another milestone

Both boys are in elementary school now. Spencer started the 1st grade, Mason started kindergarten. It's a happy/sad feeling...happy both boys are starting new adventures, sad they are growing so fast. Excited to see what the year will bring!

not for the faint of heart

Earlier this week Micah took the boys on a play date with some friends to an indoor trampoline-ish/ bouncy type place. While there, Mason hit his head. Not sure how, not sure where on his head because he was in all of the action when it happened. Once I got home I learned he had started complaining of a headache and was super tired. As I started to talk to him I realized he was having little guy amnesia. That's right, memory loss. I. Got. Freaked. I remained calm on the outside, but inside I was freaking out - as you can imagine. So after a quick call to the pediatrician we were headed to the Children's Hospital/ER. Mason had to have a CT scan and we had to sit. And wait. And sit. And wait. Thankfully it came back normal, but the final diagnosis was a concussion. My poor little guy :(

Short of waking him up every 2 hours, everything else went smoothly. That is, until 2 days later when he was at the splash pad and slipped and hit his head AGAIN! He also had some mysterious big fat swollen finger that we didn't know about for 2 days. You would think the bandaid he was wearing would've clued us in, but if you didn't know, Mase loves bandaids. More about that later. So after our final check up with the doc, I think we are finally (fingers crossed) on the mend again :)

Counting my blessings knowing it could've been worse....I tell ya, this parenting thing is not for the faint of heart!