Why I love Diet Pepsi and Taylor Swift and Why Pink Isn't My Favorite Color Right Now.

I got up today with every intention of taking the kids to Burger King again. For the past two days the weather has actually been sunny and quite pleasant. We were able to make a trip to Wal-Mart, bake cookies, play, enjoy the sunshine, etc. Today some friends wanted to get together for another girl's birthday. I was really excited and thought that it would be a lot of fun. Matt woke me by accident this morning. It was really early. He said he had to get going because it was really bad outside. "Oh, great!," I thought. I rolled back over and went to sleep. Then Kaia came bouncing in later saying her usual, "Hi, hey, hello!" We went potty and laid back down for a little while. I remembered that we were suppose to go hang out so I thought I had better get up. I looked out the window and saw nothing but white! Yikes! It was really bad. There was so much snow I could hardly see the trees in our backyard. We were on a lake effect snow warning until noon and our playdate was at 1:00. I figured it would clear up. After getting the boys ready for the day I noticed that Gatlin's eyes were still red, er PINK. Matt and I noticed this yesterday evening and thought that he was just really tired. (If you have been keeping up with the last few posts you will know that my children have been sick for like EVER.) During lunch it hit me...he has PINK eye. Are you kidding me? As if we haven't been sick enough already. (Poor little Gat-man. He is not happy.)

Sitting by the window I also realized that I didn't live in Louisiana anymore so the weather wasn't going to change in an hour or so. (F.Y.I They say down south that if you don't like the weather wait 10 minutes and it will change. And it is so true!) With a sick baby and the blizzard we had brewing outside I knew my playdate was not going to happen. =c( That is ok though we could still have a good day. I had a lot of laundry to do anyway. So we went about the day as usual. For quiet time I decided to play on the computer in my room while the kiddos watched a movie. I have decided that quiet time sometimes just isn't worth it. I came out of my room and smelled the poop which is really nothing new in my house. I went looking for the boys but found HER instead. Kaia has been potty trained since November but decided to poop in her pants and play in it. I will spare the details. Lets just say about an hour later Kaia, the bathroom, and her bed were all poop free.

(She really isn't as cute and innocent as she looks. Beware of this child.)

Seriously, I had had it and decided I needed some Hershey Kisses and a Diet Pepsi. I am not much of a soda drinker but somedays I need a little extra boost from caffeine. Today was definitely that day. The only positive thing that came out of Kaia and her poop project was that I wasn't going to have to bathe her later. The day really flew by I was vaccuuming, disinfecting, continuing the laundry (I had a few extra loads all of a sudden), and started dinner. Then, the day was good. For Christmas my brother-in-law, Daniel, bought me the Taylor Swift CD "Fearless". I LOVE the song "Love Story" and so does Kaia. If you put that song on she starts singing and dancing.

(Kaia doing her dance. I guess she is pretty cute.)

It has become a part of our bathtime routine. I have a CD player in the boy's room which is across from the bathroom. We put the song on, everyone is quiet and cooperates. It is nice on the nights I am doing this on my own. I didn't have to bathe Kaia so she just danced and sung while I took care of the boys.

(My favorite time of the day, bathtime)

It was at this point of the day I forgave her and remembered why I do what I do everyday. Even though she can be a couple of handfuls sometimes she is just too cute for words and you can't help but love her. The rest of the night went smoothly, Matt made it home safely, we had a nice quiet dinner, and we hung out with some friends. Today was rough but my Diet Pepsi and Taylor Swift CD came to my rescue. Looking at these pictures and typing this is making me miss my babies. Every night I can't wait to see them in the morning and I am curious to know what they will put me through that day. Being a mother is not easy but yes, it is so worth it.