One of Those Days

I have noticed that most if not all of the posts on this blog are about all the great things that go on in our life. While it is certainly true that life since our little guy has arrived is wonderful, being a new parent to an infant can be frustrating, exhausting, and downright gross. Well today it was all three. Jax has been a little fussier than normal lately. He actually seems like he might be teething some. Combine that with the lack of sleep I have since he still doesn't come close to sleeping through the night and there are definitely moments of exhaustion. Today, however, took things to a new level. Jax was fussy this morning and since it is so hot outside we have been inside a lot. To get him out of the house (and give me a little sanity) we went to Target under the excuse that we needed hand soap. On the way back Jax started crying because he had a wet diaper. I got to the house and it started to rain. I ran in with my crying infant to find that the dogs were under the dining room table and there were three diapers torn to shreds. I didn't know where they got them and honestly didn't care. I figured I would change Jax's diaper, feed him and then deal with the mess.



I then proceeded upstairs to change Jax in his nursery. That is when I discovered the real treat left for me by my sweet little dogs, lots of dog poop right on the landing and a wet spot from pee in the nursery. Lovely. We haven't had a dog go to the bathroom in our house in years. I guess we will never know for 100% who the culprit was, but we are 99.9% sure it was Ladybird as she is the one we always find trying to go upstairs. I was only gone for maybe an hour tops so I know it wasn't an issue of them really having to go outside. I honestly think that it was Ladybird staking claim to the nursery. We don't allow the dogs upstairs and she always wants to know what we are doing up there. Looks like someone was letting us know she wants more attention.



So I cleaned up the mess while trying to talk to Jax as he was crying. I then spent the rest of the day dealing with lots of spit up, feedings for a fussy baby, and a very messy house. Needless to say, today was one of those days when we were waiting by the door for Jasper to get home from work.



As crazy and stressful as today was, I will take all the messes, endure all the fussiness and give up all my sleep for one of these looks.





It is totally worth it.