Memorial Day Weekend

We had sort of a crazy Memorial Day weekend. It started out by spending a large portion of Friday in the Emergency Room. We were getting ready to go to my parents' house in Wausau and Shirley was very excited about the adventure. She was running around the living room and tripped on a footstool. She "caught" herself with her face...on the edge of the coffee table. :( Long story short, she ended up with two stitches underneath her eyebrow. It has now fully healed and they say it won't scar--I hope this is true. My little girl is so beautiful. I don't want her to be scarred. I know there are things more important than beauty, but still... The pediatrician said that by the time she is old enough to wear makeup, there won't be anything to cover up.

I have not blogged about this until now, because, in truth, I wasn't sure I wanted to remember it. I was very, very upset by the incident. Still am, actually...but...since this is, in essence, my children's baby book, I feel like I should record it for prosperity's sake. I intended to take pictures of her scar, but couldn't bring myself to do it.

Richard took this picture in the ER on his phone. It's not very good, but you get the idea:She's smiling...of course.

Here are the only other two pictures I took over the holiday weekend. What they lack in quantity, they definitely make up for in quality.

More "a-couch" snuggle time.

SJ is not as miserable as she looks in this photo--just tired from a big day at Grandma and Papa's house.

Shirley Senior spent the weekend with us in Wausau.

It was wonderful having her as a part of the festivities.

Shirley-girl really loves her namesake.

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