A crazy morning

4:00 a.m. Emma wakes up. She is sick and her loud, raspy cough wakes Jared and I up.

4:01 After another dose of medicine and temperature check, Emma is in bed next to me.

4:05 Jared decides to get started on his homework. Crazy…. I know.

4:44 Emma is talking in her sleep, and her raspy breathing is Really loud.

5:45 My alarm goes off. I guess I did fall back asleep after all.

5:46 Emma woke up too. I make a last minute decision to skip my morning run (something I rarely do and usually regret). I snuggle her back to sleep.

6:34 I wake up… again. The house is quiet, way too quiet.

6:35 I wake up Linsey. She forgot to set her alarm and overslept. I’ve never seen her hop out of bed so fast.

6:55 Linsey is off. We frantically packed her lunch and got her out the door without a minute to spare.

7:15 Hunter is up

7:30 Kiss Jared goodbye. He is hauling a bunch of stuff for work so he takes the van today.

8:00 Make a doctor appointment for Emma. Jared is sure she needs an antibiotic for her swollen tonsils.

8:10 Hunter is off to school

8:15 Austin is playing in the playroom, Emma is still asleep, I close the door hoping to keep her sleeping and quietly hop in the shower.

8:? Hunter comes back home. (He has never done this before, but got to school and realized he forgot his bike helmet so he rode all the way home.) The van is gone and mom is nowhere to be found. Hunter panics and races around the house calling for me not knowing what to do now that he is sure he'll be late to school.

8:29 I hear commotion downstairs. I find Hunter in a panic, tears streaming down his face, trying to call dad. (He was so freaked out, I'm actually relieved that he didn't call 911.)

8:30 Hunter asks me to take him to school. I’m standing in my towel with my hair dripping wet and the late bell rings in 10 minutes. I hug him and assure him that everything will be okay. I throw on clothes and we go out to the garage only to be reminded that dad has the van… and the car seats are in the van. We have extra car seats but of course they are in the most hard-to-get-to spots of our garage. I’m climbing over bikes, tossing boxes and lifting heavy things over my head.

8:39 I watch Hunter walk into his classroom. Somehow we made it!

8:44 We get home. I have 6 minutes to dry my hair and get two kids ready so we can make it on time to Emma’s 9:10 appointment.

9:01 We leave. We’ll be a few minutes late, but it’s been a crazy morning.

9:15 We arrive. The doctor sees us and tells me Emma has a cold. While I’m glad it's nothing worse…. REALLY.

9:45 We get popsicles, plop on the couch and watch Scooby Doo. I’m ready for a nap, no one else is.