Mireya's Catastrophe

I forgot to post about Mireya's traumatic afternoon on last Wednesday. It was awful! Jason was out of town and I was putting together a crock-pot dinner. Mireya was playing with some of her toys on the kitchen floor in front of the dishwasher. She was 2-3 feet from me and I was keeping a close eye on her. She was happy as a little clam and every once in awhile she would get up and get new toys and then bring them back to play again. One of those times, she went to get up and all of the sudden she screamed. I looked over and she was holding her ankle and crying, so I assumed that she hit it on the dishwasher or the cupboard.

She gets hurt all the time, you know, minor bumps and bruises because she's always running around like a nut and she usually just says, "Ow!" After I kiss it better she's fine. I knew from her cry that she wasn't fine this time. I got her blanket and Violet, her stuffed bear that makes owies better and I was going to rock her in the rocking chair. I wanted to get a look at her ankle and I immediately saw blood and a long hole in the back of her sock where her achilles tendon is. I took her into the bathroom to rinse it off and I could see that it was really bad. I thought she might need stitches. I was just hoping that her tendon wasn't nicked!

She must have cut it on the dishwasher. It's stainless steel and it wraps underneath, but the edge that's only a little off the floor, is very sharp. No one but a tiny person could possibly get cut on it, and get cut she did.

I realized that I had to find a way to cover it and stop the bleeding so that she couldn't mess with it on the drive to the doctor. I wrapped it in sterile gauze and medical tape and rushed to the doctor. Honestly, from the time she got hurt to driving out of the driveway, it took maybe three minutes. It's amazing how you can think fast and move quickly when your baby is hurt!

They examined her at the doctor and said that it was deep enough for stitches, but due to the angle of the cut and the fact that it was right where she was going to bend it all the time, they opted to glue it shut. They padded it really well and then wrapped it. It took several nurses to hold her still, plus me, and I sang lullabies the whole time. It was so sad! I hate it when she gets hurt, but this was a new one for me. In the end, she was totally fine after they gave her a popsicle, but I was honestly shaken. One of the nurses who has two small children gave me a mommy pep talk. She reminded me that I can't prevent everything and that I did the right thing. It's hard not to blame yourself as a parent, even when you know that there is nothing you could've differently and you can't predict random accidents. I still feel bad though. :(

She's almost completely recovered by now. It will probably scar, but it's healing really well. She still complains that it hurts, but I think it's more her remembering the pain now. The wrap is off and she just has a Tinkerbell bandaid. It's so scary

Happy Halloween!

Mireya was feeling alright by yesterday evening, so we put her in her adorable sea otter costume and we went trick-or-treating!!!!! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! She went with a few of the neighborhood kids that she's friends with and she really did have a blast! She was beyond cute running behind the kids, trying to keep up and fending off a neighborhood boy who is her age (he was fascinated by her!) Her little sea otter tail was dragging behind her and her little butt was wiggling. She was always the first one to run up to the door and greet whomever came. She would get her candy and then come running to show us. Her little face was so filled with excitement! I was smiling so big my cheeks hurt!

SHE IS SO CUTE!!!!

Here are some photos of her cuteness:

[caption id="attachment_1600" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Halloween morning SURPRISE! Her trick-or-treating pail and a stuffed witch."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1599" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="She LOVES the witch! XOXOXO"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1601" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="I LOVE her!!! XOXOXO"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1602" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Ready to go, but we gotta play the drums first!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1603" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="She wanted to trick-or-treat at our house first."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1604" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Heading out the door!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1605" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="The first house!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1606" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Isn't that a cute tail?!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1607" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Checking out her candy haul!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1608" align="aligncenter" width="614" caption="Stuffing her mouth FULL of candy! YUM!"][/caption]

Here's a video we took before we left:

NOOOOOOO!!!

Jason went out of town last week for business and one of the people who he works with showed up with a horrendous cold. WHY!? He even joked that they were all going to get sick and take it home to their wives and kids. Guess what jerk-wad!? Jason did! He's been miserable for days and by tonight both Mireya and I are sick. Hence the, "NOOOOOOOO!!!!"

