Curve Ball

When I was pregnant with Railey, I got a lot of advice about becoming a mommy. How to get her on a schedule, which pediatrician was the best, what kind of diapers to use, etc. It took me a while to figure out that I needed to wake up each day expecting some sort of "curve ball" to be thrown my way. Needless to say, now that I plan on things to come up on a daily basis, I am a much more sane person!!!

This week was no exception. Paul is on week two of being on tour (he will get back in two more weeks) and on Thursday night we got a call that his Grandmother had a very serious heart attack. Paul was obviously very upset that he was stuck on the West Coast so I decided that Railey and I would take a detour and drive to Charlotte to see Grandmother before going to Murphy's 2nd birthday party in Rutherfordton,NC. On the way up, Paul suggested that I prepare Railey for our trip to the hospital. The only thing that I knew to expect was that Grandmother was barely awake and that she had an oxygen mask. I only told Railey three things:

• Grandmother had a mask over her face to help her breathe
• We had to use our inside voice at the hospital
• Don't touch ANYTHING at the hospital

I bet you can guess which one Railey kept on repeating....don't touch anything. We got to the hospital and Grandmother was completely awake (despite morphine) and she was very excited to see me and Railey. Railey was a complete dream at the hospital...although a little bit shy. After visiting for 1 1/2 hours we were on our way to drive for another 1 1/2 hours to Ashley and Jimmy's house.

Our sweet Railey was a DREAM the entire trip. Now I am crossing my fingers that Grandmother will continue to show improvement so Paul can go up and see her when he gets back from his trip.