ONE LITTLE MONKEY JUMPING ON THE BED ....

SHE FELL OFF AND BONKED HER HEAD...

MOMMY TOOK HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND THE DR. SAID....

11 STITCHES FOR HER HEAD...

The next day...

And the next...

She only had to have the stitches in for 5 days, and this is what it looks like now, one week from when it happened...

You can barely see it! I definately will be using Vitamin E oil, seeing that it is on her face, but I can't even believe how fast it healed!

So, for the story...  I was sitting at the computer about 2 feet away from Kate, when she started jumping on my bed.  I turned around, and was in the middle of telling her to stop jumping so that she wouldn't get hurt when, before I could even finish the sentance, she fell head first and hit her eye on the corner of the bed frame.  It sounded like she hit it really hard, so I hurried and picked her up and was trying to calm her down when I felt something wet on my arm.  I tried to pull her away slowly because she was obviously in a lot of pain, when I saw blood everywhere.  I hurried and ran to the closet to get a washcloth and started putting pressure on it.  When I pulled it away to see how bad it was, I instantly knew that she would need at least 10 stitches.  So of course I was kind of in a panic, because it was only 7:15 pm and Dan has class until 8:00.  By the time he usually gets home it is around 8:45 or later.  So.... I couldn't get ahold of him, and Kate's bleeding wasn't stopping.  I told Sarah that we had to go to the hospital while I was trying to figure out how I was going to get there without getting blood all over, seeing that I couldn't hold her in my lap while I was driving.  As I was trying to get us out the door, the bleeding started to clot so I was able to calm down a little bit.  I was so grateful that Dan's mom wasn't busy and was able to meet me at a McDonald's on the way to the hospital to pick up Sarah.  I finally got to the hospital about an hour after it happend.  They took us back pretty quickly and the nurse wrapped her up and put some numbing stuff on her eye, which thankfully helped her to fall asleep.

Dan got there around 9:30, then we just waited for the Dr to finish up with some more serious patients.  So the Dr hadn't seen the cut when he came in to do the stitches.  He informed us (before he saw it) that if the cut was on the eye, he wouldn't be able to use the glue, because it would make her loose her eyebrow permenantly.  So we said that was fine he could do stitches if he needed to.  So he unwrapped her and said, well, I am going to try to be conservative and only use one spool of stitches.  (Even though the cut wasn't on the eyebrow, it was just too bad for the glue.)  So, he started sewing, and 30 minutes later, she had 11 stitches on her eye.  Poor girl.

And just because I know you are all going to ask... she stopped jumping on the bed for about 24 hours, and then started right back at it.  Of course, I make her stop every time I see her, but why can't she just learn!

Easter

First of all, I am sorry this is out of order, but because I am redoing this sight in order to have the slideshow work, it has to have the current date; So just ignore that Easter was awhile ago. And realize that in the future, a lot of my posts may seem a little late. :)

Easter brought lots of fun while visiting at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Saturday Megan and Jen went to an Easter Egg hunt with us. Sarah had a lot of fun with the free activities that they had there. They gave Sarah and Kate free Easter baskets and Easter bunnys for being one of the first ones at the Egg Hunt. Since we got there way before the hunt started we decided to check out all the other free things they had while we were waiting.

First, we went and saw the petting zoo. Both of the girls just loved seeing all the animals. At first they were a little apprehensive to touch them, but once they realized that they weren't going to bite they had a lot of fun. Next we went to the bouncy pit/slide. Sarah was kindof small for it, but there was a little girl that was probably 4 who just kept taking her hand and helping her up the ladder to the slide. It was so cute. Then she got her arm painted with a picture of a castle, complete with glitter. Boy was she excited. We got some free popcorn, but the snowcone machine broke right before we got to the front of the line. That was too bad cause it was soo hot outside. The egg hunt ended up being kinda crazy. I don't know how many kids were there, but it was extremely crowded. When Sarah's age group had their turn she had fun looking for the eggs. It was kinda cool that they had little toys in them instead of candy. Sarah was so excited to get little necklaces and rings, and had to put on a bunny necklace right away. Then we went and saw the Easter Bunny. I wasn't sure how the girls would react since Sarah had been afraid of Santa Clause, but neither of them cried and Sarah even smiled. She couldn't look at the camera until she showed the Easter bunny that she had a bunny necklace on though. And she was so jeaulous that Kate was sitting on his lap and she wasn't. It was so cute though. The girls also got some cool balloons that were in the shape of flowers.

Sunday the girls woke up to an Easter Egg hunt around Grandma and Grandpa's house. We were quite surprised at how much Kate liked it, we figured she wouldn't even notice. Both girls had a lot of fun. Sarah especially loved her Barbie Horse, which she thought would be fun to try to ride. I don't think she quite understands size ratios yet, lol. All in all, it was a great Easter!

Farrington Lakes

So, last week Dan and I made a quick trip to the Durham/Chapel Hill area to look for a new place to live, while the girls stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Taylor. After looking at about 20 different apartments and townhouses, we decided to go with Farrington Lakes. It is only about 4 miles from UNC and is right off the freeway. They have a lake with a Pier that you are able to fish off, a pond, a sand volleyball pit, 2 tennis courts, and 2 swimming pools. Our apartment is going to be on the first floor, and the balcony faces the pool. It will be a little different living in an apartment again, but it will be nice to have everything on the first floor. I think the girls are going to love it. Because we are going to be so close the pool I will be able to take them over there whenever its warm (and open). It also has an enclosed porch with a sliding glass door so you can see out from the living room or the kitchen. So now, only 2 1/2 months until we are there!

That can't be comfortable

So Sarah used to fall asleep in her high chair all the time, but Kate is usually so busy eating that this had never happened. Usually after she is done eating she starts screaming until you get her out. When it was quite for longer than it should have been, I wondered what was going on. When I went to look, here is what I found! She must have been so exhausted.