We officially have a climber

Sigh – she just started really crawling a few weeks ago. But the last couple of days I’ve noticed she’s can get into a sitting up position from crawling and has been pulling herself up using chairs and in her bed, etc.

The girls started yelling – Mommy – Maddie is climbing into her diaper basket!! And this is what I found

What a stinker! Ugh, I’m not ready to have to watch her EVERY SECOND – I thought I had a little bit of time before we got to that stage.

Since I had the camera out, here are some more cute shots.

Such a happy baby – even when Momma puts that big ole bow on her head!

Thought this would be fun

This is for the Grandma’s and Daddy. Ruby reading her last book in her Hooked on Phonics K program. Now on to learning other letter sounds!

She was doing really well so I got the camera out to take a video. This is the first time she’s read this – so its not like she had it memorized ;)

Oh, and EVERY time she sees the word 'but' she giggles. LOL!

My Poor Baby

Maddie was playing in the kitchen and the two older ones were sweeping up under the table, they walked by her to put the broom and dustpan back and Ruby dropped the dustpan.  Maddie started a BLOOD CURDLING scream.  She is usually really laid back, so I was surprised she screamed so loud!

I thought they had dropped the dustpan on her head – I bent over to pick her up and she moved her hand, and there was a puddle of blood.  I picked her up and her pinky was DRIPPING blood!  I tried to get a towel as there was literally blood everywhere.  The three older ones ran upstairs screaming.  Sierra said afterwards it looked like someone had murdered Maddie.

I kept pressure on it for a few minutes, looked again, and it was still dripping blood. Ran it under water, and it was dripping blood.  Her nail was cut off and on the outside of her pinky its cut all the way through – from a PLASTIC DUSTPAN!!!

I wasn’t sure if it needed stitches on not, so I called the clinic on base – I was told they could put in a consult and someone would get back to me ‘by the end of the day.’  I told them, she’s still bleeding, I guess I’m taking her in town. And she was screaming the whole time

Dropped the kiddos off next door, started the drive in town – poor baby screamed the whole 40 minutes!

Got to the ER, they said her finger was too small for stitches, but they cleaned it, and held it together while the nurse dermabonded (super glue for skin) it back together (and her own fingers to Maddie!)  She will definitely lose her nail, they’re not sure if it will grow back.

I nursed her and she fell asleep in the car on the way home

Here are the pics of her finger, and of course, now that she’s all cleaned up, we have our happy baby back!