Mom Of The Year...NOT

Well Friday was officially one of the worsts days I have had being a mommy. In a few years I may look back on this day and laugh, but for right now I am still horrified at my obvious lack of parenting skills! Let me first say that  my brain was scattered (probably from the margaritas the night before) and I just wasn't myself that awful day! That morning I went running with the little man and our mommy and baby friends. The whole run I was feeling pretty crappy, but pushed myself to finish (oh, 10k training is actually going really good). After our run Tanner fell asleep for a pretty long nap and when he woke up we decided to meet up with the mom group at the pool! While we were there Tanner and I were just not feeling it. He was teething pretty bad and I had a pretty bad headache. We left before the others and made our way to the car. This is where the story gets really bad. I was trying to be a "good" mom and cool down the car before putting Tan in.I started the car and turned on the air full blast then I started loading the car with the ever mounting pile of stuff that you need for the pool and finally put Tanner in his car seat.  I reached up and hit what I thought was the unlock button on the passenger side door to make sure the car was open, one problem, I hit the damn lock button and slammed the door! Instantly I knew what had happened and I began panicking! I ran around the car pulling on all the doors. If I had found a rock I would've busted the window, but thankfully the sane Melinda came out for a brief moment and decided to run up to the fence enclosing the pool and scare the you know what out of a woman trying to enjoy a book and scream through tears and snot "I locked my baby in the car, I need your phone (cause you guessed it, mine was in the damn car)! I called my mom who lives about 2 minutes from the pool, she called my dad who works for the Village, and he called his police buddy, who called Corrales Fire Dept. In about 5 minutes I was surrounded by an ambulance, 2 cop cars, mom's van, dad's truck, and a few onlookers. It didn't help that I have known most of the cops and EMT's for my entire life, oh and what sucks even worse one of the EMT's was my ex boyfriends brother! Like I didn't feel stupid enough already! Within a few minutes my car door was opened and I grabbed my precious little boy, who was a trooper I might add! The car was very cool because I had the air on full blast (thank God), but the EMT's still wanted to check Tanner's vitals!  Seeing medics working on your kid no matter how minor is an image I will never forget and hope to never have to see again!  He was fine until they tried to check his ears (devil child emerges when ears are checked) and he gave a scream and a flail! He checked out just fine, and the fire chief seemed more worried about the crazy mama here crying and telling them that I really am not that stupid! He gave me strict orders to go to my mom's, put my feet up and calm down!

Later that night my husband went to the Ford dealership and got me a brand new key to keep in a magnetic box under my car so that if stupidity hits again, I will be prepared! I am, however, a nervous wreck every time I have to put Tanner back in the car! I guess I need to chalk this up to a lesson learned and be thankful that it ended the way it did because it could have been a lot worse! It has made me even more appreciative for the beautiful baby boy that God blessed me with! A special thanks to all the people that helped out on Friday: Corrales PD and FD, mom, dad, lady who told me it happens to every mom, lady I probably made shit her pants, my hubby, and most of all my boy for still loving me even though he surely didn't hit the mom jackpot!

My reason for living! Love him so much!