Who would have known that a simple trip to get our hair trimmed would turn out so badly!

Well, Friday started off with an early trip to get my hair cut and to get Genna's bangs cut. Before we left Genna fell off a bench on our stroller (we have one of the Sit and Stand strollers, http://strollers.baby-gaga.com/baby-trend-sit-n-stand.php) flat forward on her face and apparently her arm as well. I was standing right there and it happened too fast to stop it. She was just face down on the hard floor before I could react. Well, I swept her up and tried to see if her face was OK because I thought she might have hit right on her face and been bleeding in her mouth or have one of those instant bruises on her face. I was holding her asking her what hurts. She was wailing and a minute or so later, she started saying "Arm hurt." We sat there with her crying so hard for a while until I started to wonder if we needed to go to the doctor because Genna doesn't usually cry that long and hard about falls. We eventually got up and headed to the car despite the fact that she was still crying. I loaded her in the car seat and gave her a piece of candy and turned on their stories to see if it would distract her, but the candy just stayed in her hand. That was my second clue that something was really wrong. I tried to call Brian who was still out of town, but I couldn't get him. So I decided to head to the ER still unsure if I was overreacting or not. When we pulled into the hospital parking lot, Genna had stopped crying (because I put her favorite CD on) and Brian called back. He said to go ahead and get some X-rays just to make sure. So, in order not to bore you with the details of the almost 4 hour ER trip, all the tears (mine included), the X-ray fiasco, all the doctors and nurses we saw, and to try make a long story short...Genna had a buckle fracture on her radius close to her wrist. She is now in a splint and will be getting a cast on Monday. I can not believe it still! It makes me sick to my stomach( or maybe that is the pregnancy.) I feel like a horrible mom! I should not have let her sit up there even though I was just an arms-length away. To top it all off, the X-ray tech made me feel bad about being pregnant and not being able to stay with her during the X-ray too. (Hannah and I stood outside listening to her scream. Hannah kept saying to me, "Mom, let's just go see what is wrong with her.")

Well, at least Brian got home yesterday afternoon from his 2 week training trip, and I am so thankful. Now that he's home we can finally decorate for Advent. Here is a picture of Genna after we finally got home at 2pm. I was about to pass out so we went to the food court in the hospital and got food to go.

Notice her bangs too. They curled right up as soon as we walked outside.