Case Life: The three CLUMSY Cases!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

The three CLUMSY Cases!

Okay so I have been meaning to blog about this since Tuesday, but ... well I don't have an excuse! So I will start Tuesday morning Sue, Afton, Bailee, and I went to WalMart to get some quick things. Well we were almost done, so I went with the kids to the toy aisle to look for birthday presents (Bailee's is coming up). Bailee was goofing off with Afton and put her arm in the opening of the grocery cart to tickle Afton and then she hurt it. So she was walking away holding her arm and I went to comfort her. Sue was walking up to meet us at this time and I looked at her, then when I looked back at Bailee she was falling down. Bailee hit the side of her head on the bottom shelf and continued to fall back and hit the back of her head on the floor. I didn't think it looked like a huge hit, but I knew she would start screaming soon so I rushed down and picked her up to start the consoling... but something was wrong. She was limp in my arms and there was no screaming. I looked over at her face and her eyes were closed! I handled it very calmly and began running out of the aisle screaming "SOMEBODY HELP ME! MY DAUGHTER IS UNCONSCIOUS! CALL 911!" so I think my yelling got Bailee out of it and she looked at me and asked if she had been asleep. Well.. after that we just had to fill out paperwork, then I spoke with her pediatrician throughout the day and Bailee came out of it perfectly. She was tired for awhile afterwards, but then perked up and was acting like herself again.

Well later that night, I was going downstairs to play with the girls and I was carrying Afton during the process. I tripped on a bottle of shampoo that I bought earlier (at Walmart :)) . I continued to fall (slide) down the stairs on my bottom. It probably looked pretty funny and shouldn't have been harmful, but my right foot got caught somehow and the top of my foot kind of folded under the rest of my foot. I don't know if anything has hurt so much before.. I don't know what is wrong with it, but we are getting it x-rayed today so i will let you know. I REALLY hope it will get better soon because I have already missed two of my training days for the half marathon and am itching to go get running again!

Well after we thought we had things under control again, Wednesday night Afton was being her usual crazy self and began her regular "jumping off the chair" game. I was downstairs playing with Bailee and her cousins when i start to hear Afton screaming. I came up and saw that Afton had fallen face first into a fake palm tree that is in the living room right below the chair! oh geez! she only has a scratched up nose and bruise on her forehead.. so she will be just fine. oh.. I hope that we are through with accidents for a while! well there is my novel for the month! here are some pictures of the clumsy case girls!

9 comments:

Lindsey said...: Janell! Oh my hell! That is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Those are the days Australia doesn't sound to bad! LOL Hope everyone is okay!; February 4, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Emma said...: Oh man what a day! I hope that's enough clumsiness for the week at least!; February 4, 2010 at 1:03 PM
the cole family said...: they say it comes in threes, so hopefully that was it for you guys!; February 4, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Jaimee said...: I can totally relate to being clumsy! Glad you Case girls are okay- I love you all so much!; February 4, 2010 at 1:14 PM
erica said...: ohmigosh, i am glad you all came out of it okay!; February 4, 2010 at 1:23 PM
Brad and Alison said...: oh that is so crappy!! However I must say I laughed a little bit when you were describing your fall, I just got a pretty good visual. Hope its not broken at all, that would be even crappier for your marathon and all...I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya.; February 4, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Tricia said...: That is so funny! I thought I only had one really clumsy friend who falls alot. Make that two, I guess:); February 8, 2010 at 3:29 PM
The Thueson's said...: hahaha!! That is just wayyy too many clumsy things for one day! Wowsa.. Lets hope that doesn't happen anymore for you guys!; February 21, 2010 at 4:46 PM
Kara Simmons. said...: Janelle-
To answer your question about my car seat cover, I just made it myself without a pattern from anywhere.
I bought a 1 1/3 yard of outside fabric and lining fabric and five yards of ric rac ribbon to sandwich bettween the fabrics. I would buy ribbon to then use as tying on the car seat cover to the car seat.
I hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any further questions or nee help.
I hope your family is doing well! Your girls are looking so big.; February 21, 2010 at 8:47 PM

