dentist, stitches, EASTER !

Shew- what a week! 

It was spring break for Fayette County, so a lot of our normal activities were off for the week. no school for ainsley on tues/thurs. no BSF on wednesday. lots of friends out of town. so we were already out of routine a bit:) 
Tuesday, I took A to the dentist for her first dental visit. The pediatrician recommended taking her sometime this summer- so we figured we might as well take her now before life gets crazy with two.  she did so good:) she opened her mouth and let the dentist do her exam. it helped there was a TV facing the seat:) when she was done she asked for a sucker. i'm sure they loved that. she did get a bouncy ball though:) 

her reward: McD's. hence the BigMac week for me 

We also discovered Frozen this week. None of us had seen it before, so we watched it. We were both surprised how into it she got. When Anna fell down a mountain she screamed "oh no oh no oh no!". But who was her favorite character: Sven the reindeer. So of course her Daddy ordered her a stuffed Sven (she is obsessed with stuffed animals right now). she took him everywhere that day. 

Thursday was Philip's only full day off, and it rained most of the day. We decided to take her to the Newport Aquarium for something fun to do. she loves it there and we were hoping to sneak lunch in at the Hafbraus House:) It was pretty packed, seems lots of people had the same idea (spring break + rain = aquarium apparently). but we had a good time despite the crowd. and did make it to Hafbraus for lunch:) 

Friday morning Ainsley and I had plans to go to the Mom's group that meets once a month. while I was in the shower, she fell and busted her chin on the tile in our bathroom. her falling is not an uncommon occurrence. the blood and gaping wound on her chin, was something new. I sort of freaked out. I begged P to just glue it closed but he said it was too deep. He informed me he was going to stitch her up himself (my anxiety is rising just reliving this). I wanted to take her to UK, which sort of insulted him. but I just wanted an extra pair of hands to help hold her down. Ideally I wanted to take her to UK and have him sew her up there. but it doesn't work that way.P did not want a resident he didn't know stitching her up and possibly doing a bad job. and I didn't either. I know how good he is at stitches- I saw him in action in residency. I had full confidence in his ability to sew her up the best of anyone. My confidence however, faltered at me having to be the nurse not the mommy and hold her down while he did it. So the dining room table became the stretcher. headlamp on my husbands head, we wrapped her in a sheet like we do at work to hold her arms down. He numbed her chin up and once that kicked in, he stitched her up. I was so afraid she would associate him with being the 'bad guy' but she went right to him when it was over. after each stitch she cried 'all done??' it was so pitiful. Every day since then, she has told everyone 'i have a boo boo' and when they look at her chin she says "daddy fixed it!". her hero:) mine too actually. 

frozen, again

that night-- back to normal! 

So anyway, I am still traumatized from the event. Would have loved a glass of wine that night (maybe a valium?!). but we survived. just praying it doesn't scar- she's too young for a scar on her perfect face:( 
That was the start to our Easter weekend. and of course philip worked fri sat sun (back to 12 hour shifts). it always seems to happen that way! but i managed to keep her from busting her chin back open, thank you Jesus:) 
Saturday morning we went to Mallard Point (my parents neighborhood) for their Easter Egg Hunt. Before that we dyed eggs at NannyPop's house. 

playing with Emma 

Saturday afternoon we went to our friend Jordan's house for a Egg hunt at her house :) Her friends were there and she had such a good time playing with them. I chased her around like a nervous hen making sure she didn't fall again. But seriously- it is near impossible to contain this hurricane of a child! 

Sunday morning, the Easter bunny waited to come until Philip got home from work:) 

Then, we went to church and then to my parents for easter lunch. A was not having her best day (sorry for those affected). She did however get to do her last egg hunt at Aunt annie's. she has the eggs color coded for each girl and they all find their designated egg color, filled with treats ! 

We tried to simplify Easter for her telling her it meant 'Jesus is Alive'. she repeated 'Jesus is Alive' but not sure she really understood it yet. It warms our hearts watching her learn about Jesus though. she asks us to pray every night before dinner:) 
Last Saturday, we went to Philip's Dad's neighborhood for their Egg Hunt (she got lots of practice this year). 

and last Sunday we celebrated Easter at his mom's house. She made yummy food and the Easter Bunny came for all of us!  Brian's girlfriend Lindsay even made A an Easter basket (so sweet!). somehow I didn't get any pics of her that night (i was feeling pretty rotten so was off my game). 
Annnndd-- that was our week. Eventful, tearful, family-filled, traumatizing, but so blessed. So thankful for so many things and people God has blessed us with. But more than anything, just so thankful that God sent His Son to save us. 
Hope Everyone had a Happy Easter!