October 4th

I am posting this not because it gives me great pleasure to talk about but to journal and be reminded of the events that occurred. On October 4th, 2012 Jeremy and Adlee were involved in a serious car accident. Typically I take Adlee to daycare as it is on my way to work, however, I was home sick and Jeremy took her that morning. Thankfully he was able to call me, but I still freaked out! I was sick and emotional and just the thought of what could have happened just made me sick. They were stopped because a car in front of them was turning. A truck pulling a trailer with a water tank came up behind them and failed to slow down in enough time and rear ended them into the car in front of them, which then sent them back to the truck behind then, which then sent them in to oncoming traffic which they were hit head on by and HHR. They went by ambulance to Carle Hospital Emergency Room where they were treated and released. We are very thankful for many things, firt and foremost, the angels above for looking over then, the fact that Jeremy drives a large vehicle, Adlee's Britax car seat, that they were not hurt seriously, and just everything in general. Adlee had bruises on her legs from her car seat and has talked about the accident and is still a little scared at times to ride in the car. Jeremy had major soreness throughout his body, some scrapes, and what we thought was a fractured foot. He had to wear a boot for a week. He will probably also have to make a chiropractor visit as he is still having some back trouble. He could not get his door open from the impact so he had to take both legs and really use all of his might to push it open. He was in a hurry to get to Adlee and make sure she was ok. She was seated in the middle of his truck as well. We had so many people praying for them, phone calls, text messages, facebook messages. We had people bring over gift cards, balloons, dinners, treats for Adlee. Everyone's care and concern was so generous and we could not thank people enough. It has made us really think about life in general and just to enjoy every minute because you never know when something may happen. One thing we were able to do was actually say Thank you to the President of Britax car seats. Jeremy's sister works for a company in which Britax was one of her clients. She put us in contact with him and Jeremy and I emailed him back and forth. He asked for our family picture which he put on the wall at Britax as well as mentioned us in a company wide meeting. We know it is the law to have children in car seats but the car seat withheld a lot that day and for that we are very thankful.