Mom is a klutz!

We had a bit of a scare last night. I was home alone with Marleigh & I was taking her downstairs to her room to rock her to sleep. I had her swaddled tightly & we were almost to the bottom stair. My feet slipped out from underneath me & I fell... hard. Thank the good Lord that I held on to Marleigh. I knew I was hurt, but checked Marleigh over. All it did was scare her. Within 10 seconds she had calmed down & was smiling at me. I crawled to Marc's office & called both Marc & Grandma. They rushed in. I called Dr. Randy Schmidt & he said he would stay open. I have a slight compression fracture of a vertebrae. Thank you so much, Dr. Randy!!! It could have been much worse. He said it should heal on its own. If it would have been worse, they would have to cement it together. We were really lucky. I cried most of last night just at the thought of what could have happened to Marleigh. I didn't sleep much. I just watched her monitor, which has a little pendulum on it that shows her breathing (I think I hypnotized myself). This morning I heard her cooing in her crib. I went into her room & she was wide awake & all smiles. It was like she was saying, "Mommy, I told you, I'm just fine." I know that Marleigh's little sister was looking out for her. I just can't even bear to think about the possibility of hurting my sweet little girl.


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Aunt Shannon emailed me this morning. When they were here this weekend, we would tell Luke, "shhhh... the baby is sleeping." I guess the last couple of nights when Shannon reads him his bedtime story, he says, "shhhhh... baby is sleeping." How cute is that?!?