A not so fun first..

It has definitely been a year of "firsts" and last night we had a pretty scary one.  Kolten took his first trip to the ER.   Bryce, his mom, and I were outside cleaning up the garage and Kolten was playing with his wagon.  Right next to his wagon was a steal ladder, I was looking down trying to deflate a pool and I heard a crash.  When I looked up my sweet baby boy was laying underneath this heavy steal ladder.  I have no words to describe what I felt in that second...  I rushed over to him and his head already had a huge goose egg and his nose was black.    Bryce and I rushed him to Gateway ER he cried about half way there, but would stop if I was not trying to put ice on his head.  Once we got there, they got us back very quickly, probably about 10 minutes total.   My parents and Bryce's mom got there not shortly after that and by that time he was already acting pretty normal and wanted Pop(of course). My biggest concern was that he would have some type of internal injury because of the weight of the ladder and how it hit his face.   The doctor had checked out his vitals and informed us that he was not worried because he was showing no signs of head trauma.  In fact, he was actually laughing and pointing at the doctor about 10 minutes into our conversation with him.  I can not explain to you how lucky, blessed, grateful I feel that it was only bumps and bruises.  God had his hand on my little man because with the weight of that ladder it could have been much, much worse.  I am so thankful.   We took him to get ice cream on the way home and I was thrilled to here his little voice say "mum, mum, mum" as he ate it.  He was super smiley all night and has been the same way all day....he is one tough fella I tell you, much tougher than his momma.  I have a feeling he might be causing me a few gray hairs in the years to come. 

Auntie L's Visit/11 Months

My intentions were to update this thing at least once a week, but did you really think I was going to stick to that?  I mean, it only took me 10 months, well really 19 if you count the pregnancy, to get the thing started.  Anyways, enough about my procrastination...on to what has been going on with the family the last couple of weeks...

Auntie L came home for a visit at the end of July.  We are always excited for her to come home, but we were extra excited this time since she had spent the greater part of the summer in Malaysia and this would be her first time back to Evansville.  I was unsure if Kolten would remember her (sorry Lauren, but he is a baby) but he seemed to know exactly who she was. 

Kolt had lots of new tricks to show auntie when she got home, like how he can stand by himself and what a "strong boy he is"

Also what an excellent clapper he is.  He can stay right on beat to the "Hot Dog Song"

Auntie thought she might get him to take some steps by bribing him with snacks, but he just was not quite there yet.  However; last night he took 10 steps in a row!!  Looks like we are almost there.

The weekend of L's visit we took a "mini-trip" to St. Louis to see a ballgame and go to the zoo. 

 First we checked into the hotel room and Kolten decided he would enjoy the comfortable pillows...

No rest for the wicked though...he went straight into "dance party mode" showing off some of his classic moves.

Pop was super excited to take Kolten to his first ML game, check out those matching hats!

We tried to get a family picture, as you can see, that was a major fail.  

Kolten, Pop and Grammy

Getting some pre-game love from Grammy, already a bit fussy unsure how we were going to handle this heat the rest of the night. 

Auntie L giving Kolt a cool down, not sure if you can tell but his head is SOAKING WET.  Bryce thought for sure this child was going to die of heat exhaustion and keep drenching him with water.   

Right above where are seats were supposed to be there was a "special" seating area that had cushion seats and a rail right in front of it.  We were lucky enough to be able to move there which made the heat a little more bearable and allowed for Kolten to get down and walk.  However, this was a night game and we knew it was just a matter of time before he hit a wall...

Then...someone hit a homerun and Kolten lost it!!!  Yes, the child who loves fireworks and other loud things was not in the mood for them on this night.  We will blame it on the heat and the fact that it was well past his bedtime but this little man was OVER. IT.

  Getting some much need TLC from Pop prior to leaving the game.  Apparently the Cardinals won and Pujols hit some type of record hit, but I would have no clue about any of that:)

After the going to game, we realized that a zoo trip in 100 degree weather was just out of the question.  So instead we decided to go check out the St. Louis City Museum.  At first, everyone was pretty skeptical but it actually turned out to be pretty neat.  If you are ever looking for an indoor activity while there you should def. check it out.  Below are some pics of the sights.

We then finished up the trip with a meal at the Spaghetti Factory and headed home!