Lessons learned....

I just have to say that the past 24 hours have been CrAzy!! And that is an understatement!

Here are a few of the things that I have learned about this journey called motherhood in the past 24 hours....

1. Emma has had a fever for 2 days now, and I very QUICKLY and unfortunately figured out with her that when she starts shaking, she is going to throw up at any second. Yes, thats right......I didn't know she was going to throw up until it was all of a sudden all over me, the floor, and the couch. And I tried to use a plate to catch it all. A PLATE!! Who uses a plate to catch throw up? I gotta say, however, that it was an improvement from using my hand. I quickly figured out with BriAnn that your hand REALLY isn't going to catch the throw up.

2. What may seem as a trial (or an occasional annoyance) may actually turn out to be a blessing sometimes! I woke up this morning to BriAnn sighing at the side of my bed (she sighs over and over again until I am awake.) I rolled over to see what time it was, only to find out that it was 5 am. Ugh! So I stumbled out of bed, put her back in her bed, went for a bathroom break, and then checked on Emma. When I opened her door, she jumped up and wanted me to hold her. Poor Emmy was burning up and was shaking. Now ya'll know what that means, right? I sure remembered! lol. So I ran into our room to grab a bowl (I got it right this time!) and she threw up. When all was calm again, and while I was feeding Ethan, I was pondering about how truly grateful I was for once that BriAnn woke me up in the wee morning hours. If she had not woken me up, I would have been cleaning up throw up at 5 am.

3. I can never leave Emma and Ethan in the living room together alone with the basement door unlocked. I went upstairs to wake up Eran, leaving all 3 kids in the living room for just a moment. Next thing I know, I hear Ethan SCREAMING. I ran down the stairs to find all 3 of them down in the basement. Emma had opened the basement door and Ethan fell all the way to the bottom (and the stairs are not carpeted, nor is the basement even finished. It has kinda turned into Eran's fish workshop for the time being. That is why we try to keep it locked.) It FREAKED me out!!! I don't think I ever ran down those stairs so quickly in my whole entire life. Poor little bubs =O( He seems to be ok...no broken bones or anything. He has a huge goose egg on the back of his head, and a bruise on his forehead. That scares me so bad and I feel like such a bad parent when stuff like that happens. Accidents happen though, right? I am just soooooooo grateful that he wasn't hurt worse than he was!!!!!!!

4. You can't always trust the baking instructions on certain foods. I had a big craving for Cinnamon rolls tonight, and the label said to cook them at 375 degrees for 18-22 mins. HA! Yeah right. I only set the timer for 12 mins. and they were burnt by the time the timer went off. They would have been toast if I would have left them in for 18-22 mins. Crazy and depressing when that craving can't be fulfilled =O( So lesson learned, don't bake cinnamon rolls at 375 for even 12 minutes! lol.

So, as you can tell. Its been an eventful day, full of lots of learning and growing experiences. Motherhood isn't always easy and is down right exhausting, but those love and snuggles through out the day and right before bedtime makes everything worth it!