Good news and crumby news...

Crumby News: I'll start of by saying that I'm totally amazed by my daughter. She is probably the toughest little girl I know. Yesterday she was exhausted because it was way past her bedtime. Being the daughter of a youth pastor lends itself to having a messed up "schedule" especially on Wednesdays. Anyway, Maci goes into this crazed delirium when she's tired (the gift from dear old dad). She wanders around tearing the house apart.

As she stumbled about in her stupified state, she tripped over her little play house... At that moment I spun around, my back being to her upon the trip, and had to watch her fall flat on her face. I tried not to scream... I did a good job at that I might add. I had this feeling that I'm sure every parent gets when their children injure themselves. I wish I could've been there to catch her before the fall. I feel a sermon coming on...

When Maci falls, we try not to react as if the world has come to an end. But, this was a pretty rough fall. So, of course, she hesitated and then the cry began and the tears fell. I immediately ran over and picked her up. Sarah rushed over to console Maci, but since I'd witnessed the whole thing, there's NO WAY I could let her go! Thank you Sarah ;)

Maci cried hard, but not very long. It lasted about a minute or so, this is why I think Maci is so tough. I would've hammed it up to earn an academy award...She looked up at me, tears streaming, and I saw some blood filling her bottom teeth. It was all I could do to keep it together! To make a long story longer, Sarah helped me inspect the wound (my hands were shaking) and all it amounted to was a teeny-tiny little cut on her bottom lip. Not a moment later she was back to bouncing around like nothing happened... She inspires me...which leads to...

Good News: Maci went pee-pee in her potty this morning for the first time! She sat down on her little seat and I sat on the toilet and pretended to strain. Sarah and Maci passed toys back and forth for entertainment purposes. After my pretend session, a minute later, I hopped off the toilet to continue getting ready for work. One-two-three... PEE PEE. I heard Sarah congratulating Maci on a job well done. I ran back to the bathroom, looked in her little potty and sure enough... there was some pee-pee in there! We cheered and Maci tried to reach in and touch it. "No-no, yucky," I said!