A run for my money!

You know those child safety locks they make for cupboard doors? Well the last few days have proven to me quite how important those locks are.
On Friday, Gordon got into a craft cupboard in our kitchen, and shattered a large glass jar on the floor. I was sitting about 5 ft away from him and didn't stop him in time... He was covered in glass so i grabbed him and headed for the tub, while yelling to Madi to follow me because the kitchen wasn't safe. I got Gordon all rinsed off (without ANY cuts!) and Madi came in and showed me a tiny spot of blood on the top of her foot. She hadn't followed me, but had gone straight to the glass and WALKED through IT! As i put Gordon in the playpen I heard the CAT walking through the glass too!! So I had to grab her and rinse off tons of glass from her little paws too! (Oh she wasn't to thrilled to be in the water.) I locked the cat in my bedroom and rinsed Madi off too. She had one tiny cut on the top of her foot, from one of the larger pieces of glass that her foot went under, while walking through it.
All three of them were screaming from the corners of the house that I banished them to while I swept, and cleaned, and vacuumed, and swept some more.
What a nightmare!

That was Friday.

On Saturday evening while I was getting ready for a temple trip (standing at my bathroom vanity) Gordon got into the cupboard under my sink, found a large watch battery (about the size of a nickle) and Swallowed it! I was standing right next to him, Talking to him, I never saw him with the battery! (And WHAT was it don't in that cupboard?!?)
I had taken something else out of his hand from the cupboard and was taking him out of the room when I saw the empty battery package on the floor and he was gagging a little bit.
The biggest problem was that I didn't know if there had been a battery in the package before he got to it.
We didn't do anything about it right away.. he was acting normal and I had convinced myself that the package had been empty... But I couldn't stop worrying.
This morning I took him to the ER and had an x-ray done.


And there's his battery! It's laying sideways, so you can't see that it's a round, nickle size watch battery. But there it is!
Luckily the Doctor says it seems to be 'moving through' just fine and we should see it again in the next 24 hours.. We just need to watch him closely, and make sure he doesn't show any signs of it getting stuck. If he does we'll have to rush back in for more x-rays (or do the same if it's not out within the week) and have it removed surgically.

So, the moral of these two "bad mommy" stories? Don't procrastinate putting on safety locks!!!! Even if your 1st child never seemed to be interested in cupboards.. you don't want to find out the hard way that the 2nd child IS interested.

The first Birthday photo

Sorry for the poor quality photo, but just giving you a sneak peak (from my phone's camera) of the cute little Birthday boy!!
(and yes, he really did keep that hat on for almost an hour!)

It's Been a year?!

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY little G!!
I can't believe it's already been a year! I know that sounds really cliche, but I swear - that was the fastest year ever! Peanuts first year didn't even go this fast, wow!

Today started out pretty mellow, with normal "at home routine" except that the Birthday boy actually tried to sleep in! His big sissy came down to my room this morning about 7:30a and when I asked her to go upstairs to get dressed, "and do it quietly because your brother is still sleeping", she must have heard me say "go wake up your brother because he is still sleeping." Ha! She ran upstairs and burst into his room yelling! AH! I don't know why, but at least he was a good sport about it.
Anyway, after picking Sissy up from school, we took a ride on the local carousal! They both loved it, but I think the birthday boy was still a little sleepy - he spent the whole ride quietly clingy to the pole of the giraffe he was sitting on. We also bought him a suit so he has some pretty nice threads for church now!
After a yummy lunch and an imaginary nap (not sure why he didn't sleep - he usually does so well) we had some friends come over for playtime and cupcakes!
His reaction to his cupcake was totally unexpected! Especially for how much he Loves to put Everything into his mouth before even looking at it! He was very interested in it while we sang Happy Birthday to him, and immediately grabbed a handful of "frosting" aka whipped cream(less sugar). He then tried to wipe it off his hand... he picked it up, looked at it, but didn't seem to like the big mess it was making. I even tried to feed him a bite and he shook his head "no" at me! I had to shove my whipped cream cover finger in his mouth to show him that yes, it was yummy! He wanted me to feed it to him because of the mess it made when he touched it. It was pretty cute! I did get a video of all this, but I'm not sure how to upload it. I'll also get the photos uploaded to show his cute messy face! :)
We had a great time, and are So glad that Jena and her kids came over to spend the evening with us! Now only if daddy could have been here! Maybe we'll have a redo-party with him later... :)


Oh, and I wanted to post some things I love about My little Man...
I love the way I'm guaranteed snuggles every time I get him out of bed, or lay his blankie across my shoulder when holding him, even if it's only for 2 seconds.
I love the way he points at everything he likes, especially when he hears his sissy's voice but can't see her - he points to where the sound came from.
I love when he uses his sign for "all done".
I love when he folds his arms over and over again, even if he refuses to do it when we are actually praying.
I love his way-to-shaggy, but way-to-cute hair!
I love that he never gets tired of peek-a-boo.
I love that he has discovered his "cheese" face and scrunches up his nose when he makes it.
I love his dimple on his cheek.
I love his bright blue eyes.
I love that he tries to share his paci with me.
I love to watch him, watch birds. They are one of the most fascinating things in the world to him.
I love how much he loves baths! It's the best time of day, and he crawls straight to the tub any chance he gets.
I love that when he's tired, or just lovey he grabs my hand and rests his head in it... even when it means I have to push the shopping cart around the store with one hand while he 'loves' the other one.
I love that he has taught his sissy that life really isn't to busy for snuggles, and I get them from both kids daily.
okay.. I really could go on and on and on.. but i think you all probably get the idea. I LOVE MY LITTLE MAN!! I really can't believe how happy he makes me! Happy Birthday Bubba!