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turning her in my arms so I can stand up. “Let’s go get you a teething ring and some Tylenol.”
    Christmas is a few days away and so far the planning for the wedding has been going smoothly. Hailey has been sneaking out of the house for a few hours each day looking for her dress along with the bridesmaids. She said that their job was a piece of cake. She let them pick them out as long as they were long and black. Her dress hasn’t been an easy task though. She found one she really likes but nowhere around here has it. After a little research she found one store in New York that has it. I offered to stay here with the kids and sent her, Jaylinn and Cooper up there to spend the night. No way was I sending her and my sister up there alone. Hailey’s appointment time was at eight in the morning and I didn’t want her to be stressed out trying to make it up there in this chilly, snowy weather.
    Alexis and I make our way downstairs. I set her in her highchair and pull a teething ring from the freezer and I hold it out for Lexi to grab. She immediately puts it in her mouth. Poor thing. I search in the bathroom downstairs for the medicine. Finding it in the medicine cabinet I realize I have no idea how much she’s allowed to take. Hell, is she even allowed to have it? Groaning, I read the bottle hoping it’ll tell me something. It gives me nothing, figures. I look to Alexis and to the bottle. “Shit,” I mumble closing the bathroom door behind me.
    Glancing up I notice the blue light on my phone flashing. Reaching across the counter, I grab it and look at the missed message.
    Boo 1:42am: I know you’re up with Lex ;) Give her a teething ring and a little Orajel on her gums. Give her a bottle and put her back to bed. She’ll be out in minutes. Love You.
    I look over to Alexis and shake my head. No way is she going back to sleep, she’s wide awake and I really don’t want her to wake Caleb so I find the Orajel and do as Hailey told me, only taking her back to bed with me instead.
    Twenty minutes later with a fresh diaper and a warm bottle, sure enough Alexis is sound asleep on Hailey’s side of the bed. Thankfully our bed is up against the wall so I don’t have to worry about her falling off. I guess Hailey moved the bed this way for this exact reason because it used to be in the middle of the far wall.
    I roll onto my stomach, close my eyes and let sleep find me again. I swear not even five minutes later Caleb is screaming from his crib. I jump up, half asleep, tripping and stumbling into the nursery. Caleb is red faced with tears pouring from his eyes.
    “Shh,” I pick him up and rest him against my shoulder. I go to pat his butt to calm him down, which normally works, and it’s then that I realize the problem. He’s pissed through his diaper. “Ahh shit.” Shaking my hand as I try to find something sanitary to grab to wipe my hand off.
    Feeling a sneeze coming on I bring my hand up to cover my face, big mistake, it smells horrible. Now I’m gagging, sneezing, and trying to calm Caleb down. What a fucking disaster.
    Laying Caleb on the floor I strip his clothes off him. As I pull his pajama pants off, a horrific smell assaults my nose once again and Caleb giggles like he knows what is going on.
    I shake my head. “That’s nasty, buddy. You’re supposed to wait for mommy for this shit.”
    Looking around the room I’m trying to figure out how to handle this shitty situation. I’ve got one baby on my bed and now one who needs to be bathed. Okay, I can do this. I grab a towel from the laundry basket next to the changing table and wrap a half-naked Caleb up in it then pick him up and go back into my room. With Caleb in one arm I line all the pillows around Alexis with the other arm so she can’t roll off the bed. Once she’s secured in, I go into my bathroom and start the water for Caleb’s bath.
    My eyes are growing heavy from the lack of sleep. I just need a ten-minute nap and I’ll be fine I tell