14 months old!

Our little man is 14 months old today! He's growing up so fast these days, learning something new and expanding his vocabulary each and every day. His favorite things to say this past weekend have been "uh-oh!" "me!" and "haee" (hi - which he says into the phone all the time now)... and of course "nuh" (no). He is getting quite good at communicating - these are just his favorite words these last couple of days. He's even put a few different two-word combinations together... "my bear," "my bah" (ball), "my bo" (boat), and "nuh dedt" (no Jet). Speaking of Jet, he and Carson are still best buds. They share toys with each other - though Carson is learning the hard way that he can't give his toys to Jet so freely... unless he wants them chewed up and in the garbage. We have had to throw a couple of things away that Carson wanted to share with Jet, which Jet then took to chew up, which I then threw away and explained to Carson why we can't give our toys to Jet, which upset Carson and caused him to stick out his lower lip and fuss at Jet, getting mad at him. But an hour or so later, Carson is trying to share his toys again. :) Carson and Denver now have a pretty good relationship going on, too. For the longest time, Denver just ignored Carson, acted like he wasn't even around. But now they love each other. Carson loves to pet Denver and cuddle with him - he'll give him hugs many times a day. Jet gets kisses, Denver gets hugs. :)

Carson is still quite the little climber and dare-devil. He continues to stand up on his four-wheeler and now has started climbing over the handlebars to stand on the front fenders. If this keeps up, I have a feeling we'll end up knowing all the ER doctors in town. :-P We bought Carson a tricycle this week. Its the kind with a removable foot rest and push bar so that he can ride it this year while his legs are too short to pedal... and it'll grow with him next year and the year after when he can ride by himself. He loves it! He runs his motor mouth ("brrrrooom brrrrroooom") almost constantly while he's riding it. He definitely thinks he's a hot shot, that's for sure.

We're finally giving Carson his baths in the "big boy tub"... yes I know its about time. :) He still hasn't fully outgrown his baby tub, but he has a lot more fun in the big tub and can play with lots more toys. And he doesn't make quite as big of a mess when he's splashing around. Although, being in the big boy tub has caused him to "find" a certain boy part of his body... I guess that day was coming eventually, I just didn't think it'd be quite yet. :) On a slightly more disgusting note... Carson seems to have also picked up on some other "guy" things. He has already started laughing when he burps and toots... but he's also started trying to force them out, too. He'll burp (or toot) once because he has to, then giggle, and try to force another one out. He's so goofy. :)

On a better front, Carson is a great helper! He loves to help clean up his toys (I really hope that continues!!) and he always brings me my slippers and says "on" to tell me to put them on. So far, Carson isn't too interested in TV. That is, unless there are animals on TV... especially dogs. If he sees an animal, he'll start giggling and running around like a fool with Jet (Jet gets excited when he sees animals on TV, too... he thinks they're either invading his house without his permission or coming over to play with him). :) Carson still loves his books, his musical toys, and his sports. I think he'll end up playing basketball one day, for sure. Carson loves to look at the pictures of his cousins and family that we have around the house. He can (when he wants to at least) point out Rebecca, Anna and Joel, Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Burge, and Sara's cousin Jason. He loves looking at the pictures, especially of the kids - he tells them hi all the time. Carson has also finally evolved into a wonderful sleeper! He goes to bed by 7:30pm every night and will sleep till 6am on work days and 7:30/8:00am on the weekends. I hope this streak continues - its so nice to sleep all night again! I'm really hoping that our trip to Chicago in a couple of weeks doesn't screw up his sleeping. Its going to be tricky, all three of us being in one room and Carson going to bed by 6:30pm local Chicago time... I'm sure it will be fine, though.

Easter with the Burge Family & Meeting a New Cousin!

Today we had a family party with Sara's mom's family to celebrate Easter and to meet the newest addition to our family, Mackenzey! What a beautiful little lady she is! Carson wasn't too sure what to think of her, but he did show some interest at times. I don't think he totally understood that she is a little person, just like him. He didn't understand why she had small little hands and fingers like he does (only hers are so much smaller than his!) - he was trying to figure that out for a few minutes. He did watch her pretty closely while she was lying on the floor kicking her feet, but he was kind of timid around her - he definitely didn't want to get too close yet. I'm sure they'll be great playmates - especially in about a year from now. They'll be chasing each other around and I'm sure Mackenzey will be knocking over a tower of blocks that Carson has built, or something (like Carson knocks down the towers of blocks all the time right now). It will be so fun to have a cousin on Sara's side of the family that is close in age!! Be sure to check out our photo albums for lots of pictures from the party!

