Mother of the Year!

Sorry, Kris- I won the Mother of the Year award today... twice actually. Not to worry, I am sure it will be your turn again sometime soon. We do seem to pass that award back and forth, huh?

So, today Thomas and I were going to stay in except for a quick trip to the bank. He woke up from his nap at 1:30, so I just took him straight from the changing table to the carseat so that I could get there before 2. On the way, we witnessed a car accident that resulted in a pregnant woman being taken to the hospital by ambulance. I am pretty sure she is going to be ok, but she was high risk to begin with, she has been through a lot already, and she hit this guy really hard. So, I stayed with her to try and keep her calm and to give the police my statement. (The guy that pulled out in front of her was being a real jerk) I wasn't sure what to do when the ambulance went away because she didn't ask me to help her in any way. After I gave the police my statement, I went on to the bank, and heard the song "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath on WMHK. Hearing that in combination with just happening to overhear what hospital they were taking her to, I decided to stop by the hospital. By that time I figured her husband was going to be there, but I just wanted to make sure that she wasn't still alone. At the scene of the accident she just kept saying," I just need to hear my baby's heartbeat" over and over again. Who could walk away from that? Unfortunately for her, she was still by herself when I got to the hospital, but she was genuinely excited to see me. I left when a family member got there, but I think that everything was going to be just fine. Please say a quick prayer for her though, she has been through a lot before the accident even happened as far as the pregnancy goes.

Getting at my first award though, my poor little guy didn't get to eat lunch until almost 4 because of all of that. He was so good though! So, my first award was that he ate a McDonald's cheeseburger for lunch at 4 because I needed to run into Walmart to pick up a few things. Bad mommy, right? I could feel the stares from the people in Walmart as Thomas was happily chowing down on his cheeseburger! ha ha

The second Mommy of the Year award happened this afternoon coming home from the Fresh Market. That is one of my favorite stores and I always find new and interesting items there. I picked us up a bottle of wine to open with dinner tonight, and a few cases down they had these cute bottles of what I thought was flavored sparkling water. So, I found me one that was pomegranate (yum!) and bought it. I opened it in the parking lot and took a few big sips as I was going down Trenholm only to taste something a little different in it. Yep- you guessed it! It was a wine cooler that I was drinking while driving with Thomas in the backseat! I could have crawled under the seat I was so mortified!

I am sure that I will win more awards of that nature as I mother Thomas, but two in one day? Sheesh!



Here is a little bit from that song...


Give me your eyes for just one second
Give me your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me your love for humanity
Give me your arms for the broken hearted