Mothers Day 2011- One to remember....

I think sometimes I build up these great expectations only to be smacked in the face with a completely different outcome. Case in point...Mothers Day. Ideally this should be a day where everything goes just right. Yesterday I learned a very valuable lesson and that is that no matter how hard you try sometimes things just don't go as you had envisioned. This is especially true when you have kids.

Mothers Day started off just as it should breakfast and quality time before heading off to church. Audrey surprised me with a much needed pedicure and an iTunes gift card. Perfect gift! Her performance at church was NOT the greatest and we left mass feeling stressed and frustrated but Ben and I both were convinced that the worst part of the day was over. From that point on we had no real plans but to buy flowers/mulch and be outside all day.

After church we changed clothes and got back into the car to go to the Andersons. Audrey and I were inside checking out when she wandered a little too far outside of the comfort zone. So with my one available hand I took her hand and asked her to come back to where I was standing. Then she sat down and I tried pulling her up...then a crack. Audrey started to whimper and I went into panic mode...What had I just done?! She wouldn't move her arm at all and when we got back to the car I told Ben that something was wrong. She wouldn't give us a high five or even take an animal cracker. she just glared at me! Something was definitely up. We got home and checked her out. I decided to take her to urgent care where the Dr. was quick to put Audrey's elbow quickly back into position and she experienced her first XRays. The official diagnosis....Nursesmaid elbow, which apparently is quite common in toddlers. She screamed, kicked, and hollered like I have never witnessed before while getting her Xrays. I was in tears and couldn't even be in the room with her due to being exposed to the XRay, so I had to watch through this tiny window. Painful does not even begin to describe this entire experience! It really goes along with the post below.

After they finished torturing Audrey with XRays she went back to her normal self, yelling BYE! BYE! and blowing kisses. She also kept saying "All better!" So cute. She was a real trooper and immediately went to her swing set once we got back home grateful to have full use of her left arm back.

The rest of our day was for the most part uneventful but what could top our morning?! This morning I realized today is a new day and everyday I should count my blessings! Sure Mothers Day was NOT what I had wished for but I will take it if it means that for that one bad day I will have a lifetime of memories of our precious little Audrey.