yesterday

Yesterday was one of those days. You know the ones... when you want to have a "do-over" and jump back in bed by 10AM. The previous night we were out late enjoying the Super Bowl with friends. The kids were great, even well past bed times.

The payback came the next morning. All those who kept commenting on how chill Hannah was Sunday night should have seen her Monday. The evil twin came out to play.

BOTH kiddos fell apart at the drop of a hat. Hannah ended up sleeping away most of the day - seriously she had already had 2 naps by 1:30. Her awake moments were not pretty. Jack reverted to being 18mo old and couldn't take no for an answer to anything... major crocodile tears over EVERYTHING. And the whiiiiiining. Ugh. He seriously hadn't been that bad in years.

Not the best day to be in public, yet I discovered we were down to the last 3 diapers and did not have a thing to eat for dinner except for leftover chicken wings. So I took the grumps for a quick trip to Target. Not fun.

The worst by far was having to perform the Heimlich maneuver on Jackson during lunch. I had finished my meal and was about to take a giant stack of laundry upstairs to put away. I looked in on him and saw him in distress. It was AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL! Praise God I was there, the Heimlich worked, and I knew how to do it! We both cried afterwards. (For years we have harped on him to eat slower, chew more. I am shocked this hasn't happened sooner. Hopefully lesson learned.)

Mike came home that evening in the middle of a giant Jackson tantrum. After dinner, I basically clocked out. How sad is it that I wanted to clean our bathroom and straighten our room just to have an excuse for time to myself. After that and some good time in Bible Study, I was good as new. Really could have used that 12 hours earlier.

Praise be to the Lord that His mercies are new every morning!