Calamity Jane

My youngest daughter is very cute. She is energetic, fun, and compassionate. But somehow she always ends up getting hurt. Last summer we had a five week streek of massive booboos. I swear people must have thought that we beat her in a different area for 5 weeks straight. She fell off a slide, got a gouge on her face. She got bit by a dog just under her eye. She fell while running and got a huge scrape and bruise on her leg. Her finger got slammed in a door. And I can't remember calamity #5 at the moment. ????? Hhhmmmmm......

A few months after that she got pushed down the stairs during a blackout and broke her arm.

A few months after that brings us to the present.

On Saturday we were supposed to go swimming between Conference sessions....however, she got her finger slammed in a door again (thanks to her big sister) The blood, swelling, and screaming led us to believe it was broken. After the drama died down we realized that it was okay, although severely bruised....nothing that a little shopping trip and McDonald's dinner couldn't fix. We were totally bummed that we didn't get to go swimming with our friends. Sorry Cannon and Annie!

Then on Sunday she was playing on a trampoline in between Conference sessions and hurt her knee. It was pitiful. She couldn't put weight on it and she just cried. So on Monday when she still wouldn't put pressure on it I took her to the doctor and then for x-rays. (By this time she was a pro at icing and elavating). We talked her into getting a flu shot while we were there and she didn't even cry! The Doc seemed to think that her knee injury was just soft tissue damage but sent us for x-rays to be sure. We went for the x-rays and she was, "the best 2 year old they'd ever had". Before going in she said, "Mommy, I'm gonna be sooo still." She's become a pro at getting x-rays, or "pictures" as she calls them. She was so proud of herself by the time we left. She was so good and had five stickers on her shirt to prove it!

On Tuesday she went to school and managed to fall off of her chair while coloring. She now has a nice scrape on her face.

What else can I say? Her middle name suits her just fine!