The good, the bad & the ugly..................

A little weekend update, a few days late................. Here goes!!

THE GOOD..........
We had a very special little girl, Audrey, visit us this weekend while her Mom and Dad went to a wedding.......The kids play great and it's always fun....This weekend was no exception as we had 2 birthday parties to go to.............

Starting with Amelia's 4th Birthday..............Princess themed, of course!!

The Queen had everything looking so nice....................Right down to the INDIVIDUAL princess cakes that each little girl got to inhale!!


Here's the Birthday Girl, Princess Tiana, looking very princessy!!

And of course, no princess party is complete without Cinderella!!

There were lots of presents to open......................

Plenty of smiles........................

And curtsy's too!

Plenty of directing.............

And a little movie time, too...............


And as quick as we could, we changed out of our princess dresses and into our jumpy clothes, perfect for another party at Kangazoom!!

Where the boys got to join us and have some fun, too!

I would love to say that our crew of 4 girls and 2 boys went straight home and took wonderfully long naps.......but that would be a lie..............
More playing it was.....................

Now,

THE BAD................

My day actually started around 6am when the phone rang...........never a good sign..........It's my Mom on the other end telling me to come over right away.........So as quick as I could I ran out the door, leaving the hubby behind confused but awake...........I was pretty emotional by the time I made the 2 mile trek to my parents.........House was dark, so I let myself in, called out and walked to Mom's room.........

She uttered some noise so I am definitely in panic mode. Apparently, when she tried to get up she was so dizzy and nauseas that she couldn't get out of bed...........Honestly, I was relived. NOT what she wanted me to feel, obviously, but I had come up with some pretty bad possibilities on that two mile drive. None of which, I was going to handle very well. So, when I realize that everybody was ok (well, other than the fact that she couldn't get up) I felt like I could get in TAKE CHARGE mode alot better.

The first thing that came to mind was Vertigo.........Well, with Dad being out of the country and him having his lap top with him, I call the hubby to do a little internet diagnosis.........You know the Dr's love that!! Anyway, Mom wanted to call her sister who had had Vertigo before and Aunt Leola strongly suggested I take her to the hospital...............STRONGLY...............Now, just so you know, my Mom does NOT sleep in clothes. Yep, that's right. Naked. Dizzy. Nauseas. And it's just her and me..................

So, time to get dressed.........This took awhile but got done pretty efficiently. But once she was up, and her world kept spinning, out came the cookies............uggghhhh.............I hate vomit.......

And I realized I was NOT going to be able to get her down the steps, to my car, alone.......Fortunately, our friends had just moved into the neighborhood. So, WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, nothing like a phone call at 7:30 in the morning.....And even though Jason hung up on me the first time I called, I eventually got through, Laura went to my house so the hubby could come help me.........Bless this man..........Bless him!!

And bless the fine nurse who brought out the wheel chair and got us settled into the Emergency Room..............I'll spare you the details but after MANY hours, many viles of blood, some fluids, and a CAT scan.........We don't really know what it is. The nausea medicine seems to be helping but looks like it's going to take another visit to a Primary Health Physician before it's completely diagnosed.

I got her settled at home all the while the hubby is playing superDAD!! He has gotten a sitter for Big papa, two princesses dressed, taken to Ms. Laura for fancy hairdos, delivered to the birthday party only a few minutes behind schedule and is waiting on me with open arms when I fly into the party on two wheels after finally getting a shower and dressing myself!

SHEW.....................

Ready for THE UGLY??

here goes............

THE UGLY............

Welcome to Emergency Room visit number 2!!
That's right.............

While at the jumpy place, the boys decide that the party must continue, the hubby hasn't seen the friends new house since they moved in and why not tonight?? Just because it's been a long day, doesn't mean the fun should stop, right? RIGHT!!

Kids are in the play room, adults are in the kitchen.........Everyone is having a great time, kids are playing great............And then it happens...............A thud, a scream, and the tears.............Off we go to see what has happened.......Usually it's a push or a shove or someone has grabbed a toy, or won't share.......But this time, it involved a metal firetruck!! Right between her eyes............We think there was some climbing going on and Emme happened to fall off and land square on the edge.................

So, the hubby stayed behind to get baths, pjs and books read since my experience in the Emergency Rooms have been pretty lengthy............

However, we were in and out in an hour! Dr. Garrett was fantastic.......I mean fantastic!! I had decided that if they mentioned stitches, I would leave and go to Children's but if it was just gonna be glue, that we would be fine at the local hospital! And fine we were!

She didn't complain, she sat perfectly still and he couldn't have been more gentle. He did everything to him before he did it to her, INCLUDING the glue! He was great!

And man was I ready for Saturday to be done.......Girls slept great, and Sunday not only didn't bring any Emergency Room visits, it brought my Daddy home.................