Well, here we are... 5 days post-due date, and I'm still hanging on! No signs of labour, no signs of the end. The good news is, by this time next week, this child will be born... it just remains to be seen if it's of her own free will! I have a doctor's appointment Tuesday morning and we'll discuss our "options" at that point. Really, what options are there? Get her out!!!
The little girl I already have has been doing a lot of growing and adjusting the last couple of weeks too. She has decided after 1 1/2 years of independence that maybe she is a little bit needy and sooky too. It's perfect timing, isn't it? haha The good news for me, is that she is still mostly a daddy's girl... so as long as he's around, hopefully I wont have to do too much juggling with a newborn and a toddler in my arms.
Gracie is also starting to speak in full sentences. Not complete sentences... but full ones. Instead of just yelling "bye" now, she says "bye bye daddy," or "bye bye mommy daddy." Last week we were out and about and she fell and scraped her knee on the pavement. Daddy was right there to pick her up and kiss it better, and for the next 3 days, every time I got her out of bed in the morning and she saw her scrape, this is what she said to me... "Mommy! Boo-boo, daddy, up, *muwah*" That may not sound like a full sentence to you, but since I knew the background story, I could piece it together. "Did you fall and get a boo-boo?" "Yes." "And did daddy pick you up?" "Yes!" "And did he kiss it better?" "Yes!" And we repeated this story every morning until something new caught her attention.
Yesterday we had our first "major" accident involving Gracie and the stairs. It was a beautiful morning and we wanted to go outside and play before it got too hot and mommy started melting. So gathered up some bubbles, an outdoor toy, and some water bottles and headed down the stairs to the front door. Gracie had her doll and her water glass in her hand, so I asked her to wait at the top of the stairs. Charlie, our lovely doggy, also wanted to go outside and play, and couldn't contain her excitement. The thing about Charlie is that she's a lovely dog, but she has no "put my family first" loyalty like many dogs. She would run us over in a second if it meant getting where she wanted quicker. And that's exactly what happened yesterday. Charlie wanted outdoors, and although she knows she's not allowed down the stairs without being invited first, that didn't stop her from spinning in circles at the top and running from the kitchen to a screaming halt at the top step. So poor Gracie, who was patiently waiting her turn to come down the stairs, got plowed into by the overly-eager dog. Since Gracie had her hands full, and since was standing at the top, she fell, literally, face first down the stairs.
I saw her hit her head on the first step, and then bounce her face off the next 4 steps (sliding now on her belly) until I was able to catch her about half way down. It's funny how fast things happen. She was up in my arms and Danny was beside me before she barely started crying, but cry she did! I did the exact thing you're not supposed to do when dealing with a potential head/back injury... I scooped her up in my arms and started bouncing/rocking her. She cried (okay, screamed) for a few minutes, and we just held her while she did. Then we asked her if she was okay, she said yes, and we made her wiggle all her fingers and toes, and blink her eyes, and make sure everything was working fine. We looked her over and couldn't find too much wrong, and then her nose started bleeding. We dealt with that, and she was still ready to go outside, so away we went. It wasn't until 20 minutes later that we started to see the bumps and bruises come out. 2 across her forehead, one beneath her eye, a bruise on her nose, and a couple on her elbow. All-in-all though, she handled it like a champ! She went outside and blew bubbles, helped her daddy fix the car, picked up rocks, and then came in and had a bath.
You can't see the bruises really well in this picture... she wouldn't stay still long enough to take a picture. They are much more purple in person, except for her nose, which is bright red and purple all along the nostril.
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| Gracie's war wounds from her first real fall! |
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