Ten Months Old!

Today Craig is 10 months old! My goodness can it possibly have been that long? He's the joy of our lives and such a character that he keeps us laughing all day.


Unfortunately he decided to celebrate the occasion by getting his first real injury.

He was playing by a box and all of a sudden he sat down/fell and his head kind of flew back and hit the counter. I saw him fall and he looked more startled than hurt but I went to check on him anyways. By they time I got there he was screaming and I couldn't comfort him. Then to my horror blood started to run out of his mouth!

It was such a horrible feeling and so helpless. Grandpa was here to help but between the both of us we still weren't making any progress. He wouldn't let me see what had happened in there, and he was rubbing it so I couldn't tell where it was coming from anyways. It seemed that the more I would wipe away the faster it would come out.

I don't know why but I thought that I should give him a bottle and maybe that would calm him down. So I quickly made one and grandpa cuddled him in. He latched onto that bottle with a vengeance and wouldn't let go for anything. Grandpa (my dad) gave him to me and I went and sat down with him. Within 30 seconds he was sound a sleep still chugging away at his bottle.

When the bottle was empty he was still going at it so I had to pry it away (a surprisingly hard task!) from his unwilling grasp. But he was so soundly asleep then that I was able to look around in his mouth and since I was unable to find any apparent sign of harm and the bleeding had completely stopped I decided that he would probably live.

I think that he hit his mouth on the corner of the box when he fell and must have pinched something. But he's fine now and happily playing. I don't know how I'm going to survive the next 15 or 20 years because I know that this is just the beginning of a long series of unfortunate events.

On the bright side we got our fridge today! Our kitchen is now complete! It was kind of sad though when I put all of our food in it and it filled up half the door! I promptly went shopping and the problem was solved but it made me smile, this has been a crazy month and I guess we just haven't had the time to do everything.

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Baby Steps

On mothers day Craig decided to take his first steps. It was a wonderful gift for me! And although he's a sturdy little stander he's only been toying with the idea of taking off and walking. He gets so excited to go somewhere that he starts going and won't slow down. These are a few glimpses of the fun little proccess.


"Are you sure this is safe mom?"


"This is tricky!"



"That was a lot of work! Now I'm going to lay here and sing."

He's actually walked halfway accross our livingroom now but of course I wasn't able to catch that on film. It's so fun how these little successes and "baby steps" are such a rewarding thing to me. I love being a mommy.

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Grandpa's Diapers

This was just too funny! This is what happens when you take your son to grandma and grandpa's and forget to give them the diaper bag too! K.C. and I had some shopping to do so my parents said they'd babysit. We were almost ready to come get him when they called and said he had a stinky diaper. We told them we'd be there soon and they said that they would figure out something to make do with till we got there. And this is what it was...



Then once he saw one of his real diapers he flopped over on his back and started pulling on it like "Mom! take this off"


I guess I wasn't fast enough because he grabbed one and held it up to show me what I obviously wasn't getting.



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Our Home

We are finally living in our new home! What a blessing to be out of the motorhome now that the sweltering days have returned. We would have been little puddles of people had we not been able to make the switch.


We are still unpacking and getting settled but everything is falling into place nicely. When we are moved in completely I will put some before and after shots up so that you can see the difference. But here's a little preview.




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A fresh start

with all my good intentions to build a family website it just always got pushed to the bottom of the "to do" list. I may still do one but for now I will venture into the new world of "blogging." Here goes!

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