A FML kind of Monday (Plus Giveaway winner!)

Today started at 3am when I had to get up with Faith to give her a fresh diaper and more Motrin. I couldn't fall back asleep, but I thought it would be ok because I would nap when Faith took her morning nap.

Faith was ready to go down for her nap at 8am, so I picked her up to carry her upstairs. I completely forgot that we put up a baby gate at the bottom of the stairs (we put it up on Saturday) and I rammed my foot into it pretty hard. I thought it was a just a normal stubbed toe, so I just stepped over it and walked upstairs and put Faith in her crib.

Then I walked back downstairs and grabbed a quick snack (don't you snack to nap?) and as I was sitting and eating some cereal, I noticed that my foot felt...sticky. First, I thought I stepped in something, so I picked up my foot and looked at it. I didn't step in something, my foot was all bloody because I am special enough to cut my foot on a BABY gate. Something designed to keep babies safe...and to injure the mothers? I cut one of my toes on the underside and no, I have no idea how that even happens.

It gets better. We have white carpeting on the stairs. So I walked up and down the stairs while bleeding. I also walked on the wood floors and all over the kitchen (which I just mopped yesterday). So instead of taking a nap, I spent some time scrubbing the carpet and walking around with a paper towel looking for my own blood tracks all over the house. I finally finished and went upstairs to lay down and ten minutes later, Faith started making noises. No nap for me!

I'm pretty sure I didn't break a toe, but even if I did, it doesn't really matter because I have tape here. I might tape them before I run tomorrow just to be on the safe side since one of them is a little swollen.

Geez Mommy, be careful

I'm already grateful that Alyssa is running this 50K with me. She is cracking me up by doing WAY too much research on the race. I take the "ignorance is bliss" approach and she's scaring herself with stories of snakes on the race course. :) She did find some cool pictures from previous year's races!

I bet I can beat this guy

Look how much fun he's having!

I picked the winner of the Ella's Kitchen baby food giveaway today! The winner (as decided by Random.org) is comment number 9, Megan at Loving the Little Things!! Megan, please email me at kara975 at gmail.com so I can get your address for your prize!

Poll: Can cleaning my own blood out of the carpet count as my Lenten cleaning today? I'm thinking yes.