First Family Outing

This morning I had a dr's appt to check my incision. So we piled up the boys...which takes A LOT longer now...and got in the truck. When we got there we hopped out and ran around to opposite sides to get the child that was our charge for the day (I can't lift Connor or the baby's carseat so I need a little help still). When Dave got to Connor he found that Connor had a really bad nose bleed. We were already late so he said he'd deal with Connor and I went upstairs to my appt. It took another 10 minutes or so for him to get the nose bleed to stop and get him mildly cleaned up...ofcourse he had on a white shirt. We went in for the nurse to check my wound...which is healing well. We asked her to take a look at Evan's circumsion because we weren't sure if the scab we saw was right or not. They said they weren't sure but maybe we should take him in just to be safe. So while he screamed and Connor ran around, I waited for 10 min. to make my next appt and Dave sat on hold with the pediatrician's office.

After 20 min on hold they told us to come in in an hour and a half. We debated on whether to go home or not since we'd get home be there for 30 min and then have to race around and pack the boys up again so we decided to just go get lunch. We went to Chipotle in hopes that Connor would get so messy that the food stains would cover the blood stains and the dr wouldn't think we were beating the poor child. That plan pretty much worked...he was a mess! When we got back to the truck we thought maybe he'd look better if we turned his shirt inside out..it only helped a little. We got to the dr's office with 15 min to spare, but now it was raining. We managed to get in, get checked in and go to the waiting room. Then Dave began to suspect that Connor had pooped his pants...only trouble was that he'd used most of the wipes on the nose bleed. So after searching for a changing station that was male accessible he discovered it was a false alarm, but by the time he got back Evan was making some loud noises. We got called back and needed to check Evan's weight...he gained 5 oz in 3 days and is up to 9lbs 2 oz! This kid is growing at an amazing rate! Anyway the dr came right in and said that the scab was normal but that part of it wasn't as healed as it should be...lots of blood came out when he touched it, but that it should heal on it's own soon. So we packed them back up and headed home trying to make sure Connor didn't pass out on the way home so he'd go down for his nap. When we got home we discovered that his current favorite toy, Pablo, was missing! But we put Connor down anyway, against his will, and Dave searched the truck again and found him. Crisis averted! Luckily Evan slept almost the entire time we were out...minus the small fit at the dr's office.

WOW! Two kids has been doable at home with two people but I'm not sure I'll be going out much by myself once Dave goes back to work in another week. I'll have to do what I did when Connor was little and take little trips out every day until we all get used to it.