One green eye please

I have a funny story to tell you about Monday night. However, this is my third attempt to try and put it on paper but even retelling the story stumps me and my mind goes blank of all the possible words that would clearly give you the feeling that you were there with us. Also I would like to adequately provide you a visual of the facial expressions of EVERYONE involved. Trust me on this one, there is an array of stumped faces in this story in vast degrees of disbelief, for an ever so brief moment we were all speechless. So I must say, in all my days of knowing this would happen, IN PURE IVEY FASHION, this story is one-of-a-kind and darn near IMPOSSIBLE, FREAK OCCURANCE; however, as you all know, only Our Ivey could drum up this one.

So here goes.

Monday night we went to the Rome Braves Game with our three kiddos, Miranda and Wesley and Haley and David. Great game. Braves won.

So we were leaving the game getting on the elevator to take us down to the parking lot of the stadium. Now let me add here before I forget, for all the times I have been frustrated about and with people, this story is one reason I love Rome. We truly live in a GREAT town with good loving people. Thank you!!!

Back to the elevator.

So we are all filing onto the elevator, three couples, Matt pushing the stroller full of Ivey stuff, the boys and me carrying Ivey. The lady running the elevator says, 'Did one of you just loose an earring?' The three girls check their ears, rings and you see everyone kind of look for any something that could have dropped to the floor… nothing…..and then Matt says…

"Ivey's eyes".

There's that brief sssssllllloooooowwwww motion - you already know the answer feeling in the pit of your stomach.

Now we have been waiting for this moment to happen. Eventually, we knew we would loose one. She plucks them out all the time and when I say all the time, I mean it literally. Of course they drop onto the floor, we pick them up, wash them off and put them back in, so when I say "loose it", I mean it in the "I just threw the retainer in the trash" kind of lost. Not our Ivey.

So I pull Ivey from my shoulder and sure enough, right eye is gone. Then there is another brief moment where everyone looks at each other. Now don't forget the lady running the elevator is still sitting on her stool with this look of ""Did he just say EYE"??!!!

Elevator is moving down at this point.

Whatever fell managed to drop in that stinkin' gap where the elevator floor and the building floor don't meet. Now lets all think together – elevator shaft.

So now we all, all of us on the elevator, know it was The Eye. Panic.

The lady running the elevator is still trying to decide if we r.e.a.l.l.y meant the baby's eye.

Now doors open. Poor unsuspecting policeman standing at the elevator for security purposes sees an elevator of adults and three two children with panic stricken faces. Third child is smiling because of her sudden rash of attentive adults. At this point, I am assuming Matt got to the security guy before me, because all I remember is this guy with his little walkie talkie already up to his mouth and a very perplexed look on his face. Within seconds a line of sweat beads pops out on his forehead. Of course now I am in his face with that crazy laugh/giggle that I get when I am trying not to cry, because it really isn't anything to cry about, but seriously … I am saying stressing someone has to go down to the basement and get her eye, because it is her eye…. !!!! He is speechless.

Now can you imagine the guy's face on the other end of the walkie talkie? Eye down elevator shaft???? Hhhmmmm……………….

Now Miranda and Wesley, like us, would never have dreamed this one up, but at least they know things get a little odd and crazy some times. Sorry Haley and David. You just go INITIATED!!! Welcome to our world and we hope you'll go back with us again J
We had fun.

Yesterday as Miranda and I were driving down I-75 heading for the zoo, the call came in. At 8:08 am Matt was at State Mutual Stadium standing with the man who went to the basement, into the elevator shaft to look for one green eye……

And he found it.