Day 1---No casualties

Here is an update of my last 24 hrs. I'll try to not drag it out too long.

We know that Saturday is the day we get ready for Sunday. So last night I got my TPN going at a good time so it would be done in plenty of time for church today. Well............my pump malfunctioned and by the time I figured it out, I was scheduled to finish TPN at noon and church starts at 11:00. I sped things up as quickly as I could to finish before 11 without giving up too many calories that I despertly need.

This morning Isaac wakes me up at 6:40. He had wet the bed, not too bad, but the bedding still had to get washed. I got Isaac cleaned up and found some cartoons and I went back to sleep on the couch. Mark woke up but went back to sleep until 8:30. What a guy!!!! When I got him up, he had totally saturated his diaper from both ends. So I got him cleaned up too.

Then on to breakfast. We had pancakes with syrup. The boys really like syrup. I got the roast in the crock pot. Then it was time for grandma's bath. The boys were going to play in the bathroom so I could see what trouble they were getting into. Mark started crying before I even got started. I figured I'd put him in bed, he could cry there. He didn't cry, but went right to sleep. So I got bathed and ready for church and my time was good. Then I got Isaac ready. I waited as long as I could to get Mark up. Got him ready. I wanted to take pictures of the boys in their church clothes, but didn't have time then. Oh yah, and I unhooked my TPN. My time was good except I forgot that it would take 5 minutes to get them in the car.

We arrived at church, still early. I carried in the diaper bag, my large print scriptures that weigh 10 lbs and Mark. Isaac tailed along behind. That was another 5 minute adventure. As soon as the opening song started, Isaac needed to go to the bathroom. Off all 3 of us went. Church went very good. The boys did get treats, I'm sure mom and dad don't do that but hey, I don't care. We were in survival mode. The lady sitting by me in church helped Mark get down off the bench so he wouldn't fall. He didn't like that strange lady touching him and started to cry. He calmed right down when grandma took him. That was a relief. It could have been ugly. I must have done something right because another little girl about Isaac's age came and joined us. She sat on the bench with us and shared our books. They all shared good it was fine.

I am subbing in Primary for a few weeks so Mark helped with that. (If it weren't for Primary, I would have been subbing in Relief Society and that would not have worked out so good with my little helper). He was very tired and just wanted me to hold him. That worked out good in Primary but standing, holding him and giving a lesson would have been very difficult.

After church, we changed clothes, got something to eat and went to bed (all of us). No picture in the Sunday clothes. I don't know how you do it Amy. I think I will have to put the church clothes on them another day just for a picture.

Mark woke up before Isaac and now he decided that mom and dad were not here and he was NOT happy. I skyped mom and dad. Mark was still trying to wake up but at least he quit crying . After a bit Isaac woke up and Mark started to come to life.

Then it was dinner time, bath time and bed time. Not too much to report there except I am very glad that Molly gave me the "heads-up" on having to kiss the stuffed animals good-night. I got Isaac to bed and had to go in for a 2nd call. I got him calmed down and he was saying kiss..... and something I couldn't understand. It took me a minute to figure out that I had to kiss Minnie and Mickey. After that was done, everything was ok and he went to sleep. I can't wait to see what fun awaits me tomorrow.