The first of many (or very, very few) blogs....

I may blog every day for the rest of my life. I may post this one entry and be done for all time. I suspect something in the middle to be the actual result.

I am not creative/poetic/exceedingly literate. I just want to join the club and be accepted. :) (Do people still use emoticons? Post a response; let me know.)

This first blog must be mostly negative due to the events that happened this weekend. Savvy decided to see if the stove really does get hot. Result? A trip to Conway Regional ER and two bandaged hands. After having to deal with the very bad pain for almost three hours, she got treatment and the pain subsided. She hasn't shed a tear in over 24 hours. She is a remarkable little girl.

The diagnosis was second-degree burns and a need for topical anticeptic and Tylenol laced with codeine. I think the codeine worked a little too well. After all the trauma, she sat in the backseat returning from the hospital and boxed mommy with her new "gloves."

The big challenge has been her not being able to use her fingers because of the bandages. She has had to resort to holding things by placing them between both hands. Eating requires assistance every time. This reminds me of about a year or so ago when we had to feed her all her meals because she was still learning to eat.

On a more pleasant note, we spent yesterday morning at a birthday party at the new Jump Zone by Wal-Mart. That was a blast. Their giant inflatables where awesome! Savvy and I rode all of them. She even rode the huge pirate ship slide (about 15 feet long) by herself...twice!