Tonight Joel's parents and his older brother, Jer came for supper. We've all been looking forward to this visit for the last week - Reagan in particular. She's been planning all the stuff she will tell them and show them -- take this morning for example... It snowed in the night so this morning Reagan was excited (you think she would be used to it by now) and told me that "I'm going to tell my cousins that it snowed this morning!" (If you're confused about the "cousins" part - see the previous post.)
Grant was up nearly every hour last night because of his latest cold, so I was exhausted before we even started the day. I briefly debated staying home, but that is generally more exhausting than going to work, so off we went. Grant was terrible for Sadie and since he is usually a happy kid, I picked them up early and we went to the doctor. As it turns out, Grant has an ear infection and off we go to the pharmacy. By this time Joel's parents were already at our house -- Joel was on his way home, and I was a ways away from being done at the pharmacy. Sorry, guys.
The night went great and Reagan had lots of fun playing Hide and Go Seek with Daddy and Grandpa. I love for Joel's parents to connect with the kids, so the plan was for Linda to feed Grant his bottle and put him to bed. Grant had other plans - he barfed all over...
I get a great deal of satisfaction (in a prideful sort of way) when I have my act (and my kids' acts) all together. I like for my house to be clean, my kids to be clean, and my family to be on such a predictable schedule that we don't even need to talk about it -- everyone just knows what comes next, and we all just agree and follow the script. Days like today are sort of hard on me.
Dave, Linda, and Jer (and Reagan!) will all tell you that things went great (thanks mostly to my Dad, who cleaned before, cooked supper, cleaned up supper, and did the dishes - our dishwasher broke yesterday) No one actually cares about the house, or about supper, its all about spending time together -- I know that. But for now I am feeling a little out of control, a lot less prideful, and a little afraid that I am headed for another sleepless night...
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