On the verge of a breakdown!!!

This last week has been alittle crazy and my sanity has been tested over and over again. But I do have to take some of the blame. With starting to get into our daily schedule with school, my work, nap time, and everything all set, I have also tried to add various activities in the days to get my kids involved in. My stress level has been gradually increasing each hour since Wednesday. So now it is understandable why I am on the verge of a breakdown.

Although, Tuesday was a GREAT day! I was able to go to institute at the clubhouse. Drop the kids off at a babysitting swap and have a great hour to myself, it was wonderful! Then I was also able to spend a night out with the girls at the Evers' house playing games. If you get 12 girls together at night, of course it is going to be a fun time! We played a game called Pop 5. That is my new must-have game. And our team rocked! Then we played Apples to Apples, always a fun game. We had a lot of fun laughing, eating GOOD food, and hanging out. So with such a fun day I thought this week was shaping up to be a great week! And then came Wednesday!

Wednesday I had alot of things that I tried to squeeze into the morning before Jantsen went to school at 12:00. So starting at 8:30 I had to get the kids up, breakfast, dressed and ready for the day, and into the jogging stroller for a nice exercise/walk up all the hills by our house (I stayed up WAY too late to get up for my usual 6:15am run). I also wanted to make it to Music Time at 10:15-11:15 but I also didn't want to look like 'I just had worked out'. Music Time was so cute and my kids LOVED it, but I forgot my camera. After music time I wanted to make it to a fun "Pack N Play" (pack a sack lunch and let the kids play at the park). So I had to pack the lunch, go to the park, MAKE them eat their lunch before they ate, and then try to get some adult socializing in for 10 minutes until I had to take Jantsen and his buddies to school at 12:00. (Writing this makes me think, Geez Janel what are you complaining about and why are you writing this. It really sounds pretty easy and fun, but really it was a stressful morning.)

So I made it to school and things were great but I was still feeling alittle overwhelmed. It wasn't until that night when Kambryn decided she didn't want to sleep. It didn't help that I got in bed around midnight. But she woke up at 1:00am and was awake until 4:00am. I tried feeding her food (well fruit snacks), giving her a drink, changing her diaper, I even drugged her with some Tylenol but nothing would make her go to sleep. Oh and she wasn't just awake, she was half crying-half screaming while only wanting to be held and I could only stand up. AHHH just remembering this makes me frustrated again. So finally she went to sleep on the couch, but then fell off the couch at 6:00am and cried of course and then was awake until I put her down for a "nap/sleep" at 8:30. So my nerves and stress were almost pushed to the limit just with that night. Well then for the rest of the day she didn't sleep much and cried/whined/was clingy almost the whole day. (or at least it seemed like it) and then Thursday and Friday were pretty much the same (plus alot of other random stuff that I can't remember but just added to my stress level), with about a few more hours of sleep during the night. I was completely drained!!

Kyle and I would take 5 minute increments with switching her back and forth. I would almost lose it and quickly hand her over to Kyle and leave the room, and then 5 minutes later he would almost lose it and I would be calmed down and then take her so he could relax. Yeah that is how we functioned for the last few days. She also emptied out an entire wipe container all over her room and bed one afternoon nap and was totally proud of it. She is a handful but now I love my little stinker. Oh and of course all of the whining and crying from Kambryn only bugged Jantsen and put him on edge. He would quickly cover his ears anytime a wail was about to come out of Kambryn and then he would walk over to her and yell right at her "That's too loud Kambryn!" and then run off. And then he would get in trouble for yelling at her and then he would cry. Oh those 3 days...but things are better.

Well low and behold, I check her mouth and yes 3 molars are coming in all at the same time, and I am pretty sure that she is getting some other teeth too. The last time she popped a tooth through was in April, and she got 3 at the same time. So she get a whole group of teeth at once and then takes a break. I am just glad that they have come through and things are starting to settle down. Kambryn is so full of attitude and is so stubborn but we love her. She just makes me work on my patience and long-suffering weaknesses that hopefully one day will be my strengths. I love being a mom and especially a husband that helps me endure all these FUN adventures.