The Aftermath

You know how it goes...your kid gets sick and all of a sudden life gets crazy. You are staying up late in the ER, becoming the lightsleeping mamma who jumps at the first sound of a gurgle, and your hubby? Well...he is sent on a 4 am mission to find acetaminophen suppositories for an infant in the north burbs.

The exhaustion the next day is compounded by a toddler who doesn't understand why on earth you look like death warmed over. She had the nerve to say to me...'Mommy you're not moving fast enough!' What's a momma  to do? You know besides wash every set of sheets in the house, disinfect, and bathe children...and self when the vomit projects onto you.

Well the little bug is better now...

The housework is getting better and eventually everyone will be rested again.

xoxo, Susie

Toddler Bed

So this weekend I started looking around for a bed for Lexie again...I had tried in the past to get a twin, double, or even queen bed. We just need another bed in the house. My crib has become a 'death crib'. It is one of the cribs affected by the huge Storkcraft recall. Warnings were sent out not to put your child in the crib until you get the part you need from...China. This is the second recall I've had on this crib and yes the previous part also had to come from China.

But Lexie is outgrowing it anyways. My kids are tall and become too big for the crib probably a little younger than they are ready. So the playpen has come to the rescue again. But that gets old too. It is time to start transitioning the little one. But what to do?

So I've been checking Craigslist off and on for about a month now. I'm not from Minnesota and I have no concept where some of these towns are. Usually they are too far away, at least as far as Jim is concerned.

So this Saturday while Jim is off painting I got the God breeze to just check Craigslist again. This time for toddler beds. Hey, it's a stopgap measure. I made 1 phone call and told the woman that I would come out Monday to get it.

So a little bit later, SHE calls me and says, 'Hey, my husband's doing a job in Blaine- how about we bring the bed to you?' I tell her that sounds great but I don't have any cash in the house to give them. Then she tells me that that is fine because honestly she just wants to get rid of the thing.

So Saturdays afternoon 2 hours after making that phone call the baby's bed is delivered to us. Front door service even! Lexie loves her new little bed. We decorated it with Princess stickers from the Dollar Tree and voila!

God takes care of his children...even the littlest ones!