A Trip to the ER

Remember Emma, well Saturday night Mom went to the Emergency Room with dear sweet Emma. Why? Because after spending the day up at Grandma and Grandpa's cabin, Emma arrived home and was being gotten ready for bed when Mom and Dad discovered she had a porcupine quill in her bum. No kidding!!!! To the ER we went. I had to hold my daughter down while they numbed her up, which was the worst part of the whole experience for her. Then she laid there, pretty still, while the doctor took a scalpel to her bum, cut it open, extracted the quill, and sewed her little bum cheek up again. 2 stitches in all. Not to bad, but man, I felt so bad for her. Doesn't seem to phase her all that much though. She can't wait to go back up to the cabin. Proof that nothing phases a kid.

Potty Training

Meet Emma, she turned 2 in February. I find as we begin to potty train her, I am scared. I don't exactly know how to do it. Yesterday she just started stripping and asking to use the big girl potty, but I know there is still alot of work to do. Today she runs around in big girl pants and I won't let her go play outside which she's not overly happy with me about. My oldest is a boy and he just decided he was ready a little after he turned 3, so for me Emma is early. I know that girls tend to potty train early and I'm excited at eliminating the cost of diapers, good golly they are expensive, but I'm also sad because it's just another blaring reminder that my little girl is growing up. I look around at my kids and it makes me sad. I don't always feel old enough to even have them and they just keep getting older and older. I wish I could press pause sometimes. I'm so proud of Emma though. She's extremely sweet. She can be mean and naughty sometimes, but really she is one of the sweetest loving little girls I have ever met. She loves her brothers so much. They are her best friends and when she is separated from them for even a little while she always greets them with big hugs and kisses. Nothing is sweeter than seeing your children really like one another.