Isn't it pretty?

Claire

Correction to the story. Claire hadn't gotten in the bath yet, she was climbing in to bed when she fell and took a bath after because she had blood all over her.

Anyway, Claire and Casey got home just after 1am and she was a trooper. Of course she didn't like being strapped down and having someone sew in her mouth, neither did her daddy for that matter! The doctor said that the mouth is an amazing thing how it heals itself and once the swelling goes down we will notice that it is further up in her mouth than it looks. When she got home Casey informed me that she wanted to sleep with her mommy so I happily obliged. Claire slept with me in my bed and Casey took "John's" bed, the guest room. We all slept in which was nice but I think we are all still tired. I tried to sleep while they were at the hospital but I just couldn't.

Casey is out getting our patient doughnuts right now, it will be interesting to see her eat with half of her mouth so swollen. It really doesn't look much better this morning. Poor thing but she is a good girl who is taking this very well.

My Poor Claire Bear

I feel so helpless right now. Casey and I went to the temple tonight and ended up being gone longer because the temple was so full. We ended up waiting an hour to get into a session, which is a great problem to have but hard when you have kids at home. We got home and wondered why the kids were still asleep. Cade met us right at the door and said that Claire was crying a lot and bleeding a lot. We hurried to the back where we found the babysitter, (we love you Anne Marie) calling her mom trying to find out what to do. Claire had gotten out of the bath and stepped on her BIG Minnie Mouse and because it is a stuffed animal she slid and fell down and hit the bed. From the looks of it, her teeth went right through the inside of her lip and ripped a chunk. I was holding her while Casey hurried to change to take her to the hospital. They have been there about an hour and are still waiting. Claire is asleep on her Daddy at the hospital with all of the blood still in her hair. She wanted us both to go but the others needed me. When I was trying to get them settled down Cade said, "I'm sad about Claire. I love her." I suggested that we say a prayer and he said that he already did. He is such a loving brother.

So here I sit, not knowing what to do so I decided to blog about it. Poor Claire, she is the only one of my kids that has had to go the hospital, this is her second time. And she hates the dentist and getting shots so depending on what the doctor says, if she has to have stitches in her mouth she is not going to be a happy camper. I'll keep you posted.


***Update- It's 11:50 and Claire is about to get stitches in her mouth. She has been asleep for an hour and a half and to have to wake up and do that it not going to be fun. I just want my baby home safe and sound.

Try it, it works!

A little while ago, I heard a trick to getting rid of ring around the collar and other sweat marks. I tried it on an old shirt and noticed a difference. Then I tried it on Casey's brand new dress shirts and no more ring around the collar, just like new. First wet down the area and then sprinkle meat tenderizer (Adolph's the white kind) and then scrub in it a little. Put in the washer and just like magic, it is gone! I was hesitant at first because it only comes in little bottles but then I found a big size at Sam's Club so now I keep it in my laundry room.

I know that I need to post about June so I will try to do it tomorrow!

It's official...

We are having another girl!  The ultrasound showed that everything was healthy and looks good so we are very happy.

Claire graduated from preschool!

        

        

Claire had the best time in preschool this year.  She wished that she had preschool everyday.  We can not believe our little girl, she loves to learn and is amazing at reading.  She had the best teacher this year and we will miss seeing her as often as we did.  But we must look forward and Claire can't wait for kindergarten.  She isn't old enough to go, is she?  They grow up so fast.  She was so excited to wear her "costume" just like on High School Musical 3 to her graduation.  They even had an hsm moment where they threw their caps in the air.  

Baseball is over!

     

      

We had a busy baseball season with Cade in coach pitch and Claire in t-ball.  We had 3-4 games a week and with the early heat, it got pretty hot there at the end.  The kids had a blast and made a lot of improvement this year.