Oh My Heck

The past few weeks have been crazy around here. As if the Christmas season isn't normally crazy in itself. Last week Braeden had an appointment with the EENT who said that he wanted to do tubes to stop the ear infections. I am not thrilled about it but hopefully it will help since he has had 4 ear infections since July. Not only does he want to do tubes but he wanted to get them asap. Braeden is scheduled to go in this Wednesday to have the surgery. It should only be a 5 minute procedure once they get him in there. We were supposed to be taking a trip this week and would not be back until Wednesday so I decided to just come back a day early. Well, that was until the snow storm on Saturday.
Saturday Braeden and I were on our way over to my house after running to the bank and store when we had a little car accident. That morning a few inches of snow had fallen and the roads were pretty slippery, I was only going about 25 miles an hour when I started to slow down for a big turn. Just as I put my foot on the brake my car began to slide off the road towards a telephone pole. There was no stopping the car so I told Braeden to hang on we were going to crash and BANG we stopped. It didn't cause the airbags to come out and we were both fine. It did freak Braeden out for a minute but he wasn't hurt at all. Since the car was still running I decided to try and get out of the ditch. I got the car out of the ditch and got out to check out the front of the car. My bumper was barely hanging on so I tore it off and threw it to the side and drove my car the rest of the way home. My car was making an horrible sound as I drove it home because the plastic from the wheel well was rubbing my tire. Here is how my car looks now....

I think it looks pretty bad but Travis said that I really didn't do that much damage. He just happens to have friends who own a body shop so the car is down there today being patched back together. We aren't trying to make it look new because I was already planning on looking for a new car after I get my income tax. Since I had the accident obviously I now am not able to take the trip to see my grandparents. I am just stuck in the house for a day or two without any transportation. Luckily it should only be a day or two and I already had this time scheduled off.
One other piece of important business......
DANIELLE HAD HER BABY!!!!!!!!

Alexander Donovan Copeland is here! He came a few weeks early but she was expecting that he would. He was born on Dec. 13th and weighed 6lbs 1 oz. He has a little virus so they are still in the hospital but should be home before Christmas. Welcome to the family Alex. Braeden is soooo excited to see you.