1417 days, 0 hours, 8 minutes

I'm not a writer, an author or poet - I can barely compose a good email. Don't expect too much.

In the past three years, I married the man I love, bought a home in a great location and have given birth to two of the most awesome human beings I will ever have the privilege to know. It has been a whirlwind of nonstop activity, and for the most part, I have enjoyed every bit of it. I have been incredibly blessed and although I don't feel worthy sometimes, I am trying to live up to the blessings.

I am learning that the blessings come with surprises too. Such as yesterday when I was on the phone with my friend who had been out of town for a week. We spent about 30 minutes catching up, all the while Little Man was playing in the floor. I got off the phone and went to check on him - let's say I smelled him before I saw him. Accepting my doody duty, I grabbed the wipes and diaper and sat down on the floor by him. He was laying on his back, so I pulled him by his feet toward me - that's when I saw it. The trail of poop he had dragged behind him. I immediately got a towel to lay him on, and as I rolled him over to assess the damage, I saw he had not only pooped out of his diaper but up his back, all over his clothes and into his hair. In his hair people. That is Olympic class pooping.

I gave him a good once over, started the bath water running and heard my 2yo daughter waking up. I opened her bedroom door so she could come out when she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and went to check the water. She joined me in the bathroom and hugged me when I felt something wet against my leg. Today was a two-fer - she had peed out of her diaper overnight and was soaking wet all over her nightshirt and pants.

All of this as I was 20 minutes from walking out the door to a scheduled playdate.

In a rare turn of events, the day did get better. The playdate went better than expected, Baby Girl was too funny when she tried to put her Elmo ( Spoken: "Melmo") in my ring sling and Heroes was on last night. Nothing can go wrong when Heroes is on.