Accident #2

I got the dreaded phone call from school yesterday.  On the other end was Grace's teacher telling me that it was an emergency!!  Grace had been dancing on the rug, fell and busted her chin open. 

"Does it need stitches, Ms. Tiki?"

"Yes, it does."

"How big is the cut, Ms. Tiki?"

"Big!"

So, off I run to school.  When I got there Grace had a steri-strip on it.  It is about an inch long, but since the steri was holding it closed, I really doubt that the doctors would remove it for stitching.  Nana Su met me at school, and it was our determination to leave it alone and covered with the steri's until it heals.  You can't see it unless you look underneath her head.   Poor kid, she went two years with NOTHING, and then we had the eye and the chin in less than a year.  It would figure....Lamar is gone:)

Oh, and she locked herself in her room on Sunday.  I went up to get her and she was shut up tight.  My doorknobs are as old as my house (c. 1953) so there is no way to pop the lock from the outside.  I told her to hold on and I was going to go across the street to get Mr. Kris.  Well, I forgot that Mr. Kris is deployed too!  So Nadine and Tyler came over for Operation Grace Removal.  Tyler was talking to her from the other side of the door while we worked.  I finally just took the knob off.  Of course, now I can't get it back on.  She was fine...not worried at all.  When we took it off and finally got in, she was playing happily in her room.  When I asked her how it happened, she said that her daddy locked her in.  

TOOTH

Walter's first tooth broke through today.  He has pretty much given up sleeping through the night lately.  For the past several weeks, he has been getting up every couple of hours.  It culminated on Thursday night with every five minutes!  We went to the doctor and she upped his Zantac.  Well, the tooth broke through sometime last night, so here's to hoping that was part of the problem!

Sleep Brother Sleep!!

Oh.  And he now weighs 15 lbs 11 oz.  

Big Boy!!

4 month stats

Walter had his four month check up on January 8th.  He received all of his shots, except for the HIB, which is still recalled.  The doctor said that he looks GREAT.  Everything is right on track.  I can't believe how time is flying by.  In no time, he will be walking and talking.

Weight  15 lbs, 2 oz

Length  24 inches

Head     41 centimeters

He is 45th percentile in weight and length and 80th in head circumference.  

Still breastfeeding.  We did start cereal do to the reflux.  He is still loving it.

Ho Ho Ho!!

Here are some photos of Christmas in SC.  This is the time of year that my blogging seems to take a nose dive.  Anyhow, these are some of the shots.  More will be added later.  By this weekend...or as soon as I download them from the camera:)  The ones of Grace are on our camera.  These came from Dad.