Thursday, December 1, 2011
We're leaving now
So I never thought that I would get to the point where leaving the house was a chore. Here's Curtis watching tv while I'm running around with my head cut off trying to get me, Tatum and McKenzie ready to go. Me, well I just throw on what I can find as long as it's not too wrinkled and call it good. Tatum, she's like trying to dress an octopus. McKenzie, well she's probably the easiest one there is, as long as you don't have to put anything but a onsie on her. So we are all dressed now, time to get everything else ready. Make at least one bottle for McKenzie, two or three if we might be gone longer than an hour. Keep one eye on Tatum, cause as hard as it is to dress her, she can undress in amazing speeds. The diaper bag has diapers for both, onsie for McKenzie just in case, and a whole slew of other nonsense that's probably not really needed but it's in there to keep the bag heavy. Ok, now we Take a look at Tatum-still has her clothes on, good. Grab McKenzie and put her in her car seat(if she's not already there from napping in it). My gosh do they have to make those straps soo hard to snap? It's not like we're going to be able to get them off. Now we try and get Curt's attention away from the computer or TV, whichever stole it. Usually this takes a couple times, he'll look away from the computer just to find the TV is on, and oh it's amazing. Turning the TV off usually helps but it takes a second for him to notice, not sure why that is. While he's getting up and grabbing the two things he needs(Sunglasses and keys), I try and rush to grab my stuff(keys, phone, wallet etc.). I should really just keep all that stuff in my pockets at all times, note to self... So we make it to the door, Tatum is still dressed, amazing! Open it, and I have this crazy thought that I forgot something, and oh swing around to grab McKenzie from the living room, whew. One of these days I swear we'll make it to the car without her. Grab McKenzie, who now weighs 50+lbs in her carseat, take her to the door and set her down for Curt to carry. Get everyone out the door, lock it, take Tatum's hand, and make it to the car. Curt has the easy job of just snapping the car seat in it's base. While I on the other hand must wrestle with Tatum to get her to get in the car, she wants to go so bad in the house, but once she's in the car it's just a stupid idea. Got her strapped in, finally, remember octopus. Curt and I finally get in the car, seat belts on, check. Start the car and away we go. Was this all worth a trip to Steak and Shake for dinner? Once we get halfway through the apartments, I realize I forgot the diaper bag, but I don't say anything. I really don't want to backtrack at this point, she'll live...
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