Oh, the Mayhem

So things have gotten really crazy around here. I haven't even had a chance to turn around and think.

Thanksgiving: Timmy gave himself a haircut. Ray left the room for a minute leaving the kids cutting paper and the next thing I knew Sheila came running into the kitchen where I was baking pies and exclaims, "Timmy cut hair." I fixed it the best I could but now that it has grown out some I see I will need to do some more fixing. Traveled out to Destin, about an hour from here, to Ray's uncle's house. His aunt and uncle hosted Thanksgiving this year. I have done it the last three years. Ray's parents, brother, and niece also joined us. I made two pies: pumpkin eggnog and apple berry crisp. All the food was delicious.

Friday: I made it out to the Walmart sale at 7:30. Went to the brand new super supercenter. I parked close and thought they must have been out of everything. But surprisingly I got a few of the things I was interested in. One was a GPS for Ray for Christmas, which we decided to use that day and also on our trip to Walt Disney World in December. When I got home we had about an hour before we had to leave for Tallahassee for Ray's family reunion. We headed out and I am starving. We met up with his parents just before the freeway about 30 minutes from our house. We followed them until we hit one of the first exits where there is a McDonalds. Ray phoned his father but of course his cell phone is off (he never has it on unless he has to make a call and they don't have voicemail on their phone.) We pulled off and got some stuff to eat. His brother called to find out what is going on and we tell him that we will catch them (his father drives slow) and that we have the GPS so not to worry.

We drove back on the freeway and as soon as we got on the road we heard from the back "I have to pee." So we drove to the rest stop 10 miles or so down the road and Ray took Sheila to the bathroom. Kimberly slept on so I waited in the van with her and Timmy. As soon as Ray got Sheila in the car. "I'm wet!" Ray unbuckled Timmy to change his diaper and discovered that Timmy wasn't kidding. His jeans are soaked front and back, his car seat is soaked, and his diaper is beyond soaked. And of course this is one time I didn't bring towels or a change of clothes. We put him a diaper and have him like that until we can get to a Wal-Mart. Well, we don't see any on the way until we made it to Tallahassee. We figured Ray's parents will be there for 20 minutes or more by this time. We arrived at the home and no one is there. Ray rang the bell. It is the right place but no one has shown up yet. Ray asked his relative (I think it might be his mom's cousin but I am not too sure) where a Wal-Mart is. We drove there and I run in to buy Timmy some pants. Only pants in his size are some sweatpants. It's the smallest supercenter I have ever seen.

We got back to the house and everyone has shown up and food is being brought out. Kimberly finally wakes up and I nursed her. Ray's aunt asked to hold her and as I am handing her over I noticed that Kimberly has had an explosion out the back of her diaper. So in I went to change her. (Luckily I had two changes of clothes for her.) We had a nice visit. I nursed Kimberly again about 2 hours later and while Ray and I are sitting there my mother in law came in and asks for a change for Sheila. She had an accident. She is soaked. Ray put her in a diaper (no change of pants) and it is getting cold. We packed up and left. Back to that Wal-Mart where I purchased some panties and some pants for Sheila. Luckily we get back home without further mishap and Kimberly slept on.

Saturday: Ray and I cleaned almost the entire house, vacuuming, dusting, putting things away, because the carpet cleaners were coming. Ray's parents are supposed to pick Sheila and Timmy up at 10:30. At 10:30 Ray's brother called and told Ray that they were still at the clinic and didn't know when they would get there. Good thing the carpet cleaners were late since both them and Ray's parents showed up at 11:45. I took Kimberly in our bedroom to nurse her while the carpet cleaner set to work. At 12:20 Ray came in and told me he was done. We got our living room, dining room, and the kids bedroom done. The carpets are wet and everything is piled in the kitchen from the dining room so we go out to lunch. We tried to call Ray's dad and the phone is off. They called us after lunch and we picked up the kids. Carpets were still damp so we only moved some stuff back so we can use the kitchen and the nursery.

Sunday: Church. The carpets are still wet in spots.

Monday: Wake up, put Sheila on the bus, go for a walk, Eye Exam, shopping, drive home, lunch, get Sheila off the bus, fed the baby, fix dinner, and fed the baby the rest of the night. Kimberly has what I call feeding frenzies in the evening. She sometimes nurses every hour so I don't get much done in the evening. We were going to put up the Christmas tree and have FHE at the same time (talk about the symbolism of Christmas) but it was raining.

Tuesday: Wake up, took Sheila to school, paid Sheila's lunch money, home for breakfast, Doctor appointment, home again, lunch, fed the baby, paid bills and updated budget, got Sheila off the bus, fed the baby, Ray home, made dinner, fed the baby the rest of the night. Again no tree because it is raining.