Angels Were Watching Over!

Angels were definitely watching over Helen late Saturday morning! Helen is our youngest daughter. One of I'm sure many mothers worst nightmares happened to me! Our Saturday morning started out normal, and turned in an instant! Helen happened to have a very short fall resulting in hitting her forehead hard on our t.v. entertainment center. Her fall was less than twelve inches; a foot! I happened to be just in the hallway, when my oldest daughters yells to me, "Helen hurt herself really bad!!" As I ran into the living room literally only seconds, She laying there crying this not so normal cry. All of a sudden she went unconscious for a couple seconds, turned pale and started bleeding from her nose! I started in a panic speaking loudly, saying her name; of course I'm already crying. I called 911 and kept holding her and talking to her to keep her awake as her eyes kept trying to roll back. My husband was at work, therefore I called my parents whom live down the road. they arrived quickly as did the ambulance. Once they arrived she started to become a little more alert. They ended up bringing  her to Helen Devos Children's Hospital. After they checked her out, I have to thank God and her guardian angels! Somehow she has no injuries, not even a concussion. We are all so thankful she's okay! We were assured by the Dr. and nurses that babies bounce back from fall under a certain feet pretty fast. They also said we were lucky she hit her head where the strongest bone is. before  we knew it were able to go home and take it easy. Therefore the evening turned into a pizza and family movie night. That was totally okay with me. She is doing great now!

Playing After her accident, and doing well. 

  I couldn't thank the people I talked to on dispatch when you call 911 for being so understanding when your a panicking parent! A big thanks to our service people, and lucky to have such an amazing children's hospital here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Of course, thanks to our neighbors and everyone's thoughts and prayers! lastly, A huge thanks to my other two daughters for being so brave through the whole events. of course I sat down with them and made sure they knew!

  I had to tell myself I am not a horrible parent; accidents do happen. accidents can happen in a blink of an eye, which they truly can. I will admit I am a lot more panicky now, who wouldn't be though!

To end the weekend it was pretty rainy, so we did a lot of coloring and indoor activities! And or course, family time!

Today Michigan had some weird weather, and storms. 

Cranky Skirts!

Oh my,there were some cranky skirts today in this home! I would say cranky pants but, being a house full of girls minus my poor husband I felt cranky skirts fit better. Have you ever heard the phrase "cranky pants"? I never did till I met my husband, and he called me it one time! We all have just been on the edge today, that's for sure. It first running behind dropping Evalyn off to school. I should know whenever that happens, it's not going to be a good day by now! And how come whenever your running behind, you always seem you get stuck behind a slow car?!  Only to follow them to Evalyn's school, seriously?! The morning goes on and Vivian thinks she needs 3 different breakfasts. This is not a gourmet restaurant, I am mom. That did not make her happy; therefore threw off her day. Now I start getting her "mean face" along with, "you made me sad!" Shes our strong willed child and will push every button like she did today. So today involved crying children, fighting sisters, unhappy baby with diaper rash, not to mention they all have colds!

    I kept telling myself a nice glass of wine and some blog therapy will be lovely once the girls are in bed. Did that happen? Nope! Once the girls were all tucked in their beds, 20 minutes later Helen wakes up screaming. Ugh, I guess some days as a parent you don't get those breaks. Then surely enough walks out the middle child. Not to mention my husband was out picking me up panera. I was going to treat my evening with wine, panera and blogging. Trying to at least enjoy my panera with a fussy 14 month old a 3 year old who won't go to bed, I couldn't help anymore but do the mommy breakdown cry and went to our bedroom. I don't do this often, so my husband new I must have had a rough day.

  In the end, I ended up eating my semi warm panera on my bed in peace. Not how I planned it, oh well. My husband put the two girls back to bed for me, and now I writing this blog post! But you get these days with a house full of girls; can we say mood swings?! Lets pray tomorrow is a much better day for all of us, and for my husbands sanity!