Waking up this morning I just knew it was going to be an adventure, my alarm started going off at 5:15 as with everyday I reached over and hit the snooze button because I honestly want to get up at 5:25 but if I set it for that then I would still probably hit snooze and it would just be a never ending loop of me hitting snooze, but regardless I am already steering off course lol, so as I had mentioned I hit the snooze button and the next time my alarm went off I rolled right out of bed just ready to take on the world! Stumbled through the house which if you have small children I wonder if you feel that your home becomes a minefield in the early hours, I spend so much time navigating around the toys that make noise, the toys that roll around, the toys that sing songs and of course the toys that cause mind numbing pain when you step on them at 5:30 in the morning. So after I safely make it into the kitchen and begin prepping the early bottles, which the last few mornings means dropping everything I touch, almost dumping the milk, it seems that my hands move way faster than my mind at this time but I always prevail in the end.
So bottles done, TV on and set up like it is every morning, though you will be glad to know that I have switched my television viewing over from HSN, QVC and everything else that wants to sell me something to "My Name is Earl" followed by "Married with Children". It seems that these two shows have a way of keeping the girls focused on their bottle and less on TV which makes things flow so much smoother in the mornings, HUGE improvement over "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" which caused nobody to eat and Daddy to lose his mind! Girls are eating like champs and within minutes I have them laying back down but it's hard for me to because I am just so excited about today so I head back into the kitchen to make me some oatmeal, eggs and kill some time before Heather wakes up and realizes I am not in bed, I have always been a morning person though, as soon as I open my eyes my body kicks into overdrive and I can't seem to slow it down until the sun sets. SO let us fast forward past all the boring details, you all just want to hear about the girls!
Girls are up, fed and just finished dressing them. I will be taking Aurora and Bristol first with me to the doctor, their appointment is at 10:00 so it should be a quick in and out since I am only bringing two of them instead of the usual four. Look how cute this monsters are in their strollers!
Aurora
Bristol
So we get there with plenty of time to spare, it's just now 9:45 so I sit down and begin playing with the girls, had to take a quick time out so I can fill out some Lead Poisoning paperwork, which started me thinking about some parents and what they allow because who in their right mind would allow their kids to eat loose soil next to major roadways, or teeth on old metal pipes.... who comes up with these questions... So the time keeps ticking their appointment was set for 10:00 and yet it is now 10:45 and still we wait. A few minutes pass and we finally get called back, we go see the nurse do all the measurements and initial screening before seeing the doctor. Was pretty happy to know that everything was good with them and that they are as fit as a fiddle, though they would be getting 3 shots each... I know that soon I will have 4 girls who will not be happy.
Girls have been given their shots and were such big girls! They whimpered for just a minute or two after their shots and we were on our way out the door. Both of them were knocked out before even getting out of the parking lot, thought it was awfully weird that there were no little sounds coming from the back. We hurried home though because it was already noon and I had to leave at one with Ryleigh and Arianna, plus I really needed to go pee and super hungry so I didn't think I could possibly get home any quicker. Quick call had Heather waiting for me outside to help bring in the two sleeping monsters and make the quick Nascar change over, ate a bowl of Jambalaya, took a bathroom break and started getting the next two fed and dressed. Took a matter of 45 minutes and we were back on the road!
Arianna
Ryleigh
This appointment seemed to go so much quicker but when it was all said and done it took 2 hours just like the first one did... I learned a few things today though that I would not have thought in the beginning...
Number 1 - Taking four kids to the doctors at once is an adventure in itself but at least you do it all at once, you're in you're out in about 2 hours. Trying to be clever and act like you are going to save time by splitting up the appointments simply means your are going to spend ALL DAY at the doctors. By the time I got back home with Ryleigh and Ari I had pretty much been gone from 9:30 through 3:30 and I never would have thought that.
Number 2 - When you take kids anywhere make sure you have enough things to keep them occupied, by the time I was done they had went through almost an entire thing of yogurt drops, a thing of puffs and I am sure they took a few bites out of my phone...
Number 3 - This is more or less with parents of multiples but I am curious when the time comes that everyone just knows who you are, do I need to draft a nice little pamphlet that explains how the girls came to be and just pass them out to people. Come on we have been going to the same doctor for a year now and I am still answering the same old questions that I have already answered before.
All in all I was very pleased with today and I honestly surprised myself. Even though I was only taking two at a time I was doing it alone, I wanted to really test myself to see if I could do it and I did, with flying colors if I must say so myself. I am just now curious as to how I could try taking all four of them out by myself one day... But that my friends would be the equivalent of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"! Before I take off I wanted to share one last photo of Rori which pretty much sums up how all four of my girls feel tonight and when you take a look at this photo if you can just try and imagine what she could possibly be thinking...
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