Go Green!

We've all been cheering on the Spartans through their March Madness victories and are soooo excited they're going to be playing in the Final Four in Detroit!! To all you people that didn't have faith - poo on you! We've - well at least I've - Kevin didn't believe they'd do it either - always had faith in them! :) Carson has kept the faith, too. Check out his new MSU basketball hoop, which was an awesome birthday gift from Kevin's good friend, Jeff. Carson loves it! We have it hanging over a door right now, so he has to be lifted up to play, but he loves it all the same. Here he is shooting some celebratory hoops after the Spartans' win this weekend. I just love his face as he's dunking the ball - that's total enjoyment there with the eyes closed and mouth wide open... he does that every time he dunks it. So cute! And here he is after his game with Kevin, all tuckered out on a pillow on the floor.

Carson, a.k.a. Dare Devil

Can you see the mischief in his eyes? :-P You wouldn't think by looking at that sweet little face, he'd be so full of it, would you? Well, trust me, he IS! :) Carson is quite the little dare devil these days - and quite the climber! Last week, he figured out how to climb into the front window... standing on the little 3 inch ledge... IN the big picture window! He pushed the glider ottoman over to the window, up against his pack 'n play. And notice I said GLIDER ottoman? Yeah, that thing moves back and forth so bad when he climbs on it (its now put away in a closet), so I'm not quite sure how he managed this. But he did. Anyway, he pushed the ottoman over, climbed up on it. Grabbed the window frame with is right hand and the pack 'n play with his left hand, then put both feet onto the window ledge and stood there watching for Kevin to come home, giggling the entire time because he knew he was doing something dangerous. Silly little guy! It totally freaked me out - but does make me laugh, too! :)

Carson also finally decided he'd feed himself with a fork last week. Yeah!! Now he's all about feeding himself with his fork. I was beginning to worry I'd be feeding him till he was 25 or something. :) Now if we can just get him to hold his own bottle... Anyway, he loves to eat just about everything he can off his forks. Except for strawberries. I gave him a small taste of one last week and he didn't care for it at all - made himself gag on it. They were super sweet ones, too. I'm sure he'll develop a taste for them eventually, just was a totally different texture maybe. We'll try them again this summer. He's still a great eater. He did go through a phase for a couple weeks where he wouldn't eat his veggies, but that is over. And he now loves green beans - finally!! :) He devours them. He also love, love, loves his Great Grandma Burge's bean soup.

This is the before picture - the get ready Mama, I'm gonna do some tricks! look. Carson has decided that he can't ride his four-wheeler like a normal person, sitting there nicely like he is in this picture. He'll sit on it normally and bounce around making his "brrrroooom brrrrrooooom" sounds, pushing and pulling the handle bars back and forth... but he will not push the button to go when he's sitting nice and normal. If he is going to actually push the button and ride it, he thinks he either needs to be standing, kneeling, or hanging off the side of the thing. We guess he's just already practicing his freestyling... or something. :)

Butterflies & Children's Garden

Today we took a trip out to Michigan State. We met up with Grandma and Grandpa Moore and headed to MSU to check out the butterfly house, children's gardens, and the annual home and garden show at the Pavillion. Today was Grandma Moore's birthday, so this was our celebration with her. Carson had so much fun! I think all of us did! The weather was a bit on the chilly side, but the sun was out and Carson got a good nap in on the way there, so he was full of energy. We started out visiting the butterflies. It's still a bit early in the exhibit, so probably only about a quarter of the butterflies had emerged from their cocoons so far, but we did get to see some pretty ones. Carson wasn't too interested in the butterflies, he just wanted to run around, walk on the paths, climb on the bridges and benches, and get in the ponds. He had a lot of fun, all the same.

After the butterfly house, we took a stroll through the children's gardens on campus. Granted, they're not really much for gardens right now since its so early in the spring, but there are still lots of fun things to explore and play on. Carson had a ball! He got to walk across a big (to him) bridge, play on a wooden choo-choo train, climb into a playhouse, find his way through a maze, and climb up and into a gazebo. We'll definitely be making a trip back to the gardens this summer when everything is in bloom and is beautiful!

