Leaving town...

Well, before the craziness that is school, volleyball, and soccer take over our lives for the next few months we have decided to take one last mini vacation to Kentucky Kingdom this weekend. I am looking forward to a little bit of fun in the sun and some good ole family time!!! Warren and I were talking about the last time we went to KK and what an event it was. It is funny now but at the time not so much... When we went last time the kids ages were Tyler-4 and Emily Klair-2 and we had a ball the second day..the first day however was a little bit stressful. We went with another family and us moms and the kids were going to stay at the water park while the dads went and had a blast riding the rides. Well, we get to the park and the guys being the gentlemen they are agreed to get us settled in before leaving for their fun day, so Warren went to buy swimmer diapers (I forgot ours in the car and we were all to lazy to go back and get them) the older kids were already in the water and the moms went to get there swimsuits on. I pulled out Emmy's swimsuit and told the other dad that when Warren got back here was her suit and that she was staying here...sitting in the chair next to him. Off we went to get our suits on, we get back and there sets Warren and the other dad, the swimsuit still where I left it and NO Emmy Klair. At first I thought they were playing a joke on me..but Warren knew it was not a joke and took off looking for her...we had been gone to the bathroom probably 20 minutes or so by the time we walked there ,waited, changed and walked back. The other mother took off looking for her while me and the other father panicked...we walked in the same small circle over and over and could not get it together. I was told to go tell a lifeguard that this happens all the time and they would radio her description and they would tell us what to do next...I could not move from my spot. It was the most terrified I have ever been. What had happened was she got up to follow us as we walked away and the other dad thought I had changed my mind and was taking her with me, I never knew she had gotten up and was following me, so her little legs did not keep up with us as we walked. So she lost us about halfway and just stood there,(I never heard if she was crying or not and I think it best if I do not know what she was doing/or how scared she probably looked) luckily she is so cute that a teenage girl and her boyfriend saw her just standing there and they watched her. When they realized that she was by herself they picked her up and took her to a security person. I can not express how much love I have for this person that I never met or will never get a chance to thank. Warren finally got to a lifeguard, and we found out that she was in the lost and found at the park. So Warren sprinted(I have not seen him move that fast in a very long time and do not think I have seen it since)and collected our lost item. Our daughter!!! We both know how blessed we are, and it has now become this story that we share and laugh about. From this story we have learned alot though, 1st Always know what your child is wearing (most moms do but dad do not really pay attention when it comes to the detail and they need to in case the mom freezes up like I did..) 2nd When leaving your child with someone other then your spouse make sure that your child really understands what they are to do..and always look behind you as you leave to make sure that they are not following you... 3rd Have a plan for everything...I doubt it would have made a difference in how I acted but I would like to think that it would have...I mean I did nothing but walk in a small circle saying over and over "she is gone she is gone, someone has her, she is gone" crying hysterical and not helping matters at all!! It all turned out ok and we are so blessed that it did, we laugh about it now and talk about it like it was not a big deal but I for one know that day took about 10 years off of my life....so please pray that this weekend is very uneventful!!!!