A Whim

Today I did something on a whim! Being pregnant with twins, moving to a new house, chasing around a toddler, and now caring for 2 babies has not given me many opportunities to do anything on a whim during the past 8 months. Our life can be summarized in one word…..schedule. This is a typical schedule for a weekday at our house……

1. 7:15am- 8:15am Everyone wakes up and eats, burps, and gets changed

2. 8:30- Jonah and Sam take morning nap

3. 8:30-9:30- Wyatt and Maggie go outside with Mom to burn off some energy

4. 9:45 Wyatt takes a morning nap

5. Mom eats Bon Bons for 15 minutes

6. 10am Jonah and Sam wake up

7. 10-1130- Mom entertains the twins so that they forget how hungry they really are

8. 11:30 am- Repeat #1 followed by #2 for Jonah and Sam

9. 12:30 pm Wyatt wakes up and eats lunch

10. 1pm repeat #3

11. 2pm repeat #6 and #7

12. 3:30 pm Everyone eats again (Wyatt has a snack)

13. 4pm Jonah and Sam repeat #2

14. 4-5 pm Mom frantically tries to pull something together for dinner while Wyatt begins to slowly lose his grip on reality

15. 5-6 pm John, Wyatt, and Mom eat whilst trying to ignore the frantic screams for food/attention in the background

16. 6-7 pm Everyone eats, burps, gets a bath, gets changed, and goes to bed for the night

17. 7-930 pm Re-claim the house and all of our belongings, do laundry, clean, and plan the next day’s events

18. 930-1030 pm John and I speak for the first time all day in full sentences

19. 1030-1100 pm John and I get ready and go to bed

Therefore, you can imagine how AMAZING it actually was to realize that we were out of diet coke (obviously a staple at our house due to the previously mentioned schedule) at 2pm today and decide to load everyone up and go to Costco without even a moments notice. Even more amazing was the fact that nobody cried, not even once! I guess that there is a light at the end of the tunnel…..or at least a Diet Coke!