Is this really my life?

I don't want to complain because usually I have a fabulous life. My mom would be the first to tell you that I was spoiled as a child and I think I continue to be spoiled as an adult. I have a great husband and amazingly cute, sweet, smart children. I really have the life I have always wanted..........except maybe today!!!

Never in my entire life have I had a day quite like this one. Maybe some of you have had days similar to mine. It was horrible, actually I don't know if that word is bad enough. I don't even know any words bad enough to explain just what my day was like.

It didn't start out too bad, I got the two older girls off to school without too much drama. The drama started around 1pm when I decided to drive into Covington to try to find some ballet shoes for Audry. We have ordered several pairs but she has extremely wide feet and we haven't been able to get any that fit. We have their recital on Sunday and today was the dress rehearsal so I really needed to find some. I was half way to Covington with Audry and Sophia in the car, I was talking to Matt on my cell phone because my IPod stopped working and I was seeking his expert techy advice. Half the screen is pink and the other half is yellow and the music sounds really weird. He didn't have any idea what might be wrong with it, but while I was on the phone with him the temperature gage on the van shot all the way up to the H. I pulled over right away and turned on the heater trying to get it to go back down. I told Matt I was going to call around and see if someone would come give me a ride home because I had to get back to get the girls from school. I called some friends but couldn't get a hold of anyone so I called Matt back. Luckily for me our friend Adam took the day off work today and was home so Matt called him and he drove over and helped me fix my car( he put some water in the radiator). I am not automotively inclined obviously!!! By this point the kids were drenched in sweat and really upset but I needed ballet shoes so we continued on to the store, they didn't have any shoes that would work but recommended that we go to the hardware store next door and look. I thought the lady was insane but she was right, the hardware store has a little section of dance clothes for little girls (totally weird I know) but they had some that are a couple inches too long but they fit on her feet so we got them. By this point Sophia's diaper was so full and saggy and beginning to leak but I didn't bring the diaper bag so into her car seat she went, wet diaper and all! We made it home just in time to get the other two girls off the bus. I walked halfway to the bus stop and heard Amelia crying really hard, I thought for sure she was hurt so I hurried up to her and asked what was wrong. She told me she was sad that school was over and she was going to miss her teachers. Sad but seriously? Do you have to cry that loud while walking home from the bus?

So next I pulled out the costumes for the dress rehearsal and looked them over, I noticed that the straps on Audry's costume still needed to be sewn on, I pulled out my sewing machine and began to sew them but it didn't work quite right, I pulled it apart and realized there was no bobbin in it. I had to tear out all the crazy knotted up thread stuck on the costume and try again. I got the kids ready to go and noticed we were running late, we should have left about 5 minutes earlier. I ran upstairs to get Sophia up from her nap and as soon as I walked in her room I could smell that there was a problem. She had taken off all of her clothes and her diaper. There was poop all over crib and all the bedding. It was also smeared all over her from head to toe. I noticed that she had thrown some of the bigger pieces all over her floor too. I grabbed a trash bag and threw all the bedding and clothes into it, then used about a billion wipes and picked up all the pieces from the floor. That is when I noticed she had some in her mouth........eeeeeewwwwwwww!!!
I threw her into the tub and scrubbed her down. By this point we were really running late. I got her dressed, left the bag full of nasty dirty laundry in her room and headed out to the dress rehearsal. Of course we got stuck in traffic on the way.

We got to the rehearsal and Sophie still smelled bad so I was searching her all over to try to find the source of the odor. I realized it was underneath all of her finger nails too. I was so grossed out!!! So I am holding a smelly, wiggly baby that doesn't want to sit still and the girls are on stage doing their routines. Matt showed up at the school and took Sophie from me, he was walking around with her and trying to keep her entertained. I was trying to run back stage to give the girls costumes for their next dance and somehow shut my side in the door to the auditorium....don't even ask me how I did it, I have no idea but it really hurt, I have an awesome bruise on my side now :D

We decided to take the kids to dinner when we were done because it was 7:00 and Audry hadn't even had lunch yet.....I know mother of the year! I had to stop by Walmart and get some new clothes for the girls because I knew if we ate in the costumes they would be ruined. I got some 4th of July dresses that looked cute on the hanger, too bad when the girls put them on they were way too short and way too low cut, Shelby about died of embarrassment when she put hers on and new she had to go out in public wearing it....oh well! We got our dinner then Audry started crying and saying her stomach really really hurt. We made it home got the girls in bed and so far she hasn't thrown up......the way my day has gone Im sure it will happen as soon as I fall asleep.

oh yeah and my phone is all messed up today too! Thank heavens for my blog, it is my own personal type of therapy. I didn't even dare drive my Beemer today for fear it would break if I touched it! Tomorrow has to be better right?