One tough "Pretty Boy"!

Saturday morning, Gary and Mitch were getting ready to leave to pick up Alex for the day, and I heard Mitch screaming outside. Gary walked in the back door carrying him (I couldn't see his face) and said, very calmly, "I need you to go pick up Alex. I'm going to have to take Mitch to the Emergency Room." WHAT!!!! You can't just calmly waltz in here and drop that bomb on me with no more details than that!?! And what makes you think I'm not going with you to take MY BABY to the ER?!? Then again, it's exactly that reaction that banned me from going! :) Ok, so I wasn't technically "banned". Gary just very nicely persuaded me that Mitch would be better off with him because they could make it an "adventure". So...they did and I stayed home with Jake! Jack went with them to sit in the back with Mitch and keep him awake and keep the cloth on his head. Oh...and most importantly, to send me pictures throughout the day! Forgive the quality, they are from a camera phone.

This is what it looked like before it got stitched up.

The put a "cocaine patch" on it to numb it. It worked so well they didn't even have to give him shot before they stitched it. Good stuff!

I think this is how he spent most of the day...talking on the phone and changing channels with the remote....definitely a guy thing! In this picture, he's talking to Alex, telling him all about his cut!

Here he is getting ready for to be stitched up....FINALLY! It took 8 stitches! And Gary said he couldn't believe how calm he was. They brought in someone to help hold him down while they did the stitches, since most kids that young are really freaked out by someone sewing their skin together....not Mitch! They didn't even have to hold him down. He just layed there while they "fixed his boo boo"!

And here's what my baby looked like the next time I saw him! He is quite proud of his stitches! Good job, Daddy! I guess you were right, after all...he did stay much calmer with you than he would have with me!

Oh! By the way...he fell running to the car and hit his head on Gary's open car door, in case you were wondering how it happened!

No words needed...

...but I can't resist.... Maybe he shouldn't take his first date to a donut shop, huh?

Playhouse Disney Live!

A few weeks ago, Gary and I took Mitch to see Playhouse Disney Live. Mitch watches it EVERY morning for as long as I will let him. He LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, especially, and Little Einsteins, Winnie and Pooh, and Handy Manny are some of his favorites also. As luck would have it, those were the 4 shows represented. As soon as I heard they were coming to Nashville, I KNEW we had to go! Mimi kept Jake so we could make it an adventure for just Mitch. I don't think just the three of us have done anything together since Jake was born. With 4 kids, none of them get very much individual attention with both Mommy and Daddy!

Daddy and Mitch waiting for the show to start!

This is what Mitch looked like for most of the show. He sat in Daddy's lap, and stared in amazement!

At the end of the show they let the kids go stand up front. Here's Mitch waving "bye" to everyone before they went back home to be on TV the next morning! :)

My favorite story about Playhouse Disney Live took place that morning while Mitch was watching Playhouse Disney on TV. He was very confused about how they were on TV when they were supposed to be "live" that afternoon. After I tried to explain to him that they recorded the show so little boys and girls could still see them, he said, "It's Playhouse Disney DEAD!" Well...at least he knows his opposites! :)

"Mine Does"

Lately, Mitch has been waking up and coming to my room way too early in the morning! So, we implemented a new "rule". He has to stay in his room until "the first number says 7" on his clock by his bed. Yesterday morning, he came downstairs at 5:00am! WHAT!!!! Why are you waking me up this early!?! Really, you don't want to mess with me at 5:00 in the morning! So...I simply said to him, "Honey, the clock doesn't say 7 yet." He very seriously responded, "Mine does..." Guess what my child has been doing? He is CHANGING the time on his clock to make "the first number say 7" when he wakes up! Man...am I in trouble with this one! Way too smart! I have absolutely no idea how even knows how to change the time, but apparently he does!

Whew! February is over!

I can't even begin to tell you how glad I am that February is over! I try so hard to not "wish away" ANY time with my kids (well aside from the time between dinner and bedtime...don't even get me started on that!), but I have decided that February is officially my least favorite month! (Maybe that's why it's only 28 days long! hmmmm...) It's the cold weather...I don't remember it ever bothering me quite so much, but with two young kids, it's just about torture! It is miserable to get them both suited up in their coats just to go to the car and strap them in the car seats all bundled up...not to mention, not being able to get outside and play! Oh...don't get me wrong, we do have an occassional nice day, and then it quickly drops 40 degrees and stays there! It's just enough to remind us of what we AREN'T going to be able to do every day! Did I mention that I am glad February is over?

Thankfully, we had a very busy month, so it passed pretty quickly. Mitch had 6 birthday parties in the last 4 weekends! Yes, you read that right...SIX! And I drug Jake along to everyone except the last one. Mitch had so much fun at them all, though, and Jake enjoyed them, too. We had a "first birthday", then a party at a fire station for a friend at school, then we had a party at "the jumpies", then came Alex's party (also at "the jumpies"), then Gabe's party at an indoor playground, and finally Jack Jones had a science themed birthday at his house! I'm tired just talking about them all! :)


In addition to the many birthday parties, we also made a trip to the Discovery Center in Murfreesboro with Lindsay and all three of her boys! Yep...you counted right, that is 2 mommies and 5 boys...1 six year old, 2 "almost 4" year olds, a 15 month old, and a 13 month old! We figured out that we actually could all ride together in Lindsay's minivan. We got everyone strapped into their car seats, sat down in our seats and turned around to see this...Don't you just love it?!? This another favorite of mine from the day...You already know that Jake will eat almost anything...apparently that includes blue markers!

Mitch actually got to take two trips to the Discovery Center this month. Mimi and Aunt Sandy (my mom's sister) took Mitch and Reed (my cousin's little boy who is Mitch's age). They had a great time playing together and Mitch is wanting to know when he can play with Reed again. We don't really live close, but the Discovery Center is a good middle-ground. We will definitely be doing that again. Maybe next time, I'll even be invited to tag along! :) I would love to see those two together!


We found lots of things to do inside where it's warm and still keep the kids entertained...but, warm weather...we are definitely ready for you!