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Carrielsy.

I got woken up after midnight by Maggie who told me to help her with Elsy who had a nose bleed. I figured it was another one of those "clean up the sheets" sort of deals but when I saw her, it looked like a scene out of "Carrie". Her face and hands were covered with blood and her sleeves were soaked as well. The sheet had pools of blood the size of her head and Maggie quickly warned me, Don't react! Uh huh.. Hi kid.. uh.. how are you doing? The warning was well timed as I was just about to react. I honestly did not expect this much red from such a small creature, but there we have it. We decided to take her to the hospital, just in case. It was really close, and it was better to be safe than sorry. Long story short, she had a nose bleed and apparently losing this much blood is not out of the ordinary and likely is caused by trauma. We just need to make sure that we pinch her nose if this happens to promote clotting. We will also need to make sure that she

Back seat baby driver.

Elsy has been watching me drive for a while now and has started to comment on my driving style. Well in particular, she has been pointing out times when I only have one hand on the wheel. This happens a lot when you drive stick, but I guess she is not impressed when I rest my hand on the gear shift or anywhere else for more time than necessary. This not only applies to driving the car. She also pointed out my one handed style when pushing her stroller. I do not know how she can tell that I am only using one hand, but she would turn around and tell me, "Two hands daddy! Two hands!" Right, two hands.