My Worst Nightmare

My worst nightmare happened today. I think I'm safe in saying this is Mr. N's worst nightmare as well. I was in the backyard with Little M and we were walking all around the yard. My parents have a pool, so whenever we're outside we have to be 100% attentive to Little M. So, we were walking laps around the pool, which is one of Little M's favorite things to do.

It happened so fast! Before I even registered what happened, Little M leaned over (The only thing I can guess is that she was trying to let her baby doll touch the water) and plunged head first in the pool. My heart sank. I was right next to her, but it was one of those moments where a million things happen in a very short period of time. I was shocked as I saw her plunge head first in the water. I was surprised that she sank right to the bottom. Luckily we were on the shallow end. I don't want to think about the other option.... I didn't want to jump in after her...what if I jumped on her and knocked the air out of her! I didn't want to jump a ways away from her and run to her...you really can't move fast in water! I went flat on my belly and reached in and grabbed her foot and pulled her straight up with my one arm until her head came out. The position I was in wasn't the best. I'm not very strong so I didn't have the strength to pull her straight up and out. I pulled her up till her head came out and she had the most fearful look on her face looking right at me. I had to shift my weight to get her out, which involved me letting her head dip slightly back into the water, and then I pulled her out. This all happened very fast.

Second one: She fell in

Second two: I was down on my stomach pulling her out

Second three: She was out and in my arms.

A very tiny bit of water came out of her nose and she coughed and cried, but she was fine. I had to pound on her back a bit to help clear the water. After letting out a tremendous belch she started breathing completely normally and cried a lot. I was horrified, but so grateful I was right there. I remember registering "oh no! She's leaning over the pool!" and then she was in! It was SO FAST! I've heard a million times people say "It happened so fast.", and it really is true. We went inside and took a warm bath and she was fine. Poor baby. Every night I have nightmares about something happening to one of my children and not being fast enough to help them. Those are the only dreams I have. It's awful, and today one of them happened. I'm just so grateful I was there. Parents have to be SO CAREFUL! It's not worth it to not be. Little M's completely fine. Her shoes are probably ruined, but that's nothing. I'm banged up. I think I somehow mildly twisted my ankle in the process and strained a few muscles. My arm and back muscles are aching. I'm also scratched up from the cement. No biggie.

On a lighter note I decided to try trimming my eyebrows and it wasn't successful. One of them looks really good, but I trimmed way too close on the arch of the other one. When Mr. N got home that night I asked him, "So, do my eyebrows look bad?"

It was so funny. He looked at me and said, "Yeah, what did you do to them?!?" It's a good thing I'm not sensitive about thinks like eyebrows! I started laughing and told him the story. Since then my mom taught me to use an eyebrow pencil and you can't tell. Hopefully next time is more successful!