So as if we weren't busy enough with trying to get ready for baby to come, Aaron's final's, my job, preparing to apply for schools for Aaron, and I could probably go on and on... we got in a car accident on Saturday night... and now we are on the hunt for a car. So here is how it all went down...
We were driving home and it was like 9:50 pm and we decided that we needed to get some Chipotle for dinner since we hadn't eaten in a while. So we are completely stopped at a red arrow behind this big red Nissan truck. When the arrow turned green naturally we started to drive through the light when suddenly the red truck slams his brakes on before even getting out of the intersection. Why, you ask?!! Because his 4 year old son who was not in a child safety seat nor in a seatbelt decided that he would open the front passenger door while the man was driving so he slammed his brakes on to reach over and grab his child and bammm... we went right into the back of him. Lucky for him there was no damage whatsoever to his truck since it was so tall and since we were only driving like 5 miles an hour... but sadly for us... I pretty much totalled Aaron's car. I even braked... but the antilock braking skid just a little too far and we were done for. Everybody was okay... we seriously barely hit them i guess, cause everyone was just fine... but I was a little shaken up... having a 6 1/2 month old baby growing inside of me and not knowing if she was injured! The paramedics were right there since they had been eating at Chipotle and quickly checked for the baby's heartbeat and my blood pressure and said everything looked fine... so I didn't go to the hospital. When the police officer showed up, the man we hit decided that since he was a paramedic that he would tell the officer what happened and that things would be totally cool... so as he explained that he slowed down to brake and then reached over to grab his child and then we rear ended him... you could tell the cop didn't believe him. He asked the little boy what happened and he yelled out, "I opened the door!" The officer said, "Don't you love kids honesty?!" and preceded to ask the boy how old he was to which the boy replied "four" and then the officer pretty much scolded the driver because the child was too young and small to not be in a carseat! It was pretty sweet. Nevada law states that if you hit a car from behind it is your fault no matter what, but the police officer knew this had not been our fault, so we didn't get a ticket! We seriously feel so blessed! Now since Aaron only had liability insurance... we need to buy a new car cause we are not gonna spend thousands to fix up the other one. I still feel blessed... nobody was hurt... the other car wasn't damaged at all... the 4 year old will hopefully be in a carseat from now on... and the babygirl in my belly is just fine! Life is good.
Oh yeah and then I went to the hospital yesterday just to get checked out since I had lower abdomen pain after the accident on Saturday night... and I found out that I have Uterine Irritability... which i guess is a precursor to contractions, which could cause preterm labor, so I had to get an IV in my arm and a shot in my other arm and had to be monitored for a few hours yesterday at Valley hospital. They said it could have been a result of the accident or simply doing too much or being dehydrated... so I am thinking it was probably a combination of things!! Everything was fine though... and it was pretty sweet since I got to hear my little baby girls heart beating for so long...
In my short stay at the hospital... I even had a couple visitors... thanks Aaron and Noelle... love you guys! I wish I had pictures!