My Life as Mommy: Rough

We had some trauma in the Harden family today.

Last night, Luke, Haven, and I house-sat for my Mom while she was up at Mayo getting her chemo. It was actually kind of fun. We enjoyed pizza rolls while my younger sister Chloe entertained Haven, and then got to experience my Mom's tempur-pedic bed that she raves about. (Sorry Mom, I like mine better!)

This morning it was beautiful outside for the first time in over a week. I looked outside and the pool looked beautiful, glistening in the sun. We decided to go for a swim before heading home. We swam for about an hour and then got out for a snack. My friend Elizabeth came over and we all started swimming again.

A little over a month ago my Mom bought Haven this "Lookout Treehouse" with a slide. Lately, we've been pulling it up to the side of the pool , wetting down the slide,

and using it as a make-shift water slide. Haven thinks it is so cool! She also likes to stick her head (and half her body) out the side and say, "Hiiii!"

I kept telling her not to do that for fear of her falling.

Well, today my fears came true. One second we're all swimming and talking and playing, and the next Haven falls face first onto the cement. Elizabeth, who was sitting right next to her, grabbed her and handed her to me. She was bawling, of course. (I would have too!) Her face was all scraped up and starting to bleed. I hugged her and wrapped her up with a towel and blotted her mouth. Her tooth had gone slightly into her lip and was bleeding pretty bad, and the goose-egg on her head was already pretty large. After she calmed down a little bit we got out of our wet swimsuits and headed to the walk-in clinic by my Mom's house.

She wasn't too happy about the doctor looking in her eyes, touching her teeth, or pressing on her goose-egg (to check for skull fractures), but the doc said she would be just fine.

Nothin' a little neosporin can't fix.

Praise God.