What Not to Do at the Zoo

Cortney loves volunteering at the zoo. In fact, she can't wait to go and help out. Take this past Saturday for instance.  She was a model for their 'What Not To Do At the Zoo' campaign. Together with their supervisor the group took pictures of what were not the smartest things to do while at the zoo. Once finished with the 'photo shoot' Miss Cort needed to use the restroom so she quickly took off around the corner and jumped the rope about 1 1/2 feet tall and for employees only and... tripped. She was helped up and the park rangers were there within minutes. 

Travis and I were called and told Cortney's surpervisor would be bringing her home (all of this happening in the middle of the afternoon session of conference.  Kinda hard to concentrate when you know something is not right with one of your kids) Twenty minutes later, I recieved another phone call from the Tempe Fire Department saying they wanted Cortney to go straight to the hospital for x-rays. Well, that made me feel SO MUCH better! As quickly and as safely as I could (and for those who know me too well, no I did not drive the black car. I wanted to get there safely, after all) I arrived at the hopsital fifteen minutes before Cort did. If the emergency room was not so busy, the nurses would have got a good laugh at the freaked out mom. She finally arrived.
 And we waited and waited and waited. Finally, after two hours, one of the nurses quietly moved us out of the pediatric waiting room and back to the adult section of the emergency room... in the hall...right next to the ambulence check-in counter. Except for the major trauma patients, we saw everyone that was brought in by ambulence.  It was quite an experience.

And to make this very long story even a little bit shorter, Cortney broke her arm.  Just in time for Choir pictures and our trip to Utah!

The worst part is on the eve of her turning 18 and becoming a independant adult, mommy gets to wash and do her hair, help with make up, and take care of her. Poor thing!