After the gardens, we headed over to the MSU Pavillion to the annual Home and Garden Show. We spent a few hours there, just walking around, looking at exhibits and talking to vendors. Carson rode in the BOB most of the time, but he did get out to run around for a bit. He met a new friend at a chiropractic booth - a little guy just about his age. They were both so excited to meet - until Carson found something to climb on. Then he kind of forgot about his friend. :) After the show, we headed over to Bennigan's for dinner where Carson continued to have even more fun. He had such a great day!

Getting out today has really given us all a serious case of spring fever. We're looking forward to many more outings together this spring and summer. Carson is at such a fun age right now. We're looking forward to a trip to Chicago at the end of April, a trip to Grand Rapids in early May for Sara's friend Sara's wedding (we'll be staying out there for a few days), a trip to Tulip Time in Holland while we're out in GR for the wedding, and I'm sure many more fun trips yet to be planned. We'll be going to some festivals this summer - one in June down in Howell with hot air balloons and one in Owosso in July with steam engines (trains) - those ones for sure, the others are TBD at this point. If anyone is interested in going to see the hot air balloons or steam engines, let us know! We'd love to go together!

Anyway, be sure to check out all the pictures from our trip to MSU in our photo albums - link is on the right.

Oh and by the way, Carson is almost there on the "Go Green!" :) Its closer than it has been, anyway... now its more of a "guh gee." We'll keep working on it.

13 Months Old

Carson turned 13 months old this past Friday. He's growing up so quickly. He's becoming very independent. Well about most things. He still doesn't want anything to do with holding his bottle, or using a fork/spoon to feed himself. But when it comes to walking from the house to the car, and then from the car to the house, that's another story. That he wants to do on his own. Just holding your hand going up and down the stairs in the garage. He's very good about sticking close by and not wandering off so far - I hope that continues, especially with the busy road that we live on. Carson is loving that the weather is warming up. He loves going outside to explore. We were out exploring the property this afternoon with him. With the ground being quite saturated and uneven still, he is still cautious while he's walking across the grass... always looking down watching where he's walking. Although, now with the warming weather, he's not able to tell us its cold outside as often. But he still gets the opportunity to say "Brrr!" when you take his diaper off or are changing his clothes. :) He's trying to say so many things right now. His latest words have been banana ("ah-na-na"), apple ("ap-puh"), great grandma ("ga-ama"), hi ("haa-ee"), and nite-nite ("ni-ni"). We've been trying to get him to say Go Green!, but he's having a hard time with that one. He still says that one in Carsonese. :)

Carson has a new baby cousin on Sara's side of the family now. Mackenzey Abigail Hope Rhodes was born this past Friday morning. She is the daughter of Sara's cousin, Jorie, and her husband Greg. We're looking very forward to meeting Mackenzey and can't wait till she is old enough to play with Carson. It will be nice to have another little one around on that side of the family.

He's gonna be a ball-ah... the game shot call-ah

I picked up a used basketball hoop from Craigslist (only $8 - woohoo!) last week for Carson. What a great buy! Its in very good shape and Carson loves it! Its adjustable, so it'll grow with him - to a point at least. We had a lot of fun over the weekend playing basketball with him. He knew what to do with it as soon as he saw it. As soon as we showed it to him, he immediately picked up his MSU basketball and put it through the hoop. He's got mad skillz! :-P (But I guess it also helps that he's had a mini basketball hoop for about six months now :) We'll have lots of fun playing with this both inside and outside this summer. And I think Kevin and I have had as much fun with it as Carson has. :) Hopefully Carson will develop a love for basketball just like Kevin.

Spring is in the Air!

Well it was today at least. Tomorrow will be another story as the cold front moves through. But today we made the best of this beautiful weather and had some fun outside. Carson loved being outside! Its a little different walking on the uneven ground and in the grass than it is in the house, but he's getting the hang of it very quickly. He had fun playing with his big bouncy balls, riding his four-wheeler, just walking around exploring, climbing up and down the steps, and watching the cars and motorcycles go by (all the while saying "broom-broom" (i.e. vroom-vroom)). He's going to have so much fun this summer! We can't wait!

