Friday, March 6

ATooth!ATooth!ATooth!!

First of all, I need to show this picture of Hadley's war wounds. (I kept forgetting to pull it from the camera onto the computer. I finally did, so here it is.) He and Adelyn were playing across the step that goes from the kitchen to the play room a few weeks back and Adelyn got mad/frustrated with Hadley trying to take "her" toys, so she threw a wooden stool down the step at him. It got him right across the nose. He still has a slight scar.
Anyway, on to title-worthy news. (sadly, Hadley getting beat up by Adelyn is sort of common place)

I can't believe it, Hadley's first tooth just broke through!!! And we weren't even the ones to notice it. You can't blame us for that, though. Adelyn didn't get her first one 'till she was 17 months old, but I thought she had the "signs" of teething since she was 4 months old. It turns out those are just the "signs" of a 4-month-old. So, I've been completely ignoring said "signs" in Hadley assuming that he'd teeth around the same time as Adelyn. Actually, since you can't create an average with only one number, I had absolutely no clue as to when Hadley would teethe.

Anyway, last night we took the kids to my parents house so we could go play volleyball and basketball with our old and new wards. When we went back to pick them up, my mom asked me how long Hadley had had his tooth. That was a shock to me, and I asked, "What tooth?" So she laughed because she had found it before Curtis or me. It did seem strange that the last couple of nights he has woken up more but not wanted to eat every time, but won't let you lay him back in his bed. Curtis and I have each had a night where we slept on the couch with him in our arms. I think (hope) we would have figured it out eventually.

Yeah! Maybe he'll actually be able to eat carrot sticks and apple slices when he goes to nursery instead of just suck on them like Adelyn had to. Now I just hope he doesn't bite me since I'm still nursing him.

Monday, March 2

Gracie Jean Gledhill


http://www.thegledhillfamily.blogspot.com/

If you haven't seen this blog, you should. Gracie is 11 months old -- the same age as Hadley, and her parents have to let her go tomorrow. This is one of the saddest, most inspirational stories I've ever heard. She is so beautiful and amazing, this world it truly missing out by not getting to have her here for longer. I just couldn't let her go without saying something about her. I cried when I found out that she wasn't going to make it. I can't believe the strength her parents and siblings possess to have gone through this and my prayers will be with them as they try to make it through tomorrow and the days that will follow. They are always making comments about how much they have learned and how much they have grown spiritually from watching and caring for this cute little girl. It reminds me how lucky I am to have such healthy kids. Things could always be worse, so I'm happy to have what I have.