Around 7 this morning, I woke up to use the bathroom. As I walked out of the room, I noticed that Bailey wasn't in the pack and play and automatically assumed she was in the bed with Tina nursing. As I walked to the bathroom I saw my son sitting on the couch playing quietly on an iPad. I didn't have my glasses on so I waved at him and went about my business in the bathroom. During the return to bed I noticed that Bailey was not in the bed either and Tina was sleeping away. No baby in the crib, no baby in the bed...what the hell? I immediately started pressing the comforter and moving sheets thinking Bailey may have scooted herself underneath. No dice. Now I'm starting to panic a little and I shake Tina's leg to wake up because now I'm thinking Tina might know what's up. No clue. Now we're both up and tossing sheets, looking behind bed, looking around the bed. Nothing.
At this point, my brain went into lunacy mode and I started thinking things like "Oh My God! The front door didn't have a cross with lamb's blood and the angel of death took her!" or "Oh My God! Someone ninja-like climbed through window and kidnapped her!"
I ran to the basement door, it was closed. I ran into the living room and asked AJ if Bailey was in there with him. He answered "no" and then began to panic too.
I finally run back into our bedroom and Tina and I are looking left and right and don't know what to do. That's when Tina looks at the pack and play mattress and noticed it was elevated, Bailey was underneath it! She had tossed and rolled so much that she lifted it up and rolled under.
There was a huge collective gasp and Tina rushed to get her out. Bailey was okay, in fact, she looked kind of pissed at us for waking her up. In the night she must have rolled against the wall of the pack and play, which lifted the mattress a little and she rolled right under. It was the most terrifying morning I've ever been involved in...so far.
6/24/13
New empowerment brought to you by Disney
We announced recently to the kids that we're going to to Disney World for the first time. Obviously, they were extremely pleased with this announcement and did their little dances of joy for a while afterward. We're making a road trip out of it and stopping at several places along the way and back, which I'm sure will give me plenty of material for my July blog posts.
I didn't log on to tell you that though. What I really wanted to talk about was the glorious power of "Disney" that I have over my children (except Bailey, the one year old, she doesn't give a damn about where we're going as long as she's not sitting in the same seat for more than 3 hours). The other two though, wow, what a difference a word makes.
Here is a before and after example of what I'm talking about...
Before Disney,
Me- "Please feed the dog or you're gonna go to your room for the rest of your life!"
This usually ends up with a 10 minute argument of how they could possibly live their entire life in their bedroom. It usually ends with me telling them to close their mouths and go to bed...and I feed the damn dog.
After Disney,
Me- "Please feed the dog or you're not going to Disney, and we're leaving you here by yourself, with the dog, for a week!"
Them- "Oh please father, do not say such things, we will feed the dog and care for her lovingly."
Okay, so that's not the actual wording they use, but man, that's what it feels like. Guess who didn't have to feed the damn dog? Me!
Unfortunately, the new power I have obtained is going to be short lived, so I'm putting to use as much as possible, even when its not entirely necessary. For example, even though I know the kids are brushing their teeth I'll yell "You better be brushing your teeth, or you're not going to Disney EVER!" Was it necessary? Probably not, but you have to keep children on their toes as much as possible. Sometimes I'll get a look from the 7 year old like "relax padre, we're already doing it for god's sake." At that time I'll just say "all right then, keep up the good work, I really don't want to take Disney away, but I will if I have to."
See I just can't stop using the word even when writing about it. Amazing!
I didn't log on to tell you that though. What I really wanted to talk about was the glorious power of "Disney" that I have over my children (except Bailey, the one year old, she doesn't give a damn about where we're going as long as she's not sitting in the same seat for more than 3 hours). The other two though, wow, what a difference a word makes.
Here is a before and after example of what I'm talking about...
Before Disney,
Me- "Please feed the dog or you're gonna go to your room for the rest of your life!"
This usually ends up with a 10 minute argument of how they could possibly live their entire life in their bedroom. It usually ends with me telling them to close their mouths and go to bed...and I feed the damn dog.
After Disney,
Me- "Please feed the dog or you're not going to Disney, and we're leaving you here by yourself, with the dog, for a week!"
Them- "Oh please father, do not say such things, we will feed the dog and care for her lovingly."
Okay, so that's not the actual wording they use, but man, that's what it feels like. Guess who didn't have to feed the damn dog? Me!
Unfortunately, the new power I have obtained is going to be short lived, so I'm putting to use as much as possible, even when its not entirely necessary. For example, even though I know the kids are brushing their teeth I'll yell "You better be brushing your teeth, or you're not going to Disney EVER!" Was it necessary? Probably not, but you have to keep children on their toes as much as possible. Sometimes I'll get a look from the 7 year old like "relax padre, we're already doing it for god's sake." At that time I'll just say "all right then, keep up the good work, I really don't want to take Disney away, but I will if I have to."
See I just can't stop using the word even when writing about it. Amazing!
6/22/13
I guess I'm old
"Daddy, can you do the same thing for my wedding as you did with Uncle Vincent's...when I get married, if you're still alive?"
Madison just said this to me while I was playing CD that contained music from my brother's wedding. One of the songs on there was from the video montage I created for the wedding. Apparently, if I live to see her walk down the isle, all she wants right now from me is her own slideshow.
Guess I better get started on one now just in case.
Guess I better get started on one now just in case.
6/18/13
Hello Again
It has been almost two years since I've updated this blog, in that time I have added another child to my clan so that now makes 3. Due to Facebook, this blog has kind of become distant memory, but I've decided to start posting daily because I think it will help keep me mentally stable. Apparently a lot has changed since my last post with Blogger so I'll need to tweak things here and there. Once I get that all set up, then my posts will begin. Feel free to laugh and cry at any of the posts, I'm sure I'll be doing both.
