...one fell off and bumped his head

Sunday June 26th 2011

One little Eithan lying on the bed,

He scooted off and bonked his head.

Momma called..........................

1 Collin {no answer}

2 Dad {no answer, left message}

3 Collin {no answer}

4 Kylene – PA friend {no answer}

5 Jeremy – PA friend’s husband

{answer—Can I talk to Kylene???}

I can’t believe that my little one fell off the bed!

I thought that I was going to be so smart and not ever let him fall off the bed.

Alas, I am not that smart....

I went to the restroom, and I was only in there for a few minutes. I kept peeking out the door to see if he was still doing ok. Every time I looked he was fine.

(I guess my perspective while sitting down was skewed, because I couldn’t tell that he was scooting himself off the bed.)

THUMP! {Loud screaming and crying}

I rush (I don’t even wash my hands) to my little one who is lying on the floor, face up, screaming hysterically. I pick him up carefully and set him on the bed to see if everything is still moving/wiggling/not bleeding. All appears to be in order, so I pick him back up again and he continues to scream at me. This is where the calling comes in. I couldn’t get a hold of anybody, and I just happen to NOT have the phone numbers that I needed. AHHHH!!! So, my dear friend Kylene came to my rescue (seeing as she’s a PA and all that...). She told me what to do, and what to look for, and for the most part calmed my fears. {My baby just fell off the bed; forgive me if I am a bit inconsolable.} After talking to her, I call my dad again... and he finally gets back in touch with me. He tells me the same thing that Kylene told me. This starts to ease my fears a little more, and I relax as Eithan wakes from a very short nap a little later.

All in all, we are all OK. I took a picture of his poor head where he got all red for you all to see. I still feel absolutely horrible. I am so glad that he didn’t get seriously injured. I can’t stop thanking Heavenly Father for that blessing.

SO... if your baby ever falls off the bed {or something else}...

(1) Stay calm and try to comfort your baby {this will help you AND your little one}

(2) Check for any injuries. {Specifically broken bones, serious head wounds, lumps bruises etc. I read that it is best to do this with the baby/child undressed.}

(3) Check pupils. {You want them to both be the same size. If they are not, this could indicate a brain injury. Take them to the ER.}

(4) Check on them for the next few hours after the incident. If they become difficult to arouse or are unresponsive in any way or are inconsolable for a long while after the incident.... Take them to the ER.

Those are my few words of wisdom.

(Kylene did I get that right???)

And to all those mothers whose babies have fallen off the bed...

I now join your ranks.

P.S. I did eventually wash my hands... I just don't know what I all touched in the meantime {sheepish grin}

7 Months

Here is my little sweetness at 7 months!

-scooting a little

-seems to have forgotten how to roll over

-likes to sit up by himself (although we have to put him there)

-while sitting up he loves to bang his arms up and down,

along with his feet,

and this puts him in a sort of rocking motion

where it looks like he is going to fall over...

but he doesn't {smile}

-chews on all things that he can put in his mouth

-loves being outside (just like daddy)

-misses daddy (he's at scout camp)

-jabbers away all day, and tells me when something is wrong (forcefully)

-all in all a very happy baby boy

{oh why do they grow up so fast?}

I'll go half-ers, literally.

Since Eithan loves his feet so much,

I've been able to get quite a few pictures of him folding in half.

He will simply grab on to his foot {or both feet}

and then bring it to his mouth.

It is at that point he sticks those toes into his mouth.

He slurps, sucks, licks and chews on those fivers like nothing I have seen before.

And doesn't he just look adorable doing it??

{smile}

I like pants...

June 14th 2011

I have a question for you mothers out there...

Do your children eat your pants???

Eithan will simply attack my pants, specifically around my knees.

{which is difficult for me, because it tickles while he licks my knee}

And even though I end up with wet spots on my pants...

it's just so cute to see him eating my pants.

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Side Story:

Eithan tried an orange for the first time today.

I was eating an orange, and Eithan started to wimper that he wanted some.

So, I obliged him and started giving little bits of the wedge to him.

This was taking too long, for me.

{I mean he hadn't even eaten half of the wedge by the time I finished my orange.}

Thus, I did what any good mother would do...

I ate the remainder of the wedge.

Eithan. Screamed. Bloody. Murder.

I didn't realize how much that wedge of orange meant to him.

He cried and cried until I prepared him some more food.

Then, all was OK with the world once more.

{smile, giggle, smile}

Gotta love these little guys when the world completely revolves around them.

Standing in the Crib

June 5th 2011

Collin has been having Eithan hang on to things around the house,

and then he put him in his crib to hang on to the bars.

{click to view larger}

He is doing really well standing up and holding on to things,
plus it's just so darn cute.

"At the car wash!" ... and Memorial Day

May 28th 2011

Our Hyundai really needed a wash... so we took it to the car wash.

I'm not sure what Eithan thought of it all,
but he was a patient guy in his car seat while we scrubbed away.

"Chillin' at the car wash" - in his super cool car seat.
{Isn't that what all the cool kids do? smile}

Watching daddy clean the car, well spray it actually, but no need to be specific right?

*****
Then later that day, Eithan decided to attack his developmental toy.
He was sitting up in his Boppy,
and then he would grab the bar that the toys hang from.
He wanted to put the bar in his mouth,
but he couldn't quite get it from his hand to his mouth without falling over....

thus this picture.


Memorial Day - May 30th 2011

We went to Wenatchee and walked along this trail.

Honestly, we thought it would be more adventuresome than it was, but that's OK.
Why? You may ask...
because I was able to hit the mall and Old Navy while we were there.
Shopping = Fun
No matter what happened earlier.

That evening, we had a wonderful Bar-B-Que with our friends the Schmidts.
We all like to play games, so we played Bocci Ball.

Collin, Tim and Brittany socializing.
Macy is down at Tim's feet trying to get a ball.

Collin, Brittany and Tim.
The blanket you see hanging down from Tim's arms is indeed their other little girl Sydney.
He played the whole game whilst holding her.
Quite impressive.

{Side comment, Collin is tossing his ball in the air. Every single time he gets a ball or something similar to a ball, he throws it in the air. And almost every single time, he drops it and hits something or someone else or breaks something. He did drop this ball later on, though I don't remember if he hurt anything... }

Macy stealing the white ball that we were aiming our balls towards.
Tim was attempting to coax her in putting it back.
{He then scooted it closer to his team's ball. wink wink}

The cutest picture of Eithan and myself.
{I still think it's quite funny that I caught him making this face.}

What we came back to later while we were playing.
We kept trying to wrap him up to keep him warm,
and he, of course, tried to eat his coverings.


All in all, it was a great Memorial Day.

And I must remember here how grateful I am for those
who helped give us this freedom to enjoy this day as we did.