Day #1: Home Alone

Today was my first day home alone with both boys and I am very happy to say it went very well....I even got a shower before either of the boys were awake. For those of you SAHM reading this, I'm sure you understand how exciting it is to get a shower in when your home alone with two kiddos. L was up bright eyed and bushy tailed before N, so I got him fed. I ate a bowl of cereal while I fed him. (I'm getting good at nursing and multi-tasking at the same time.) N woke up shortly after L was done eating, so I got him dressed and fed and then we were out the door to get N to school. We were a couple minutes late, but that's not bad for our first day w/o Daddy or Grammy here to help. I was so pumped about the day going so well that L and I went to Wal Mart for a few groceries before heading home to feed him again. Then it was time to pick N up at school. My adrenaline rush started wearing off after lunch, but I pushed through it for a couple more hours and got N down for a nap and L fed before I laid down for a bit. Before I knew it, it was time to feed L again. My neighbor called and offered to let N play outside at their house while I stayed home with L. At first I thought all three of us were going to get to go play at their house, but L was hungry again, so I sent N down their by himself. N was really sad when I told him Mommy couldn't go to the neighbor's house to play because I had to feed L. He sat in his little power wheels jeep with his shoulders slumped over and said he was sad I wasn't coming... That broke my heart, but I knew he'd have fun, so I pushed him to go and he did...and he had fun! (Thanks again for watching him, M. He had fun!) Then it was time for dinner and the night progressed from there. It's amazing how quickly the day goes with two kiddos to take care of. Holy cow! It's a lot of work. I was seriously wiped out on the couch watching Pinocchio with N at 6:30. I'm so proud of how well today went. I was kind of nervous about taking care of both kids by myself, but I did well today. I'm sure we'll have rocky days, but we'll get through them. The one thing I think is going to take me a little while to figure out is how to find time to prepare a decent supper for my family. (Thank goodness my friends are making us some meals the next few weeks. )I just keep telling myself that this is a new routine for everyone in our family and that we are all learning as we go. I'm taking one things at a time and I'm happy with every little accomplishment at this point. :)