Easter / Spring Break

(Delayed - I know!) :) The week before Easter was, to put it mildly, CRAZY. I can't even remember all the details, but it was one thing after the next. We had a spring break trip to Colorado planned for the week after Easter, so the week before was spent getting packed and ready. Then on Friday night, Lucy was dancing downstairs and fell and hit her head on the TV cabinet. She really didn't cry much and at first we just thought it was another bump/scratch. However, the more we looked at it, we realized the cut had a small gape, so off we went to the after hours clinic to get it checked out. Once we were there, the doctor suggested going to the ER to get it glued, as it might not look as nice if we left it to heal on it's own. After a fairly quick trip to the ER, we were on our way home with a glued forehead (at 11pm!). Then we left for Decatur the next morning! ::Sigh:: I'm still tired just thinking about it. We had a nice day in Decatur and Marcus and I were even able to go see a movie by ourselves! The next morning, Easter, we headed to my parent's church where the Jacoby cousins had an Easter Egg hunt. After that, lunch at South Side and a visit with the Easter bunny. Much to our surprise, Lucy (and Penelope) LOVED the Easter bunny. I'm willing to bet next year Penelope will not find the experience as enjoyable! :) After we were finished with lunch, we took off for Colorado! We drove 7 hours and stayed in Junction City, KS. Lucy had been so great on the trip and had left her forehead alone for the past two days, but as we were 2 minutes away from the hotel, her band aid fell off. I told her I would get her another one as soon as we got to the hotel, but once we arrived, I realized she had pulled the "glue" off that was holding her forehead together - within two minutes! Yeah, that really happened. I couldn't believe it. I ran over to the Walmart that was next to the hotel and got some butterfly band aids and did my best to put it back together. (Thankfully, I think the first two days were the most important). We woke up the next morning and drove to Denver. We got in around lunch and I was able to see one of my friends who moved there a little over a year ago. It was so fun to see her and catch up. We headed to a local park and Lucy and her little girl were able to play and enjoy the beautiful weather. After that little stop we finished the drive and made it to Copper Mountain! All in all, the girls were great travelers. We had a great four days with friends! Lucy was able to ski a few times, but her favorite part was playing with all the kids and the HOT TUB! (more like a warm tub, but still.) She asked me last week if we had a hot tub and when I replied that we did not, she wanted to know why because, as she said it, "they are so much fun." Penelope had fun too, as one of our friends also has a little baby girl, so she had a playmate all week too! Towards the end of our trip, we realized that there was suppose to be a horrible line of storms from Nebraska through Iowa, basically following us all the way home. So, we all made the decision to sleep for a few hours and leave at 2am and drive all the way home that day! I am so thankful for Marcus, as he drove almost the whole way! (apparently all the driving he does for work has him well prepared.) We saw some CRAZY clouds when we got into Nebraska, and were able to get ahead of the storm by a few hours. We made it home around 8pm that night! It was a quick trip, but well worth it, as we were able to spend some quality time together and with some great friends! And yes, I totally Photoshopped the band-aid out of the family Easter picture, I don't really want to remember the huge gash that was underneath it, in years to come. Update: it is healing really well these days - I think over time, you will barely be able to notice it. I realize it is just a little scar, and it won't be the last one, but I just hate to think of a permanent scar on my baby - I made that forehead you know!