New Car

We finally broke down and bought a new car. The Trailblazer is no more. I'm going to miss it terribly. :( But it was time. It had 111,000 miles on it and things were starting to wear out. Tuesday last week, I got stranded at Meijer in Davison on my lunch hour - the starter died. No warnings, it just went out. So I had it towed to Al Serra and we paid the $600 to get it fixed. They then tell us that the a/c compressor is about to die, which if it does and seizes, it'll break some belt and I'd be stranded again. Or we could pay $1,300 to get it fixed. On top of that, we've known for awhile now that a front wheel bearing was going bad - that's another $500 fix, possibly double if both front bearings were bad (which we suspect). Yes, Kevin could do both the compressor and bearings way cheaper, but we just plain don't have the time for it. So Kevin found this car on AutoTrader on Friday morning and we met at the dealership (in Southfield, down by Detroit) on my way home from Canada... and we bought it. (Excuse the bad picture, I took it through the front window from inside the house.) Its a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix GT, pretty much loaded with leather heated seats, Monsoon sound system, 6-disc CD changer, moonroof, premium wheels, etc. I've wanted a Grand Prix for a few years now, so I do really like the car. Its just a big change from the Trailblazer - I like sitting up high, having the towing capability (which we will really miss!), and having 4x4. But, with the mileage we put on cars, we probably will be cycling through vehicles every 2-3 years anyway, so we'll most likely get an SUV again next time around. For now, I have a fairly fast car with a supercharged engine. :)

Pickle Face

On Friday afternoon, we stopped over to Sara's cousins', Becky's and Jim's, house to visit the out-of-towners. Carson got to meet his Great-Great Aunt Sandy and Great-Great Uncle Bob, cousins Brad, Trisha, and Braylen; and got to see cousins Becky, Jim, and Kristin again (after a very long time). He was kind of shy at first, just waking up from a nap in the car and having a serious case of stranger anxiety lately, but he warmed up quickly and was soon showing off and playing with Braylen (who is 2). While we were there, Kristin broke out the pickles and Carson wanted to try one, so I gave him some small pieces of a dill pickle. He LOVED it! He's had a couple here at home now, too. He's our little pickle face! (And don't worry, I don't let him walk around with a whole pickle as it looks in the picture - that was just a prop for the picture).

Carson's imagination is coming out more and more lately. He's starting to make noises in his throat/mouth when he's rolling his cars around while he's playing. I also noticed him playing with his Little People the other day, holding one person in each hand and talking while moving one of the people, then looking to the other hand and talking and moving that person. Its so fun to watch him progress through all of these developmental stages! I feel like every phase is my favorite, then the next phase starts and that becomes my favorite!

Carson is loving his little four-wheeler! He's learned to push the button to make it go... he just hasn't quite realized he needs to release the button to stop yet. :) This morning he tried to run over Jet, who was lying on the floor in front of him. Since then, Jet has been much more alert when Carson is riding the four-wheeler. :-P

Carson's 1-Year Check-Up

On Monday, I took Carson in for his 1-year check-up. We had quite a long wait in the very fulll waiting room, which I was dreading with RSV going strong right now. But Carson did pretty well and sat on my lap for most of the wait. He did get down for a short while, but thankfully stayed right near me and wasn't trying to play with the toys that the RSV and common cold kids were playing with. When we got back to the exam room, we washed our hands - so I really hope we avoided most of the germs. I cannot handle RSV right now - it scares me so bad after having a rough time with the croup. Hopefully if he does come down with anything, its just a common cold and nothing worse.

Carson had a very good check-up. He is a very healthy little man and is far exceeding all of his physical and mental development milestones. He is 31 inches tall, which puts him in the 90th percentile! And is 21 pounds, 6 ounces, which puts him half-way between the 10th and 25th percentiles. I can't remember the head circumference measurement (I want to say 18"), but it was in the 75th percentile. No worries about the lower weight, though. He's almost tripled his birth weight (which is what they look for at 1 year, I guess), so the doctor isn't concerned at all. And its not like he looks skinny or anything. He has a belly and has some chubby thighs, so he looks healthy.

We now are starting the weaning from the formula and phasing in of the whole milk. And no more baby food at all now... though I will have to use some stuff up still. We generally do normal foods for Carson anyway, but I still have been buying 3rd foods to have on hand in the diaper bag and to travel with. But Dr. Akrawi said no more - that he should've been eating all normal foods for the last four to six weeks, at least. Carson did get two more vaccines - chicken pox and another installment of MMR. He's tolerating them very well this time, thankfully. He's still running around and playing hard core. Speaking of playing, he's getting so good at rolling and tossing his plush soccer ball back and forth between you and him. Its so fun! He still loves Jet dearly, giving him hugs and kisses all the time, and puts his forehead up against Jet's to look into his eyes... and wait to get Jet-kisses. Carson is the only one that seems to enjoy Jet-kisses. :) Oh, and we do indeed have eight teeth now. I'm so glad these last two teeth have seemed to come through very quickly. Its a nice change after the long-hauls on the others.

