This past wednesday evening, dahlia was entering the living area. She somehow tripped and flung her skull into a corner wall. i saw and heard it all.. .it makes me cringe to think about it. of course she began to wail and was in hysterics. we were able to calm her down rather quickly unlike most times and the bleeding had stopped after just a couple minutes. justin and i both thought that it must not be as bad as it sounded since she was at somewhat of a peaceful state and no blood. we suggested taking a closer look in the bathroom but she was only more upset by that suggestion.  eventually we talked her into it and as i pulled some hair away from her scalp justin and i both saw the damage that had been done.... justin says to me, "i feel light headed". the  very next second he falls into the bathtub and on his way in, he managed to turn on the shower. i began to slap his face and yell "justin, justin, hey wake up!" or something like that, not totally clear there, but i usually try to contain myself for the sake of dahlia but i totally lost all judgement and continued to yell at him. it was baffling to me, his eyes were open but he wasnt responding, it was just like in the movies where someone gets knocked out and the other person is frantically yelling their name while smacking them. and you as an observer is like "how annoying"... its definitely funny now (: he was out for about fifteen seconds and that was a long time. i obviously knew he wasnt dead but gosh he sure looked like it. his eyes were slightly rolled back and bugged out! creepy!! ANYWAYS, dahlia and valen were both confused why i was yelling and why daddy was in the bathtub sleeping. so i threw the phone at justin and just said "call someone!" obviously he was no use to me so he needed to figure something out. at this point it was about 7 pm and no doctors office was open and we so didnt want to go to the ER. not only does it take forever but it costs an arm and a leg... pun intended... so justin took her in and she was a big girl if you dont count the 10 minutes of screaming she did while they numbed her scalp with a large needle and during the whole stitching thing... other than that she was very big (: after they were all done with what they needed to do, she says " that wasnt so bad" ha!! goodness gracious, this girl is dramatic! i think she was just scared of the unknown and her way to handle the unknown is to scream. we are working on that people!

we were hoping for a tragedy free year, but i guess we are starting off pretty rocky... i suppose we shouldnt cancel our health insurance just quite yet!

since this all happened dahlia has barely uttered a word about any discomfort. amazingly we have been able to wash it and comb her hair and she doesnt mind. so glad this injury didnt involve a literal arm or leg, that would actually be very tragic.

after it all happened, i was sitting there noticing for the first time just how many pointed edges there are in a home! who's idea was that!