My Favorite Things

Oprah can have favorite things, so why can't I!? I just won't be giving them away! They make my life easier and thought maybe you would find something to help you ease your pain, as well!

My Droid X.....I LOVE IT! In fact, I love it so much that I can not see myself switching to the much anticipated Verizon iPhone rumored to release early next year! I do wish all of the apps for iPhone were available for Droid, but it's improved so much since I got this little jewel, that I think it will only get better and apps will steadily increase!

Some of my favorite apps:

iSyncr App syncs my iTunes playlists right to my Droid X phone! (That was my only hangup about the Droid......iSyncr makes life easy!)

Catch Notes app lets me take pictures, notes or voice notes and save them in one place. If I see something online that I like, I can send it to my Catch page and it will save it. I can tag items, also. For instance, this year during the school year, I think of things I want to purchase for next year with my district money. How will I ever remember? I take a picture and send it to "Catch" and tag it as "Classroom Wish List". Next summer when I'm getting my purchase requests ready, I can pull up the tag "Classroom Wish List" and see all of the items I used the most during the year! It's also been great for Christmas! If I see something in a newspaper ad, or on the shelf in the store, I take a picture, send it to Catch and label it "Christmas2010".

iRecord app lets me record students' reading assessments. I save them to my computer and I can go back and listen to progress being made......I can also use it to let parents hear specific concerns. Love it!

Pandora App on my phone! Listen to anything......anywhere.....well, as long as you have cell service! :)

My Kindle app lets me read books on my phone! I love it! What am I reading now? Double Cross by James Patterson!

Around the house...................

My Dirt Devil! This is the only vac that I have found that will suck up dirt on a wood floor without slinging it everywhere!

Of course, my iPod touch is not complete without my iLuv home player! I have my Christmas music on my iPod and play it all over the house with my iLuv player! My other favorite thing to do is attach my Belkin auxiliary chord to my Verizon Droid X phone and click on my "Pandora" app and stream my Christmas music from my phone! It's such a must-have! (I have one in my classroom, also! And I bought both really cheap off of eBay!)

During this cold weather, our noses get so dry! Aunt Cherrye, who is also a Registered Nurse, suggested this product for Rylee! We LOVE it! It soothes her nose (and mine too) when it's runny and stuffy!

My next favorite things are those Crock-Pot liners! Have mercy! Why has nobody told me about these things before!!!! I made chocolate covered goodies for my kids at school and dreaded cleaning out the crockpot after melting our chocolate! Enter Crock Pot Liners! Just pick the liner up out of the pot after using and ..........

Voila!.......No cleaning at ALL!!!! LOVE that!!!!

My Favorite iPod apps:

Dropbox app - syncs my documents from my computer, to my laptop at school and to my ipod or even my phone!

iWrite Words Lite - Rylee's favorite! She can trace letters and make words. It says the letter then ultimately the word she makes!

eBay mobile - on both my phone and iPod - so I can find those good deals!

K12 Timed Reading - for school - I can select students who are struggling with reading to add to this app. They can take the ipod to their desk and read the stories. The app times their reading and tells me how many words per minute.

Words with Friends or WordFeud (Droid) - scrabble type game to play with real opponents! Super addictive!

Mean Ol' Uncle Chad and Brady

Chad and Brady stopped to pick up candles, because I forgot to pick them up with the rest of my list of items.........I should have known better! Poor Rylee!

Rylee's Birthday Party

Today, we had Rylee's birthday party at the Nashville City Park. We had several members of the family who had other obligations so we were so thrilled to have Rayne, Dahli and Lariat Morris and Natalie and Bay Nolte, along with Colin and Brady! Colin and Brady were such good helpers! :) Others who were able to come were BecBec and Nan (Becky and Granville), Mammaw (Cathey), Momo (Frances), Uncle Chad, Annah and Rodney Morris and Stephanie Nolte. Rylee was sooooo excited to see her little buddies and they had such a good time playing at the park.

