The past few weeks have definitely not been top on my list of 'good times'.
My
kids each got sick at varying times, usually at least 2 overlapping
each other... spirits were low, and sleep was in limited supply. Jake
and I were overtired and cranky and the kids just felt junk and it
seemed like everyone's illnesses were going on FOREVER.. in fact, 2.5
weeks later Eden is STILL battling with a congested nose which affects her sleep.
Just when I
thought things were starting to look up, and we started this week fresh
with a mostly healthy family again, things went from bad to worse.
On Tuesday morning, on the way to take Kate to preschool I got into a car accident.
I have no idea what happened, but there we were... wrecked.
Scariest moment of my life, because I had Kate and Eden in the car with me.
I
am sooooo very grateful for their safety, and for their good quality
car seats that they were safely buckled into (and which we are now
replacing because of the accident)
Kate got a big fright, and a
couple little scratches on the sides of her neck where her car seat
straps cut into her, but she bounced right back in no time and was just
fine.
Eden is still rear facing in her infant seat, so she was just
pushed further into her seat, rather than thrown forward. She came out
completely injury free. I'm so relieved.
I took a bit of a jolt on
impact and the airbag deployed on my chest (did you know those things
deploy at 200mph (320km/h)? I didn't until now) so I felt a bit beat up for a
couple days, but I'm already feeling better.
A super scary part of this all though is Luke. I am so very grateful that he was safely at school.
Kate
and Eden's car seats are installed in our car using the latch anchor
system. Luke is also still using a 5 point harness car seat rather than a booster seat (I'm kinda
car seat anal), however there are no anchors in our car in the spot
where his seat goes, so we had to install his seat, the old fashioned seat
belt way, where you thread the seat belt through the back of the car
seat etc.
Unfortunately, for whatever reason the seat belt did not
stay clipped in, on impact...instead it came un-clipped, and pulled right
out of Luke's seat, allowing his seat to be thrown forward, hitting the
seat in front of his. I cringe to think how that might have gone had he
actually been in that seat.
I am a car seat safety fanatic. I
drive Jake crazy because I'm always reminding him that their straps
aren't tight enough or the chest clip isn't in the right position on
their chest, or the head rest needs to be raised higher, etc... so the
fact that his seat was not secure, despite my efforts to ensure their
safety in our car just makes me cringe. I'm just incredibly grateful
that he was at school.
We are all safe and well. What a blessing.
But now we're left with the stress of replacing our family car, and all that goes along with that.
Needless to say, I'm glad this week is almost over, and I'll be relieved when all of this car mess is behind us.
When
I look at the pictures of my car, I honestly feel it was quite
miraculous that aside from a blow to my chest from the air bag and a
sore neck, we came out injury free.
Heavenly Father definitely had a watchful hand over us on Tuesday.
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