~Kelli's Teeth~

Is that a face or what? that's my Dolly, Kelli when

she was 3 half. It says on the back, December of '87.

Kelli was learning to walk and we were all in my living

room.. Kimmie, Kellis mom was standing there and I

was sitting on the couch.. the coffee table was in front

of me.. A guy that worked for me, Julio was there talking

to Kimmie.. Kelli kinda tottered away from by her mom

and started towards the coffee table..She stumbled and

started to fall towards it and hit the edge. She was too far

away from me to grab her and her mom too.. The only one

close enough was Julio.. He hesitated before he made a

grab for her, when he did reach out it was too late...

Kelli hit the table and started to scream of course, as she

went to the floor.. Kimmie went totally ballistic and yelled

at Julio "WHY didn't you catch her! you SAW she was

falling!!" she was hysterical.. Kelli was screaming and blood

poured out of this babys mouth.. I grabbed Kelli to check

what the damage was and saw the 2 teeth were gone.. I

KNOW I turned white.. I said "Her TEETH! The 2 front

were gone.!"..

Kimmie dropped to her knees searching the floor the whole

time screaming at Julio, "how could you NOT stop her Julio!!"

All Julio said was "Kimmie, I didn't think she would hit it and

just fall on the floor and be ok.. Look at my hands," as he

held them out for her to see they were covered in grease

from working on his truck. "If I had grabbed her and got

grease on her and she not gotten hurt you would have

yelled then too!" I told them both to quit fighting and that

we needed to take Kelli to the emergency room.. we did.

I drove and Kimmie held Kelli, both of them were just sobbing

hysterically... Kimmie was so upset.. We got into the ER and

they took her in right away .. They had to wrap Kelli up and then

one of us had to hold her down while the Dr pushed her 2

teeth, that Kimmie found on the floor, back into Kellis mouth..

Kimmie was so upset she just couldn't go in there and watch

the Dr do that to Kelli, I told her to sit and I would go in

and help to hold Kelli. It was awful to see them shove those

teeth back in.. Kelli would scream and shake her head just

As soon as he did she spit them right back out.. They just

refused to stay in.. Until Kelli got her permanent teeth she

looked just like that photo... I don't know who was more upset

me or Kimmie or Kelli.. Once the pain stopped Kelli was ok..
Kimmie cried for days.. Me, I knew theyd come back so I

wasn't worried... Julio... he felt really bad that he didn't stop

her fall.. but its just life and times of growing up :-) She

has the most beautiful teeth now.. perfect and straight.. But

braces helped... Shes a dolly.. then and now... Kelli says that

is NOT her favorite photo.. its one of mine though :-D....

Penny came today, right on time and we are all clean and set for

a few days. We've been pretty good shes not had to do alot. I

told her about the conversation with Laima and shes hoping that

she will get a few more hours.. I do too... She puts in extras

but never gets overtime. Dutch was mean to her today for some

reason and has just been sticking to me like glue. LB has been

following Penny around lately.. I know when Laima was here,

neither of them even went up to her. Which for Dutch that's

not usual behavior.. I don't know what his problem is.. They are

both a year older as of August.. LB is 6 now and Dutch is 5.

Kids grow so fast.. :-)

Well I have a Carmel ice cream Sunday in my freezer that

Penny got for me today from DQ when she got my icee.. I

like them once in a while.. And I know when the mail gets

here I will have something good as I am due to get my

next netflix today. I dunno what it is, don't matter I'm

gonna watch it... but I cant do that till I write my

GORGEOUS WEEBLE "nitey nite"....

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya and THANKS!

Always, Lois ****

"God Bless You" is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend".

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again...