The month of October brings us to Taryn's birthday. This year Tyler's parents drove down to be with us to help celebrate. The girls were so excited to have Grandpa and Grandma come visit. They kept asking if they'd be staying until Halloween. Sadly, they couldn't stay that long, but with the Columbus Day holiday right before Taryn's birthday, at least we had a long weekend. Tyler had Columbus Day off from work, but the kids were still in school, but we took them out a little early so we could celebrate all together.
We spent the afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese so the girls could play some games. Then we ate dinner at IHOP since pancakes are one of the few foods that Taryn will eat. With Abby's school choir concert, and Tyler's scouts happening on Taryn's actual birthday, we weren't sure if Taryn would get a birthday cake on her actual birthday, so we took our candle and let her blow it out on her chocolate funny face pancake. It took her a few tries, but she quickly figured out how to blow out the candle.
Taryn and I took Grandma and Grandpa to the school on Taryn's birthday to have lunch with each of the girls. After school was over, we had quick pizza dinner and let Taryn open her presents. She got some awesome gifts, like a Sofia LeapPad with games, an Elsa and Anna blanket, new shoes, a baby doll, and a Wheels on the Bus game. She also got to play one of her favorite games with Dad - Minnie Mouse Memory.
I went ahead and decided she needed an actual birthday cake, so I found a recipe for rainbow cake and made a small cake with cupcakes. It was quite involved in dividing the batter and adding the food coloring. I'm glad they turned out as well as they did, but I probably won't make it again!
The time went by too quickly, but we enjoyed having Grandma and Grandpa with us while they were here.
I grabbed one picture of all four girls before church one Sunday, so I thought I'd include that here.
And finally, since it's a post about Taryn, I'm including our incident with a head wound. Taryn fell backwards on our dining room chair and cut the back of her head. I didn't know it was a cut until after seeing blood drops on her back. It was hidden in her hair. After picking up the girls from school and Tyler coming home from work early, we decided to call the doctor's office. After they said they could see her and any stitches or staples necessary could be administered there (we didn't want to have to go there and be sent to an urgent care or somewhere else) we decided to take her in. She did indeed need staples, but she was not happy about it. She didn't want anyone to touch it (obviously) and she did not like getting it cleaned either. It took the doctor, three nurses, and me to hold her down long enough for the doctor to put in three staples. And because they administer numbing medicine through a needle, they said it would be the same number of pokes anyway, so they just stapled her head without any numbing beforehand. It was not fun for her or me, but it was over in a matter of seconds and then she was fine. Actually, she was fine after we left the office because right after she got the staples, she was so upset that it made her cough and when Taryn cries, is upset, and coughs, more often than not, she throws up. So she did throw up a couple times while the doctor was making sure everything was okay, but by the time we were in the car and on the way home, then she was fine. Here's the picture I took after she got the staples. Right in the center of her head, you can see the little silver strips.
We spent the rest of the weekend referencing the staples and basically doing everything for Taryn. If someone asked why about anything like why Taryn got something they didn't or why we were going to a specific place, the answer was always, "because Taryn has staples in her head!" Taryn also had no problem telling anyone who talked to her over the next couple days, "I have staples in my head." It was pretty cute. Grandma and Grandpa Black sent a fruit bouquet as a get well gift, which the girls enjoyed eating. They loved the "fruit wands."
She had the staples in her head for one week. They were removed Halloween morning. It reminded me of when Tessa broke her leg like 6 years ago. She got her cast on the day before Halloween. Apparently that holiday is surrounded by accidents for this family.
We're glad Taryn's okay and as traumatic as it was at the time, she has made a full recovery. We love our three year old little girl. She's happy, helpful, and loves following her sisters around and doing whatever they are doing. She can quote full conversations from multiple movies. Her favorites being Frozen and Sherman and Mr. Peabody. She loves to sing and record herself on my phone and/or iPad. She's definitely not a baby anymore. We love her so much. Happy Birthday Taryn!
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