We Are Very Thankful for Our Blessings!!!

Monday night we had the phone call no grandparent EVER wants to get! Travis called and said they were taking Taylor to the hospital. He had just hit her with the car!
Oh my goodness! Blaine was very calm, I was ready to get in the truck and head for Wyoming! Blaine said, "let's wait and see how she is" Travis said she seemed to be okay, but they were doing a CT scan to make sure. I told Blaine, "it takes FOREVER for a scan! I could be in New Mexico by the time they get the results!" I HAD to get there! I HAD to be there for my grandbaby, for my son, for their family! I HAD to see that she was okay!
Fortunately, cooler heads prevailed (Blaine is always much cooler than I am when it comes to crisis), we said a very heartfelt prayer for her and waited for Travis to call back. The CT scan was fine. She was fine. Just a little scratched up with a fat lip and nose. Thank Heavens for answered prayers!
Travis told us what had happened later. They were all outside playing and working in the yard, he was going to take some things over to his friend's house real quick and Robin was taking the kids in the house. Robin was in the house and taking Baylee to the potty. She thought Kolby and Taylor had come in with her or were on the deck, Travis thought so too. HOWEVER, Taylor was not in the house. She was by the front bumper of the car and when Travis looked behind him and turned to backout, the front bumper pushed Taylor to the ground and she face planted into the hard dirt.

Of course her nose and mouth were bleeding which scared them to death! So they loaded everyone up and headed the 20 some miles into town to the ER. Robin had to remind Travis on the way that if they got in a wreck for going 95 miles an hour, (that's my boy!) it wouldn't help things much.

They got to the ER and they cleaned Taylor up and tried to do a CT scan. Of course Taylor does not understand the concept of "you have to hold very still while these strangers take you away from your parents and put you on this hard table and shove you in this huge tube". So they tried taping her head down! Yeah... that worked!! NOT! Our fighting Taylor does not stand for being taped down! She ripped the tape off and sat right up before they could get back to their computer! So they had to give her some Benedryl and Tylenol with codeine to relax her enough to get the scan done.

Once they determined she was fine, they figured it would be a good idea to keep her overnight just because the kids live so far away from the hospital, Taylor is only 2, and they had given her drugs to sedate her. So Robin and Taylor had a sleep over in the hospital while Travis took Kolby and Baylee home. I'm sure neither Travis nor Robin got any sleep that night! Taylor seemed to enjoy it though. They have a pretty cool play room there!

The best thing is that Taylor is just fine. She is a tough girl and such a sweet angel. (With the cutest little bum ever!)
Prayers were answered, Blessings were given and received. We are so thankful that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Now we are just praying that Travis can realize it was an accident that could happen to anyone. He is really beating himself up about it.

It has made us all even more aware of how important family is and how everything can change in the blink of an eye. I am so blessed with the kids I have. They are all there for each other and love each other very much! Tama said that she is so glad we will all be together next week for Thanksgiving because she just really needs to give her brother and Robin a hug! It makes my heart swell! (and my eyes water!)

I made Robin send me pictures of Taylor as soon as she could. I HAD to SEE her (since Papa wouldn't let me drive up there to make sure she was okay!) and Robin is so sweet, she humors me and sends me pictures whenever I want! I love her! She is more my daughter than an 'in-law'! Travis chose very wisely when he chose her!

Family...... isn't it about TIME.....