Pull Up A Chair....

Yep, this is what it looks like. We spent Mother's Day morning in the Emergency Room having Madelyn treated for a head wound.
Here's the story: it all started (hope you have a minute) this morning when Ryan offered to feed the girls breakfast so I could shower. Mid-shampoo, into the bathroom comes Ryan, holding a bloody, screaming Maddie. She had apparently tripped just right and landed on the sharp part of our coffee table. Blood everywhere. I am not very handy in the head wound department, make that the blood department, so I jumped out of the shower (dripping shampoo all over) and called my neighbor, Sister Staker, who is a nurse. Sister Staker graciously agreed to leave what I am certain was breakfast in bed to come evaluate the situation. After her prognosis (definitely needs stitches) we threw the kids into the car and dashed to the emergency room, where we would spend the next several hours! We arrived at the E.R. about 10 am, and it wasn't until after NOON was Maddie stitched up! Try keeping two almost two-year olds in the same room for three minutes, let alone three hours! Might I mention Maddie is the feisty one? Anyone who has even attempted to clip Maddie's toenails can attest to that. Finally after wrapping Maddie's limbs in a sheet/makeshift straight jacket, and two nurses plus Ryan to hold her down, the four stitches were complete! Hooray! Our brave little trooper (and her sister) got popsicles and lovely matching bandages and were sent on our way. Finally! By that time we had missed almost all of church. What an adventure! But at least, as Ryan pointed out, now everybody can finally tell them apart! :0)


The nurse in the E.R. gave London a sympathy bandage, but I like to call it the jealousy bandage (London just needed some attention). Now it just looks like they bonked heads!


As you can see, Maddie set out immediately to milk her injury for all it's worth, helping herself to Londie's cookies.

The rest of Mother's Day went something like this:



After a nice nap and a nice dinner, I came outside to find my new fancy shmancy porch swing the twins chose out for me! The best part is, they didn't even like it! I have it all to myself, which will come in handy as I am going to be the lifeguard for the twins' alligator pool this summer.


Mother's Day ended on a very happy, very restful note as I was able to spend the entire evening outside. I read my book for awhile, then my friend Becca came over and joined me for brownies and ice cream and a long, un-interrupted conversation. I was also grateful to be able to talk to both of my mothers today and wish them a Happy Mother's Day! What wonderful women I have in my life! Finally I was able to look at the stars under a blanket with my darling hubby and reflect upon the day's chaos, not to mention celebrate the Jazz's win. Luckily, when your day starts out as rough as ours did, there's nowhere to go but up! I must say it finished off just perfect. A Mother's Day I'll never forget for sure.