Adventurous Days

We have been having lots of adventures the past couple of days. This past Saturday, we celebrated Sarah's 1st birthday with a Baby Einstein party. She had 6 of her little friends over for some Fruit Puffs, Mum-Mums, and Wagon Wheels. We also had a veggie tray, fruit tray, and cheese and meat tray for the adults and older siblings. Sarah loved her party, but she hadn't taken a nap that day due to all of the excitement. As soon as she had her cupcake, she looked like she was ready to fall into a sugar coma. I tried to get her to open her presents, but she was so tired, her little head kept nodding off. Everyone seemed to have fun though and when Sarah woke up from her nap, she was excited to see all the new things.



The next evening, Eliana was trying to run down the stairs on our way out the door. She tripped and fell down the stairs, hitting her head on the tile floor at the bottom. I didn't see any blood so I figured that it had scared her more than anything. We went to Walmart and she kept holding her head and crying that it hurt. When we got home again, she said she felt like she had to throw up. I called our doctor who told me to take her to the ER because those were symptoms of a concussion. Andy was on a trip so I left Emily with our friends and took off. On the way, I called another friend who looked up Andy's schedule and told me that he was on his way into Memphis. Andy borrowed a car from our friends (I'm driving the only vehicle right now as the van isn't working) and came up to the hospital. Thankfully, Eliana ended up being ok with no lasting problems. I am hoping she learned her lesson about running down the stairs.

Emily woke up the next morning with a temperature of 101.5. She had to miss the Thanksgiving Feast at her school yesterday and wasn't happy about it. I reminded her that we would get all of those foods on Thanksgiving Day and that helped a little bit, although she really hates to miss school for any reason. She is doing better today so it was probably a 24-hour thing that the rest of us had last week.

I hope I can keep everyone here out of trouble and healthy for a little while. Happy Thanksgiving to all of our family and friends!! I hope the day is full of good food and relaxation!