Nan even brought a trailer of hay and took them on a hay ride! Little Asher Bay (3 months old), even rode on the hayride......thanks to BecBec! I don't think his momma was expecting it to be such a long ride!

Of course, Rylee's birthday would not be complete with a cake from Jamie Pinegar! and of course, it HAD to be a Barney cake! It was delicious and Rylee LOVED it!

She had such a good time opening presents and was so excited about everything she received! She can't decide what to play with first!

We are so lucky to have such good buddies for her! We love her little friends and look forward to watching them all grow!

A True Blessing

Kacey Tinsley Young is a dear friend who experienced some tough times a few years ago. She blogs and has posted about her experience and about her faith in God. It is a true blessing to read. I'm sure she will not care that I linked her post to my blog. Visit her blog, here.

Happy Fall, Y'all!

Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything so I guess I'll play a little catch up to keep all of you followers happy......it's such a large number.....I know!

Anyhow....we've started back to school and Rylee has started back to "Nanna's". She LOVES Nanna, Kim, Carson, Claire and sometimes Kenzy (when she's there). She also mentions Ronnie quite often, so I think she's pretty fond of him, too! We are so lucky to have such sweet people taking care of her while we are working. They have been such a blessing and I thank God every day for the blessings they do for us!

I'm in my 3rd year of teaching and it seems to be a little easier this year. I'm really starting to get into my groove and will try to make a committment to add one new thing every year! This year, I'm trying "Whole Brain Teaching". The kids seem to like it and I enjoy it, as well! It's very interactive and engaging for students! Google it and watch a YouTube video of it......it's pretty fun!
I'm working on my Master's and will be finished next Summer. It's so time consuming right now, but I'll be so glad to have that goal accomplished! The program I'm in is through ASU in Jonesboro. It's all online, which is nice. It's also set up to go 5 weeks, one week off, then start up for another 5 weeks. It's pretty intense, but it'll be worth it!

Roy is getting ready to start Basketball in about 3 weeks. We are just hanging out at home these days because we know it's fixin' to get wild and hectic really soon. But - we love it and wouldn't have it any other way!

Brittany and Zach are in 7th and 4th Grade, respectively. Brittany made Jr High Cheerleader at Nashville and Zach is into Soccer right now. They are growing up and are so involved in their activites. We see them when we can, but it doesn't seem like it's very often.

Rylee is getting ready to turn 3 on October 20. I can't believe the little toot is getting so big. She makes my day, EVERY day! She is really into reading her little books, by herself. She loves being a cheerleader and she goes to the Scrapper games with BecBec every chance she gets. BecBec dug out my old cheerleader outfit that I wore in the Little Red Schoolhouse play with Russel Icenhower as the Football player. It's cute on Rylee, but she is so tall that I'm gonna have to get her some tights to go under it before long because it looks more like a tunic than a cheerleader suit.

We are having her 3rd Birthday party next Saturday at the Nashville City Park. She wants a Barney cake and new bicycle.

That's pretty much all that's going on with us for now. Hopefully, I will keep you posted a little more often!

Greasesorber

What on earth is Greasesorber? Well, go to the link on my sidebar, read about it and vote! It was created by Nashville, Arkansas folks.....Terri McJunkins, being one. Voting ends on August 31. If they are in the top 10 of most votes received during the month, they will receive $50,000 to go toward the production of their product! Terri says they plan to package it right here in Nashville, AR at the Howard County Children's Center (employment opportunities, folks)!

Welcome to our house, Pop's Piece!

My "Pop", Howard Aylett, was the best carpenter I've ever known! He loved spending time in his shop. I can still smell 2X4s being cut on a saw and think of him. That's just what he smelled like. He loved creating things with wood and we loved receiving his creations!

