off the face of the earth.

into my to-do list of pre-CHA madness.

in love with my kiddos and hubby all over again, and again, and again.

It has been insane here. You know the old wives' tale about bad thing coming in 3's. Yeah, they lied. We're working on 5 here. I'm just hoping its neither a "roll" nor a batch of 6 (yes, I realize that would technically make the rule of 3's true). LOL

1. Tayvan had her ear & nose surgery last week. It went so well, it really did, but its still my baby knocked out cold being carried into a room of strangers to be poked/prodded. She was a trooper and only made the nurses partially deaf with her screams. 2. Having her ears tubed and drained made her a little off-balance though. She managed to fall from the kitchen island stool to the tile floor below and bang her head pretty bad. Concussion Watch #1. 3. Daddy took Declan to the gym to let sister sleep off her anesthesia. While there, he managed to fall and hit the base of his skull on the hard tile floor. Concussion Watch #2. 4. Declan decides he wants to play with his Hot Wheels cars and goes to pull the bin out. Only problem? He pulls it out from *underneath* it and it smashes down onto his face. Blood. Lots. Off to the ER where both me and the dr are sure his nose is broken. Prayers answered, xrays show that its okay though. Not even really black eyes today. 5. Bob was racing this weekend (he mountain bikes obsessively). He had a relatively minor fall. Lots of rash with dirt and wood embedded from mid-thigh to mid-calf. I still hate to hear the words "I went down." but he was lucky this time. So I'm NOT up for item #6! Ya hear me world...not ready! :)

Oh, and this pic. Just a little something Lilli asked for at our last photo outing. She'd found this leaf and wanted a pic of Daddy & the leaf ("just hold it up or something!" said the mini-photographer) and this is what Daddy did for his girl. She laughed and she loved it. And I loved him all over again for making her giggle. {happy sigh} ...Staci