Should I extensively talk about how my brother and I traded cars today. He is in the car business. When I became pregnant, he said: I hope you are not going to become one of those moms with old french fries in your seats and sippy cups half drank on the floor mats! He sees mom cars a lot in his line of work. Anyway, we traded cars today and today was the day that Sloane decided to shake her snack cup vigorously until every fish and animal cracker flew out of the cup all over my brother's truck. Never has that happened in my car. I had to laugh because I knew my brother was waiting for the day when my car turned into a "mom car" except it was his car today that became a mom car.
Should I discuss with detail how Sloane and I had a play date with one of my dear "other girl" friends. Sloane is all messed up with naps this week so she was not awake for the start of our play date. Therefore, me and my other girl friend met in a parking lot of a park to sit and have coffee while little miss slept. Not exactly an ideal meeting place for us considering we had not seen each other in months. Sloane did arise and had fun exploring the grassy area. We did bubbles, played with the cell phone, ran around and then she found what she really wanted to play with: a super tampon that was in my diaper bag!! Isnt that what all kids play with these days??? She carried it around like it was a fun toy. I guess to her it was!! I am pretty sure my other girl friend is thinking twice about our next play date.
Should I blog about how on the drive back to my brother's shop I had to plug Sloane into a tube feed in the car. Not a huge deal. Do it all the time. Today though, my brother's car did not have a reserve mirror to see Sloane in the car seat. I do not understand how he drives my niece around without one. I LOVE my reserve mirror because I know what Sloane is doing at all times. So I plugged Sloane in and we were on the highway cruising along when I hear beep, beep, beep and then Sloane say ut-oh. I instantly know it is the feeding pump. My heart sinks because I have no idea what has happened. For one crazy second, I think she has dislodged it from her belly. I am moving at speed limit plus and now have to pull over. The second crazy second, I think she has torn the connection piece from the tube and milk is spilling all over my brother's car....imagine OMG!!! I pull way over and jump into the backseat like Magyver to find that Sloane has yanked the tube enough to dislodge it from the pump!!! Easy Fix...and we are off!!!
Then I decided. I am going to blog about how Sloane works the phone. We were in our car on our way home and Sloane was looking sleepy. It was too late for a nap....so I do whatever I can to keep her awake. At this point, my hubby would interject and say "babe, what do you think is going to happen if she falls asleep. the state of ri is going to give us a ticket or citation for letting our child sleep" lol
I was on my blue tooth chatting away with one of mine and Sloane's friends. She is really my friend, but Sloane thinks she is her best friend or somedays a character right from The Fresh Beat Band. So we are chatting on blue tooth to keep Sloane from napping. I did not know Sloane had my cell from the diaper bag. With her erratic tapping, she switches our friend to handset and proceeds to have a 2:23 min. conversation with her!! All the time, I am yelling "Sloane has my phone; you are on handset now". Sloane ends up tapping her back to blue tooth and we laugh our asses off at how well Sloane has held a clear, animated conversation with the phone right to her year and then we officially hang up. Because again I am on the highway and can not reach Sloane, I ask her for the phone back to which she says Noooooo mommy with a certain draggy noise to the No. Then I notice that she has tapped her way to another phone call. My dash shows a call but doesn't display the number so I am not clear who she is talking to this time. She has another 2:13 min. convo before that call ends. I did think about pulling over on the highway again, but I had already done that once today and I do not want to press my luck. I am wondering at this point who she is calling, but I am also impressed at how well she is holding her own during the conversation. She is speaking and using her hands to gesture!! lol Her speech has blossomed this month. My contact list is varied so there could be someone on the other end of the line who isn't so thrilled listening to her. There is about 3 minutes of quiet and then she taps her way to another call. At this point I am off the highway and pulling a Macgvyer move again to the backseat. Grab my phone to see who she has called. My brother's shop and our baby-sitter's office line....2 people who would have been amused by the banter of a 20 month old! Once I am back in the driver's seat (factually and figuratively), I call my brother and his secretary says yes, in fact, she had a nice conversation with Sloane!! My babysitter is going to have a voicemail from Sloane in the morning as she had already left the office.
Today was a day that could have been the story line for a sitcom!!
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