On Thursday I got a call at work that was
really unnerving. Jennifer called and you could tell she was upset.
Grace was in the background crying, so I knew something bad had
happened. Jennifer told me Grace had burned three of her fingers on
the stove and wouldn't stop crying. She told me Grace wouldn't let
her do anything to her hand. She wouldn't let her put ice on it,
clean it, or anything. She called me wondering what she should do,
and I didn't have any idea. She had already called the
doctor, and they had pretty much told her to put Grace's hand in some
water, but there wasn't much more we could do for her. The burn wasn't too bad, so it was just the pain that was bothering Grace.
Jennifer was finally able to get Grace to calm down by giving her a
pacifier. It was the same thing we did months ago when she had a
procedure to remove a cashew she had inhaled from her lung. Other
then that time, she hasn't had a pacifier since she was 1.
Occasionally she'll grab Logan's and put it in her mouth, but we
always take it from her. She just chews on them anyway. Jennifer
said once she got Grace calm and focused on something, she took the
pacifier away.
I felt bad for Grace getting hurt,
because we had snow on Thursday. Not a lot, but enough that she got
excited about it. She saw lots of snow while we were in Michigan,
but our schedule while we were there made it all but impossible for
her to get to play in it much. Besides, the weather was just WAY to
cold up there.
Thursday morning, I went in an picked Grace up
and opened her Window to show her the snow. She started screaming,
"Snow! Snow!". Then she noticed my car was covered and
told me I needed to go clean it off. I went to finish getting ready
for work, and when I came back out, Grace was missing. She
had put her shoes on and was out on the deck (You see, we used to
fuss at her for going outside and told her she had to come in because
she didn't have any shoes on. Now she puts on her shoes before she
goes outside without us knowing. She's clever, that one.). When I
went out on the deck to get her, she looked at me, grinned really
big, and started bouncing and giggling in the snow. "I like! I
like!" she screamed as only a excited toddler can. It was adorable.
Yesterday was Logan's first birthday.
It is hard to believe the kid was born a year ago, but then again it
almost is since this year has gone by so quickly. Staying at the
hospital with Logan is such a blur, because it went so quickly and
smoothly. Grace had difficulty passing her hearing test, had
difficulty nursing because of a lump of skin in her mouth that was
removed while we were in the hospital, and Jennifer had a much harder
recovery. Logan popped out, ate fine, pooped fine, and Jennifer was
better overnight. We went home much sooner.
I also recall that Jennifer and I were
much more relaxed with Logan. With Grace, Jennifer seemed to have
this compulsive thing about keeping Grace in the room with us. With
Logan, we didn't have a problem pushing him back to the nursery so we
could enjoy our dinner in quiet or get a good nights sleep. We
knew we'd get plenty of sleepless nights and screaming at home. Boy
did we ever. A year in and he's just now starting to wake up
once a night.
The party yesterday was hectic, but
fun. We had 12 adults and 6 kids (including ours) in this trailer.
It was a little cramped at times, but the kids stayed in other rooms
playing for the most part so that helped out. We had this Italian
dish that Logan really loves. It is chicken, marinara, and polenta.
Most everyone seemed to like it. We knew it was a little bit of a
different dish, but we figured that it was only weird in name. The
taste is very nice. Basically, it is like eating marinara and
chicken on top of a cheese sauce.
Logan got a lot of clothes, because
that is what we asked for. With is birthday so close to Christmas,
it didn't make much sense to get more toys.
Oh, we also managed to get some games
of Wii bowling in during the party and I have big news...I went PRO
in bowling!!! Finally. Yep, it only took me a year (good grief).
Now if I can maintain it. I woke up early this morning and played a
few games. I have my pro status up to about 1,049 for the time
being. That should give me some wiggle room.
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