Before Pop died, he made each child and grandchild a piece of something. Each girl received a china cabinet and the boys received entertainment/computer centers. I still have my china cabinet, which has made many moves over my little life......marriage, apartment, new house, divorce, apartment, new house, mom and dad's basement, marriage again, new house....well, you get the picture! With all of those moves, that china cabinet is still as sturdy and strong as the day it was built. It reminds me of Pop......strong, sturdy, conservative, with a little golden touch.

With all of that said.....I am happy to announce that I had an opportunity to get one of Pop's pieces from another family member. Jeremy and his wife, Natalia, will be moving to California to pursue a call from God to plant a new church. Jeremy has been a youth minister at a church in Russelville and has been attending seminary school. He has been provided an opportunity to continue to spread God's word in California. I can't imagine him being so far away, but I know he is passionate about his ministry so I am happy for him, all the same! My prayer is that God will use Jeremy to reach all who are lost and in need of Him. I pray that God will keep them safe as they begin this new venture.

With this move, they are having to downsize the items they are moving, since it is such a long move. Kim called and asked if I would want the entertainment center that Pop built. I said ABSOLUTELY! So Chad stopped in Russelville one afternoon, while he was working and brought the entertainment center to our house later that evening. I was so thrilled to have it! Below is a picture of the piece in it's new home!

Welcome to our house, Pop's Piece!

New Flower Bed

Last Thanksgiving, our deck burned because Roy's grill fell thru. Anyone who knows Roy, knows that on Thanksgiving and Christmas, and pretty much any other day he has an excuse, he is gonna have his grill fired up and smoking some kind of meat. Well, last Thanksgiving was no exception. Unfortunately, that poor grill had been hot one too many times and the bottom fell thru and the burning wood fell onto the deck surrounding our pool. Luckily, our neighbors came out during the night and saw the flames, got our waterhose, and put out the fire, otherwise, it would have gone to the fence and Lord forbid, the house.

Well, this summer, Roy took up the boards to the deck and we (or he and Zach) filled it in with topsoil. I had good intentions of putting a pretty flower bed there. My intentions were good.......but you know that they say about that.....

Here's the beginnings.....monkey grass dug up and transplanted around the front edge.........

.....and the Crepe Myrtle, dug up and transplanted to the center to be my "focal point".......and OH, what a focal point it is.......

.....guess I should have listened to my husband who told me to wait until the Fall to dig up the Crepe Myrtle! I hate when he's right!

But, luckily, my buddy Michelle Withers Green has informed me to cut it off at the base and hopefully the roots will form and come back next year!

.....to be continued......Summer 2011!!!

Face Down....and KICK!!!!

Roy and I have been teaching swimming lessons this summer and the kids have done GREAT! BUT - we've had the hardest time getting our OWN child in the water!

The other night, Rylee just put her face down and swam out to Roy. She is swimming like a little fish, now.....well, we had a brief sideline because of swimmer's ear, but she's back going at it!

Here's a little video for proof!

Summer Pleasures

The reasons I look forward to summer......besides the break from school......

tomatoes........

Garden fresh salads.......

and peppers for Roy and Dad!

Short lived decision to throw out the passy!

This morning, Rylee came and told me that she had thrown out her passy. I said, "Oh, Rylee, I'm sooooo excited! Where did you throw it?" She says in the wall! So I agree and move on. In a little bit, she said, "Mommy, where's my passy?" I said, "Well, I thought you threw it in the wall!" She starts crying and says she wants it back. I try to tell her what a big girl she was for throwing out her passy and how we didn't need that ol' stinky passy, anyway. Well, she got really quiet so I went looking for her......this is what I found......

apparently, she threw the passy in between the dresser in our room and the wall. So, she's desperately trying to reach her passy under the dresser.

S----T-----R-----E------T-----C------H!

......and Mission Accomplished! :)

I guess we'll work on that, another day!!!

