Mom Fright

I had my first almost scared to tears moment involving Hallie today. We went down to Cabela's, a friend of Russell's from way up north wanted to go. Everything was fine until we went to leave. Russell, Sean & I were getting in the elevator since we had Nathan in the cart. Terry and his girls were doing down the escalator. Hallie decided she wanted to go with Terry. So we let her go with him. We get off the elevator to have Terry standing there asking 'is Hallie with you?' I immediatly freaked. I could feel the tears as I just tried to stay calm. I'm thinking where in this million square foot store could my baby be? We all started yelling her name. Russell went running up the escalator and there she stood....in front of the elevators. She told us that she changed her mind about going with Terry and went to get on the elevator with us. But 'the doors closed and we left without her.' She was pretty upset and scared...I was just relieved. It was only a matter of seconds that we didn't know where she was. But, it scared the ever living daylight out of me. I just picked her up and held her. That has got to be the worst feeling in the world...not knowing where your baby is. I held her tight and explained that's why she ALWAYS stays with an adult and why she holds our hand when we tell her to.