We have been to the emergency room two times since Friday. Elsie fell and got wedged between the wall and our armoire. She totally smashed her face and cut up her lip. So, I rushed the bleeding, bawling baby over to the ER. She calmed down pretty good and I felt I was overreacting, but hey, its nice to have things sewn up a bit, right? She got a few stitches in her lip and we went home to recover.
Yesterday Julia was climbing on the same armoire (yes, Ryan's friend said, darn French furniture!) She fell and I'm not exactly sure how, but managed to take quite a big gash out of her lower chin. There was bleeding, panicking, and mayhem, but thankfully, (the things you are thankful for) we had just done it, so we got everyone in the car and drove to the hospital. The wound was much more severe and yes, gory, so Mom had a harder time maintaining face as they stitched up the gaping wound. Needless to say, Julia didn't much care for it either. We were all a little wobbly and on edge when we came home, so I had to apologize to poor little Melody for yelling at her. Its always the innocent bystander, huh? I was frazzled!
Today has been a beautiful day! The sun shone, the children laughed and played pretty well, we had mac and cheese for dinner, and no-one AT ALL went to the hospital. Thank you, dear Father in Heaven!
-J