Summer

Our summer has already been pretty busy! We started off by taking Roy's mom to the Emergency Room in Nashville, where they ultimately transferred her to UAMS in Little Rock. That was two weeks ago, tomorrow. Roy and I stayed up there a few nights and after she was transferred to a regular room, we came on home. We made a trip back up last Sunday afternoon. We called Aunt Kim and asked if we could drop Rylee off with her for a couple of hours while we went to visit with Cathey and luckily, she agreed.

Rylee spent a few hours playing with Kim and below is the picture of her before we ever got out of their neighborhood to start home. She apparently played so hard and really had fun with "Aunt Kim". She's already asking to go back!

Over the past week, we have been dealing with a lot of confusion - Doctors call it delirium. As of today, the nurse commented that she has no confusion and may even get to come home on Monday.

Here are a few pictures of the kids so far this summer.......

This picture is after popsicles: green, blue and orange!

Here is a picture of Rylee playing at the park. Zach played baseball for Nashville Family Dentistry. It was SOOOO hot, but it was fun. They finished up Thursday night and Dr. Lance topped it off with ice cream at Starz (Big T for us old Nashville folks).

I was so impressed with Dr. Lance and Rance Drummond and how they reamined so positive for the boys. Good examples were shown of how adults should act in a sports setting. I know they learned not just baseball, but important life lessons!

And how can you enjoy summer without a good ol' slice of watermelon!

Roy and I have taught 3 weeks of swimming lessons, I have had 2 workshops and will teach Science at Kids College next week. We will have another week of swimming lessons the last week of June and then Roy goes back to work the first week of July. Where has our summer gone! SLOW DOWN, please!

A Day with the Davis's

Last Saturday, Roy was at the State Track Meet and Brandy was hosting a baby shower for our friend, Sally. Rylee and I loaded up and made the trip to New Boston and spent the day with the Ellis girls and the rest of the family. I love them and we do not get to see each other often enough, as far as I'm concerned! Rylee and "the boys" (Hudson, Logan, Cain and Eli) had a ball and we promised we would get together again this summer so the kids could play and us "girls" could visit with each other! I already can't wait!!!!

The Pool is OPEN!!!!

Brittany and Zach couldn't WAIT to get in the pool this weekend, so Miss Rylee Grace just HAD to join them. I haven't bought her bathing suit for this year, yet, but she marched in the house and found last years and put it on.......she was ready to go! It's still too cold for me....can't wait for summer, though!

Playing "Catch-Up"

Easter photos......

Rylee and Momo Frances

Rylee and BecBec and Nan

Rylee with Mommy and Daddy

Mommy Manicure

Sunday afternoon, Mother's Day, Rylee came in with my fingernail polish and said, Mommy, do you want me to paint your fingerpails?" I said, "Of course, I do!" So we sat down and Miss Rylee did her thing......

Notice how intently she is working.......

And below is the finished product........

After she finished, she said, "Momma, how have to be still and blow them till they dry." I wonder where she's heard THAT before?

I couldn't have spent my Mother's Day doing anything more precious than this!!

Individuality

Definition: the qualities that set a person apart from all others.......

On a day that was hotter than July, Rylee decides she will go inside and choose her OWN clothing. She returns outside with this shirt and this legging/skirt combo. It's funny to me on several different levels. First of all, the patterns are going like crazy. Second, there is summer and winter all in one. And third, she is posted up on this fence on her tippy-toes "peeking" thru to see what is going on!

I love this little toot!

Julie's Salsa

This week, we have devoured lots of Salsa at this house!  I thought I would post the "recipe".  It's not really a recipe - it's just stuff thrown together! 

3 cans of Rotel
1 onion
cilantro
lime juice

In a handy, dandy food processor, put all of the above ingredients and chop to desired "chunkiness".  I don't know how much cilantro or lime juice I put in there, because I just pour until it looks right.  I know there's a LOT of cilantro - maybe 2 Tablespoons, maybe more - and there's not a lot of lime juice (I basically just turn the bottle of lime juice over for one splash into the food processor).  You can add salt, but it's really salty enough just like this.

