January, 2011.....week one

Our year started out with Jiles pulling one of the stocking holders down from the fireplace and having it crack him square in the middle of the forehead. This required a trip to Kids Care and by the end of the night he had 7 stitches....2 underneath the skin and 5 on the outside. He surprises me each day with how well behaved he can be. When the doctor and nurse were not in the room, he was busy tearing things apart, but the minute they would come in to look at him he layed there quiet and still. He got his shot to numb him up and did not even flinch.....then while they were stitching him up he almost didn't even have to be held down. He would try to tilt his head back, out of curiosity, to see what the doctor was doing, but otherwise held completely still.
The stitches came out 5 days later, and he does have a scar, but most likely his hair will cover it up. Crazy little fella.
Let's face it, there is not alot to look forward to during the month of January. It's cold, dark, and there is an overall feeling of 'letdown'. We get the occasional surprise when we open our back shutters of finding deer in our backyard looking for something to eat. It is a little bit of a surprise and something that puts a smile on our faces during this time of the year. The deer have showed up every year since we have lived in this house, and the sight of them never gets old.

Tumbling class for Brenna....she is busy working hard and learning to tumble better so that when cheer tryouts roll around again in April she will be ready to rock!! She has her heart set on making the Varsity squad next year. I am keeping my fingers crossed for her. Cheering has been something that fits her personality to a tee. She has made some great friends and is enjoying every minute of it.

Jensen plays basketball with some of the guys from his football team, and this has been a welcome blessing to an otherwise long and boring winter. He practices once or twice a week with two games each week.
On occasion we are lucky enough to have Grandma and Grandpa come to his games.....Julie and Bradley with Aliza and Tate also add to his cheering section!!

CHEESEY!!

Jiles is the kid that none of us can keep our hands off of. We all love smooching and squeezing on him as much as possible!! Sometimes he likes and welcomes it, sometimes he does not. Either way, we keep on doing it!

I rode the bus with the cheer squad as the chaperon to one of their away games the other night. The cheer coach just met us at the game, so they needed a mom helper. I had never been to one of the basketball games, so it was fun to go and watch them cheer. Morgan came with us, it was a fun night out!!

Brenna and Lindsay in between cheers.....

Time goes by....sometimes it seems so hard to keep up on what is going on in our lives. I continue to try to stay caught up.