Our OMG Afternoon

This afternoon Madie was playing on the bed in our guest bedroom and went to jump on the pillows at the head of the bed. When she dove, she jumped over the pillows and hit the corner of the headboard. I heard the thump, rolled her over and saw the blood. OMG! She had hit the bone right over her left eye and it popped it wide open. Thank goodness Nana was here to help me get towels and get things together so we could head out to the Dr. I knew she was going to need stitches.

Madie was upset and crying so instead of putting her in the car seat, Nana held her tight in the backseat and tried to get her head to stop bleeding and calm her down. I'm sure her head was hurting and she was scared not knowing what all was going on. All I could think was thank you Jesus that I am not by myself.

Turned out that Madie needed 6 stitches to close her cut. She was so brave and did such a good job. She tolerated the shots to numb the area and then they had to wrap her in a blanket and restrain her so the Dr. could sew her up. I felt so helpless. I watched as the Dr. did the 1st stitch and I started feeling a little woozy. Nana said my face turned white and I felt as if I was about to faint. I held it together though and so did Madie. She was such a big girl. I am very proud of her.

Afterwards, we went to get her an ice cream. She is a resilient little thing. You could tell that it slowed her down a bit and that it was hurting. But, we walked in the door and the first thing she wanted to do was watch Dora.

Madie is a real trooper. A few stitches didn't get her down.

Thanks Nana for your help and support today. I don't know what I would have done without you.

Too Close...To A Close Call!

Memorial Day we went to a friends house to swim and cook out for lunch. We were gathering things up and loading the car to leave about 8:45am. Hubby was helping to load the car, I was gathering last minute things and Madie was running around the house ready to "go car."

We made it out of the door around 8:50am. We had plenty of time to get there, swim and have lunch before we had to head back home for Madie's nap time.

Madie had a great time swimming. It was the first time that she had been to a pool to swim when she could walk. She didn't start walking until October and last year she spent all of her time in the pool on all fours. She wore her arm floaties and had a great time. Lunch was good too. But then it was time to head home.

We get home and this is where the "too close to a close call happens." I walk inside the kitchen and see that the eye on our stove in on high. We have a flat top stove, so I could see the bright red color of the eye turning on when I walked in. I ran over to the stove and turned in off. I was thinking to myself, how in the world did this happen. I ran out to the garage where hubby was getting Madie out of the car and asked him if he remembered turning on the eye to the stove. He did not and I asked him if he would come and feel the intense heat of our microwave over the stove and check the cabinets to make sure there was no damage. While doing this, I picked Madie up so that she would not touch her hand on anything that could be hot. As we were talking, she reaches down toward the nob on the stove and says "turn." I froze....I couldn't believe it. Hubby and I just looked at each other. It was Madie who turned on the stove that remained on for about 5 hours!

We could have lost everything. Our house could have gone up in flames. God was watching over us. I don't want this to ever happen again....it was way too close to a close call!