A Funny, a Milestone, and a First

Several eventful things have happened in the last 4 hours and I just had to share.

I was scurrying around this morning trying to get everyone out the door and my scones made for a brunch we were going to with my Bible study ladies. Of course Annelise was not going to take a nap and was crying, and I was trying to keep my eye on the scones in the oven when Miss HC came up to me holding one tab of her diaper in her hand (as in she was beginning to take it off) saying "potty, potty". In glee I said, do you need to go pee pee, and rushed her into the bathroom closest to the kitchen which has one of her new potties. I pulled off her diaper and then she started freaking out, saying "no, no, no, no". So, I thought I misunderstood her and put her diaper back on and went back to the kitchen. A couple minutes later I decided to take HC upstair to get her dressed and as we passed her bathroom she then began saying "potty" again. So I decided to take off her diaper and try again with "normal" potty. She sat down and peed in the potty. Are you joking? I was SO shocked! Not only did she tell me she needed to go potty, but she was also able to hold it until she sat down on the potty. VICTORY! I do feel like I need to jump on the boot camp train, but I REALLY want to wait until her little school is over which is next week. I hope we can keep up the momentum.

Now the First. So, we make it out the door, and make it to Susie's only 20 minutes late. We had a wonderful time and Annelise was doing fabulous. Paige was holding her toward the end of our brunch when all of a sudden A begins to gag like she is choking on something. Paige handed her to me and I rolled her over on her stomach and she coughed up a little spit-up. I thought that was it...OH NO...she then begins to vomit. Wow...I have never had that happen and had no idea what to do. I caught most of it in her blanket and was able to run outside fast enough to get it on the blanket and a bit on the deck (you know you love these details). After that she seemed fine, but in the car she began to gag and puke again. Poor baby! I am still unsure what to do. So on the way home she fell asleep and is now still sleeping in her car seat next to me.

OK. So now the funny. I put HC down for her nap in her bed and came down to make some lunch for myself. I heard her crying, which isn't completely unusual, but I then began to hear her crying "Dada" which she doesn't do unless something is wrong. So I run up to her room. She is standing at the head of her bed. Her right leg is up and over the headboard and her foot is caught between her headboard and the wall. She is crying big tears and has snot running everywhere. Poor thing. I got her untangled and then just started laughing. It was a FUNNY sight.

I hope we can avoid anymore catastrophes for the rest of the day.