Talah's Room: Crime Scene | Raleigh Children's Photographer

This is what I woke up to this morning. You know when something happens and you aren't expecting it and you're so confused that your mind fills in the blank with explanations? That's what I did. I heard Talah on the monitor saying, "Mommy, look at my toes!" As this is not something she normally says, I decided to go in. I walked in to what honestly looked like it could be a crime scene. Talah stood on her mattress, face and hands covered in red. At first, I thought, "Is she bleeding?!" Then I realized she was standing there smiling, so that wasn't likely. Was someone else bleeding in here? No, of course not. Duh. That takes me back to college when someone had broken into my car. I didn't know what had happened until I sat in the driver's seat and saw wires hanging down where my stereo had been. For a moment, I stared dumbly, wondering if I had somehow left wires hanging out in my car. In this case, it just took a moment for my eyes to wander over to the limp bag of frozen raspberries. It sat crumpled, looking ashamed for what it had been accessory to that morning.

Okay, let me rewind. Last night, I was trying to get Talah in bed and we were going through her whole "routine." I strayed from the routine a tiny bit because my friend Tory was waiting for me in the living room and I felt bad about taking so long. Talah did not appreciate straying from the routine. She got upset and started crying and accidentally walked into the bed and hit her head. I got the bag of frozen raspberries because she wanted something cold on it. I put them on the dresser by the door so I wouldn't forget to take them out of the room. Clearly, I forgot. By the time Talah woke up, they were nice and thawed. And juicy.

Sigh. Well, it looks like it is coming out of the carpet. The sheets and pillow cases are another story and we'll have to see.

By the way, Jacob was a real saint this morning. He was very forgiving when he found out all of this happened because I had left the bag of raspberries in there. I can't say I would have been as understanding if our positions had been reversed. I'm sure I would have questioned him to the death. So thanks.

Sorry for the poor quality of the above picture. I was in a hurry and just went ahead and used on camera flash since it was so dark in the room. I'm not sure if the picture fully shows just how messy everything was.