Frantic Friday!

**UPDATED AT THE BOTTOM**

(original post)
WOW, am I ever glad this day had night fall! I was beginning to think it was going to go on forever just to torture me! Let me give you a glimpse (better get comfy) of my day!

7:30 A Bear is "calling" out for me from his crib..... (sounds a bit like this) "Cooooooow, Cooooooooow, Cooow". (Don't let him fool you he CAN say Mama!)
I stumble out of bed (I went to bed reeeaaaalllly late the night before), do my best to remove the beer goggle effect from my eyes; No good, "OH dang it, WALL!" "MOVE DUKE"... " I am coming honey, hang on".
Manage to get into his room and find him staring at the door SMILING at me from ear to ear. All slumber leaves me at this point for I know there is a MASSIVE ball of energy waiting for me to pick him up and set him down on this side of the "breakable" world! MY DAY OFFICIALLY BEGINS! I change him and receive one of the best hugs on the planet MOM (If I were a good potty training mommy I would take him to the potty first thing in the morning buuuuuut... remember the WALL and DUKE... I am ready to put him in a highchair, strap him in and finish waking up.)

7:45 make him breakfast: toasted raisin bread, banana and strawberry yogurt & a yogurt drink.
I manage to snack on a piece of toasted raisin bread and snag a couple bites of yogurt.
8:00 J wakes up and peers into the kitchen from behind the same beer goggles I left in bed (they must've fallen on his face when I threw them off). I get his breakfast ready (he had to go in to work at 9A to drive). Raisin toast, yogurt, oatmeal and chocolate milk.
I snag a sip of his chocolate milk.

8:15 Bear is ready to get down. I clean him up and send him on his way... So from 8:15 to 9:00 this is what you hear.
"Bear come here please. No you don't need in there. Leave the safety latches ON the cabinets!. Bear come back in here please. Put that candle down please. Could you move over please. BEAR! STOP eating the dogs food! Honey, can you put the dogs food in their room. Bear where did you go? GET OUT OF THERE! You nut. NO THAT IS NOT A COW! THAT IS A ..... (this is to be repeated about every other sentence). don't pull the laundry off the couch! Okay lets sit here and play. Where are you going? (moves on into whining) BED TIME!

9A Naptime already. (he has had this same naptime forever now. He just loves it! NO JOKE! If he misses this one he is a booger to live with.
(J left somewhere in all the excitement.. I do remember a kiss)
come turn on my computer and check emails from the night before and send out some replies.

9:10 go start laundry. Fridays are my laundry and kitchen cleaning days. ( I am trying to be a good mommy and work by a schedule).

9:25 look at kitchen, sigh... come check emails and blogs. Pray for some blog friends, pray for my day. (Nowhere near adequate time with my JESUS! I am still getting the hang of organization and scheduling my life...) (pray for that too)

9:30 let the dogs in (J let them out earlier)
feed the dogs

10: switch out laundry

10:25 clean up kitty poo (didn't anyone win this cat!) from the same bathroom rug I JUST WASHED YESTERDAY FROM THE SAME THING! Remove the mess, remove the rug from the bathroom... into the laundry room it and I go. Get clothes out of the dryer and move others over... throw in rug instead of next load SUPPOSED to be going in.

11: Bear is up and raring to go! think of some fun photo ops and go for it. Not a good thing. He is way hyper active these days... He doesn't sit still unless he is getting sleepy. Get some cute ones and then give up!




come to download them onto the computer with him in the room with me. YEAH about that! "Bear PUT THAT DOWN... WE DO NOT PLAY IN KITTY LITTER" (We moved the kitten to my art room to give her more space to be instead of Missy's old kennel, and so we don't hear her meowing in the middle of the night. We put her food, litter box, and water in here and shut the door for her security!) Take him to the bathroom to wash his hands. Come back to finish uploading photos. Two seconds later... "NO WE DON'T PLAY IN THE KITTY'S WATER EITHER!" (go find a towel to clean up the water, wash hands a second time.) forget it! Let's go get a snack. String cheese w/ grapes and juice it is.

11:40 make lunch: grilled cheese sandwiches and Progresso lentil soup and grapes and water.

12:20 get Bear ready to go into town to take Christmas gifts to friends. Go to two different houses and drop off gifts.

2:20 go to HEB to pick up a few groceries for the week to come.

2:50 get home and unload a Bear and put him to bed (second nap time is at 1 buuuuuut). go unload the rest of the groceries, put them away. switch out more laundry (all the clean laundry is getting piled onto the couch).
Come check on emails from caseworkers and such.
hear Bear getting restless. Go change his WET diaper and put him back in bed.

3:15 attempt cleaning my kitchen. Let dogs out or in (can't remember)

4P lazily start attempting dinner (i have a menu planned out for the week too, y'all shoud be proud of me!) don't want to make what is on the menu... too long to make it and by this time it is already 4:19... I call J to see if he needs me to bring him some dinner to work (he will be working into the second shift as well getting off at 10:30 again and in bed tonight again at about 12 ish... 'nother late night!) He needs me to bring dinner.
Start getting the food prepped and made (it is usually started at 4P every day... ooops). Hear Bear start crying and making LOTS of noise (he never went to sleep, he has been talking the whole time.)
OOOOOOOOh yeah... diaper is off on the floor, there is "LIQUID" everywhere. Remove the source from the scene, put him on his potty chair and clean, clean, clean. Bring him into kitchen/ living room to play. More of the same as this morning...."Put the dog food down." "no, honey Duke doesn't want to eat food right now. (he was putting the food up to Duke's mouth)"88

4:44 finish prepping dinner and put it in the oven: Baked chicken parmesan. Start getting sides ready///////////////////////////*- ('scuse the cat there) make the spaghetti, sauce, green beans and garlic bread. Get the sauce on some noodles for Bear and some green beans on a plate and put him in his high chair to eat. Go finish prepping J's plate to take to him. Snag a piece of garlic bread, mmmm good stuff. Hear Bear's plate hitting the tray. Run in there! "NO! We do not make messes with our dinner!" (very rare occasion, but of course it would be on a hectic night) clean up the mess, go finish making J's dinner. Chicken is ready now. Take it out of oven. Cool off a small piece for Bear cut it up and give it to him. Put J's chicken on his plate, close it up and grab some utensils and a drink.

5:30 Get Bear down from eating. Give him a rinse off in the Kitchen sink, he jumps into the sink and wants to play in it instead. I remove his diaper and let him get in. Grab a towel dry him off after a quick wash off. Get his jammies, hat and jacket on to take daddy dinner.

5:55 On the road.

6:10 make it to UPS to give J his food. Sit with him until 6:35

6:50 Bring Bear in put him to bed (he fell asleep in the car).

7:20... reheat dinner and make a small plate, (not even hungry anymore... Thank you Jesus for Garlic bread) Wow this is really good stuff (if you want the recipe email me... Baked chicken parmesan, serve it w/ spaghetti mmmmmmmmm... And yes Tia I will make it again for y'all this weekend, don't worry!)

8P Finally finish eating and sit down to read emails and blog. Cat won't leave me alone. One eye is falling shut and there are still 3 loads of laundry to be done. OH AND the ones on the couch that have to be folded! hhhhmmmmmmmmmm....

See y'all tomorrow!

**UPDATE**
Okay so I never went to bed.... I was playing with photoshop and had soooo much fun I could not sleep. Here are some "fixed" pictures from our "flop" photo shoot this morning. Not too shabby afterall!