So like I said when I left off, I was stuck until at least 3:30 with a hungry baby and no pumped milk to feed her... I decide to go to Old Navy with the
recommendation from Jackie (Jared's Mom) so maybe if I needed to feed Julia I could go in one of the fitting rooms and feed her there. We walked around a bit and then I decided that I should check her diaper while we were in a store that I know has the changing table in the bathroom. One dirty diaper down and many more to come. We leave there with minimal
damage, can't say what I got it is a surprise for someone. We head to the next store which happens to be
Petsmart, I know we didn't need anything but we had time to burn. Off to the next store, at this point I am becoming pretty good at pretend shopping. We head across the parking lot to The Shoe Station, I believe it or not am not a shoe lover. I mean don't get me wrong a good pair of slip on Rocket Dogs or a pair of comfy
sandals are always nice, but I don't go crazy for a pair of heels for 500 big ones. We quickly move out of that store and cross the street to
Dillard's since Julia Grace has left another big loud surprise in her diaper for me. I figure they will have a lot of fitting rooms and wouldn't mind me using one. I circle around looking for perfect person to ask if I can use one of the rooms to change my baby and possibly nurse her too. Thinking in my head I will whip a boob out and feed my baby before she starves if that is what it comes to. I find a really nice lady in believe it or not the bra section, who shows me to the handicap
accessible room so that the stroller will fit. She also tells me how she breastfed all of her children and how she always got mean looks from women in the bathroom when she fed her babies. Thank God for the bra lady at
Dillard's! Now that I have a happy baby that is fed and has a clean diaper, I look at the clock almost 3:30 so we head back to the Good Year place. I walk in the door and see that my truck is still up in the air, and being worked on I figure maybe a few more minutes no big deal. I sit down and watch the pawn star show and take Julia out of her seat, she has had it at this point with the seat. We sit there about an hour before I even see anyone go to the front desk, they ask me if I know when they told me my truck will be done?? I say they said 3:30, he laughs and goes to the back to see. I am so happy I got the huge m&m cookie from
Panera, I inhale it. The man comes out with my brake shoe to show me what happened, did I
mention he had 2 teeth... he leaves and Julia decides to scream bloody murder, I have no option but to go in the bathroom and nurse her. I decide to sit on the toilet fully clothed, (which may I add is pretty had to trick your brain into not letting you pee your pants), and put her on my lap to nurse. I feed her and come back out to wait. At this point it has been another hour, and I need to change her, and no they do not have a changing station in the store. I take her
car seat off the stroller and lay the seat in it down, I put her changing pad down and change her there. At this point I was about to just lay her right on the desk and leave them a
poopy diaper next to the phone. 15 more minutes and closer to the store closing and me going nuts and starving to death. Finally I see the truck pull up, I pay the
damage and we are off. By the time we get home it is close to 6! Almost 6 1/2 hours later. Poor baby and Mommy... The End
We found a bag that had a ponytail that I had saved with every intention of donating to Locks Of Love, Haley thought it might be funny to put it on Julia and take some pictures of her with hair. I almost wet my pants from laughing when I saw them. I really hope she has nice hair and it looks nothing like any of these pictures.
Ok so by the look on her face you can only imagine what I looked like by the end of the day today. The day started out pretty good, we got up I took the dogs out and fed them even had time to take a shower while Julia was sleeping on the bed. Got dressed, got Julia dressed and changed and fed, and put her in the car seat. I had a genius idea to take the stroller on this adventure so I loaded it and the diaper bag in the back of the truck. I locked the dogs in their kennels and we were off to the Good Year place to get the brakes done with time to spare 15 minutes to be exact. We arrive at the shop and take the baby stuff out so we can turn the keys over to the man at the desk. Julia is sleeping and content with a full belly and a clean diaper. The man at the desk takes the keys I sign the paper and we are off for our little adventure at the outdoor mall. We head over to the Panera Bread so I can get something to eat, I get a blueberry bagel and a large lemonade and a cookie for the road. We sit outside and eat it in the Alabama heat because I am annoyed by the huge lunch crowd and I don't want her to wake up just yet. I finish my food and head to the nearest store with air conditioning, Ross. We walk around a bit, I even get brave and try a few dresses on. First trick in having a baby while shopping, when the handicap fitting room is taken just go down to the last room and roll the baby in and proceed to dress in the 1ft by 2ft space left that the stroller doesn't take up. Note you will not be able to close the door or get a good look in the mirror so you have to throw the close on as fast as you can so no one sees your butt, and then squeeze back out to look in the mirror in the room next to you. I finish laughing at how my breastfeeding body looks and we leave the store in search of the next one with a cool escape from the heat. We go into World Market and look around at all the things I would love to have at the house, but Jared would probably say do not go with the decor. I get a call from the service man at the Good Year place, he says the truck will be done at 3:30 and that more than the brakes in the front need to be fixed aka more $$$. It is 12:15 at this point, and I have a 2 month old that I am breastfeeding and I have not brought any milk to feed her out of a bottle... to be continued.
Jared had to leave yesterday so Julia and I brought him to his boat. All the wives and children were hanging out saying goodbye, so I figured I would play the part of a Coast Guard wife and hang out and show off the newest member of the Bevill family. I had her all dressed up for her doctors appointment in her cute little blue dress and sweater with flowers. Jared was holding her and I heard that famous noise. Then I saw something come out from under her dress and drip all over his uniform, arm, boots, and ground. Julia said it best what she thought about her Daddy's boat and the trip he was about to go on. Her first official blowout! I think she got that from her Daddy.
