birthdays, boo-boo, & a BIG girl

Wow! I can't believe I dropped the ball on posting this year already.  I think I can recap the last week or so in one post though....it was a CRAZY week though! Ha! First, Hubby had a birthday! It was MUCH less stressful than the surprise party I pulled off last year.  We went to Stevi B's with the kids during the day, gave him his b-day presents (new stuff for the grill, coffee mug for work and some candy :), then the kids napped and Grandma and Grandpa came over to watch them while we went out to dinner and to a graduation party for a good friend of ours. It was a great, relaxing birthday.

We had a good weekend. Hubby had to work on Sunday, but he was home all day Monday with us. We had a VERY busy day planned.  Sister had her first dentist appointment (she did AWESOME - no cavities, or tears :).  We waited in line to sign Brother up for spring baseball, it was Hubby's first day of school and the plan was to take Sister to her first dance class at 5pm.  That was where the plan was altered...around 1pm she was running to the kitchen to get a snack from Hubby and tripped.  She split her forehead open on the corner of the kitchen wall.  It was awful and I have NEVER been SO grateful that my EMT husband was home.  He scooped her up, took care of her, and calmed her down in an instant (all while telling me to grab a towel, pack a bag and get Brother ready to head to the hospital.)  We spent the rest of the day at Egleston and they were amazing!

** DISCLAIMER ON THE FOLLOWING PICTURES- If you don't like hospital stuff, you might want to skip them. I didn't add the yucky one of her head though, no one needs that one - ha! **

Car ride to the ER...she cried when it happened and then didn't cry again until we had to take the first band-aid off 24 hours later.  She is a tough cookie.

 Waiting in the injury waiting room with Mommy :) We were the only "injury" patient there, so we got our own waiting room with Cars 2 on, much to Brother's delight! She was playing with the blood pressure cuff they gave her (they sent her home with a whole bag of fun stuff :) She told them she wanted to play doctor with her dolls.

The doctors and nurses with so impressed with how tough she was...me too! They were a little worried they would need to sedate her since it was on her forehead (and really deep), but she did great. "Dora" on the Ipad was enough to keep her busy.  I don't have enough good things to say about Egelston.  It was totally worth the drive to go to a hospital that knows how to love on 2 year olds.

The next picture is actually from the night before we took the stitches out.  It took her a few days to actually want to see them. There were 12 total...(5 in the layers underneath and 7 on top).  Once she did finally look at them, she thought they were hilarious! ha!

She was supposed to have the stitches for 5-7 days.  (Hubby actually ended up taking them out Sunday night.) She was a little scared at first, but did a great job after we got her attention re-focused.  She definitely didn't let the stitches slow her down last week though.  They said she did great at school, she didn't even miss a day.  We also had a birthday party for one of Brother's good friends, AM.  They invited Sister and Brother to a gymnastic party.  The kids LOVED it! I was a little worried Sister would change her mind about dance class. ha!

 And you could never tell from her bouncing around that she had stitches in her forehead. (Plus, to her it was another great opportunity to wear her leotard.  Isn't it cute?!)  Sorry for the glare, parents sat in the waiting "area", so the pictures are through the glass.  Balance beam Sister...

 Brother on the beam...

 and rolling :)

 ha! Sister's protecting her head roll.

 The teacher "helping" her do a cartwheel.  I actually asked them about camps this summer...I think Sister would LOVE that :)

 Cupcake time!

 CB and the birthday girl, AM

 Silly Sister...

 Sweet Brother, I am not sure what the look was about :)

Later that night we cleaned up and played wii for a while. The kids have "Just Dance Kids" and love it..

 Boogie!

 Woogie!

 Woo!

Today, Hubby headed back to work, but the kids and I got to have a PJ and movie day.  It was wonderful :) They each picked a movie and we hung out cuddled up under the blankets this morning.  I surprised Sister after nap and told her it was finally time for her first dance class. She was SO excited!!

 All dressed up in her pink tights, pink leotard, dance bag (with ballet shoes & tap shoes), and her hair in a "bun".

 I LOVE this picture, they both look like such big kids, and he is such a boy letting her hug on him and acting like such a big brother.  I love these kiddos and am SO blessed to be their mom.