Momma said there'd be days like this.....

Yesterday we had to run out to take our little runaway (Hudson the dog) for his annual vet appointment. As you can tell from his nickname he has been causing us a little stress lately with his extracurricular activities. So after I paid the vet a painful amount of money I told Eli & Addison that they could have chocolate milkshakes from McDonalds for being good. (Note to new mothers: Bribery REALLY works!) Plus, my ulterior motive was to get myself an XL sweet tea. Have you had their sweet tea? It is my new addiction. Actually it became my addiction right before I found out I had gestational diabetes so I had to go on a sweet tea hiatus. Now I get it as often as I can....

So in an effort to get out of making dinner we stopped off to get pizza. I had to park a ways down from the pizza place in front of this bakery. I noticed a table of women sitting right in front of where I parked as I walked by. We walked back to the car, pizzas in hand and I set Quinn down in front of the car in his carseat. Addison was right on my tail and apparently not paying attention because she slammed into the back of my legs and spilled her ENTIRE chocolate milkshake onto Quinn's lap. It was one of those moments where you just stop and go "I don't really know what to do here...". So I put the pizza in the car (remember there is a dog all alone with pizza in this car) and took my chocolate milkshake covered four week old into the bakery. Those three women at the table? They witnessed it all - front row seats they had. I noticed them laughing as I walked by...I won't hold it against them. It was pretty funny. As soon as I walked into the bakery these wonderful women (I think they were all about my Mom's age and definitely Grandma's themselves) jumped up to offer help. They took charge actually..."we have to get him undressed..here, let's lay him down on our table." So I helped one women strip poor Quinn down to his diaper while another started cleaning out the puddle in my carseat. I had to take the carseat apart to clean it up. The infant insert, the cover, everything had to come off. While I did this one of the women held an almost naked Quinn. I could tell she was in new baby heaven. Sooo thankful to these wonderful women. Greg said if Quinn hadn't been a newborn - if he had been one or two - they wouldn't have helped. Having a fresh one sure helps in these situations!

So we took another trip through the McDonald's drive thru...had to replace poor Addison's milkshake you know and they actually had the nerve to give me an unsweetened tea! I can't drink that stuff! So you know...I really do have my priorities in order. My poor naked baby in the backseat and me getting my drink order right. You gotta do what you gotta do when you are sleep deprived!

So Quinn got a little bath when we got home...actually I had just wiped him down with wipes and put fresh clothes on him but he promptly blew out his diaper so bath time it was!