Lessons in Motherhood

This is Mommy’s week of temporary freedom while Luke keeps the girls in TX at his Dad’s new house/cabin/eco-friendly experiment. We all flew to Dallas on Saturday afternoon and stayed there until Monday evening when I flew back to Atlanta BY MYSELF!!

Not surprisingly, I was really sad about leaving the girls and just a little bit nervous (sorry Daddy). However, after spending a few days with the girls in TX, I knew they would be fine after I left. Let’s face it, I can’t compete with a creek, pool, horses, and the other wonders of country living. Still, I was sad when they dropped me at the airport, and then quickly amused when I got a call not ten minutes later from Luke. “Hailey says her tummy hurts, and she has to poop. Plus, Sophia has been crying since you got out of the car,” he said.

It’s about an hour and a half to get back to his Dad’s house, so he was in a bit of a pickle. Welcome to single fatherhood, Daddy! I have to say that I was feeling a bit relieved that it’s not just me who finds having two kids by yourself a bit daunting. Then, I got the second call…”Hailey just puked all over the back of the car and it stinks.”

Oh no! At that point, my heart really went out to her (and him). After the puking episode, they made their way to a Target (the savior of all parents) where he proceed to buy her new clothes and get her cleaned up (how that cost close to $100 I’m not sure). Then, he changed Sophia’s diaper, but made a fatal error – he ripped the tab that keeps the diaper closed. Oops. Usually, that’s not a huge deal EXCEPT when she poops in the now uncloseable diaper, which she, of course, did in this case. Then, if you forget that the diaper is not on there securely (which he did), and you happen to pick her up, like he did, then you get poop all over. Yeah. Getting puked on and pooped on in the first 3 hours of Mama’s departure was probably not what Daddy was looking forward to. Poor Daddy. And Poor Mommy…more on that in Episode 2