Mix it up and pour into a pretty yellow or blue bowl - that makes the red really stand out! (I'll post a picture the next time I make some) and enjoy with some tortilla chips!  We especially like "Uncle Ray's Restaurant Style" chips from Clement's grocery in Mineral Springs.  HA!  I don't know if it's because they are really thin, or because they are a dollar a bag!  But, we LOVE 'em!!!! 

55555 Questions Game

Found this fun little game on Jenna's blog and thought it was fun.  Yeah, I stole it....Thanks Jenna!  :)

Question 1: Where were you five years ago?

- I was living at mom and dad's house
- I was working as a Probation/Parole Officer
- I was working on college courses so I could get into teacher certification program
- Roy and I were dating
- Rylee Grace was not even thought of


Question 2: What is/was on your to-do list today?

- Go to church (check)
- Fix lunch (check)
- put Rylee down for a nap (check)
- get house back in order after Spring Break
- get clothes washed, dried and put up for the work week

Question 3: What 5 snacks do you enjoy?

- Indulgence Trail Mix from WalMart
- Cheese and Crackers
- Popcorn and a Diet Coke
- Pretzels
- chips and salsa - MY salsa


Question 4: Name 5 places you have lived

- Arkadelphia, AR
- Ashdown, AR
- Texarkana, TX
- Nashville, AR
- Mineral Springs, AR


Question 5: What 5 things would you do if you were a billionaire?

- Pay off ALL of our debt
- Build my dream house on Pop's Farm
- Pay for Rylee's College
- Buy Roy a new Ranger Bass Boat
- Invest the rest!

Now......tag - you're it.......
 
Kristi @ Life's Little Blessings
Shelley@ The McKinnon Family
Kacey @ The Young's
Cassi @ The Mount's Family
Julie @ A Year in Julie's Life

Build-A-Bear

Last month, before Brittany's cheer competition, we killed a little time by hanging out at the mall.  Mammaw insisted on taking Rylee into Build-A-Bear Workshop to pick out an Easter Bunny.  Zach insisted that he be included, too!  :) 

It starts as a flat bunny with no life!

Then, this nice lady puts in the heart and the sound - Zach chose a 'grrrrr' sound and Rylee picked out the lullaby music.  Zach's is the cammo bear here in the picture.  Rylee was not real sure about this whole procedure.

Here, they are washing their animals - bear and bunny.  Rylee DID like this part, once she got over the initial fear of the loud noise! 

Fun times!

Ready? O-Kay!

Cheerleading today is much different than cheerleading in the past!  There is no more "Ready? Okay!  slap" to start a cheer....there is no more half-way jumps, there is no more half-way tumbling......you're either in it totally or your not!  Last month, we enjoyed watching Brittany enter a new phase!  She has been on a competition cheer team out of Redwater, Texas for this school year.  Roy and I had not been able to go due to conflicts in scheduling until this past weekend.  Sunday night, she cheered in Little Rock and we made the trip to go watch.  We had a lot of fun and Brittany and her team were really good!  A few dropped stunts moved them into 3rd place, but we were very proud of how well Brittany cheered! 

The Friday before that was cheerleader tryouts for Nashville Jr High Cheerleader squad.  Rylee and I were able to go to the Mock tryouts on the Thursday before the "real thing".  I could tell Brittany was nervous but she did so good!  There were a LOT of people in attendence to watch the mocks.  I told her that if she could cheer in front of the crowd on Thursday, Friday's 3 judges would be a BREEZE!  HA! 

When Friday afternoon rolled around, tryouts began at 4:00.  I met Mandy at the gym to pick Zach up at 4:45 and waited for Brittany to come out.  She came out and was very excited about how she performed.  She said she didn't fall and got all her jumps and tumbling so she felt good about it. 

Tryouts in my day consisted of trying out and then being told who made it when we left the gym.  That's "old-school"!  Today, the decision of the judges is told over the Nashville radio station.  Soooooo......Rylee, Zach and I returned home and anxiously awaited with Roy to listen to the radio for the results.  We were SO excited to hear Brittany's name!  We yelled and screamed and I'm sure everybody in Mineral Springs heard us! 

