bumps & bruises

Living with a 13 month old boy keeps you on your toes. And teaches you to keep a stocked first aid kit.

Jaxon loves our kitty, Thumbtack. He follows him around pointing & laughing. If the cat stays nearby, he'll 'pet' him which is really more hitting until we remind him 'gentle'. But Saturday he decided something more along the lines of a tackle was in order. The initial tackle didn't seem that bad, the cat had already been laying down so he didn't really move much. It was too close to the wall so Jax ended up bumping his head (since he didn't seem to mind, it was a little funny). But I guess in the process of trying to get up, he did something the cat didn't like (looked like he used the cat as leverage to push himself back up), so he got a quick swipe to the head. He's got two small scratches on his forehead which are already fading. Kitty is amazingly patient with Jax, and even his scratches seem held back, like he didn't really want to do it but just had to. Of course, Jaxon is still following the cat around everywhere.

Yesterday afternoon, Jaxon tripped on a DVD on the floor (he pulls them all off the shelf) and landed on a metal trash can (which he had put in the middle of the floor, upside down so he could climb on it). Jack & I both were right there in the room but could do nothing to stop his face from hitting the lip of the bottom of the trash can. Actually, we both thought we saw him hit his forehead so when I rushed to soothe him, I was looking for a bump on his head. As the tears & sniffling gushed, I noticed the trickle of blood out of his mouth (at which point I starting counting tiny teeth). Jack got some ice & a cloth and we got him all doctored up. It was really very minor & stopped bleeding quickly. I couldn't even tell for sure where the cut was at the time. And he pretty much forgot about it after that. Of course this morning when we woke up & he took out is paci, we saw it had turned a nice purple color. I couldn't get a good picture of it, but the bruise even has a little bit of a curve up his cheek, like the Joker, to show where he hit the curved lip of the can. Thankfully he still seems oblivious to it.

Of course here's the punchline: we have portraits scheduled this week.

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Toothus Eruptus

If you can get a him to grin and then look fast, you just might see Jaxon's first tooth. It popped up this weekend on the bottom gums and is a sharp little bugger. I sure won't be sticking my fingers too close to him anymore.

He's also doing an army crawl/scoot thingy (which he's doing right now trying to get to one of the dogs, boy are they in trouble now!). It is so funny & sneaky. It doesn't look like he's moving very fast, but if you turn your back he's suddenly moved several feet. And he can do pretty good turns too, I just looked back at him and now he's off after something else on his playmat in the opposite direction of the dog (with the dog now licking his feet!).

I just got a sneak peak at our portraits from the weekend and they were fantastic! I can't wait to get my hands on all of them (still being edited). I do need to get him some new clothes though. In one of the pics it looks like he's got on shorts but it's just his jeans that were too small riding up (I had to put him in a disposable diaper instead of cloth just to get them on!). I've only seen four of the pics so far but I think I already know which one is going on our Christmas cards.

Pictures

Kitty decided the cloth diaper stack was a comfy place to sleep

Jaxon with Aunt Sophie & Uncle Noah

Playdate with HJ & MH who made birthday cake for MH's mommy

Mama's night out for KK's birthday!