never a dull moment -

I woke up this morning excited for a slow, quiet day. Mady was on the calendar, scouts and orchestra (and Reese stayed home pretending to be sick ;) ). While Mady's mom and I were visiting (after we had watched her) the girls were playing. Lili was on the table (her favorite place - she is a climber) playing the drum and jumped off.... with a pen in her hand (did not see the pen until we noticed the pen went into her forehead. I am so glad Lora was here to keep me calm. I called Heidi, whose husband is a Dr. and works with a plastic surgeon... she could not get a hold of her husband but suggested I call our friend who is an opthamologist. Jamie told me to bring her into his office and he'd look at her (Our ped told us to take her to the ER... but I hate the ER... you wait forever with really sick people, pay a fortune - our insurance does not cover the ER unless it is a huge emergency). Anyway, Jamie was so kind and thought she needed two stitches. He did not have pain medication except for some numbing stuff - he put a ton of it on her and then we held her down and he kindly put in two stitches. We were in and out in a half an hour. Here is a picture of her (I should have washed her face but did not -don't her hemangiomas look fantastic)- the stitches are over her eye... oh, I was a nervous wreck feeling incredibly guilty and Scott's comment when I called him was, "so it could have poked out her eye"... hmmm a little more guilt. Thank goodness we were blessed.

I found the picture of Meili and Lili together on my camera.... not sure who took it... Looks like another dangerous activity. Lili loves this shell necklace. Most often the necklace can be found around Lili's arms and on her back as she pretends it is a backpack.

Hope all is well :)