Visitors!!

We are SO excited that we have 2 visitors at our house this week. My sister Lisa and her daughter Lauren are here until Thursday. We have talked of NOTHING else for the last week!!! Meredith has been SO excited because it is her first "sleepover" (Lauren is sleeping in her room.) The only thing that has been brought up more than their visit is the fact that Ashley was NOT coming. "WHY NOT?", asked Michael... all day, every day... Even when we were on the way to the airport yesterday Michael said with hope, "Maybe Ashley will be with Aunt Lisa." As much as we are missing my other 3 nieces (who are at church camp), we are completely happy that Lauren and Lisa are here. We've had silly times and good times and I am looking so forward to every minute that is coming up. I had to pinch myself this morning that they were actually here. Michael's first words this morning were "Where's Aunt Lisa?" He is smitten...again...

Sure enough

A shiner

My darling little Michael fell while he was in the childcare area at the health club tonight. He clonked himself smack dab in the middle of the forehead and has a pretty good size abrasion in the center of his sweet baby boy head. Right at first I didn't notice that his left eye had also been injured, but my friend pointed it out to me. Sure enough, it was swollen and reddening by the minute. He sobbed and sobbed on the way home, making the 6 blocks that we live away from the gym seem much farther away. "I JUST want PINK blankie" is what he kept saying. He was so distressed. So sad... He fell asleep straight away when we got home, and I laid him down in his bed. That was about 4 hours ago; I just checked on him and now his eye is pretty purple in color and very puffy and swollen. I woke him up a bit and he wasn't able to open his left eye at all. I would not be at all surprised if he gets up tomorrow with a shiner - a real, black and blue eye. This will be his first "major" injury as a little boy. It doesn't seem that serious, but I would bet he looks he got in someone's way when he wakes up in the morning. Sigh... Sleep tight, my little guy.