Our Doctors Visit

We visited the Dr. on Monday for Nolan’s two day check up. He was 7lbs 6 oz on and a little jaundice. Yippee that he gained weight. Our Dr. wanted us to come back for a weight and color check on Friday. Thank goodness because his eyes were crusted shut and needed to be wiped every hour to keep them open. Poor guy. Luckily I didn’t wipe them and they prescribed some eye drops for him.

NOW all that is minor the funny part was the actual Dr. apt.
So we were getting ready to get our stuff on to get to the Dr. Apt. And Carson comes up the stairs and tells me “Mom I forgot to tell you there is a lot of water in the laundry room.” I asked him if he opened the washing machine and he said No. Then I said well how much water- He said a lot me and Adison tried to go in there but we got our socks all wet.

I was still calm at this point. But I knew I had to check it out. So I walk into the laundry room only to find a floor full of water. Adison had thrown a ball into the wash tub and it overflowed from laundry onto the floor. I tried to clean up what I could with the ten towels and five minutes I had. However, I couldn’t get it all. A switch went off and I turned into psycho mom for five minutes. Yelling at the kids to get their shoes on and get into the car. Keep in mind I was still a bit emotional from having a baby (Mike would say a little more than a bit- or a walking tear drop). After we were in the car – my sensitive Carson says mom are you crying?? A question he asks often lately- even when I am not crying.

We get to the Dr.s office and the kids were good but a little restless since it was their first time out of the house in six days. When the Dr came in they start asking questions, hanging on me, sliding on and off the chairs, all the while the Dr. and I are discussing how hard it can be to appreciate every moment of chaos with little kids—knowing that someday we will miss these times and wish we could have them back. Two minutes before the apt. was over Nolan got hungry and started to cry and Adison started crying because she wanted to be held – My Dr. stands up and I am laughing because I didn’t want to cry and he says laughing- okay Kelly focus look at my eyes (still laughing) and gives me the instructions for Nolan’s eye drops and tells me how they will come in to draw blood for his Jaundice.

It had to be the funniest - crazy apt. I have ever had. I assured him my upcoming appointments would be without the kids.

Thank goodness my Dr. is patient and understanding-