We are so proud of her and of all of the other girls who made it!  My cousin, Brooke Bowden, also made it and we are very proud of her too!  They are both very good, Christian girls and are proud of what they do in everything in life, not just cheerleading!  Nashville Jr. High will be represented well, as far as I'm concerned! 

Here are some pictures and videos of the tryouts and of Britt's Competition in Little Rock.......

Brittany and Rylee after Mock Tryouts - Rylee was more interested in what was in "Sissy's" bag than taking a picture!

Roy, Zach, Brittany and Rylee at Cheer Competition in Little Rock.  Rylee had been asleep.....LOL!

Happy Valentine's Day

Mammaw visited Rylee today and brought Valentine goodies. She even brought chocolate for mommy and daddy!

Sr Night

Last night, Tiffany Burns, Shalie Day and Jamie Grimes played their last basketball game in Parker Gymnasium. All three girls are special girls to our whole family. We have watched them grow up while at Ashdown. They decided to buy Coach Backus a new shirt and tie as a momento of their special night. I pray that God will protect each one of them in the future as they continue their journey of life.

Final Checkup and Ronald McDonald House

Wednesday morning, Roy and Rylee and I left to go to Children's Hospital for a follow-up CT scan on Rylee's head for her skull fracture.  Roy and I dreaded the trip, but were anxious to get it over with and see if her head was healed.  We arrived around 12:00 and around 2:00, we were called back into the CT room.  Rylee could not eat or drink anything after 8:00 because they were anticipating having to sedate her to get the scan.  So, Roy and I didn't eat or drink anything, either, because of course - that wouldn't be fair to Rylee! 

When they called us back, Rylee immediately started screaming.....she knew something was gonna happen!  We talked to her about what a big girl she was gonna be....really tried to pump her up.  They put us in a room and we watched Barney until she fell asleep.  I thought The Lord had answered my prayers and that I would be able to lay her down and she would sleep thru the scan.  WRONG!!!  That child popped up the second her head hit the table and she was fightin' until it was all over about an hour later! 

They bundled her up like a burrito and strapped her little head to the table, in an effort to get her still.  Well, she fought and fought and the first scan didn't take because she was moving too much.  Sooooo.....they suggested that we count VERY LOUDLY to ten over and over.  I don't know what it was about doing that, but Roy and I screamed 1-10 about 100 times and she just laid there.   I figure she was either trying to figure out what on earth her momma and daddy were doing, or she was just completely worn out from trying to get out of those strappings......probably the latter! 

Anyway - the second scan worked and when we took her out, she was soaking wet from sweating.  The lady said - she's one strong 2 year old!  LOL!  The lady asked her if she wanted some apple juice and Rylee said she did.  When the nurse brought it in the room, I started to take the top off and give it to her and she said "No - carry it momma".  I laughed and told the nurse she didn't want any more reason to stay in that room!  She was ready to GO!   So we told them "Bye-Bye" and took our bubbles, coloring books, crayons, new Beanie Baby and apple juice (all given to Rylee in an effort to win her over with the CT staff, to no avail) and we got outta there! 

We went to On the Border and ate like we were all starving.  Rylee scarfed down some chips and salsa and cheese dip and chicken nuggets!  She was so hungry!

After we ate, we went to our "home" for the night.  The hospital put us up in the Ronald McDonald House since we lived so far away.  After arriving, I felt REALLY bad about staying there.  There are so many families who really needed to stay worse than us, and I expressed my concern to the staff.  They assured me that our room was strictly for over night only guests and that even if we left, they would not be able to put anyone in that room.  So, we stayed and folks....if you ever feel like making a contribution or donation and really don't know who or where to do it with....let me suggest the Ronald McDonald House!  It is GREAT for families who have children in ACH on a long-term basis.  They provide EVERYTHING for those families and only request a $10.00 per night donation.  They provide a refrigerator with food, several kitchen and dining areas, all meals, all linens, towels, laundry services, etc.  It is a wonderful wonderful place to have here in Arkansas!  I plan to clean Rylee's many toys that she does not need/play with and haul a load up there, along with towels and sheets. 

