Scorpions!!!

Since we have lived in this house we have only encountered two scorpions...which I think is pretty good, it averages out to a little less than one scorpion a year.  So last night I went to a baby shower for a lady in our ward, and two of the sisters in our ward were telling me that both of them just found scorpions in their houses.  One of them was a huge one and the other was a little one but it happened to sting her two year old daughter.  Her daughter is okay, just a painful sting!  So I came home paranoid that there were was going to be a scorpion in our house and I was even more paranoid because Enoch is crawling now and he is all over!!

So last night Enoch got up at around 5:00am, which he generally doesn't do, I think he may be going through a little growing spurt so he is needing a little snack around that time and then goes back to bed.  So I got up with him and got him a bottle and then I went to the back door to let the dogs out...Molly was staring searching for something at the corner of our fireplace right were Enoch's play mat is and highchair...I brushed it off and shoo-ed her out the door to go to the bathroom.  I looked over in that spot and couldn't see anything the first thing that popped into my head was oh no there is a scorpion.  Molly quickly used the bathroom and then hurried back to the sliding door and just sat there staring at that corner, whimpering because she wanted in.  As soon as I let her in she hurried to the corner again.  This time I followed her over there, and she had a little scorpion cornered by the fireplace!!!! Ahhhh!!! My paranoia came true!

There was a little gap between the floor and the baseboard that it went under and only its claw was sticking out, trying to pinch Molly. So I put Molly back outside.  How was I going to get this thing to come out so it can meet the fate of my shoe?? I really don't know why I didn't just go wake up Ryan right then, because truth be told I didn't go get a shoe I am terrified of bugs they freak me out, so I just grabbed a can of Lysol and hoped something great (such as the scorpion dyeing) would happen when I sprayed it under the baseboard.  Nope!  It just looked irritated and moved a little.  So I woke up Ryan. :)  He was thrilled...I stood at our bedroom doorway and said, "babe, wake up!"
Ryan: "Whats wrong?" eyes still closed.
Me:  "There is a scorpion! My fears came true!" (I told him about the scorpions at the houses of the people in our ward.)
Ryan:  "Well what do you want me to do about it?"
Me: "Kill it!"
And he courageously got out of bed ready to bring death upon this scorpion.  And he did! :)  That's one of the many reasons why I love him, he kills bugs for me.  Thankfully Molly saved the day and spotted it.  I don't know how she did but she did!  Now hopefully we wont encounter any more scorpions for atleast another year.  But Im pretty sure that there is a conspiracy underway between scorpions and the members of our ward.  Three of us finding scorpions in our houses all in the same day/night...coincidence?  I think not!