Boys will be boys

This has just not been Elliot's week. First his burn on Sunday. Then somehow the nail on his big toe came off. And then yesterday he had a run in with sidewalk.....and the sidewalk came out victorious :(

I can't get him to stop running. He runs. He runs everywhere. He runs ALL the time. And yesterday was no different. He was running down the sidewalk when he tripped and did a face plant. He scraped his knees. And his face. AND he has a pretty nice bump on his head. He looks better today but last night it was awful!

Luckily the tears didn't last for too long. It helps when you have 4 adults attending to your every wish. He got some ice for his head, lots of kisses and he even got to watch a movie. At least until he got bored and was up running again....yikes!


And here's an updated pic of his burn

Disclaimer: We may not be spectacularly amazing parents, but I SWEAR we are not neglectful, awful parents.....we are just parents to a particularly busy, curious, and fearless boy.

It's official...

I started my first quilt today. I'm super duper excited about it! Does that make me a nerd? Hopefully it doesn't take TOO long to finish in the midst of all the other projects I have going on at the moment, and my children that tend to get cranky when I'm finally wanting to do something fun for myself. Oh well, we'll see.

Side note: Elliot totally head-butted me in the nose today! Now that is something I would definitely expect from Evie, because kids at HER age do that. I remember when Elliot was that age and that happening all the time. And you can't really get mad at them because they are still little and don't really know. But no, Elliot KNEW what he was doing. He did it on purpose! AND he laughed about it afterward.....until he saw me crying of course. Then he kissed it better and gave me a hug. It hurt, but I guess kisses really do make booboos better :)

Bath Time Fun!

So, I believe I have sufficiently gotten over myself since yesterday's debacle. Now I'm ready to share some pictures from Elliot and Evie's first bath with each other. I'm sure they will bathe together occasionally, but not into their teens or anything weird like that. For now, I thought they were pretty cute having fun in the bath together :)

And the Mother of the Year Award goes to........

So today was just one of those days, and look what we have to show for it. Don't worry, it's not a cast, there are no broken bones. But we do have a pretty good burn that stretches the full length of that bandage :(

Let me back up a little......

This morning we were in a bit of a hurry. Yeah, it's Sunday, and Sundays are always a little chaotic. But today was a little more hectic than usual. We had a missionary "farewell" (I know that's not what they really are anymore) to go to, and we were supposed to pick up Ashley and her friend Sharon on the way. So I got up and started getting ready while BJ and the kids slept a little longer. By the time they were up, we only had about thirty minutes to finish getting ready. So BJ put the kids in the bath (their first bath together and the pictures are really cute....I'll post them when I'm done feeling sorry for myself) and I went to iron my skirt. When I was done, I unplugged the iron and put it up on the counter, safely out of the way, or so I thought. Then I went about my business of trying to get things ready to go.

While I was madly trying to gather the massive amounts of toys, books and snacks that are required to keep two kids reverent (or at the very least....quiet) during church, Elliot spotted a step stool left too close to the counter and an egg timer which must have been calling very enticing things out to him. I barely saw him out of the corner of my eye and briefly said "Elliot get down, and stay out of things that aren't yours!" while shuffling around for the fruit snacks. I forgot all about the hot iron that was mere inches away from where he was playing. That is, UNTIL I heard the screaming. Yep, that's right, his hand met the iron and the iron did NOT make a good first impression.

The burn was pretty bad and I was worried we would need to take him to the doctor. But after some burn ointment, an awesome and slightly over the top bandaging job, and a few silent prayers in his mommy's heart.....it looks like he's going to be okay. Phew!

Needless to say, the stool is no longer by the counter, the iron will not be left out any more, and we were a lot later (but still miraculously on time) to church than we intended to be. Sorry Ash for not making it to pick you up, but thank you mom for dropping her off!

On the positive side.....Elliot's jammies are not lying....he is, in fact AWESOME!

Wait, what?

So, ummm, yeah.....several evenings over the past week or so I've had something so hilarious that I knew I should write down. But, no, I have an AMAZING memory and instead decided to "just remember" and write it down later. So here I am now, which is in fact the "later" that I just referred to, and I can't remember a darn thing. Yikes! That'll teach me!

Since I can't remember the funnier things of the week, I will bore you with some of the more mundane details.

I'm trying to potty train Elliot. It's.........fun. Not going so well, but I do crack up every time he says he wants to "use the potty train". He REALLY wants some Wall-e "unerwear pants" so hopefully that will help motivate him.

We took Evie in for her six month check up (yeah, it's a month late.....what's your point?) And she is just as healthy as can be. She's only in the 25th percentile, but she's also only 6 lbs lighter than Elliot. She's crawling like a pro and can get in and out of sitting by herself!

We did get to celebrate the anniversary of Elliot coming home from the hospital on saturday. He's officially been in our care for three years! He's our little miracle!

And tomorrow is our fourth wedding anniversary. It seems like it's gone by so fast and that it's been so much longer than that all at the same time!

Now that I'm rambling, I think I'll go relax for a while. Unless, of course, I can remember some of the stuff that I wanted to write. In which case I'll jump right up, come right back, and write it all down......because I've totally learned my lesson. Hopefully that will still apply with how lazy I'm bound to feel in about two seconds :)