A day in the life of a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) of 19 month and 3 month old girls...
Wake up. It's Monday right? Grocery day. And it's the 28th. Free dozen donuts for Heros from Krispy Kreme. Kiss Josh bye cause it's a Squad Truck day and he's working an extra 12 hours from 845am-845pm. He is always early and is departing at exactly 8am. Breakfast time. Luckily for me Addison woke up early and had breakfast with Josh so I can spring right up and get dressed. (I begun showering at night when Loralei was born because it saves time in the morning and there is generally someone here to hold/watch babies. Or I jump in after they both go to bed.) Dash to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal while Lora dozes quietly and contentedly. Addi has already been up for 2 hours so she wants a snack. I toss her in her high chair and while she buckles herself in I grab a Greek yogurt berry granola bar for her. We eat quickly together then I jump up to pack the diaper bag and go to the girls room to get their outfits for the day.
Get Addison cleaned up and down and changed then Loralei and sit down to nurse. Put Loralei in the carseat and Addison in her shoes. Grab the diaper bag, keys, baby and baby hand and head to the garage after throwing Milkbones at the dogs. It's only 915am. Buckle everyone in and head to West Ashley to Krispy Kreme. Buy dozen donuts for my family (myself) and dozen for station guys. Head back to North Charleston. Swing into car wash to wash van and decide to "splurge" paying $8 for the extra bubbles and liquid wax crap cause seriously, who has time to do that? 10 minutes later end up being disappointed because half the time only one side dispersed bubbles. Gr.
Pull into Target and free Addison to run while nursing Loralei. Buckle Loralei into the Ergo baby carrier and Addison into the buggy cover and toss in the diaper bag. Spend the next hour gathering items off the list, nodding at other moms, handing snacks and toys to Addi who is getting tired and restless. Take a shopping "selfie" with the girls. Checkout with 2 buggies full of food, baby things, pet items and a Princess Sofia coloring book. Save $57 by couponing. Somehow manage to get both buggies of food and babies back to the car and loaded in with no harm done. Only 1120am. Book it back to the house and run back and forth unloading all the bags into the house while the babies nap safely in the van in the garage. Let the dogs out and run back to van for Lora. Toss cold stuff into the fridge/freezer, change Lora, let dogs back in and lock door back and go sit in van and nurse while Addi still naps. Almost noon.
Buckle Loralei back in and drive around the mall to pass lights and get easily to Chick-fil-A for grilled chicken and fruit. 1245pm. Head to Station 2. Unload babies, donuts, diaper bag, and lunch with Josh. Change Addi who leaked out of the side of her diaper and eat quickly in case Lora wakes up. Josh runs out on a call and comes back for 15 minutes and then leaves again. I gather back up remaining donuts, diaper bag, carseat with Loralei, and Addison's hand and make the way back to the van to drive home.
At home, unload babies, diaper bag, and donuts then remaining groceries and put away last night's dishes. Change babies. Throw in a load of laundry. Sit down for about an hour and a half on the floor to nurse then play with the girls. Laugh, talk, take pictures, lay on the floor and color. Switch laundry to drier and add another load. About 500pm begin cooking dinner and dealing with inevitable melt downs that come from tired babies. The next hour consists of calming a hungry Addison and cooking while baby-wearing Loralei. Stop cooking to change Addi from head to toe after she splashed in the completely full dog water bowl. Continue cooking.
Get Addi into the high chair again and join her for dinner then switch laundry again. Clean her up and take her down to play for a half hour while I tidy up and start gathering supplies for bath-time. Nurse. Addison in the tub and cleaned and out. Loralei in the tub and cleaned and out. Nurse then story and teeth brushed and in bed with both girls. Josh comes home. Tidy up the house and then this Mama gets an hour to write and shower and then go to bed herself.
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