Well, I did my American duty this morning, and it was not pretty. First, my morning started out really, really early. 4:30 am to be exact! We all know that I am in no way shape form or fashion a morning person. But Jacob decided it was time to get up. And it was my turn to get up with him. He has been during this get up early thing for a while now and the time change has not helped us at all! So, I let him cry a bit, hoping he would go back to sleep. Nope! I go get him, pick him up and rock him in my arms for a bit. He is asleep! But ... 30 pounds gets really heavy really quickly at 4:30 in the morning. So, we move to the rocking chair in the living room. He is dead asleep, so I go to put him back in his bed. He wakes up, cries for a bit and eventually goes back to sleep for about 30 minutes. It is now 6:15. So, I get up again and try to put him in the bed with us for a little bit longer. Nope! He crawls out of the bed. Sits on the floor right at the door to our bedroom facing the kitchen. And signs "more," meaning that he wants breakfast and he wants it now. So I get up again, and give him a cereal bar and some milk and lay on the couch since I was trying to be a nice, sweet wife for my wonderful husband! Jacob finishes his cereal bar and decides he needs another one!!! So here comes the"mores" again!!! I give him one and go back in the bedroom because it is time for Clay to get up. Clay forces me to get up 15 minutes later! 15 minutes!!! The following two pictures are what I saw at the end of our bed.
He was gone!!!!! Clay actually dressed him and changed his diaper while he was asleep. While I was getting ready, he woke up and pointed and asked for his baseball bat. I hand it to him and within two minutes, I took the picture below!
Out like a light!!! So, I finish getting ready and am headed out to vote. I wake him up to put him in the car, so that we could go vote. I leave my house 15 minutes early. I knew it was going to take a little longer to vote this morning. I stood in line outside for about 30 minutes. The line moved pretty quickly. There were a lot of nice people around us, including a lawyer right in front of me. We talked for a bit ... very nice man. He is going to have a baby in February and Jacob is one of the names he and his wife are considering. Jacob enjoyed looking at the army trucks (we vote at the armory) and airplanes in the sky. Then, we get inside! That is when the melt down begins. If you vote in Rankin County and your name beings with a letter F-L, you need to take a chair and a good book to read. I would recommend War and Peace. You will have plenty of time to finish it!!!! The lawyer's last name was Williams, so he moved into another line. He left the building over 40 minutes before us!!! Our line was not moving. Jacob was ready to go. "Go Go," he kept saying. Then he starting throwing his baseball bat at people and crying. He wanted up and down ... up and down. And you women at there will completely understand this. I am having a skinny day today. Great, right? Nope! Not when you pants are a little big. Jacob almost pulled my pants down in front of everyone!!!!!!! And I am so not kidding! We finally get to the front of our line, and I figure out what the problem was. I really don't think the lady that was looking up our names could see, much less read!!!!!!!!!!!! My blood pressure was through the roof at that point. I ran into my friend Joanna (next door neighbor) on my way out, who is praising the Lord that she married Josh Coltrain because her line was the fastest line in there! She called me when she got finished and I told her that if I was a drinker, that I would have gone and gotten a drink with her!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a morning it has been! But, I voted, got Jacob to school and made it to work. I think it is going to be Clay's turn in the morning with Jacob!!!
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