Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:05:57 EST -- so sweet a day it wasWhat started out a rough night turned into a wonderful day... With my eyes trying to close and Emma breaking out into a cry from loosing her nooky (damn that thing) I groggily put it back into her mouth and dose back to sleep, but not before glansing over at my husband who is fast asleep and doesn't seem to be fazed at all. Finally when it becomes to painful to hold my eyes open any longer I push that darn thing back into Emmas mouth and shout out to my husband who jumps up and starts mumbling as if lost. The shout was pointless as I still wont let him help me as a mom handles her child best... for some reason I feel better when I yell... my poor husband. Last outburst she is finally asleep then in comes my 3 year old who loves to give her sister kisses over and over and I lay there praying she doesnt wake Emma up. After a stern warning Kailee is asleep at the bottom of the bed Emma in the middle and finally I can sleep. Oh whats this the sun is up allready I just closed my eyes, Emma is awake and hungry but is having a hard time feeding so I shake my husband out of bed and he makes a bottle slow moving at first. Poor man he comes back to bed only to be shimmied out of bed again by our dog who doesnt bark or go crazy when she has to go out but lays her head on my husbands side of the bed and taps him with a paw... Out of bed he goes. To my surprise he does not come back to bed, instead its off to the computer to smeak in some video game time that I very rarely allow him to have, hey give em an inch with those things and they take a mile. This does not bother me because soon my 3 year old is up and off to see what he is doing leaving me to sleep in with Emma. Its a good thing they are both computer buffs. Oh to my surprise it is now 11:00 and here I lay still in bed... Oh but I love the feeling. Soon enough I am kicking my husband off the video game becasue there is someone at the door and I am still in "pajama mode" aka underwear and t shirt. Its my mother-in-law and in my solitude of lounging there is a man hunt going on in front of my house and apparently the cops have been trying to get us to come to the door... And yet no one rang the doorbell... Some lady has been going around town steeling things and the police believe her to be on our street somewhere perhaps hiding out in someones house. The neighbors across the street point the cops over to the neighbor that lives next to me... Oh how nice. Finally the action out front disperses and brunch is made and I am upstairs tending to baby Emma. Before I know it Nick is at the door and Kailee is hurrying herself to get ready so she can go with him to his parents house. Off they go and its just me and baby Emma in the quiet which is an odd thing in this house and I am loving it. Back and forth I rock her as she just stares at me and soon emough her eyes begin to close and shes sleeping once again. I take that moment as an opertunity to jump in the shower as I realize my day has gone faster than had expected. Oh how soothing a nice hot shower without any interruptions baby still sleeping and Kailee at grandmas. Out I go and I am able to linger a little longer in my closet tossing through things. Then off to make-up and hair and I looked pretty darn good at the end of my session if I do say so myslef. Oh heres the hard part I have to wake sleepig beauty to get her dressed and ready for the day. She doesnt mind though, a quick feed and we are out the door to a pleasent fall day headed to the store to by a present for a birthday party some hair color although not a long list emma and I took our time casually seeking what we needed. Back to the car I wrap the present and off to the party I go. I spend some time with friends that I have not seen in some time and it felt good to talk to other adults outside the house, awkword but good. Emma and I go home to find that daddy and big sister are home and a quick clean up and a chase and catch game with kailee and Sunny is here to babysit. My hair gets a new look my husband comes downstairs all spiffed up and off we go for a date that seems way over due. What a lovely dinner and oh my has it been that long since I had alcohol I feel a little dizzy. I laught to myself and cant stop smiling as I look across at nick to see him just as hapy to be "just the 2 of us" as I am. We arrive home after only a couple of hours but long enough to catch that much needed breath. The kids are all in one piece and Emmma is down for the night and soon kailee is to. And that brings me to this moment where I sit back and reminise over my day and how relaxing it was to actually... well relax and take a breath. To look at my family and smile and say "Thank you god for everything".