Dear Addie,
This weekend the boys were up early and headed out for a father/son day trip to the Outer Banks (scoping out a potential vacation spot to see if it is in fact ”Addie friendly”), and you my dear wasted no time sneaking into our bed for some morning snuggles with mommy. Your snuggles are the best!
Now here's the thing - there's a routine to all this snuggling... you climb over daddy to get to the middle of us and his script is always the same, when you approach the edge of our bed he says, ”Addie go pee pee on the potty first” to which you let out some version of a sigh, or noise of some sort to display your annoyance. Then you walk off to the bathroom to go potty or change your soggy pull up. Nice right?! Only then do you resume your task of getting into our bed to get your snuggles in. Once again disproving the widely heard myth that autistic individuals don't like touch! While this may be true for some, it's not true for all.
Now where was I... ah yes, on this morning things were different and daddy was already up and well into packing for the trip so there was no stopping you at the edge of the bed. I, being the understudy, and enjoying every bit of still sleeping, clearly missed the usual script cue and you were quickly snuggled into our bed without having gone to the potty first. In my dazed sleepiness, I remember thinking - how bad could it really be anyway? I mean this was our summer. Potty training is really going to stick! Right?!?!
Well there was no getting you to exit now and I was just too tired to even muster up the words to say ”Addie go pee pee on the potty!” So I rolled over and took the gamble all would be OK. We got this!
Dumb. Again, not a gambler, penny slots are my jam.
I rolled over towards you and initially thought you had thrown up, but after rubbing my eyes and closer inspection you (as well as our bed) were covered from head to toe in wet, gel beads. Your diaper exploded!
What in the world?! There's no way this just happened. Clearly there is a trail of this destruction that I'm sure leads us back to your room. Sigh. This my dear is why I laugh at any ”to-do” lists I make, because I was now going to be washing beads and pee pee out of your hair, off my sheets, mattress cover, duvet cover AND the actual duvet - thank you pee-pees and absorb-able gel beads, I didn't really have anything thing else to do today, SAID NO ONE EVER!
So like any great mommy super sleuther, I thought if your diaper exploded that bad in my bed, then your bed was probably in need of a good washing as well...walking on gel beads all the way through the carpeted hallway and to your room - score! Points for mommy, I was right! Original point of explosion, your bed.
So this is the time when (and I know every parent (or adult) has been here before) I have two beds that are in need of complete stripping and washing. I figured if I'm doing two, may as well do all four right?!?! This is what I like to call my spiral-out-of-control-trickle-down-cant-believe-you-thought-you-were-doing-anything-else-today-effect kind of day. It was the day before Father’s Day and I had planned on doing a number of things to prepare a special day for daddy, but that was all gonna have to wait. Ugh.
With all this work ahead (and yes it's only 7:30am), I was trying to look at the bright side of things. At least I knew everyone was going to sleep good tonight because I for one think there is nothing better than sleeping in freshly washed sheets! Sweet relaxation.
Unlock the laundry room, we’re going in!
Just as I suspected laundry took all day and to be a fly on the wall on watching me get that duvet put back in the cover - oye! Side note: I've watched those duvet videos and instructions on YouTube - me attempting these was a Pinterest fail at its finest!
Moving on, there was much to be thankful for in all this :)
I bought daddy's Father’s Days gift weeks ago, because he's just awesome and I had to jump at the opportunity that he mentioned something and didn't go straight out to buy it!
Lowes foods to go! Online grocery shopping Addie! It's amazing! I was able to order every thing I needed for a special breakfast, adult drink (minus the alcohol), dinner and dessert for daddy's special day! Picking it up never leaving the car. Yes!
Daddy! For choosing me to take this crazy journey with and he is just crushing it at every turn! Seriously I could gush about him all day long! We are so blessed Addie. We may not have hit the jackpot with the diaper explosion, but we did hit the lifetime jackpot with daddy!
And while laundry wasn't exactly what I had on list today - we are blessed to have each other and a roof over our heads to wash away those beads and pee pee sheets under.
Running on a little Jesus and Java we got it all done before the boys returned home that night. Gabe (daddy too!) was talking a mile a minute about all the fun they had and awesome Addie friendly things they had discovered!
Finally settling down a bit, we all snuggled into our freshly cleaned beds for what I knew would be an amazing night sleep!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
The next morning you were promptly at our bed and our usual scene was taking place.
Daddy back on the scene, you were all pottied and snuggled in with not one but four small books in your hands. This is when I realized what you had done. Well played Addie, you gifted daddy a good nights sleep and extra morning snuggles in freshly washed sheets. Not bad Ad, not bad at all! Even though I did all the work - I also reaped the reward ;).
Clean, fresh sheets right down to the duvet itself for Father’s Day, bravo Ad.
While you were enjoying some extra story time with daddy in clean sheets, Gabe, Clara and I were doing our best at fixing avocado toast, that for the record none of us have ever tried, but not because I'd turn my nose up to it like maybe Clara and Gabe would, but because I was probably enjoying a ham, egg and cheese masterpiece of something else at the time. Side note: dad is by far the healthiest of us all! Excellent role model baby! You eventually made your way down to oversee the coffee production (your second favorite morning routine next to snuggling;)
With breakfast in bed, gifts, made from scratch margaritas (yes I juiced all the limes myself!) and a Mexican fiesta dinner (but not for you, you, the girl who eats spicy taco meat almost daily wanted pizza - so mommy was a bit of a short order cook today - perhaps we are taking this lunch lady business a little too far?!) I'd say daddy felt all our love - all starting with his story time snuggles in fresh sheets after a good night's rest.
So your diaper explosion turned out to be a great gift of good sleep for not only daddy on his special day but for all of us here in the Menzo house. All good Addie, all good.
Now, let's talk about this potty training thing Ad.
Love you, mountains of laundry and all :)
Love,
Mom
Comments