Scary Moments

This past Wednesday was a day where I had three heart stopping moments. I felt very much on the edge of my seat by the end of the night.

1) It became the kids' nap time when Heidi decided to go lay down on my bed as I held Trudi out in the living room. My bed is higher than a normal bed and Heidi is still able to get up and down from it on her own without a problem. I thought nothing of it that she wanted to lay down before I really put her to bed. Suddenly I heard a huge slam on to the wood floor. I jumped up with Trudi in my arms and ran to the bedroom. Heidi got up from the ground and began sobbing on my shoulder. I could tell that she had rolled off onto the ground since she was laying near the edge of the bed. She had never fallen off the bed like that before so the incident definitely shook me up. I was so thankful that she was fine.

2) After dinner we were all gathered in the living room to watch a movie. I sat on one end of the couch with Trudi and Heidi beside me. Trudi began to quickly run across to the other end of the couch, forcing her to trip and fall head first off of the arm of the chair onto the wood floor. I shrieked as I saw her dive down, expecting her to damage her neck. But instead she did a full flip and came down on her back. I held my crying toddler as Gus wiped away her tears. It didn't take long for her to go back to playing.

3) Just when I thought I was done having a "heart attack," Trudi decided to climb onto the computer chair. When I saw that she was on it I told her to get down, knowing she sometimes obeys, but I couldn't come take her down right away because I was busy with Gus. All of a sudden I heard the crash. I ran over to her and found her laying face down onto the floor, sobbing very hard. I picked her up and saw that she was bleeding from her mouth. I still don't know what she hit but she woke up with a very bruised upper lip.

I am so thankful that God protected my kids from something serious. He was so good to remind me that He is there.