Craziness that turned out to be needed in the end

I had my last doctor appointment today...YAY...well for the pregnancy at least. I had to reschedule it since we're down to 1 car still and so the only time they could squeeze me in was 9:30. I thought, great! Then this morning I realized I was just going to have to take ALL the kids to it since there just wouldn't be enough time to drop them off and drive the 50 minute drive. And so I threatened...they HAD to be well behaved...I can't stand just taking Bells and nopw I was taking all three. And so we all went and the girls were pretty positive...DSis in hand and we made our trip. We got there and they were running behind...people were just walking in so it was a mad house in there. They called me back just to get my vitals and I had Madison and Hannah wait out in the waiting area. They did well...I came back and then they started bickering a bit. I was just thinking please not right now. They got over it...we were called back and I was going to leave them there again but the lady told me I could just bring them back...there was enough room. So we head back to the room...I find out I need to lie down for 30 minutes...seriously...did they not just see me bring 3 kids back there???!!! They offered to help...I told them we should be fine...but really I was thinking...how are Madison and Hannah going to keep Bells out of all this stuff in this room that isn't too small but has a million things she could get into???!!! And so they sat, we sang, they played, Bells tried to be sneaky and touch things she shouldn't like the computer as well as the cabinet with sterile stuff. Madison and Hannah did it all since I just had to lie there and "try" to relax. The 30 minutes passed...Madison and Hannah's faces were priceless when they saw the devices they were going to use...no I didn't make my kids watch...they were by my head but Bells did and the other 2 were very concerned. The tech told them not to worry...she was too little to remember....

Everything turned out fine...the baby is doing great....I unfortunately don't have ruptured membranes and so we still have one more week to go. The doctors were super impressed by my well behaved children...they couldn't believe they didn't hear anything for the 30 minutes they had to keep themselves busy. And so even though I was dreading taking all of them, I was glad I did...otherwise...me taking care of Bells alone laying on a bed...yeah right!