Bailee-isms

12/20/08 We were at the annual Case Christmas party. Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne were nice enough to buy us Sizzler lunch and then had a program at their home. Before I tell the story, I need to clarify that Grandma Betty is from England and still has her accent - which I love! Bailee wanted to ride in Grandma Betty and Grandpa Dwayne's car from Sizzler but we told her no since her car seat was already in ours. Bailee: "I just want to go with them because I love them so much." Grandma Sue : " I know, and they love you, too." Bailee: "But Grandma Betty says it weiood" (wierd without the "r" sound)
11/10/08 We were "puppy sitting" for Dave and Sue overnight so they could spend a night in Midway. Part of Bailee's bedtime routine is that she gets to have "snuggle-wuggles" right before bed every night. Snuggle wuggles started as being a Backyardigans show but has evolved to being a choice between playing make believe with toys, a show, or something else she really wants to do before bed. Well this particular night I gave her the choice between Dragon Tales or going to the store with me and she chose the show. When it was over and I said it was time to brush teeth and go to bed, she started to cry and throw one of her tantrums. She said she wanted to go to the store with me, I then reminded her that she chose the show over going to the store. She replied very seriously that when she chose the show, she was just teasing me. Very smart response.. it didn't fly and she was not a happy girl going to bed that night
11/12/08 We were driving home from Dave and Sue's and Bailee said "What does 'age' mean?" Dan and I weren't quite sure what she said, so we asked her to repeat it and she did. We still weren't sure if she said "H" or "age." Usually she can explain what she is saying by thinking of another word or saying it in a sentence. We asked her to say it in a sentence or tell us when and how she heard it. She stammered a little, then said "You know, like my feet are big." Dan and I tried very hard not to laugh and she finally said "Like I am a big girl." So then I said.. "Okay, you mean 'age'. That is like how old you are, so your age would be 3. When someone asks you what your age is, you would say 3." So Dan said "Yeah. It is like someone asking you how old you are. What are you going to say when someone asks you what your age is?" and Bailee said, "That I am a big girl!" Maybe you had to be there or it was pretty late, but it was very funny.
Grandma Sue bought a doctors kit for the grandkids. It came with a couple of cards that showed what to do with the "tools" - kind of like directions. When we were cleaning up all the parts to it, Bai couldn't find the cards and she was saying over and over.. "where are the indirections? " I think she was mixing up the words "instructions" and "directions." It is very cute that her vocabulary is growing so fast that she just has a ton of information to sort through. I am biased, but I definitely think she is a smartie!
Bailee was trying to get Dan to fill up her aqua-doodle pen with water so she could color on her mat, but apparently Dan wasn't jumping on the task. He continued to get ready for work and gather his things when Bailee said very demandingly "Dad, when you are all done with this world stuff, will you please fill this up with water?!" It definitely got his attention and he filled it up with water and she went on her way.
Bailee was talking with her cousin, Aliyah, and her grandma Packer about places they have been and things they have seen. My mom brought up that Aliyah was in a whale's mouth at Storybook land and Bai was in a shark's mouth in Disneyworld. They were laughing about that and my mom said, "Weren't you scared in the mouth?" and Bailee looked at my mom with her index finger pointed at her and said, " Remember grandma, those things are just PRETEND!" My mom thought it was very cute how Bailee was trying to comfort her on the scary pretend things that are out there.
Bailee is pretty much a vegetarian and refuses to eat meat - except for chicken nuggets and taco soup). In colorado, they took out a lunchable jr. and she wouldn't eat the meat. Well, someone told her that the meat would make her jump higher. She had a couple bites of the meat and walked away. Sue asked "Did you like it?" and Bai said "yeah, I am going to see if I can jump higher now, though." She jumped and everyone cheered - Maybe she will continue to eat meat and end up in the olympics!
Bailee was riding home from a dinner in the back seat of papa Dave and grandma Sue's car. Her uncle Andy was sitting next to her talking to her when the sun came shining into the car all of a sudden and her grandparents both burst into song "Here Comes the Sun, do do do do.." Uncle Andy then whispered to Bai "Grandma and Grandpa are getting old." and bailee replied, "Grandma's not old, but Papa is."
Being the great English buff that he is, Bailee's uncle Jason was trying to enhance Bailee's vocabulary by teaching her some new words. One of the words was "plump." He told her about having a nice, big, juicy, plump apple. Then he went on to explain that it meant "big." Bailee then was able to catch on and said, "Like you, uncle Jason?"
When Bailee says prayers, she really lets Heavenly Father into her heart. She has said things like, "please bless that I can watch a movie tomorrow. Please bless that I can get tinkerbell makeup at the store. Please bless I can sleep the whole night in my bed. Please bless we will grow up healthy and go to heaven."
Bai was helping grandma Sue wrap some baptism gifts and asked her what they were for. Sue said that they were for her primary kids who were going to be baptized and when Bailee turned 8, she would also be baptized. Bai looked at grandma like she was out in the night and said " Oh, no, grandma, I am going to be a doctor when I grow up!"
We were leaving grandma Sue and papa Dave's so Bai went and hugged grandma and said "I love you, grandma." Dan told her to go and tell grandpa the same thing so she went and hugged grandpa and said " Papa, I love grandma."
Bailee thought her pee would be pink after she drank her strawberry milk. After I told her it would still be yellow or clear, she still had her hopes up. When we got home, she ran to the bathroom to go potty and we heard her disappointed voice come from the bathroom saying "Yep, it's still yellow."