Front Porch Face Plant

I managed to close out 2007 with a nice face plant on our front porch. I had run outside to start the car, and slid on Jeff's slippers (bad choice #1). As I jogged back up the steps, I realized I was cold so I tried to make my short trip a little shorter by leaping up the steps (bad choice #2). As I caught my slipper (2 sizes too big) on the first step, I slowly fell to my knees and with all my forward momentum, continued to my elbows...where I assumed I would stop. However, and much to my dismay, with my extra load up front, I slowly continued forward on our main step and managed to catch myself with my lips on the cold, wet concrete! It was a strange and surreal feeling as I realized what was happening and then realized I quickly needed to get myself up and prepare to call the dentist to re-attach my front teeth. I calmly got up, went in the house and instantly called Jeff. As I was explaining what happened, I went into the bathroom to examine the damange. Thankfully, my teeth were still attached and un-harmed. My lip, on the other hand, did not have as much luck. At this point, Baby Girl had realized something was up and was very concerned as to my well being and was certain that her kiss could heal all damage to my face! See below for the beautiful pictures!!! EEEWWWWW!!!!



To add more humor to the story, I was heading out the door to meet my friend at the mall. After I cleaned the dirt off my face (but not out of my teeth), I jumped in the car and headed on. I carried a small bag of ice and we went about life as usual. I could tell my face was swollen as did EVERYONE around me! The stares of the passer byers were priceless!!! "What happened to that poor pregnant girl's face?" One woman even had the guts to whisper to my friend (thinking I could not hear her) "What happened to her???". This happened before I had a chance to look in the mirror and realize my lip had tripled in size since leaving my house...well, no wonder people were staring!!!
Jeff got home that evening. I had been laying in bed all afternoon and hadn't given thought to dinner. I asked him if he would like to go out to eat, at which time I was greeted with a forced smile, staring at my lip, and a "sure"...followed by "we could order in"!!! Can you believe it, the man didn't want to be seen in public with me!! It was humorous, but still stung a little!!! :)
So, this is how I closed out 2007! For those of you wondering, my face protected anything from happening to my ever growing beach ball attached to the front of my body!!