We got to Gallatin about 12:30 and spent the afternoon playing out side with the kids. They have a huge backyard with a swing set and a trampoline. The girls thought they were in heaven. We pulled out the sprinklers for some water play...it was so hot and humid there. And the kids were smart enough to put the sprinkler on top of the slide to make it a water slide. After sliding off a slick slide a few times, Kelsey was scared to go down again, so Holland stood at the bottom of the slide to catch her. And when Kelsey got to the bottom, her lip found Holland's tooth. After they all came running to the house with Kelsey and her bloody face, we decided to take Kelsey to the ER in case it needed a stitch or two. We got there and waited for hours it seemed. They finally got us in to a room by 8:30 and then we waited some more for the doctor. Once he saw the cut, he said we had 2 options. We could opt for a dermabond cover with a steri strip to keep it closed or we could opt for stitches...probably 2 or 3. The dermabond would heal it, but the scar would be noticable for awhile until it faded over time. The stitches would leave less of a scar at the beginning, but would probably fade to be about the same kind of scar with the dermabond. We opted for the dermabond because we figured the emotional scars would far outlast the physical ones if we had to lay on top of our daughter swaddled in a blanket and hold her face completely still for them to put in 2 or 3 stitches in her face after having 2 big shots of stinging Novocaine to "help" with the pain. So...for now she is "glued" up and doing well. The band-aid and the dermabond are just starting to peel away from her face, so we should see her pretty smile real soon. After our night in the ER, we got home, put the kids to bed and hung out for a little while.
On Saturday, we went to the Nashville Zoo and had fun with the kids while Eisha was in class. We ended up at her school to pick her up for dinner. We headed to the Grand Ole Opry and Opry Mills Outlets to eat at Rainforest Cafe. None of us had ever been there, so I was glad to take the kids. The food was great and we all enjoyed the "atmosphere" around us...even the noisy animals and the rumbling of the storms. After that we headed home to put the kids down so we could hang out some more. And after a day at the zoo and a yummy dinner, we didn't last very long.
We got up this morning and packed it up to come home. The girls were quite sad and cried in the car for the first 30 minutes of the trip. They can't understand why Holland and Taylor had to move away. I'm sure we'll be talking about moving to Tennessee in the near future and how that is not an option for us.
Thanks White family for a great weekend!!! Can't wait to see you in October!!!
Kelsey and her boo-boo at the Sumner County ER.
At the zoo.
The Grand Ole Opry House - Carrie Underwood was performing there that night.
The Volcano Dessert at Rainforest Cafe.
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