The Goodness of a Sunny Day

Here is Duncan's "mini" garden. The big garden is next door at mom's & is where all the corn, beans, tomatoes, etc are planted. This year Duncan made this cute raised bed and decided to plant a few things.

Baby's 1st...

Fall from the crib.

I tell you this week has been traumatic, first Levi's incident on Monday, then he had a bad play care experience yesterday, and then Alex decided to climb out of his crib.  He would have made it had he decided to NOT let go.

Of course, I wasn't in the room at the time so I can only speculate what he was trying to do. All I know is the loud thud was heart stopping, and I am still traumatized from Monday's experience...therefore I was expecting blood & stitches!

Yes, I overreacted...he was absolutely fine. No blood, no cuts, barely a bruise. Life lesson for little Alex...don't let go!

Mommy needs a calming spa day. Since that isn't in the cards, I will take a calming soak in the tub, with some lighted candles and a glass of wine. Hopefully tomorrow.

Boo-Boo ~

As much as I would like this post to be about the yummy cinnamon rolls & cookies that were baked this weekend, instead I will be writing about my lovely visit to the E.R.

Levi and I were so excited for the Y to open today, as it has been closed for a whole week for facility maintenance. We arrived and I fed Levi a snack, changed into my workout clothes, and then we headed to Adventure Zone for some climbing tube fun.

Soon Levi had to use the restroom. We gathered our items together and headed off to the bathroom. Now, what happened next will most likely be one of the most terrifying moments I, as a mom, will live through. My lovely son fell and slid like a baseball player into the door way of the bathroom.

He hit his head HARD & oh my goodness, blood. I couldn't believe it. My poor little man split his head open! About a 1 inch boo-boo in his hairline, which bled badly. He was so upset, I was upset, there was shaking and worries about head trauma.

It was horrible...just horrible and I truly hope I never have to live through another moment like that again. Anyway - the Y folks were very nice and extremely supportive. They called 911 - the fire department showed up and assessed my baby. Daddy showed up and off to the E.R. we went.

Levi was unbelievably brave, only cried when they had to do the shots for the stitching. 4 lovely stitches later he was good as new. Here I am suffering emotional trauma & he is acting like nothing happened! Little boys are resilient.

My wonderful little boy - I am so happy that he is okay, and so very thankful that it was not any worse.

I love you my little big boy!

A Rainy Saturday ~

I could complain about another rainy weekend...however I won't. Instead I will cherish the time I get to spend inside and outside. So far today I have done the following:

Woke up at 5:45 a.m.

Made coffee.

Started the dryer.

Hitched a ride with Sally to the Swede Day 5k race in Rochester.

Ran the 5k in 27 minutes & some-odd seconds.

Got this sweet ribbon:

After getting home we had breakfast, started some laundry, started the dishwasher...and best of all --- started some homemade cinnamon rolls (more to follow on that later).

Right now I am watching "Taking Chance" and enjoying the quiet. Soon the boys will be awake and noise will commence.

Like I said, I will just cherish the rain today.