Desperation, Diapers, and Disappointments

Desperate times sometimes truly do call for desperate measures.  Last Wednesday was one of those times.  We got locked out of the house and would not be getting back in until Jared got home, since I could not successfully break in.  At the very beginning of it, Jed pooped.  Oh great!  My choices were to have my baby in the van (we were lucky...I had forgot to lock it, but didn't have keys to it) in a poopy diaper for a couple hours or more, or create a makeshift diaper.  In order to save his bum and  all of our sense of smell from anguish, I went with creating...

 this makeshift diaper, with a plastic bag and napkins that were in the car.

The very next day, I created more diapers...this time paper ones for party favors for a baby shower.

 I made sure to put the appropriate "Thank p -You!" on the front of them.  Get it?

 And each held a box of milk duds inside.  Get it, again?  Ha ha...I'm lame ;o)

I got them all ready, just to find out that Jared was going to be late, so I would not be able to attend the shower!  After working on these all day, it was quite the disappointment, having to load up my three kids to drive to the restaurant and drop the party favors off, again, bringing all my little ones in and back out with me.  To top it off, I was starting my downward spiral, since my 'morning sickness' get the worse at nights.  I came home and threw up (tmi?).  The only thing that saved my sanity that night was having a meal from one of the sweetest people on the planet, Cami Jensen, that I could just pop into the oven.  Instead of having a night out eating at the restaurant with the ladies, I fed me and my children the yummy lasagna.  Then, I had to bathe them and get them ready for bed.

I am very grateful that Jared will one day be the ophthalmologist that we both dream of him being, but sometimes many small sacrifices are made along the way to make it happen,...just, as I'm sure are in any path that is chosen.

So, there are my tales.  Hopefully, this post hasn't been too much of a downer, with all of its desperation, diapers, and disappointments, but all of those are a part of real life.  It is not all butterflies and rainbows, but it is OH SO GOOD, despite the not so good days.