Michael's First Urgent Care and Jacob is 2 Months Old

Yesterday afternoon Michael crawled into his closet, fell, and sliced his right pointer finger. I heard a little cry when he fell, but he came out of the closet just fine. Less than a minute later I saw a bloody handprint on the carpet and freaked out trying to find where he was hurt! Once I found the cut I called Jim who was on his way home and he came and took Michael to the Urgent Care- I was glad Jim went because I was not looking forward to remembering my experience as a child getting stitches (they had to put me in a straight jacket and that STILL didn't work and I STILL remember them advancing on me with that needle!). Jim called me when they were done at the urgent care and apparently while the cut was cleaned, iodine-disinfected and stitched up (3 of em-a bloody process not to mention the pain)...Michael did not cry once. He just grimaced. I couldn't believe it- I mean, did nobody tell this kid he's supposed to scream like he's going to die? It was like he missed the memo and just dealt with the pain. (or maybe what Nicole puts him through on a regular basis is just as bad)

So the doctor bandaged him up and told Jim not to remove the bandage for 2 days, then replace it and keep it on for 15 days. Not FIVE minutes after we got home Michael grabbed the bandage and threw it across the room! I did NOT enjoy seeing those stitches and painful swelling of his little finger and it was SO hard to hold his finger still...but we eventually replaced the bandage and put a sock over it. THIS was taken off in less time. So now we have the sock taped to his long sleeved shirt. For 15 days, and it can't get wet. I honestly wish they had casted it or something so I wasn't contsantly worried about him getting the thing off. I can only imagine what he would do to himself if he got the bandage off alone! At least it definitely hasn't slowed him down!

Today was Jacob's dr. visit and he's doing great:
9 lbs 14oz (10%)
23.5 in long (75%)
He's started cooing and smiling but won't do it for the camera yet. I'll get a shot as soon as he does :-) He is really strong like Michael, the doctor said he was impressed by how great he was on his tummy. The poor guy got 3 shots-not fun-and is sleeping it all off now. And the best news of all...as of two nights ago, he is SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! 9:30pm to 7am. Life could not be better- seriously!!

Jacob's Baby Blessing

Dad and Daniel visited this weekend for Jacob's baby blessing! Daniel will be leaving in July to his mission in the Ukraine so it was really special for him to be there and also participate in the baby blessing. We went to the zoo with them on Saturday on one of the hottest days of the year! Jacob kept our map :-) and he slept the whole time-an angel baby! (of course that meant he woke up more often that night but it wasn't bad)

This zoo is about an hour away in the middle of nowhere so there is a lot of acreage for the animals. The NC Zoo also has a lot of these metal statues that the kids loved to play with.

One of the most exciting parts of the zoo trip was the CAROUSEL! Nicole and Michael loved it and went three times each-Dad thought Michael was looking a little dizzy after a bit so he made sure to hand him off to Jim as soon as he was done :-) Jim and Daniel said they got dizzy too.

Nicole picked out a gorilla to ride and Michael is on a rhino. Michael didn't say a word, just looked all around in awe.

This zoo has 5 miles of walking trails and was pretty exhausting. We only saw half of the zoo in three hours!

Michael was three hours past naptime at this point and was such a trooper!

This is when Michael was too dizzy and Jim took Nicole on the alligator! I tried getting Jim to ride on one of the animals, but they wouldn't let him.

We went out to dinner that night and then out for ice cream at a cute place called Pelicans where they serve huge scoops for cheap. Before we could stop her, Nicole got out of the car and went right to this blue ice cream trash can and LICKED it!

We decided to give her a blue snowcone after that. She LOVED ordering "blue ice" and then kept going back to the window in front of everyone else in line and peeked through the window. The teenager serving everyone really liked making Nicole happy and put SO much blue in that Nicole got dyed VERY blue. The eating areas are all painted these pastel colors that make it fun.

Eating her "blue."

Michael begged food from everyone and generally ran around. No surprise there. This trip really gave the kids a great outlet for energy and they were exhausted every night. Sunday night Michael was literally asleep while drinking from his sippy cup it was hilarious.

Dad had a scoop of chocolate black cherry and I had chocolate oreo!

Jim ate some of Nicole's blue too but I think Nicole takes the medal for best blue coverage.

Me, my kids and Ice Cream!

Jacob and me before church today. He is the sweetest, most cuddly, loving little baby!

He's getting bigger and I enjoy seeing him wear outfits Michael wore as a baby!

Me and my three kids! Wow it makes me feel old to have three kids! I had my birthday last Wednesday...26 years old now! Jim's birthday is this next Wednesday- the big 3.0.

We had ice cream cones to celebrate life in general and Michael was definitely celebrating life.

Nicole got just as messy- I think it was because Michael looked like he was having so much fun making a mess! She was also eating the ice cream with her fingers for no apparent reason. I love my crazy kids!