Bad things come in 3's

We have always been pretty lucky with our cars. We bought our hylander in 2009 and it has been such a good car for us. We also got Greg's old Acura a little before H was born and for the most part that car was dependable. However, we just came into a run of bad luck. We already spent $5-600 fixing the alternator a few months ago in Greg's car. (Which its old so we get it) but then it wounding start Monday after he got off work so I had to pick him up. He ended up driving my car until Wedneday. On Wednesday he fixed his car by putting in a new starter. On his way home to come pick us up, so we could get his car, the breaks in our Hylander ciezed up. Thankfully he was by tunex and rolled into there unharmed. They were closed though and now he was stranded without a car. Thankfully my mom picked him up and took him to work to get his 'just fixed car'and he headed home with it. Another blessing is that he made it home safely yet again, but this time when he pulled into the garage I noticed his car was smoking. He opened the car hood and the new starter part was on fire!! Seriously!! He yelled at me to put the kids inside and thankfully we also has purchased a fire extinguisher a few years back for our kitchen. He put the fire out quality and we were super glad the fire was strictly on the new part and didn't spread. We could have had a huge issue people! It could have blown up and taken our house and us with it! I'm so glad the boys love to run out and say Hi to daddy and that I stayed outside fetching D while Greg ran into get something. I don't think we would have caught it in time. 

Well Greg exchanged the part and now the car works perfectly but we just decided we are done throwing money into an older car. So... We bought a Mini Van!! LOL and I'm super happy with it! 

I am not officially a mini van mommy and I don't even care what others think because it's so practical, easy to load kids into, had a TV, the doors open with a button, and the boys LOVE it too!! 

Greg will keep driving our Hylander since its paid off and more dependable. And this beauty is mine to drive around in :)

I call 2 cars breaking in one day a double bed thing but two more bad things happened. The next event was a trip to the ER right at bedtime with our H! He was running around being crazy and tripped and fell into the railing of our stairs. He got a nice little gash in his head which I knew immediately needed stitches based on how deep it was. 

This picture doesn't show it too well because the blood kept pooling I'm the gap. 

Derek was already in bed sleeping because he just started fevering a few hours before this happened. Thankfully Greg's mom and the boys "Nana" came to the rescue and stayed at our Josie with or sleeping boy so we could both be with H at the hospital. 

The hospital was surprisingly the raider part. H was pretty calm the entire ER visit. 

He wouldn't let go of these gross salt water taffys while we were there. They were dirty and had drops of blood on them. We luckily had some cash in the car and bought candy and soda in the  vending machine and this finally gave me the chance to throw away the taffy.

They wrapped his head and put numbing ointment on his head. He allowed the nurse to do this twice without complaint. He was tired and slap happy and we started goofing off while waiting the 40-50 min it takes for the double numbing to take affect. 

We had some fun making silly faces

I got to cuddle H for the most part but I switched out and let Daddy have a turn too!!

It's hard to tell from this picture but the stitches are in!! We didn't need any sedation at all! He was so tired (probably because it was past midnight) and while he laid down I just talked to him about our new Van and he loves it so much, it kept him side tracked for all 5 stitches. 

I'm sure the process of getting the stitches removed will Not go so smoothly. 

Ok.. Well the 3rd negative thing actually started happening before we left for the ER. Remember how I said D was fevering?? Well guess what sickness that was the start of?? Hand, foot, and mouth. And let me tell you... It is horrible. A few days into it H got it too. Poor kids have been miserable with high fevers, blisters, and hives everywhere. I can't woad for this to be over. My kids always seem to pick this stuff up at nursery or play dates. 

Here's to hoping for good things coming our way. 

Though there have been a few bad things.. There is still so much food that comes from bad. 1. We have a new car! 2. I got to see my son be so brave. 3. I got lots of fever cuddles!!