Miles Run Today: 2 (with Toddler)
This is how it went here this afternoon:
I woke Oren from a super iron toddler nap and avoided the post-nap crankies (his not mine) with the incentive of "eating rabbits" (Amy's brand bunny graham crackers) in the jogger while going running with mommy, and then coming home to do our "exercises". He quickly (relatively) allowed me to change his diaper and get him and I our respective drinks. He obediently let me put him into the jogger and proceeded to eat his bunnies as we took off.
I ran two miles from our house down the street, around the corner ("That a big truck, Mommy?" "Yep (breathe), it is (breathe) Oren!", past the high school ("There's (breathe) the band (breathe) Oren!" "Those the drums, Mommy?" "Yep! (breathe)", up a very slight (but tough!) hill "That a flower store, Mommy?" "Yep (huff!)!", and back through our neighborhood ("More rabbits, Mommy..."). No teasing from my little man this time.
Jogged up the driveway and stretched a bit.
Saw my husband standing in the back door with baby girl. "Oren, do you want to run with Daddy?" "Yeah...". Stretched more while husband went to change.
"Tag" as husband emerged and took over the jogging stroller and toddler conversation.
Went back inside and found baby daughter lying on her back on our bed sucking on both fists, totally content. Got closer and quickly discovered husband had left me a baby with a full poopy diaper. Gasped as I realized there's a poopy infant lying on top of our one week old almost three hundred dollar white down comforter that isn't in its cover yet and then breathe as I see she didn't leak. Lucky, lucky husband.
Change baby.
Baby is still happy so run downstairs to grab bouncy seat to bring upstairs into bathroom. SHOWER while thanking my lucky stars that Number Two (baby girl) is now mellow enough to finally oblige me this time saving move (one which Number One was cool with from the start...). Dry self, nurse baby girl, wait for guys to come home. Entertain toddler while Daddy showers.
Take off with baby girl and dog for a walk.
The important part? Two very little, unpredictable people. Two adults who like to run. Two adults got to run in same afternoon. Priceless.
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