Sweet Kisses

**WARNING** THIS IS VERY VERY LONG!

So yesterday.. and last night ... ALLLLLL NIGHT.. were probably one of the worst days and nights I have had in a long time. But after it was all said and done my kids reminded me what an AMAZING blessing it is to be a mother. It all started yesterday morning with Brady soooo whiney.. (he is cutting his first teeth!).. but he was managable.. Hannah doing her not listen to mom routine.. which some days is normal.. so it wasn't that horrible of a start.. and to top it off I was NOT feeling good. We went to Target.. Hannah wanted popcorn. I ordered her a popcorn.. a small popcorn.. and told the guy to dump it half out so it was super small. But of coarse... he doesn't have kids.. so he doesn't understand why I would want that done.. and he barely brushes off the top few kernels and hands it to her. I ordered a Diet Coke that was LARGE (you will see why that matters in a second).. So we head off shopping. Within 5 minutes Hannah has the whole bag of popcorn dumped alll over the floor of target. EMBARASSING. So then we make our way back to the baby clothes.. I have my hands clear full of stuff when I hear a splashing sound. I turn around to find that Hannah tried to help herself to the LARGE diet coke and it went crashing IN THE CART spilling all over everything in the cart.. all over the floor. AHHH. I kept my cool.. because again.. "It was a AKKKKKDIDENT MOM" So I scolded her a little.. just to be more careful and we went on. Brady woke up in his car seat.. mad.. fever.. not feeling good. So in trying to keep him happy and Hannah in the cart.. which is not the cool thing to do when you are 3.. the easiest thing to do was to just leave. I was quite frazzled at that point. We got home and made lunch. Hannah wanted ramen noodles. So I got them ready for her.. set them on the table.. instantly her elbow came FLYING and knocked the WHOLE bowl of ramen on the floor. Remember what a PAIN those sticky noodles are to clean up off the floor. Its one thing when there are just a few.. and you can wait for them to dry and sweep them up. THE WHOLE PACKAGE is another thing. So I got that cleaned up. As soon as I stand up... Her cup of apple juice goes flying.. HOW DOES THIS GIRL DO IT! So my first reaction was to send her to her room for a nap. I had had it! I got the apple juice cleaned up and could hear her whimpering in her room. I yelled to her.. quite disgusted.. and asked what her problem was.. this cute little voice called back.. "but mom i'm so hungry." So I called her down got her some lunch then sent her back in her room for a nap. Brady was FINALLY asleep. Hannah decided there would be NO nap and started screaming "doe a deer, a female deer... ray.. a drop of golden sun".. and so on.. as loud as she could.. and banging on the walls.. and of course who wakes up.. grumpier than ever.. BRADY. He is never mad.. and he was sooo mad. Poor guy just didn't feel good. So she proceeded to sing her guts out and be obnoxious.. and brady cried for the next hour. So after a while longer I finally told hannah to come out of her room because it was pointless. I was feeding Brady an otter pop for his poor little teeth (gums i guess).. and of course Hannah wants one. She told me she would get one herself. Instead of getting one out of the freezer.. she got one out of the pantry.. to put into the freezer. I don't know how in the world she did it.. but somehow she got 2 of the unfrozen ones open.. and SPILLED THEM ALLLL OVER THE FLOOR! I turned around... and burst into tears and walked upstairs holding Brady. I had just had it with the day. Brady immediatly grabbed my cheeks and gave me THE SLOBBERIEST... WETTEST.. ALLLL OVER THE FACE KISS that you could ever imagine. It was the kind that ONLY a mother can appreciate! It just made me start to laugh. I just wanted to SQUEEEZE him to death! It was like he knew that I was at my limit and he just wanted to tell me that it he loved me! So cute. So the day went on.. no problems.. except that I was at the end of my rope.. but I got over it. So then last night.. Brady is up every 2 hrs or less. He just wasnt feeling good.. fever.. congestion.. etc. Hannah decides that she is up and ready for the day at 4 am. She is in our bed tossing and turning.. saying as loud as she can.. "Dad.. I just love you"... kicking.. singing.. Finally Jesse scolded her a bit and told her to be quiet and hold still or go to her room. I was so tired and not really wanting to play the wiggle/sing game in by bed.. I was actually quite irritated... so I just kept pretending I was asleep. Once she settled down I felt her touch my cheek with her hand and Kiss me on the forehead and whisper.. I love you mom. It made me tear up a little. It also made me not as grumpy as normal that I WAS DOWNSTAIRS AT 5:30 AM WATCHING MOVIES WITH BOTH THE KIDS!!! The joy of being a mother! But I thought it was so fun that both of them gave me sweet little kisses when I needed them most!