Calgon, Take Me Away

Today was NUTS! We had a few scares and a ton of tears! It all started off normal enough, but in the middle of vacuuming I started to hear this crazy beeping sound. I realized it was a smoke detector. I just thought the batteries were out and went to look at it. It was the detector at the bottom of my stairs, and it wasn't the smoke detector. It was the carbon monoxide detector! I called Kev (as we stood on our back deck) to see what we should do. He came home with a 9 volt battery, changed it out, and went back to work. Minutes later it began to beep again. So I decided I better call my good ol' friend Melanie who is a fire fighter. She told me to call 911 so they could send out some guys to check it out. I did as I was told. As the kids and I were waiting outside for them to come, I realized the beeping stopped. I decided to call them back and tell them not to come. After all, I really didn't want to have a huge fire truck pull up in front of my house and draw a ton of attention to our home. Right when I got the operator the truck pulled up! Oh yea, the fire chief decided that he better come as well since he is the only one who has a carbon monoxide monitor to check out the levels in people. Spencer was thrilled. The guys decided they better check things out just to be safe. All the levels in our house were fine, and my CO levels were fine as well. These guys were great and tons of fun (for the 10 minutes I spent with them). They reset the detector and headed out. Better safe than sorry.
We had to get on the road as well. Olivia had her 15 month check up, and I was dropping Spencer off at my in laws so he didn't have to come with me. I thought I would be in and out. WRONG! I had to wait an hour before the doctor could see us, and Olivia had almost hit her wall. Good thing the attention from the doc cheered her up, and she is a perfectly healthy growing little girl. She was all ready to go, little did she know she was in for a painful finger prick and two shots!!! Poor girl! She screamed her face off of course, but as soon as I unwrapped that sucker she was silent! We took her back to Grandma and Grandpa's for lunch and a little run around in the Elmo sprinkler while I cut Grandpa's hair. She totally crashed on the way home. When we got home, and I was taking her in to lay her down the detector was beeping AGAIN!!! Thankfully she slept right through it for an amazing three hour nap! I decided that the dumb detector was just broken.
When she woke up I decided to brave the grocery store with both kids. I really, really do not like going to the store with more than one! They were actually pretty wonderful, but of course that couldn't last. Spencer began to have a melt down as soon as he realized he couldn't have the toy that was in a cereal box (you had to send away for it). That lasted FOREVER! Kev was a champ and made dinner for me while I dealt with all of that. Once he settled down, he and Olivia thought it would be fun to spin themselves dizzy while Kev and I watched TV. Olivia did exactly that and crashed to the floor and bonked her head on the built-in AGAIN! I really, really need a helmet for her! She had a pretty good cry, but once she saw Spencer she was all smiles again. She wouldn't hold still long enough for a good picture, but you will get the idea.
I had had enough! I got the kids in jammies, and I got Olivia down without a hitch. Spencer on the other hand, not so much. He had a melt down AGAIN! Kevin couldn't be much help because he had a terrible head ache (he NEVER gets head aches). Spencer ended up losing his bed time story for being so naughty which only escalated the situation. Thankfully the meltdown wore him out, and he crashed five minutes after he hit the pillow (no, I did NOT hit him with the pillow). After I went back in to kiss his sweet SLEEPING face, I ran out the door to get Kevin and I a tasty frozen treat! YUMMY! The day is over, the house is quiet, and I am ready to take on tomorrow...kind of.