Bump...Whack...Thud, Thud, Thud

Poor Alyssa has had quite the run-in with her head this weekend. She is learning the hard way of the risks to being more mobile and independent!

1. The Mall Incident: I wanted to do some shopping to spend some of my birthday $ Saturday and staying home with the kids didn't sound too exciting to David so we all packed up in the van. We had our plan ready-David would drop Alyssa and I off at the mall while he and the kids went across the street to Chuck E Cheeses and use the left over coins from being there from Melanie's birthday in February (that have been begging to be used!), and then he'd take the kids to McDonald's after that for dinner. Well, apparently things didn't quite go as planned at Chuck E Cheese's. There was a 45 minute wait just to get in. So they went to Carl's Jr and ate an early dinner with plans to head back after. Meanwhile I was in the shopping groove at the mall. I was trying on clothes and thought Alyssa would like to get out of the stroller. When I was all done, I put Alyssa back in the stroller and left. I was looking at clothes in another store when I heard Alyssa hit the floor and start screaming! I forgot to buckle her in!!! Poor girl. So while I was trying to soothe her I checked my phone and saw I had 4 missed calls from David (it was on silent, eerrr!) So I got Alyssa calmed down enough to call David back. I guess he took the kids into the bathroom at Carl's Jr. and Melanie said she didn't have to go. Well they went to the play area and Melanie peed her pants! Short trip for all of us and no Chuck E Cheese's fun for the kids. I'd like to say she's learned her lesson, but it's happened before! Everyone went home mad. David asked me how I did it with all of them when I had to go to the bathroom-my reply "Hold it!"

2. Sacrament Time: So we were sitting in sacrament meeting at church and Alyssa was super fussy! And Jason was a little more needy for mommy to hold him. So we were passing kids off to each other most of the time. I was holding Alyssa and she threw her head back and hit it on the corner of the arm pew! It was so loud. I just looked at David and rolled my eyes. One of "those" Sundays at church! After church a lady said she was watching us and missed those times of passing babies around. At least she thought about the distractions in a positive way!

3. Crawling = Trouble: Alyssa has enjoyed the freedom that crawling brings. She also found the stairs and the not so fun trip down them. I heard the muffled cry (there was a blanket at the bottom) and ran and found her face down at the bottom. At least it was the short set of stairs (4)!

It's been a rough weekend for my poor baby!