What A Night!

It seems to be one of those days when things just don't seem to go right. I'm sure you've all had them . . . you go to the store for something, but you just can't find what you're looking for or you have a taste for something but you can't put your finger on what it is . . .

Today I had a few simple missions for myself. I needed to go to one of the dollar stores and find some cheap baby items to finish the decorating on a baby shower gift. I needed to find a banner that said "Welcome Back!" for my boss who is returning to work after being gone for nearly a month. And after spending a good portion of the night up with Bella who couldn't seem to stop coughing - I needed to find these AMAZING vapor chest patches that I had used the last of last night.

So - I get Bella off for her nap, Kadin settled with his Transformers movie, and Daddy happily watching football in the comfy chair and I am off to attack my missions.

Get to the dollar store and I can't find my banner or the baby things I wanted. I guess when you are only willing to be cheap - it limits your options a little. So I browsed the store anyway and picked up a few small things. I then headed off to the drug store to find those life-saving vapor patches. Seriously, they were the ONLY thing that worked last night. So I figure that Walgreens would have them . . . no. Ok - so I try the grocery store . . . no. What in the world . . . why can't I find these stupid patches?!?

So, I go home and look online at the Triminic website because I at least knew what brand they were and all I have to say is . . . to anyone at Triminic - why in the world would you no longer produce a product that actually works on a cough!!!!! Seriously - do any of you people even have children???

Uggh! So not only can I not get my miracle patches now I have to venture out again because I am NOT facing another night without some sort of reinforcements for this nasty cough - which when I get home Brian tells me Bella didn't nap at all because she couldn't stop coughing. Yeah - enough said.

So all four of us pile in the car for our second trip to Walmart this weekend - and we head over to the drug section. Nothing - can't give her cough syrup - she's too little . . . there is absolutely nothing there that is going to help my poor coughing baby. Sigh . . .

So since we are there, I take Kadin to look at some Autumn jackets and Brian takes Bella to the automotive section. Kadin and I have zero luck with the jackets - big surprise and we find Bella and Daddy by all the car parts. I notice that Bella is crying and Brian gives me one of those looks.

Me: "What happened?"
Brian: "She dropped that on her foot."

He proceeds to show me this heavy metal object - honestly I'm not even sure what the heck it was for, but when I picked it up and held it in my hand my heart almost stopped. This thing literally had to weigh about 35 lbs - and the thought of dropping that on my toe made me cringe and then looking down at my poor little girl with snot dripping out of her nose and tears streaming down her face - the thought of her dropping that on her little toes made my heart break.

I carefully take off her sock and find four red little toes. They honestly didn't look that bad, but she sure was whimpering. So we leave Walmart with NOTHING - and head home to ice Bella's little piggies and eat supper.

When we get home I notice that she is limping when she walks - and not only is she limping she's whimpering as she's limping as snot is pouring out her little nose as tears are streaming down her face. It was the saddest sight. I get out the ice pack and set her up on the couch with her foot propped up on a pillow, Kadin at her side telling her it will be alright. (yeah - he was that cute) I take off her sock again and this time I see that her little red toes are now little red swollen toes. Hmmm . . . Brian and I look at each other and pretty much knew we were going to be making another trip - this time to Urgent Care.

So to make a long story short - Bella arrived back from Urgent Care with 25 stickers and one wrapped foot. Luckily she doesn't have any broken bones, just some nasty bruising . . . and she's convinced that her "band aide" has made her foot all better.