Genetics

I was warned by many, mostly friends in college, to not marry someone as clumsy as myself. And although Eddie and I don't have the same areas of clumsiness, we both are pretty much - Klutz's. Another trait that we both share, more so when we were younger and didn't have work or little kids wearing us out, was excess energy. Got me in alot of trouble when I was younger, and I'm sure Ed will say the same.

That said, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. And so far, we have two cute apples. Take these two cute apples, add GENETICS, and throw in the natural toddler/preschool personalities, and you have some funny, albeit sometimes painful, moments. Unfortunately, Carissa really is klutzy. She is always falling down and bonking her noggin.

(Did I mention we are moving this weekend? This all-Linoleum home isn't very conducive for a family like ours. Hello, cushy carpets!)

Fast forward to Sunday. Since learning to walk, Carissa just wants to go where ever we AREN'T going. Daddy lets her roam the halls during Sunday School and attempts Elder's Quorum... at least until the end of September... when we turn her over to the nursery. Lucky us, poor them :-) Apparently Elder's Quorum was not interesting enough and our sneaky girl bolted from Dad the one millisecond that he looked up.

Wouldn't be so bad, but class is on the stage...

4 feet off the ground...

above the basketball court...

And thus, we ended up in the ER right after church to make sure little Carissa didn't hurt her head too bad, since she puked up the entire contents of her stomach all over Daddy and herself. Don't worry, she was just fine. But she does have a bruise on the back of her head, which she keeps falling and bumping again and again.

What have we done to our kids??