September 26, 2011

Monday:

This morning Ruth had to leave to attend a birth well before we woke up.  I awoke to Liam advising that he was so hungry.  I asked him to lay back down, offered for him to lay down in mom and dad's bed.  I told Liam that Annabelle was up late the night before and dad was so tired.  He complied and woke up again around 8:00.  He was in the living room / kitchen for a little while and he came back here and said he wanted something to eat.  I asked him again to give me a few minutes until Annabelle woke up.  He came in 10 minutes later and happily proclaimed, "Annabelle's awake now!"  I asked Liam if he work Annabelle up.  He thought about it for a second and replied, "I did not."  So I cooked eggs for myself and Annabelle, and made oatmeal for Liam.  He ate 2 bowls.  At that point I began to get nervous because I was unable to locate anyone to watch the kids and I had to be at work at noon.  I brought them in our bedroom so I could at least begin to get ready.  Annabelle showed a fondness for her car seat that was lying in the foyer, so I brought it back there with us.  So Annabelle gets in the car seat and stands up, Liam sits down, and she rested her head on his back.  At this time, Annabelle was standing toward the back of the car seat.  Then Liam decided to stand up and of course the car seat topples over backward, spilling Annabelle out near the desk.  She was stirred up, but not hurt.  I decided that was enough fun with the car seat and put it back in the foyer, upside down.  I then put Annabelle in her exer-saucer (a colorful plastic device with various barnyard toys which allows the child to stand up) while I took a shower.