually cries tears. It's pitiful. B has his first "I'm sorry" conversation with his brother. :)

8:07 - B wants me to put him down, so I head back with him and Kc has G.

8:19 - Finish with B and do random household tasks - take out the trash, unload the dishwasher, and finish picking up the house from all the toys and such.

8:30 - Sit down at the computer and Kc is bouncing G to death in the bouncy seat, trying to get him to fall asleep. Poor baby. He's going to have brain damage from all the "bouncing" he's had.

9:05 - G is finally asleep and I get to spend time with my sweet husband. We chit chat about the day and I get ready for bed.

9:43 - Ugh. I'm hungry again and go scrounging around looking for a snack. At this rate, I'll never lose my baby weight!! :) I want to go to bed, but I'm waiting to see if G is going to wake up on his own for his final feeding or just continue sleeping.

10:15 - Kc and I start playing games on our iPad and iPod, respectively. We are such dorks. Playing games with each other while sitting on the same couch. :)

10:38 - G stirs and gets a dream feed. Kc and I still are playing this fun game.

10:56 - I can't get G to nurse on the other side, so it looks like I'm off to bed! Woo hoo! :)