February

Where to start! How about with the all adventurous 2yr old, Matthew. We had Matthew's birthday party on the 3rd. It was great! Lots of people came and we got to show off our new house! As for what happened after that...let's just say Matthew is the daredevil of the family. On the 5th of February Gordon decided that he was going to take the boys shopping. Gordon turned around for a second and Matthew had fallen out of the cart onto the floor. He picked him up and looked at him and decided it was time to go home. By the time they had gotten to the car Matthew's head had started to swell. Gordon looked for signs of concussion but didn't find any. When they got home we iced and gave Tylenol. The next day, my mom urged me to take him to the doctor to make sure nothing was wrong. Boy, am I glad she did! The doctor took one look at him and said, "Oh my Gosh!" Needless to say, I knew exactly what he was going to tell me next. So off to the emergency room to wait longer. When we were finally seen they sent for a CT Scan. Sure enough there was a fracture in his skull and they were going to transport him to Phx Children's Hospital for further analysis from a Pediatric Neurosurgeon. I went home that night and cried myself to sleep praying that they wouldn't have to do surgery on my poor little Matthew. They ordered another CT Scan in the morning and decided they would let us know what the options were. The Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Dr. Moss, sat down with us and showed us the CT Scan and told us everything we needed to know. We cried and nodded and cried some more. We knew from what he was telling us that there were too many what-ifs to not do surgery. As I held my baby we gave Matthew another blessing and the SPIRIT immediately told me he would be okay. The blessing said that he would have a fast recovery and he did! The Dr. told us after surgery that the average recovery time was 4 days. We left within 24hours of surgery! How I love the power of prayer! The only complaint that Matthew had afterwards was that he was stuck,(talking about the IV in his arm) not about the pain from his head. The swelling got worse when we got home and David decided to call his little brother a pirate because he could only see out of one eye! ARGH! He has recovered very nicely! He will have a scar, but it is already as thin as a paper cut! I doubt you will be able to see it at all when his hair grows back.
His Aunt Jill has decided that he needs to advertise how adventurous he is and bought him a shirt to help. David was, of course, jealous of all the attention Matthew was getting. So, Gordon and I took just David with us on Date night to dinner and a movie. He loved it!
He still loves his Matthew too!
Hailey is doing great, with more of a real crawl than military style. She's starting to get into more stuff though. We love it!
In other news, I have decided to take on cooking! I have joined The Pampered Chef Team! I have only had 2 shows so far but I am hoping that my family and I will benefit greatly from it. I also hope that March will not be quite as packed with excitement as February!