Tuesday, March 3, 2015

co-hosting: It's The Little Things - Thankfulness


I am so excited today to be co-hosting "It's The Little Things" with Jess from Sadie Sky!  Ever since I joined Instagram I've been following her adorable boutique & reading her blog and I've really loved linking up with her on there for "It's The Little Things".  It's a great reminder for me as a Mom to think about the "little things" that bring me joy and make my heart happy because in all the craziness of motherhood it's so easy to forget or overlook these little yet very important moments.


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As I sit here about to begin my post I'm thinking how unsure I am that this goes along with the link up because in the end it's not such a "little thing" but I'm just going to go along with it & y'all get my drift!  ;)  There's a little thing that is a part of my life on a day to day basis that I often don't pay attention to or even think about but am beyond thankful for and that is the health of my daughter.  I was reminded of this on the last day of February which ended with a trip to the emergency room.

Earlier in the day Norah was running in my parents living room, fell and hit her head.  It didn't break the skin but she cried pretty hard and then went on and started playing again.  She had a pretty good bump show up on her head but was fine the rest of the day.  That night we put her to sleep at 7:30 pm.  Two hours later she woke up crying and we thought we heard her vomit so we both went straight upstairs to her room.  We didn't find anything so I just held her and rocked her.  She continued to gag and did it several more times but never vomited.  I immediately flashed back to her hitting her head and remembered hearing that delayed vomiting after a concussion is a very bad sign.  Before panicking I decided to call our after hours nurse (thank goodness for them!) and explained what happened and what was happening right then.  After evaluating the situation the nurse decided he wanted us to take her in because of the nauseous symptoms and her clinginess, since she didn't want to be laid back down.  So off to the ER we went!  On the way there I had thoughts like should we really be going?  Are they going to think we are crazy for bringing her in?  But I cut my crazy mom brain thoughts off quickly by telling myself I'd rather be safe than sorry! 

Once we arrived we were immediately taken back to a room, waited, saw the nurse, the doctor made the decision to do a CT Scan, we went back with Norah, got prepped and laid her down to be scanned.  Just seeing her, my sweet baby, lay under that big machine was so scary and I wanted to immediately burst into tears but my very next thoughts were of other babies and children.  The pictures I see all over social media, toddlers in hospital beds, infants in incubators, sick children fighting for their lives.  Here we were just getting a scan and I was finding it in my heart to be thankful.  Thankful that we were just getting a test run.  Thankful that I had God to lean my worries on.  Eventually, thankful for negative results and most importantly, thankful to be able to take my baby girl back home with us.



Before I wrote this all out it seemed like such a little thing but now I'm seeing it's not so little... but maybe sometimes the little things and moments we have are our biggest things of all and we just don't know it.

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Have you had any little yet big moments recently?  I'd love for you to link up with us below!
















2 comments :

Unknown March 4, 2015 at 3:17 PM  

Having a healthy baby is such a big thing! My little man had his first trip to the ER for dehydration and it was the HARDEST watching them stick an IV in him. I couldn't imagine being a mama who does that on a daily basis with a very ill child. I know I have thought countless times how thankful I am not to have to walk that road with my baby boy and prayerfully not any of my children. So glad your sweet little girl was okay!

Unknown March 5, 2015 at 2:29 PM  

I'm so glad your little one is well too & that you get exactly what I was feeling! <3