Not such a great mom

I just had to post this since I read on two separate blogs tonight what a great mom I am. So, tonight my sister and my nieces were dancing at this fake academy awards thing at the University here. I for some reason thought that his would be a great time to take my kids to see them dance. We are driving over there and Savannah starts crying, "We're hungry, we didn't have dinner yet!" My nephew is in the car too, and he says he hasn't eaten yet either, so I went through the only drive-thru close, Burger King for the third time of the day. (more on that later) We then snuck our burgers and chicken nuggets into the no food allowed auditorium. So we walk in, and my family has chosen to sit right in the middle of the row, great seats. By my family I mean my mom and dad, my single-mom sister and her 3 boys, my other sister's 3 boys that my parents are watching, my mom's friend's daughter, and us. By the way, this includes four babies counting Lincoln. So we are waiting for the thing to start, and Lincoln starts running down the rows. Its pretty empty, so as I'm getting up to retrieve him my mom says to just wait and see if he comes back. Well, he didn't. He was literally running up and down several rows, climbing over seats, etc. I just didn't have the energy to deal with that tonight (more on that later too) So I'm watching him, but not moving until he opens the auditorium door and runs out. I'm in like 30 seats from the door! So I got up and went squeezing by the other people (luckily most of whom were family). When I finally caught up to him some random college student had gotten up and chased him down for me. She was like, "Sorry I saw him run out the door and thought someone needed to get him." Ya, I was that mom tonight. And I don't even really care. I've had like 5 hours of sleep in the last 60 hours.

So, you want to know why? Lincoln is weaning. Yes he is two. Yes, I know I'm insane! I originally wanted to let him self wean. Then when he was about 18 months old I decided I was done, but I was waiting for a time when he was not sick or not going through a huge transition, or not getting used to a new diet. He was actually down to only nursing when he first woke up in the morning until we moved here, and Jesse left, and we were suddenly around other kids 24/7 and he decided he needed to get up 4-5 times a night to nurse. Yes, you read that right, my 24 month old gets up 4-5 times a night! So, I finally decided Wednesday night that I was D.O.N.E! No more. So he got up at midnight and cried for about an hour. I was an idiot and stayed up until 2:30 working on homework, talking to Jesse, cleaning, etc. So I went to bed at 2:30, and he woke up again at 3. Then he proceeded to scream for 3 hours straight! Three hours people! Finally at 6 I got him to eat a poptart (which he shouldn't have on his diet) and a sippy cup of soy milk and turned him on a movie and zonked out. I'm not sure if he went to sleep or not, but an hour later he was screaming again and we were all up for the day. Last night was a bit better. He never cried for more than 45 minutes at a time, but he was up 4 times crying between 1:30 when I went to bed an 8 when we all got up.

And to make it even better, Savannah decided to start running a 103 fever in the middle of the night! By some miracle, my kids have been pretty healthy lately, but Savannah has been complaining of a sore throat for a few days, so after the middle of the night fever I decided to take her in for a strep culture today. According to the base website they do walk in cultures from 10-3 ever day. So we were rushing around getting ready this morning, and in a bribe to get her dressed and out the door I told Savannah she could get breakfast from Burger King. So we did that on the way there. Unfortunately there was a wreck on the freeway, and it took us 85 minute to get to base. Usually it takes 35-40 minutes, but for some strange reason our request to see a civilian provider has been denied twice so we have to drive out there when they are sick. Anyhow, so we arrive there and are told that they stopped doing walk in cultures two years ago, but for some reason they haven't updated their website yet. Luckily, our dr is awesome and agreed to see her on his lunch break! So he checked her out, and she is fine. Her throat wasn't even a bit red, and there is absolutely nothing else wrong with her, and she hasn't had even the slightest fever since waking up this morning. So I decided that she was going to school. I just didn't have the energy to deal with both of them and everything else I had to do today. But in order to get her to school on time I was going to have to go through the only drive-thru on base... Yeah! Burger King again! Then I got to drop her off at school, and had just enough time to go grocery shopping (I've been meaning to make it there since Halloween and it hasn't happened yet) before picking my niece up from school and driving her to her dress rehearsal. Then it was time to pick Savannah up from school.

So, after all that, I finally finished my homework that was due at midnight at 11:58 and instead of going to bed, I decided that I would blog. Must be the sleep deprivation messing with my decision making skills. Sorry that got so long. Oops! If you wouldn't mind, please send Lincoln some "Please sleep tonight!" thoughts and vibes!