The First 22 Days of 2009!!!

The first little bit of 2009 has not been the most joyous! I know blogs are about sharing the good things, but I am going to share some crazy things!

To start of the year, on Jan.5th, the day school started back up, I took the day off because Alecia had two ear infections and bronchitis, yes a visit to the ER was necessary! That night, I went to Wal-mart and it had snowed earlier in the day, so the roads were very slick and icy, (little did I know.) So I was on my way home and slid off the new Cross Hollow Road on the highest part and ended up in a ravine. There was no valid reason that Katelin and I didn't flip over or roll, the only reason I know of is that someone was watching out for us. So, we were very lucky!

Then, over Martin Luther King, we had our nieces, Aspen and Cambria, both near Katelin and Alecia's age. So we got them Friday night for 3 nights, 3 days. Well on Saturday, Nathaniel with all good intentions of entertaining the older girls, took them sledding. The first injury happened when Nathaniel's sled hit a pointy rock and broke his Butt! He still has trouble walking! Then, the second injury happened when the two girls were coming down the hill on the following sled:

The sled took a wrong turn and the tree came out of know where. Both girls put their right legs out to stop, and that is when it happened!

That's right, Aspen broke her ankle. She has green stick fractures in both of the leg bones where it connects to the ankle! Just lovely! Poor thing- but she was a very brave 3 year old!! Katelin got away with a pulled ligament or something, but we made two separate ER visits to have the girls checked out!

As for the two 1 1/2 year olds, lets say that Alecia really did want to be Cambria's friend, see:

But I think she just ended up torturing the poor girl most of the time!!

This is what the night's were like as we put the girls to bed, then Alecia wanted to play Tea-Party and jumped in bed with Cambria!!

Needless to say, life has not been normal- Here's to the next 22 days of 2009 not being as hectic!