Today Haley and I are celebrating eight wonderful years of marriage. The time has flown by and the Lord has been very good to us, but things have not always turned out the way we imagined they would. Then again, what should we expect after our wedding day!
It seems every year on our anniversary we reflect upon the fact that at this point on our wedding day i was headed to the emergency room suffering from severe dehydration. So this morning i showed Haley a youtube video and remarked, "Hey it could have been worse!":
So the Presleys have had quite an eventful week to say the least! Thursday Isla had her first injury-causesd doctor visit. She poked herself in the eye and scratched her cornea. As would be expected, it was quite the dramatic event! The doctor put dye in her eye to make the scratch show up and she (surprisingly) did amazing!
Here she is post doctor visit - the picture is a little blurry, but you can see the green spot in her eye where the scratch is. Pretty big scratch! The stuff on her face is the dye. It kept washing out and running everywhere - gross!
First prescription. Some antibiotic eye drops to prevent infection. She was pretty pitiful for the rest of the day, but woke up all happy and puffy eye free the next morning.
So that was Thursday, on I went to get the mail and Isla locked me out of the house!
You see, our mail comes in through a mail drop in our front door, so I don't have to actually go outside to get the mail. BUT we have a double front door - there is the very front one, then immediately following is a second door. Now you have to have a key to open both of these doors - when you shut them they immediately lock behind you. So as I was picking up the mail,I heard a 'click'. I turned around to see the 'second' front door closed behind me.
I was left in no-man's-land with no key - did I mention Isla was on the OTHER side of the door, locked IN the house while I was OUT of the house!!! I freaked out, ran to our neighbors to call Stephen but he didn't answer, so I ran back to check on Isla who was hysterically crying at the door. This actually made me feel a little better since I knew she wasn't just roaming free in the house getting into or climbing onto who knows what. So I tried to calm her down for a bit, then ran back to the neighbor's and used their computer to email Stephen (yes - it was more successful to email than to call).
I then returned to the front door and started singing to Isla in hopes of calming her. It did actually work a little. Her crying went from hysterical, to just a normal upset cry. We sang until Stephen got home with a key and thankfully got back inside with no physical injuries and no major emotional damage! Praise the Lord Isla stayed at the door with me or else I would have had to break a window to get in and get her!
My mind kept racing through all the ways she could hurt herself left unattended, but she stayed right by the door and was just a very relieved little girl when we finally got to her! Don't worry, I will for sure be keeping one foot inside the door from now on when I get the mail!!
So, why would I name this post 'One little monkey...'?? Well, in order to calm any fears for Isla's general health after her eventful week, I leave you with this video taken last night - after all the drama had calmed.
Happy birthday to our little girl! Yes - believe it or not, Isla is one today. We had a fun-filled birthday weekend starting off with a trip to the Edinburgh Zoo. Isla LOVED seeing all the animals! She was exhausted by 1:30 when we left to head home! We decided that many more trips to the zoo are a must for the near future! We also went on a hike Sunday in the nearby Tentsmuir Forest and she had a blast 'hiking' through the forest and singing songs as we walked. Today, we went to the St. Andrews Aquarium. To say Isla liked the fish is an understatement for sure! She LURVED them :) It was so much fun to see her so excited and having a great time. I tell ya, watching this little girl grow up is just about the greatest joy I've ever received. I've posted a few pics of the zoo for now. Soon I'll get some pics (and video!) of our hike and aquarium trips posted, but this mama has to get to bed for now :)
So it hardly ever snows in St. Andrews and yesterday we got about 3 inches!! Well, in my estimate at least, who know how much it really was! But nevertheless it was alot! Although we were tempted to hunker down all day, we had to venture out just because it was possibly the only time we will have this much snow while we live here! First we foolishly headed out with the 'normal' stroller, but it couldn't handle the deep snow. I kept getting stuck!
So, we had to call in the jogger to trudge the deep snow! It worked like a charm.
Isla was nice and warm bundled and protected from the cold and snow.
Today Haley and I are celebrating eight wonderful years of marriage. The time has flown by and the Lord has been very good to us, but things have not always turned out the way we imagined they would. Then again, what should we expect after our wedding day! 
