Owie!

Tonight I had my very first serious mommy heart attack. I was trying to get our supper ready. While I was doing all of that he was doing his normal little boy thing, running around. He likes to push his riding toys around and run as fast as he can in our living room. I had him gated off to where he could safely be in the living room and kitchen with me. He had room to run and play and entertain himself while I did what I needed to do. I turned my back for just a second to pull supper out of the oven when I heard a loud crack and then screaming. The wheels on the riding toy came to an abrupt stop. I whirled around to see my sweet baby lying on the floor next to the door in the kitchen crying. I couldn't figure out at first what on earth he had done. It sounded like he had just run his toy into the door frame. As I scooped him up into my arms to examine him I noticed it looked like he had a door frame shaped dent in his head. I loved him up and took him outside to let his Daddy look him over. He quit crying and his dent started turning into a nice little goose egg. I still don't think my heart rate has returned to normal. It scared me to see him so upset and to see him hurt.

Later when we were having bath time I asked him if he had an owie and he reached up and touched his head where the knot had come up. He held it a few times tonight when we played and I finally decided maybe it was a good idea to give him a little bit of Tylenol before bed. I'm really hoping that tomorrow his head feels better.

It was an eventful ending to our great day together. We had a comfy clothes and movies day at home. We wrestled and tickled and acted silly. So I am going to close this eventful blog about our first head injury with pictures of our fun day together before Mommy had a heart attack and Talent had a headache.

18 months!

So yesterday Talent turned 18 months old. I can't believe he is already a year and a half old! Where has that time gone? It just doesn't seem possible!

Lately he's been doing so many funny new things. I've taught him our own little song and dance. He only does it for me and never performs it for an audience! He's been saying a ton of new words. Among those words are: eat, up, no, yes, I love you, I did it, and hey. He's said Momma for what seems like forever. And he's learning to call his Gee Gee and MiMi by their names. He is always saying something and trying to figure out what he's saying is my new favorite game! We are just enjoying all if the new things he is doing.

Here are a few new pictures from the last few weeks. I will try and start posting more often but life this time of year gets busy for me!

My Favorite....

The last few days around here have been a little stressful. Talent has at least four more teeth coming in, possibly six. I'm still a little scared to put my finger in his mouth to get a better feel. He likes to bite! I know for sure there are four and it looks like his canine's are coming through too. Poor guy! As you can imagine the last few days have been filled with a cranky toddler and a tired Mommy who just needs a bubble bath and at least an hour long massage.....and quiet!

Tonight he was fighting going to bed. He just didn't want to go to bed. After a little bit of rocking and a bedtime story, there was still no eye closing. So I decided I would talk to him and love on him for a little bit. I took his pacifier out of his mouth and started having a conversation with him about our plans for tomorrow. While talking to him he put his tiny hand on my cheek and gave me a big kiss! I smiled and he laughed and then I started to say something else to him and he kissed me again. It became a game! After he gave me several of his sloppy baby kisses and got some of those laughs out, he gave my neck a big squeeze. He went to bed later than usual tonight and that's okay. I enjoyed the extra love tonight.

My favorite moments are these little ones. The ones where he catches me off guard with his sweetness. When he runs to me and hugs me around the knees. When he is laying in my arms getting ready for nap or bed and he's patting me so softly as he falls asleep. And when I go to get him out of bed in the morning or after his nap and he smiles this huge smile and lifts his arms up and almost chokes me with his hug. I love those sweet tender moments.

So tonight I'm just writing to say how thankful I am for my favorite little moments. Even after days like the last few....when the day ends like today did, it's so worth it to me. I love this child so much.