Carson's 1st Birthday Party

Yesterday we had Carson's 1st birthday party. We invited both sides of our families and Auntie Jaime and Uncle Jeff. It was a little crazy, but I think most everyone enjoyed themselves. I wish I'd have had more time to visit and enjoy things, but that is how it goes when you're the hostess, I guess. :) I've heard that all the kids had a lot of fun, which I'm very glad to hear! Just wish I'd have remembered to give the kids their treat bags - oops! Luckily we'll be seeing them all again on Saturday this week for Kevin's mom's birthday, so I'll have to remember to take them then.

Carson got so many nice gifts - tons of new toys, a savings bond, some Veggie Tales videos, and some very cute clothes, too! Several books, some Little People sets, a mailbox with letters, a wagon and blocks, sand toys, a big truck to push around outside, a remote-controlled car, a mini tool bench toy, an outdoor playhouse, lots of balls, and his first four-wheeler! (And I'm sure I forgot to list some things, too) He has enjoyed playing with every single one of them at different times this morning already. He'll have lots of fun with these new toys over the coming months - and especially when we can take the outdoor toys outside to play! We're so looking forward to summer this year!

Aunt Mary made Carson's birthday cake for us - it turned out AWESOME!! Thanks, Aunt Mary!! Everyone loved it! Carson didn't really feel like digging into it and getting very messy, but he did enjoy eating a few bites during the party. And I'm sure he'll love it today when we share a few bites with him again.

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate this special day with us! It was great to see everyone and we're so happy that everyone made it! Thanks to Auntie Jaime and Uncle Jeff for taking so many great pictures! And thanks again to Aunt Mary for making a deliciously wonderful cake!! Thanks for all of the great gifts, too! We'll be having fun playing with them today while the three of us are home together!

I'll be uploading all of our party pictures today, so watch for them in the albums!

I also should mention that Carson now has 7 teeth! He woke up yesterday morning with his third bottom tooth (to the left of his two center teeth). The tooth to the right of the center two looks like it'll be through today or tomorrow, too!

Little Man is ONE!

Can you believe it?! We sure can't! It doesn't seem like it was that long ago we were bringing our little guy home from the hospital. Though some things haven't changed all that much... for instance he still rarely sleeps through the night. ;-P Although that is getting much better. There were four nights this past week he slept through - like 9-11 hours straight. So hopefully that trend continues. Carson it at such a fun stage right now. Its so fun to see him develop. He's trying to say so many words right now. He says "up" clear as day when he climbs up on things or when he wants out of his high chair. He tries to say "on" and "off", but they usually sound a little like "up" just not as strong of a "p" sound at the end. He says "eye" clear as day, too, and can point out your eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. He still doesn't quite understand where his are yet, though. Carson has started saying "Dah-EE" for Daddy. Still the "Ma-Ma" for Mama. He says "Ded" for Jet and still just says "bah" for ball - can't quite get the "l" sounds yet. He tries to make most sounds, they're just a little difficult to make out still. I'm sure in the next month or so, we'll be understanding more and more of his language. He's also making lots of animal sounds when you ask him what the different animals say - his favorite is the lion since he loves to growl. :) About three weeks ago, I taught him to hold up his index finger and "tell us one" - as you can see in the picture. Hopefully we'll be able to get him to tell us he's one tomorrow at his party.

Carson is quite the climber these days. We're back to the times of not being able to get much done while he's up and running. We just can't leave him for a second now. If we do, we're likely to find him standing on the arms (yes I said the arms) of his rocking chair trying to reach into the pack-and-play for a toy... or standing on top of his children's table... yes on top of it... or sitting on top of his musical table... or standing on top of his chair trying to get over the baby gate. He has fun doing it - and it is fun to watch... but I also know it could be very dangerous.

