The Pumping Disaster of 2009

Well, it wasn’t a disaster or anything like that but it felt like one. I guess it would have been a disaster if my pump actually exploded! LOL

So, Garrett took Eden Friday night to Ohio (long drive but the grandparents wanted to see the nugget). Garrett wanted me to have some alone time and some uninterrupted sleep – I am married to such a great man. Since he was taking Eden that meant I needed to pump during her feeding times. Well, at 2pm my second husband (I call my pump this because I feel like I am married to it since I pump 4 to 5 times on any given day) was working just fine. I decided to pump at 4pm so I could run some errands and my second husband started acting a little funny but it seemed fine. Then at 6pm I decided I should pump again (Eden doesn’t eat this often but I thought ever two or three hours would keep my supply up), well my second husband was still acting a little off but I thought it might be because I was using it so often and it needed a rest. So, I waited until 9pm to spend some time with my second husband and he was not working at all! He had no suction…no matter what I tried (I tried taking everything apart and putting it back together, I even tried beating it, and praying for it but no luck).

At 10pm that night, I had to go find a cheap date to replace him. It’s not an easy task finding another husband when leaving the other one on such bad terms and so quickly. Good thing I found a 24-hour chapel (Walmart) and was able to secure our marriage for $80 (my other pump was an Ameda pump that was almost $300). So, within an hour I divorced my first husband and married another. My replacement is okay but I will admit I married another the very next day…he is much smaller and is manual (not electric), so his mechanics won’t run out unless mine do (I guess pump motors run out when used a lot). Geesh…what an eventful night without my real husband or my beautiful daughter.

Anywho, that was pretty much my weekend. I need to download pictures to the computer so you can see how much Eden has grown! She is becoming such a delightful little girl and very smiley. The only time she really gets upset is around 7pm when she starts getting tired. I can’t blame her though, because she has a lot of growing to do in the next few years and that can wear any one out! Hopefully I will get some pictures up in the next few days!