Jaina's Stitches - Warning Graphic Picture

January 11th started out like a normal Monday. I ran errands while Jaina was at school and was feeling very accomplished. Until I got out to my car and my phone started going crazy with texts from Pat. It made me nervous because it seemed really urgent. So I called him and he told me that the school called and said that Jaina fell and hit her head and needed stitches. Apparently where I was shopping was a dead spot for my phone, because the school called me but couldn't get to me, so they called Pat. He was in frantic mode trying to get a hold of me. So on my way home from errands, I called the school to tell them that I was on my way, but that I needed to take my milk home first. They said that was fine because the bleeding had stopped, but to come as soon as I could. After taking my groceries home, I ran over to the school. I couldn't get a straight answer as to what happened, but she was holding a paper towel to her head. When I pulled it away, my stomach flipped and made me even more worried/panicked. I didn't know what to do. Luckily one of my neighbors was at the school and offered to help me, which was great because I had Leisy Greer today too. Tawni followed me to the clinic and sat in the waiting room with Melody and Leisy while I was in with Jaina. She was really nervous, but luckily her Baby Minnie was in the car and it helped calm her. She did a lot better than I thought she would, but it was probably because she couldn't see what was happening. After it was all said and done, we went to McDonald's for lunch and Jaina acted like nothing had even happened. It's been a month now and I still can't believe that it happened.

WARNING: GRAPHIC PICTURE AHEAD

That night Mara was nice and read her a few books.

And she even got books read to her by dad.

Later that week, at SEP's I was able to see where she had her 

accident. She was playing in the kitched area of her classroom, 

dropped something, picked it up, then dropped it again.When she went 

to pick it up again, she went really fast and hit her head on the play fridge.

The following Monday was a holiday, which means no school, and that 

is when we went to get the stitches out. It had been a full week. 

Here's how it scabbed over while she had the steri strips on her head.

It took about 10 minutes of talking, asking and convincing to get her 

to lay down for the doctor to take them out. She was really nervous,

 but we finally had to force her down and held onto her so he could do it.

This picture is from later that day. She's going to have a 

pretty big scar, 

which makes me so sad, but it will just add to her spunky personality.

January 2016

Since we didn't get together with family on New Years Eve, we did it on 

New Years Day. We went to Morri's for dinner & games. Lana and her 

kids were able to come also. It's always nice to be with family. 

Melody was so interested in Tiger Lily, like always, 

and she was trying to 'feed' her with the play food.

Also, Inside Out was on the TV and she really likes this movie right 

now, so she just layed with her blanket and watched for a bit.

There were some sugar cookies and she only wanted to eat the frosting.

Then Morri introduced her to spray cheese. He would put in on her 

finger and she would lick it off. Needless to say, she was in heaven.

On Saturday (the 2nd) we went to dinner at The Pizza Factory. It was one of the best evenings 

of eating out we've ever had. Melody was happy, Jaina ate a pizza and we all had a great time.

At dinner one night, Melody HAD to have Mike and Sulley sit with her.

Mara spent over 3 hrs making this Rainbow Dash perler bead 

creation. It's the biggest thing anyone in our family has made.

Melody is obsessed with our family calendar. At least once a week she 

wants it down and looks at all the pictures and tells me who they are.

While doing my hair one morning, I let Melody play with my legos, then I head 

a crash, then another one, and another. This is what I came out to find.

Here's all the pieces piled together.

When she went down for a nap, I spent an hour putting these castles back together. 

Now I'm more careful about what I let her 'play' with.

Melody wants to be big and loves to get in Jaina's bed and pretend to sleep. Sorry 

baby girl, it's still going to be a long while before you get a big bed of your own.

One night when Mana and Karri were here for dinner, all 

Melody wanted to eat was salad. She had 4 helpings of it!

We have this really cute year in a glance calendar that Lana gave us for Christmas 

of 2014. We still have it up because it has pictures of her family and our family 

together. Like I said earlier, Melody loves looking at pictures of family.

Pat and I both got new LEGO sets and built them together. Mine took about an hour longer than his.

Star Wars the Force Awakens

Doctor Who

Melody doesn't mind wearing a hat, which is so different than how Jaina was at 2 years old.

Melody has so many toys in her bed that I'm surprised that she has room to sleep.

Mara drew this picture of Karri and Dash. I just love her pictures.

End of December

When Christmas was all said and done, Jaina had to set up 

all of her stuffed toys. Including her 33 mini tsum tsums!!

A Sunday night at Mana's. Melody is always hit and miss when it comes to dinner time, especially 

when we're out of the house. But this night she tried an orange and loved it. She called it a 'gort'!!

While at Mana's, we swapped kids. Mara went to Brent & Lisa's and Max came home with 

us for sleep overs. On Monday, we decided to go to Nickel Mania and had a great time.

Jaina and I usually walk away with over 400 tickets each time we go, but she never 

uses all of them. I have a paper in my wallet that the excess get added to each time 

we're there. We started out with 490, but right now it's up to 940!!! And she even used 

tickets while we were there! At least she's happy and get some fun prizes each time we go.

We met up with Lisa for a kid swap at the Wendy's by Target. Then we went to see Karri after lunch.

The boys had stayed up late, per usual, and Xander 

totally conked out in the car on the way home from Orem.

A new car means new window stickers!!!

On that Wednesday we went to the Provo Rec Center with Liza, Addi 

and Karri. It's been awhile since we swam during the winter. I was excited 

to go because I was able to use my new camera for what I bought it for!

Thursday was New Years Eve! We spent the day relaxing, then headed up to Mana's for dinner 

and games. We picked up food from Taco Amigo to eat at Mana's. Most of Mana's sisters were there 

and we played Yahtzee for a bit before the littles needed to get to bed. So we headed home about 

8:00, put the girls to bed, then watched Super 8 and half of Jurassic Park with Xander and Mara. 

Since we don't have cable and didn't think to turn on the TV to find a New Years event, we 

just watched my phone turn to midnight. We wished each other a happy new year, then went 

to bed. I know, so exciting, but it's what/where we wanted to do/be.

It was a great way to end the year, with these people that I love.