On Thursday, we met with the neurosurgeon who informed us that Rylee's head was healing well and that it should heal completely in another 3 weeks.  The good news is we do not have to go back!  Praise God for anwering prayers! 

Checkup

Please pray for our little Rylee Grace tomorrow. We will return to ACH for followup CT scan. Pray for the nurse that will be with her as they monitor her while she's sedated! God is good and He hears our prayers!

Happy Anniversary!

Today, we're celebrating 4 years of wedded bliss!!!  Time flies when you're havin' fun!!! 

Checkup for Rylee

We have a date for Rylee’s checkup with Dr. O’Brien, Neurologist .  We will go on February 3 at 2:00 for another CT scan and spend the night in the Ronald McDonald House that Wednesday night.  We’ll have to be back in his office on Thursday morning at 10:00 for him to read the scan and tell us the results.  Please pray that all is okay. 

Our Little Patient

Saturday afternoon started out as a fun afternoon that was transitioning into a night of steaks and baked potatoes and salad and football! Little did Roy and I know that our precious Rylee Grace was in for an evening of bright lights and restrained screaming in her young little life! I decided to get her bath out of the way before we ate supper while Roy was cooking steaks. When I went to wash her hair I noticed the left side of her head~right above the temple~was very distorted. When I touched it I realized it was a swollen squishy lump. I called Roy into the bathroom and he immediately took her out of the tub and told me to get her clothes and we needed to get her to the ER. So we headed to St Michaels in Texarkana. They wanted to do a CT ~just to be on the safe side. Rylee fought like a mad woman and its safe to say she will take care of herself as she grows up! Anyway ~about 30 minutes later they walked in and informed us that she had a skull fracture and they were trying to get her into Childrens Hospital in Little Rock or maybe Dallas. I felt weak and thought I would throw up! I could not imagine this child falling so hard to fracture her skull and never cry or complain about it! the rest of the night was fast and furious! They informed us that she would go by ambulance because the helicopter could not fly in the rain (that's when the seriousness of the situation hit me REAL HARD)! So around midnight Saturday night we got in the ambulance and headed to Little Rock. She screamed for about 20 minutes and finally went to sleep. We arrived at Childrens around 2:30 am. They took us right in and started checking Rylee. Around 4:30 they started trying another CT but Miss Fighter fought them tooth and nail and they decided it was time to sedate her. The first dose made her plumb goofy! So they moved on to another drug which knocked her out! I will have to say those folks at Childrens know what they are doing! The pediatric doctor sat in our room for about an hour observing Rylee after giving her the sedatives. He sat in a chair and just watched~not a nurse but that doctor. I was so impressed with how they treated her! Around 6 that morning he came in and confirmed what St Michaels told us and said there was no bleeding or swelling on the brain! My prayers were answered because I did a Lot Of praying that night and morning! We moved into a room for 24 hour observation and Rylee thought she was in a motel (minus the nurse visits). They had a play room right across the hall and when we walked in, she spied a cozy coupe car and said "Look mommy! My car"! I said "did somebody being your car up here"? And without hesitation, she said "uh huh, BecBec did"!

She slept good that night and the next morning the Dr came in and said if she ate without throwing up, she could go home. So we ordered pancakes and around 11 we headed home!

We go back in 2 weeks for another CT which I dread, but I'm anxious to see the difference in the fracture by then! It should heal completely in 3 weeks! This will be a LONG 3 weeks while trying to keep her little active self from climbing over everything and falling again!

We have been so thankful for your thoughts and prayers. Please continue to pray that her little head heals completely! I will post updates to this Blog periodically!