Precious John

John gave us a bit of a scare this past Monday.  Or rather, a gigantic scare.  We were at the pool, packing up our things and getting ready to leave, when John choked on a chip--of all things.  And I don't mean a little bit of coughing, I mean, unconscious, blue face, Jessica Harman and I screaming at the top of our lungs to get the lifeguards attention.  Seriously, I was out of my mind with fear, and I am guessing I was quite the spectacle--at the moment that Jessica handed an unconscious John to the lifeguards, I fell to my knees on the pool concrete, still screaming help me.  Now that the moment has passed, I look back and laugh, because I wonder if those lifeguards were thinking, "lady, we're trying to help you."  Those lifeguards were on top of it, though, and they saved his life.  I mean, literally, they saved his life.  I will be forever grateful to them.    They did the Heimlich maneuver on him, and, as you might imagine, I have now googled Heimlich maneuver and memorized the steps.  I encourage you to memorize the steps as well, because apparently kids don't only choke on the normal choking hazard type foods.  They also choke on tostito scoops.  

And I am now attempting to not be an overprotective mother, all while being very over protective on the inside.  I am fighting a few irrational fears, and currently John is not allowed to eat chips, which are, ironically, his favorite food in all the world.

Ada is also having a hard time moving past the entire thing, and she is having a harder time reasoning away her fears.  She, like me, has that permanent image of an unconscious John burned in her brain, and night time has been a struggle.  We all prayed and prayed last night, though, and she was able to fall asleep like normal--the previous two nights she had fallen asleep on the love seat, with Scott and me in clear view.  I had been compassionate the first night, a little less so the second night, and last night I was ready to enforce the normal bed time routine, but it turned out to not be a problem--praise the Lord!!!

So, we are, indeed, hugging John a little tighter these days and thanking God for his protection!!!!

And now a few pictures of our oh-so-tacky summer fun.  What can I say, we were desperate to beat the heat but also desperate to be out of the house...