What an Easter weekend! Not one we will be looking to repeat anytime soon. First, on the way to Julie's parents' house on Saturday afternoon, we were rear-ended coming off an offramp in New Hampshire. I surprised myself with how angrily I reacted - the paternal instinct was in full swing, especially when the other driver tried to minimize the extent of the accident, saying that she had just tapped me. There was not a lot of damage to my car, but the impact shook up Jocelyn pretty good, and I yelled at the other driver. Not my finest moment, for sure. We then spent 3-1/2 hours in the emergency room at Exeter Hospital getting the Peanut checked out. It turns out that she is (and we are) fine, but we would have felt terrible if we didn't have her checked out and something cropped up later.
Then on Sunday morning after church, I had just changed Jocelyn's diaper and was carrying her down the back narrow stairs in Julie's parents' house in my stocking feet when (you can see where this is going) I took quite a fall down the stairs. Once again the paternal instinct was in full swing and I did everything I could to keep her upright even as my legs went out from underneath me. It ended up being more scary than anything else, but I wrenched my ankle pretty good and Jocelyn once again got a pretty good fright and started crying. Not good times.
I'm guessing Jocelyn was glad to get home to her safe and comfortable environment last night! I am too. I don't feel like I did the best job taking care of my little cub this weekend. :)
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