Oh, it is just the Withaegars!

Well, another day for the books! We had a great Memorial Day weekend.
Chloe got to spend the night Friday with her favorite single Aunt and Uncle(single bc they have no kids yet!) She had a ball. On Saturday Fred and I took the little girls to shop for a new oven. So, looks like who ever buys my house will have a new oven. You are welcome! L

We ended up at the mall, letting the kids play and eat. Finally after a family trip to Sams..headed home for naps. Chloe came home and we all played in the back yard. Early to bed for everyone!

Sunday rolled around and we went to church..came home and the girls went with Fred to swim at my Aunt’s. They were excited to see their cousins and play. I stayed back while Corbin finished his nap. I started some dinner bc we had some good friends from our old Sunday School class coming over. We love hanging out with them bc they love us… flaws and all! They have 2 adorable boys, 1 L&A age and the other a little younger then Corbin. Anyway, they were coming at 6. I realized it was 3:50 and I needed to get Corbin to the pool, or we would run out of time.

So I got him up and changed his clothes very fast. We were sitting in the den getting ready…and then off we went. I had prepared most of the food for dinner and cleaned the kitchen up. I did leave some of the food out. The house was clean…as always these days… something I am tired of! The play room was a messy, bc the girls had played up there for a good 2 hours. But that was about it.

So off we go. Kids had a great time at the pool. I left the house a little after 4 and then we got back about 5:30. Enough time to get the kids in the house and get the rest of dinner going.

Our friends arrived.. and the kids were all having a ton of fun. We had a casual dinner but lots of great visiting. I was telling Brian(the husband) a story of my parents. How they had these great friends but realized when they got together every month, they always had hamburgers.. Finally after a decade of this.. they both realized they made the same comments… “Oh it is just the Hamiltons.. we can do burgers..” Well, I was telling Brian this bc I realized we have done the same meal with them over and over. It is fajitas.. “Oh, it is just the Withaegars, we can do fajitas and frozen dessert!” We have some other friends that we do pizza with as well.. “Oh it is just the Kelly’s, we can do Pizza!”

Anyway, Brian totally got what I meant.. It is really a compliment.. The friends you are the closest to, you want to just enjoy… and have no stress in getting everything ready. I want to always be the “Oh it is just the Sparks… “ It means they know I love them flaws and allJ Take out or dine in! Whatever!

So, it is about 8pm and we had just had this conversation. All of a sudden we see a little ball of boy flying down the stairs. Corbin had fallen from the top of the stairs all the way down. He caught himself about 2 steps from the wood floors. But the way he stopped was painful. He leg got got between spindles. It was horrifying. We are jumped up and he was crying so hard. He is a tough kid. The front and back of his leg had horrible marks and it immediately started to swell. His foot started turning colors. Fred look at me and said, “We need to go to the ER.” Now understand, we have been to the ER 1 other time and it involved tons of blood. We just aren’t jump at the dr type people. Kids get hurt… but this was bad. I looked at Melissa(the wife) and said, “Do you mind staying for a bit?” She of course said not at all. I told her Chloe could help them find stuff and do bedtime. But no one needed anything special. Just bed.

We ran out the door. On the way to the ER, I grabbed my phone to call my mom.. not sure why, just had to. I noticed a missed calling…. “Showing”…I’ll get back to that.

So long story short, we got to the ER around 8:10, left there around 10:30. My tough little guy had nothing wrong with him. The x-ray came back fine. We couldn’t believe it. We were so very thankful, but did scare the day lights out of me! By the time we left, he was dive bombing the bed in the room we had.. clearly he was fine.

I called my aunt and she relieved my friends a little after 9:15. I am so thankful for friends and family that are there without question at the drop of a hat!

So, I had to laugh bc I was just saying, "It is just the Withaegars" and then we ditch them with our kids...wonder if they will come back! Sure they will, they love faijtas:)

So, back to “Showing…” I look at Fred and say, “That is weird, there is a missed call at 3:10 from the showing company.” They call my cell to schedule a showing of the house.
Fred took my car with the girls at 3 to the pool. My phone must have been in it.
I played the message. They called to schedule a showing on Sunday, from 4-6. If I don’t call back, then they go forward. So, I left the house at like 4:05, not knowing anything about a showing. Like I said, it was mainly picked up. Some random stuff out.. Shelby(the dog) inside… but the worst of it all….
I realized I left a VERY wet diaper on the coffee table! I was in such a hurry to change Corbin and get him to the pool I didn’t throw it away! I about died when I realized that!
Oh well, par for the course for the day!

At least it had a friendly stick on it that said, “Changed with love at Prestonwood Baptist Church!”
Ahhh. Not sure those people will be back for a second showing anytime soonJ