true love

do you ever just sit there and feel like you have so much to do but you can't figure out what is most urgent at that exact moment in time?  i had a moment like that tonight.  it lasted about half a second and then i heard a crash in the other room.  i paused for another half a second to listen for the cry.  nothing.  next second, i turned around and decided: dishes.  headed to the dishes, my phone rang.  i answered the phone; because i can talk on the phone and do dishes. while on the phone i walked in the other room to see what had crashed.  nothing bad.  i was about to head back to the dishes and i noticed merritt had a wee little potty accident.  and by that i mean there was poop all over her leg and the carpet.  ugh. phone call over.  (did she do that before or after i answered the phone?  somehow my kids have a marvelous ability to do something disastrous as soon as i get that phone anywhere close to my head)

a few weeks ago i had put merritt down for a nap.  she usually talks for a while before falling asleep.  today she talked for a looooooooooong time.  it went on for an hour and it was getting close to the time where we would have to get up to get stimson from school.  so i went upstairs ready to hug and tell merritt how much i had missed her in the last hour.  before i even got to the crib, i could smell bad stuff.  really bad.  then i got closer and i saw it: everywhere.  same substance referred to earlier.  somehow she had taken her diaper off and had it smeared everywhere.  legs, arms, blankets, sheets, hands, feet, hair, face, and worst of all, THE blankie.  start laundry, triple bath, open the windows, clean, clean, clean.

have i mentioned how much i love being a mom?

i was wondering if my mom ever had to do that with me.  and probably the more relevant question, does she even remember if she ever had to do that?  because i am going to remember this.  i also remember a friend telling me a similar story a couple of years ago and thinking i would NEVER EVER let that happen to my kid.  gross.

i did not take a picture of this incident.  and i probably didn't handle it the way a patient, understanding, and gentle mom would have.  so thankful for generous forgiveness from my children.  i am hoping we can get a great start to a new day tomorrow, and that all diaper contents remain in the diaper until disposed of properly.  surely that will help me be patient, understanding, and gentle.