26 March 2010

Alexander's run-in with the Corvette




We has some trauma yesterday... big accident actually. I had the Otteman boys over here and we went outside the drive the corvette in the driveway. Michaela showed up right as we were going out. I'm not sure if that made the situation better or worse that she was here b/c I had picked up the mail and there was the info about Education Week in it (which I was excited about because we'll be at BYU during it for the next 2 years). I was not paying attention to Alexander as much as I should have been because I was telling her about it when she said "where's Alexander?" He had been there a second ago. Merrick was in the corvette trying to back it up... and I just knew... I ran over and found Alexander all the way under the back of the corvette. I pulled him out and he started crying. I'm guessing he was in too much shock to cry before that. I brought him inside and nursed him for a couple minutes until he stopped crying and then looked a the abrasion on his head. It looks like he skinned his knee, but on his head. It only bleed about like that too. I washed it and put neosporin on and took him back outside. By then he was acting like nothing had happened and wanted to be Benjamin's passenger in the corvette. He was a little fussy last night, but I'm thinking he's sore and might still be teething. I'm grateful nothing worse happened. I'm sure he hit his head, but there wasn't a goose egg or anything. Benjamin asked how Merrick knew to stop and I told him maybe Alexander's body was just the right size so it couldn't drive. Ryan's theory is there were angels stopping it. So, wow, that was scary.

23 March 2010

Benjamin's 1st Day of Spring 2010 Preschool

Benjamin is back at Bellevue East High School for 3 days a week of preschool for the spring semester. Alexander was hoping he could go too... that would be until I left him alone with strange people. The photos were kind of an after thought. I've been so focused on getting ready for our move that we haven't been taking many lately.

22 March 2010

Alexander's Attitude

Alexander worships his big brother.People don't believe me when I say that Alexander throws crazy fits because he generally seems mild mannered... UNTIL he wants something and isn't getting it. I finally had to get them out of this room because Alexander kept putting a little 3-legged stool on a step and then stood on it to look at a turtle in an aquarium. It was very precarious and every time I told him "no" and took the stool off, he'd grab another one (there were 3). He arches his back, flails on the ground, and caterwauls if you thwart him completely, which I did when I moved the stools out of his reach.