Polar Express

We were so excited for the Polar Express this year. We got tickets early for the weekend before Christmas. D decided at the last minute that we should get a hotel for the night and just have a little getaway. When we got into town we checked into our hotel and were planning to just hang out for a little bit before it was time to get in our Pjs and head to the train station. The kids were overly excited and energetic about the evening and got a little rowdy. Unfortunately Mason took it to far and ended up knocking Mallory over into the dresser in the hotel room. She hit the back of her head on the round knob on the drawer and we knew by the sound when she hit, that it was not good. Sure enough she was bleeding and we immediately loaded up and headed to the nearest ER! (Thanks again Lace for the help guiding us where to go!) Besides illness related situations, this was our first trip to the emergency room and it was so stressful. She never lost consciousness and the bleeding didn't seem too bad, but I was still so anxious. And of course all this happened literally 45 minutes before we were supposed to be at the train

She was so scared and her head hurt pretty bad so it made me so sad. But the doctor quickly checked her out and said we would be fine to let it bleed for the evening and that skull lacerations are one of the easiest healing wounds on the body. They don't scar and close rather quickly. So we were in and out in time to grab some Tylenol from the pharmacy, run back and get in our jammies, and head to the Polar Express!

Ready to board!

Thankful for a good distraction!

 

Looking for the North Pole! (No, we didn't even clean her hair. That spot on her head was incredibly sensitive so we just let it be!)

Santa! 

After the train ride we grabbed dinner at Five Guys and went back to the hotel. We were all wiped out. It was a long and emotional day. I put Mal in the bath so we could wash her hair and I could treat her wound with neosporin.

It was still pretty yucky at that point but it definitely could have been worse!

All clean and snug in bed. Bless her heart!

The next day we ran to a couple of places and stopped at the science spectrum so the kids could play. But to be honest, we had some poor attitudes so we cut our trip short and headed home. That's life sometimes! We did our best to make memories and let the rest go!

Mals wound is about 90% healed as of today and I can wash and brush her hair without any complaints again. Hoping we don't ever have any incidents like that again! ;)