Carson goes for his 1-year check-up on Monday. We're anxious to see how much he's grown. I'm assuming we'll be starting the phase-in of the whole milk next week, too. Hopefully that goes well and doesn't mess up Carson's little system too much. He still just has the six teeth he's had for awhile now. Lots of them look so close, but none have broken through. And his teeth haven't seemed to be bothering him too much lately, though I've noticed today he's been chewing on things a lot more than normal.

Tomorrow we are having his first birthday party. Both sides of the family and Auntie Jaime and Uncle Jeff. Should be a good time! We're looking forward to seeing everyone, I just hope Carson does well and isn't too overwhelmed.

Grandpa H's Birthday

Yesterday we headed west to Grand Rapids to meet up with most of the Holleboom family to celebrate Grandpa Holleboom's birthday (which was Friday). We all went to a Calvin basketball game. Much of Kevin's family attended Calvin College - his dad, both sisters, and one brother-in-law. This was Carson's first time at any type of sporting event. We were quite worried about how he'd do at the game - whether or not he'd be content sitting in the seats for any portion of the game. We anticipated not seeing much of the game, rather walking around in the concourse with Carson most of the time. But he surprised us and did very well! He was just fascinated with all the lights and sounds and liked watching the ball on the court. He was also a little intimidated by the hundreds/thousands of strangers all around us. I think that was our saving grace. :)

After the basketball game, we all headed over to Aunt Mary's and Uncle Justin's for a yummy taco dinner, cake, and time to visit. Carson and Rebecca had fun playing together again. Although this time Carson was having some issues with sharing. He got quite upset when Rebecca took her turn on her bike toy. Luckily he got over that fairly quickly. He also didn't really like sharing his Grandma Holleboom with her. :) We'll have to work on that one. It was great to see everyone and we're looking forward to see them all again next Saturday for Carson's birthday and again the following Saturday for Grandma Holleboom's birthday. There are just a few pictures here, but check out our photo albums for more.

The War Zone That Is Our Front Yard

This past Monday, we had a tree guy come to cut down three trees in our front yard, one tree in the back yard, and trim/re-shape one huge tree in our front yard. While it is great to have the trees gone and the huge Maple looks so much better and we're not worried about it falling on the garage or our cars anymore... we have quite the mess to clean up now. All before Carson's party this-coming Saturday... :)

Little Mischief Maker

Carson is becoming quite the little mischief maker these days. He's definitely good at trying Mama's and Daddy's patience - testing us to see how far he can go with things. I guess that is all part of learning and developing, though. He knows what "no-no" means - and has generally been very good at listening to you, leaving things be, and going to do something else when he's told "no" so far. And he still is when its anyone else but Mama and Daddy. Our biggest struggles with him are getting him to sit down (not stand) in his rocking chair and to leave his night-light in his bedroom alone. He's also turning into quite the climber these days. Trying to climb on everything he can. He still can't climb onto the furniture yet, but I'm sure it won't be long before he does.

I also finally caught him on camera feeding Jet his food. For quite some time now, he's been feeding Jet his food. Especially once he's full and doesn't want anymore. But even when he's not, and you're not looking, he'll feed Jet a few pieces here and there.

Cousin Charlie's and Great Grandma's Birthday Party

Today we went out to Sara's Aunt Sharon's house to celebrate cousin Charlie's 16th birthday (which was on January 27th) and Great Grandma Burge's birthday (which was on January 17th). Carson had a lot of fun playing with everyone, wandering around everywhere and playing hard-to-get... his latest game. He enjoyed his nap with Great Grandpa very much. Aunt Sharon found either Becky's or Charlie's old rocking chair and brought it out for Carson. He loved it and thought he was such a big shot sitting in it. He even figured out how to get in and out of it all by himself! He loved it so much that Aunt Sharon gave it to him! He'll have lots of fun sitting in it and rocking. Here are a few pictures, but there are also more in the Shutterfly albums. I also uploaded all of the January 2009 pictures if you're interested.

Poor Little Man

Our poor little man got his first fat lip tonight. I'm sure this was just the first of many. He was running around, having so much fun, carrying his blankie around. As he was running, he tripped over his blankie and boom he went. His two front teeth went into his upper lip. Poor guy! It really scared him (and me!) with all of the blood, but he was a trooper and calmed down much quicker than I expected him to. He was smiling and on the go again within probably three minutes. But he did manage to give me this poor, pathetic look when I took a picture. :) His little lip is so swollen and red. Hopefully it'll look a little better tomorrow.