BONK! and other happenings

No, I don't abuse my child. He was playing a rousing game of "bar stool obstacle course" with himself when he stepped inside the bottom rung with both feet. His balance threw him backward and the stool landed on top of him. Mom was a little too slow to save him.

It actually looked the worst the first day, which is when I took these. All the swelling went down by the next morning, and you can hardly see it now. He looked like a little boxer for a day though. :)

Mikey gets bubble beards when he puts his face in the bath water to drink it. I know he shouldn't drink his bath water, but it's hard to stop him all the time. I can never get a picture of the first bubble beard, which is always the best and funniest looking. This one has been sort of washed away already.

Here he is trying to change the settings on our fridge. Where are his pants??? I just thought that was too cute of a photo op to pass up.

Kevin surprised us by bringing home a pike that was almost as big as Mikey last weekend! He was fishing with a friend who wasn't going to keep this fish, so Kevin took it off his hands. He had a blast learning to fillet a pike, and Mikey actually ate an entire fillet by himself! Our little boy likes fish, and his daddy couldn't be more proud.

Here's Kevin with the monster. Its gills were still moving when he plopped it on the foil on the counter. I was pretty freaked out and wanted him to get it cleaned and put away as quickly as possible. I don't like slimy, moving creatures on my counter tops!

And last but not least, a few random shots I took of Mikey on a few different mornings with the sun coming in through our east-facing window. He loves to play with our keys.

This one shows his two teeth really well. And his thin, wispy hair. We love this dude. He is constantly amazing us with how sweet and loving his personality is, and how his sense of humor is developing. We think the top teeth might be trying to come through, but neither of them have made an appearance yet.

A Project and a Hike

I bought this dress on a clearance rack, but it was a little too short for my long body (and by a little, I mean 5 or 6 inches!) I actually bought it shortly after Christmas, so this project was long overdue.

The original hem of the dress ended where my fingers are holding (above) and the panel of fabric below that was the lining on the inside of the hem. I bought the brown cotton to add a ruffle at the bottom for even more length.

I decided I had to pleat the ruffle in order to sew the blue panel to the brown fabric more securely. If I did it again, I would make sure the pleats were more even. I wasn't very careful about that.

That's what the inside of the bottom panel looked like before I attached it to the dress.

This picture shows the whole dress with the bottom panel below (before pleating.)

And here's the finished product! I actually finished the sewing on this the morning before I wore it to church. One of the blessings of having church start at 11:30. So my dress is now modest. Even when I'm sitting it comes just past my knee. This alteration cost under $6 for fabric and thread.

This is where we went on Saturday. The weather wasn't bad, but the sun never really came out. When we got up to Delicate Arch, the wind was blowing and it was pretty cold so we snapped a few pictures and headed back down.

It was fun to have people comment on how cute Mikey was while on the hike. Mikey did great. He and I were mostly over our colds, but his nose kept running because it wasn't very warm outside.

A little family photo :)

Kevin carried Mikey the whole time, which I appreciated. After having been cooped up in the house all week, it felt really good to get outside. I wasn't back up to 100% as far as my energy level, so we took it easy with a nice slow pace. We love living so close to these fun National Parks!

Poor Mikey

Mikey and I have both been down for the count the past week with bad head colds and ear infections. But there were a few bright spots in our not-so-great week. Since I had no energy, I spent a lot of time in bed or on the couch with the computer and I was able to compile and edit blog books for our personal history. I got everything caught up all the way to this post! There are two books, one of which I ordered and will arrive in a few weeks. The first is 114 pages or so, and the second, which covers Feb 2010 to Feb 2011 is 67 pages, I think. I'm so excited to see the finished products, and I can't believe how reasonable the cost was. These will be priceless mementos! The other good thing to happen was that Mikey took his first few steps yesterday while pushing a walker toy that my mom got him. He still hasn't taken any steps without holding on to anything, but this was a big move for him! He pushed his toy about six feet across the floor without my help. He also enjoyed a sucker that our friend Katie dropped off with a nice note. We're hoping to feel better very soon so we can get out and enjoy the spring weather! (Notice how I don't include pictures of myself sick. Somehow Mikey is just cuter. He will just come up to us and lay his head down on us because he's exhausted. He's also so much more cuddly when he's sick.)