My First Overnight Trip and Mommy Has a Breakdown

Yes, it's true. I did have my second breakdown of her life while up north with my good friend Liz's family. Mark was gone on a business trip and Liz offered that I go up to see her family with her. We (Liz, Lana, Addelynn, Titus, and Maggie (their dog)) went up on Monday. Steve and Will were already up there deer hunting (I guess Will wasn't hunting quite yet). For some unknown reason Addelynn decided to get really crabby when she was eating. She started doing this to me in the early afternoon and I just thought she was burpy or not getting enough to eat. After the third feeding session of her screaming at me, I could not take it anymore. The last time she was so red in the face I thought she might explode. So of course I start crying because I don't know what's wrong or what to do. Liz's family took Addelynn for the next few hours so I could recover, but I just couldn't stop crying. I called Mark and apparently got him all worried because he tried to call me later in the night to see how I was, and I didn't answer because I wasn't by my phone. He then called both Steve and Liz on their cells to check on me. Needless to say, I was still crying off and on the entire night when I would think about it. I think I just was overwhelmed and really, really tired. Titus had also contributed to the frustrations as he had treed the family cat and once it came down, he continued to chase and torment it. He is always naughty when he's up there and I just want him to have one trip when he doesn't destroy something (the last few times it has been Liz's mom's flowers). And I had a latte that morning, which might have contributed to her frustrations with me.

Fortunately she got back in her groove that night and had a normal night's sleep and was fabulous the next day. I have now calmed down about the entire episode and can't believe how upset I got. At the time I was all afraid that I was experiencing post-partum depression or the baby blues and that got me worked up too. I just need to take a chill pill!

So those two days passed very quickly and now Mark comes home tonight!! I was so glad to be out of the house and learning too what it's like to travel with a baby. It also snowed on Tuesday in Minnesota, so we took some pictures out in the snow. We took them quickly so she wouldn't freeze. Other than that we slept, ate, played with the babies, and planted tulip bulbs. Today I need to do laundry and sleep some more. She had a strange night, but I had her out of her routine from the trip home.