My Broken Heart

My heart was broken....

I had to take Ally to the ER Sunday night. If you have ever taken your child to the ER then you know what I am talking about....your heart aches, your stomach is turning and you know that this will get worse before it gets better.

Last Sunday night, before bed, Ally was lying on the floor and reached her hand up for me to take and help her up to her feet. Well, I did and she dislocated her elbow. Can you see now why me heart was broken??? I felt TERRIBLE, actually I felt more than terrible! (But I am proud that I didn't burst into tears.) Ally, of course, cried and screamed "owee" and held her arm close to her body. When she wouldn't move it, we knew that something was really wrong. And to the ER we went....

The ER doctor assured me that it was common and actually showed me how to pop it back in, because it would probably happen again. (Please pray NOW that Ally will be the exception!!!) Four HOURS after arriving at the ER, we were on our way back home and didn't get to bed until 2:00 a.m. My brain was fried and my heart ached. As tired as I was, I kept replaying the events of the night over and over....

The next morning before I took Ally to the pediatrician to check her arm, I saw Kitty (Amy to some of you) my sister-in-law, as I was dropping Maddie off at school. She has no idea of what had happened the night before. There is something about looking into the eyes of someone you love and someone who knows you so well and telling them something that has broken your heart. I cried...for the first time since our ER visit. I have a problem, one that I admit, of bottling up all of my emotions until it becomes too much for me. But for some wonderful reason, Kitty helps to me release those emotions and to feel "free" from them. Thank you, Kitty for being there and for being unaware of what you did for me that morning when I was feeling so low.

I know that I have said this before...but family and friends, those who know you to your core are so amazing and so special. I don't want to ever take these relationships for granted. I can only pray that God guards these people close to his heart. They are amazing and a blessing from Him.

My heart was broken...but it is not anymore.

Watch What You Say!

:-)Watch what you say.....

I picked Ally up from school last week and noticed that the clothes she had worn to school that day were hanging on her hook in a plastic bag...always a bad sign. She had an accident, which is unusual for her. The story goes like this......

Ella, Ally's cousin, has been having a few potty accidents. So in order to "motivate" her, her mommy and daddy have been sending candy as a treat if she goes on the potty. Well, Ally saw Ella getting some candy after she went potty and Ally asks her teacher, "If I go potty, can I have candy?" Miss Christie answers, "No Ally, Ella gets candy because she has accidents." (Can you see where this is going?!?!?)

Ally takes Miss Christie's comment literally! A little while later, Ally walks into the bathroom and then comes out with a big smile on her face. "Miss Christie, I had an ACCIDENT.....I can have CANDY!" she exclaimed proudly!

While Ally may give me grief at times, with her tantrums, she also brightens my day with stories like this one. She IS a mess and I LOVE it. So, the moral of the story is....watch what you say, Ally might be listening!

Botox?!?!

Who needs Botox?!?!?

As a treat for being good, the girls got some new lip gloss yesterday. They were beyond excited. You can never go wrong with makeup! But, it was inevitable what would happen.....

After applying and re-applying again and again, my sweet little girls looked like that had just had a session of Botox! They walked into the room with their lips sticking out and what seemed to be an inch or two worth of shiny gloss on their lips. They were so proud! Who knew that excessive gloss was all you needed to have those beautiful, full lips we all want?!?!

Bye, bye needles!

What IS that??

Last night, the girls and I came upon something that made us dance on our toes.....What IS that??? I said! The girls were scattering to the far corners of the room while I went closer to inspect....

What is it? the girls screamed again and again, unsure of how to feel. I still wasn't sure; it moved so fast. Then I could see. We had a funny, little visitor in our house. A gecko! "I LIKE Gecko's" my silly Ally exclaimed! "Me too, they are funny." I countered. I sent Maddie to get a cup so we could catch the little guy. Well, you can imagine the sight of us all "dancing" around trying to "save" this Gecko from the perils of our house, after all, we do have a cat! We finally caught him in the cup and the girls were just dying with laughter and anticipation of seeing our unexpected visitor close up. There is SO much excitement in catching a Gecko.

Daddy called soon after and Ally got on the phone and told him what we had caught......"Daddy, I caught a TACO" she said. Maddie and I giggled until we had tears in our eyes while Daddy tried to figure it out.....

What is that?? A GECKO!