Happy Birthday Sweet Baby Girl

Dallas turned TWO today. We actually celebrated it two weeks ago at McDonald's Playland. So she and I just chilled at home today. John is out of town. We started celebrating her birthday at midnight in the Emergency Room while waiting for a CT of her head!!! My brother and I were taking her the eat Chinese food when she decided to try and go out the back door and down the steps by herself. Plunk, Plunk, Plunk , Plunk, SPLAT and then lots of crying. She had a big old knot coming out her forehead in the same spot that she had one in China. For those not familiar with her "Gotcha Day", they handed her to us with a big old goose egg on her forehead. It looked horrible and took about a month to go away. They claimed she got it while trying to walk, but Dallas couldn't sit unassisted or even roll over the day we got her. So, my brother and I took her to the local children's hospital and didn't leave until about 7 hours later!!! The doctor wanted to do a CT scan because of her history of head injury. Try to do a CT scan on a sleepy baby at midnight. Not gonna happen. So I layed her on the table and climbed right up there with her and layed on top of her and held her still!!! Dallas and I went through the CT scanner together head first. It was hilarious. I didn't know what to do so I started singing to her(not loud enough for the technician to hear how bad I sang). Shana, I sang the La Lechuza song to her and it worked because she stopped crying!!! It was the only song I knew the words to. Then I told her they were taking pictures of her pretty head and she gave me a big old smile. I don't think I will ever forget that night for the rest of my life. Right after that it was midnight and I sang Happy Birthday to my dear precious Pumpkin Pie, Sweet Pea, Silly Kitty. Good news is nothing horrible showed up on the CT. I just have to watch her. We didn't get to bed until 2:30 this morning and yes, she is sleeping with me this weekend. The knot is already going down thank God. I will wait until later next week to take her two year pictures though!!! We will celebrate her birthday again tomorrow(Sunday) with my parents, brother and nephew. Happy Birthday Dallas. We love you so very much.


"This was taken two days after Gotcha Day and the knot is still horrible looking"


"These two were taken supposedly on her first birthday at the orphange"


"One of my new favorite pictures of Dallas"


"My new favorite picture of Dallas"