Surprisingly Satisfied

I do solemnly resolve to embrace my current season of life and will maximize my time in it.  I will resist the urge to hurry through or circumvent any portion of my journey but will live with a spirit of contentment.

Samantha Zweifel

Not-so-bloody Boy Incident

We had BubbaJ's one year checkup today.  Everything was fine except Doc said BubbaJ has a bead in his ear.  One of Precious's bracelets got broken a few weeks ago so when Doc said there was a pearly white bead in his ear, I knew just where it had come from.  The only question is whether he put it there or one of his sisters.  Apparently it will come out by itself and I don't need to worry.  I'm not really worried about the bead that's there now.  It's more about the things I will find in his ear or up his nose in the future.

Bloody Boy Incident #1

We had our first bloody incident with BubbaJ yesterday.  Of course my husband was at work when it happened.  Why does no one ever get hurt when he's home?  I mean seriously!  He's the one teaching them all kinds of dangerous things and yet I'm always the one who has to deal with the injuries.  Anyways, here is how it went down.  The girls come running to me asking, "Why is BubbaJ's mouth red?"  I didn't quite know what to think because they were extremely calm.  When I saw him, his whole mouth was red with blood and his shirt was red.  I rushed him into the bathroom to find out where it was coming from.  It took me a long time to figure it out because it was bleeding so much I couldn't pinpoint the origin of the blood.  I finally determined that it was coming from between his top lip and gum.  I called my husband to see what to do next.  I think I more needed him to calm me down than actually tell me anything, but he knew just what to say to me to keep me focused.  It took a while to stop the bleeding, but it finally did.  I gave BubbaJ some Tylenol because I felt so bad for him.  A couple of times throughout the day it started bleeding again, but stopped relatively quickly.  I'm sure we will have plenty more bloody incidents with a boy.  And I'm sure that my husband will always have the words to calm me down.