How was your weekend??

How was your weekend? Hopefully it was better than ours! This past weekend Eric was actually off on Saturday so he wanted to go to Lubbock. We couldn't leave until he got off work on Friday and by the time we were ready to leave it was already around 9pm. Our trip was fine and we arrived to Lubbock around 11pm. Of course the kids were excited to Grandma and Grandpa as well as Dexter (the 'grand' dog that didn't get to make the move to Arizona with the rest of my brother's family). Eric had also planned on meeting up with his brother so the kids were even more riled up when Marc got there. Needless to say bedtime was off to a late start! So Eric took off with Marc and around 12:30am we were laying down in bed, lights off, TV on quietly. Caden was walking back and forth between our bed and my parent's room deciding where the best place to hang out was. When he decided our room was better since I at least had the TV on, I told him to close the door. Now, on a side note, Gabriella and Caden are constantly wanting to out-do each other. If I ask one of them to do something, they argue over who is going to do it. It is nice that they both want to help however it does cause many arguments and frustration. For example:


Gabriella: "I want to close the door!"

Caden: "No! I close door, Ella!"

Gabriella: (headed towards door) "No! I want to do it!"

Caden: (almost at door) "I do it!"

Gabriella: (also at door now) "No, Caden, I..."


And that was it. She didn't finish her sentence because the next sound I heard was SLAM!!! Then there was crying. Remember, it is dark so for the first few seconds I'm wondering who is hurt here. It was Gabriella. She comes to the bed and I reach to comfort her thinking she got banged on her leg or head. As dark as it was, as she came closer I could still see the blood on her mouth. I rushed her to the bathroom to see how bad it was. I am thinking at this point that a tooth may have been knocked out. In the bathroom I see the inside of her lip banged up and bleeding. I stayed calm and started to clean her mouth. That's when I saw the cut on her bottom lip- it wasn't big, but it was deep! I yelled for my mom. If you know my mom you know she's hard of hearing so she came around on the 3rd yell. As soon as she saw it she predicted Gabriella would need stitches. I didn't second guess that. So, my mom and I changed out of our pajamas while my dad cleaned up Gabriella. By this time she wasn't crying anymore. I explained to her that we were going to the doctor so that he could fix the cut on her lip. Then I realized I needed to call Eric. He didn't answer so I left him a message that we were headed to the ER and asking if he wanted to come too or stay and put Caden to sleep. Luckily he was able to stay with Caden because Caden was crying when we left. Around 1am we were in the car driving to the ER.


I was worried that Gabriella would get fussy since she was tired and it was so late or that she'd fall asleep, but they'd have to wake her to see her. And waking her up would not be fun! We got to the Children's ER and luckily they had a TV showing Disney Channel. That kept her entertained. We also brought her blankets and I was smart enough to remember to bring my earplugs for my iPhone in case she wanted to listen to music or play games on it. Around 2am we were taken back to be examined by the doctor and nurse. And yes, it was going to be stitches. Eric was afraid they'd give her a big shot and that she would be in pain. Instead, they put some blue stuff on a cotton ball and taped the cotton ball to her lip. They said it would numb her lip and it would take about 30 minutes to work. So, she laid there as I applied a little pressure to the cotton ball and watched Little Einsteins on my phone. Throughout this entire time, she never fussed, cried, complained or anything. I could tell she was nervous, but she NEVER cried and even stayed awake the whole time. Everytime the nurse or doctor would check on her or looked at her lip, she sat or laid completely still and let them do what they needed to do. I was really proud of how brave she was. Anyway, 30 minutes later, it was time for the stitches. Gabriella was fine. I think I was more nervous. They laid her down and began. 3 stitches later, she never moved, never cried, never complained and was done. The nurses and doctor told her how good she did.


Around 3;30am I was finally in bed. Gabriella had fallen asleep almost as soon as she got in the car! The next day ended up being a "Gabriella Day". We told her she could pick a treat and she wanted to go to Bear Castle. So Eric and I took her to Bear Castle where she picked out a purple unicorn dressed in scrubs to remember her experience. She didn't want the day to be over yet and sweet talked daddy into taking her for ice cream. So, that was our weekend in Lubbock! She is fine now and she gets them out on Thursday. Keep her in your prayers and we'll update on her progress!