Tomorrow is Halloween and Mireya has the cutest costume! She was going to go trick-or-treating tomorrow as a sea otter. Now that she's sick she isn't going to be able to! It was going to be her very first year trick-or-treating!!! *sob sob sniffle*

Here's what she would've looked like:

A little blurry, I know. You try getting a toddler to pose for a picture!

Love the dog!

The Author of this post is Solomon Dejesus

When I got Security Choice my daughter was told she could get a dog since she’d been asking and I figured there was no better time than now since we were already kind of exposed out here on this farm. The lab she picked out was adorable if not flawed since he only had one eye and kind of walks with a limp. We named him Gimpy, of course, and now he is as big a part of our family as any of the people and we spend most of our days and conversations talking about him! He’s not exactly the most effective guard dog since he can barely see but he barks at pretty much anything and everything which is thankfully fine since we live out here all alone. He loves having all this farmland to run around on although with the limp he doesn’t do all that much running! Anyway, my daughter’s happy and if she is then so am I – I think it was the right decision to get a dog after all!

Candy Corn

Mireya got to try candy corn for the first time today! We bought some autumn mix and I gave her some. She promptly ate all the white and yellow tips off of the regular candy corn, the brown off the chocolate kind, and the green stems off the pumpkins. She then handed me the sticky, sucked on orange pieces and asked for more. I have no idea why she refuses to eat the orange parts. Strange little monkey!

No Diapers, No Clothes, No Service.

Mireya hates her diapers and her clothes! She wants to be naked all the time! As soon as you get her diaper off and her tooshie clean, she rolls over, gets up and dashes down the hallway before you can even blink. I have no idea how that little girl can move so fast, but she does. It has become the norm around here to see either me or Jason barreling after a half naked baby begging her to stop so we can at least put her diaper on. I thought we were in charge, but now I'm beginning to wonder! In fact, she's now figured out how to take everything off all by herself. Don't believe me? See for yourself:

[caption id="attachment_1553" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="I turned around and saw this..."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1554" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Dad isn't too happy."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1555" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="The offending clothes. (Notice I'm holding them. Daddy is chasing Mireya.)"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1556" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="What Mom?"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1558" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Dad found you naked baby!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1559" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="Dad's putting her diaper on..."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1560" align="aligncenter" width="491" caption="...and she is NOT happy about it!"][/caption]

I told you so.

Cute Stuff Mireya Does-Top Ten List

1. She asks to do something and then says "yeah" before you can say anything. It's usually accompanied by vigorous head nodding.


2. She "gets" you. She will chase you while she has her arms out and she's wiggling her fingers until she catches you and then she screams softly while she tickles you. It ends with everyone in a fit of giggles. (I'll get a video of this and post it asap.)


3. When you change her diaper, she says, "Bum bum! Bum bum!" The way she says it is just adorable.


4. She spins in circles until she gets so dizzy that she falls over laughing.


5. She runs as fast as she can. Watching her run like that always makes us laugh.


6. When she sings, she gets very shy, so she does it softly and it's extremely sweet.


7. She tells everyone we meet that I'm her mama. I feel so special!


8. She tells you about something and she gestures and changes tone and everything, but it's baby talk. (I miss the baby talk.)


9. She tells another child in a store, "pretty," as she's pointing at them. They always look so tickled and surprised!


10. When you ask her to do something, like throw something away or put dirty clothes in the laundry and she does it with tons of enthusiasm.

Truthfully I can think of a million more cute things that she does, but these are some of my current favorites.Mireya just gets cuter and sweeter every day. We have entered into the terrible twos, and those are the one thing that I can say with conviction are NOT cute. The tantrums are NOT cute. The hitting is NOT cute. The screaming and high pitched yelling that makes Jason's hearing aid shut off, are NOT cute. Her little face is pretty cute even when it's scrunched up all mad, but I still would prefer to see her smiling and not freaking out. Thankfully, she's happy WAY more than upset. It is always over something she can't have or something she can't do. I can see how it would be frustrating.

[caption id="attachment_1544" align="aligncenter" width="524" caption="I asked her to smile for the camera..."][/caption]