Oh so much going on

I'll start with the bad news and go from there. Last week was the bad news. Hayden is teething, and or sick, and or going through some kind of a non-sleeping phase. Not good. We'd put her down at 7pm and this otherwise easy going sleepy baby would turn Exorcist on us and projectile vomit across the room. Just so we're clear, I'm not talking about us leaving a screaming kid in her bedroom with the door shut until she gets so hysterical she throws up. No, I'm talking about in the time it takes to warm a bottle to go in there, it's a world of vomit. We're onto week two of this, and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight. If we stroke her face while she goes to sleep, she's fine, but she'll have none of the "night night" shut the door these days. So, that's not so much fun.

Then, last week at daycare she had an accident. She was climbing up the slide and a bigger kid tried to help her by pulling her arm. Heidi said she could tell right away that something wasn't right, but Hayden wasn't crying or anything, just favoring her arm and "whimpering" (OK, that just breaks my heart). When I got there to pick her up, Brian's car was there, which I thought was a bit odd. Hayden was in Heidi's arms with her arm propped up on a little pillow. I pretty much knew right away. We took her to the hospital and she screamed when they put on the little ankle bracelet. She was actually pretty good with the x-rays (I think she was terrified) but the ankle bracelet undid her. Poor little monkey.

She had dislocated her elbow, which apparently is a really common injury for kids. They just did a kind of gentle Indian sunburn kind of maneuver and that was it. She was as good as new. I think it was more traumatic for Brian and me than it was for her.

So, that's the negative. On the good side, we went to Point of View farm on Saturday for a hayride with friends. The weather was fantastic and everyone had a great time. Hayden liked the horses until one butted her in the head with his head. Did I mention that she's having a tough week?

I'll have to post photos soon, but I'm on my jankey old computer and it takes forever to do anything, so for now, I'm going to check out Michelle's blog to see if she posted photos from the weekend. I know, it's terrible, but I just don't have the patience to devote four hours to my crazy slow computer downloads.

I'll post photos soon. I promise.