Sarah the Banker

A little over two weeks ago on Saturday night our sweet baby girl Sarah was holding 2 pennies and a dime. (yes we know...coins are not for 2 year olds, but she is around tiny objects all the time considering she has two older siblings, and she has held money before with no problem.) So, back to the story. Saturday night she was holding 2 pennies and a dime for over 2 hours. Darrell and I were getting ready for a date and she came to Darrell with a sad face and said "money," in a very pouty voice. Darrell asked "where's your money." Continuing with the pouty voice, she points to her lips and says "mouth." Darrell says "did you put your money in your mouth." Sarah pathetically nods her head yes.

So of course now we wonder what to do. She is not having a difficult time breathing and for goodness sakes we are going on a date!! So we decide she will probably pass the coins in a day or two. All goes well. No incident while we are away from home and she wakes up Sunday morning her normal perky self at 6AM. So I made breakfast...cocoa and toast (a Brimhall tradition that my kids want every morning). Sarah takes one bite and coughs it up. So we attempt another morsel of food and that comes back up too. Well, that must mean something is in the way!!!

So Sunday morning Sarah and I head to the emergency room at Phoenix Children's to get her x-rayed to see if the coins are logged...which of course they are. Six and 1/2 hours later after anesthesia with subsequent coin removal in the operating room she has her coins back. These picture were taken at home after the adventure. She was still very tired and took a nap on our bed. Her throat was swollen and scratchy and so she was snoring...it was cute.

This is now Sarah's favorite thing to say "no money in mouth, just food..." of course it comes out in 2 year old mumble talk, but we understand completely:)