Double Trouble

Chris and Jason left around 2 today to head up to Santa Barbara for the basketball game.  This is the normal nap time for the kids so Chris put Charlotte down before he left while I put Cooper down.  Then the fun began 2 hours late when they both woke up and I was on my own...

This is the first time I've done the evening routine by myself.  In fact neither one of us has done an entire evening alone.  I fed them dinner, somehow managed to eat something myself, walked the dog, checked the mail, and then gave them both a bath!  I couldn't believe it all went so smooth.  Well until the end of the bath when Charlotte had a melt down because she bit on a toy wrong and hurt her tooth/gums.

She started crying really hard and my plan of first extracting Cooper while Charlotte kept herself busy in the bath didn't go so well.  I figured Cooper would be easier to pluck out because he less steady than Charlotte in the water.  Instead I had to take Charlotte out wrap her in a towel and quickly take Cooper out and dry him off, lotion him up and get him dressed.  This meant I also had to sing a song to keep Charlotte calm since she was naked, cold and upset.  Not fun, but I managed to get them both dressed.

Then it was fun trying to get them both out of the bathroom and the door shut.  Just as I put Charlotte in the hallway and turn to pick up Cooper, Charlotte crawls back in the bathroom.  It took about 4 tries to get them both out and the door shut.

Then while I was feeding Charlotte her bottle, Cooper kept wandering off and would start whining.  I would have to put Charlotte down, who would then cry, gather up Cooper and return him to a spot I could see him.  After 3-4 times, I put him in the Einstein jumper since he can't actually jump much, while I finished with Charlotte.  I put her to bed and when I came back to the living room Cooper was upset and definitely ready for bed.

Once I got Cooper to bed, I took a big sigh of relief, then cleaned up the bathroom, the kitchen and sorted the laundry so I can just throw it in tomorrow.  All in all I was very proud of myself and enjoyed some tv watching and a bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream...yum!

Oh, yeah, did I mention Cooper is pulling up to standing now?  We've had to take away the Einstein walker toy because they keep falling off of it.  Cooper loses his balance and Charlotte flips over the top of it.