The A-Team

Little Abel is well…not so little but he is 8 months old today!

I am HOW old?

But I think I am soooo cute!

Hi!

And I am such a good baby too!

See, I am a happy boy!

At 8 months Abel is a monster. He weighs about 24 1/2 pounds and is 30 inches or so (not 100% sure but this is a good guess). He is wearing 18 month clothing and eats 5-8 oz every 5 hours:) He hasn’t really gotten into food until TODAY. He still has trouble with smaller bits like puffs and cheerios but LOVES graham crackers and baby rice husks. Although today, he did really well with getting some puffs actually into his mouth and loves these little cheese snacker things for babies. But the coolest thing is that Abel REALLY got into his food! He is eating it up like crazy! Usually we have a tough time getting him to finish a jar but not last night or today! He gobbled them up! It was so cute to see him enjoying the food.

So today I had my 3-month followup appointment for my lump. I was NOT looking forward to driving in all that snow but made it worth my while. I scheduled my first pedicure at the most FABULOUS day spa (Woodhouse) in Carmel.

I got a clean bill of health from the doc and was SUPER happy! My appt went super fast and I was WAY ahead of schedule. I was able to go tanning and have some Mommy time driving in the snow listening to KLOVE. I was also able to get my pedicure moved up so as to get home sooner:) Life was grand minus the idiot drivers but I dealt with it.

I enjoyed the most wonderfully relaxing pedicure and had a great chat with Stephanie (my tech) who is a believer. It was so neat to see God working in her life as a young person (not that I am THAT old). One thing about pedicures…I had NO clue that you couldn’t wear socks or shoes for about 2 HOURS after! I was given disposable flip-flops but there was about 5 inches of snow on the ground! Stephanie was great – she really went above and beyond – she went out, started my car and pulled it up to the door for me! Plus she made sure there was a path shoveled for me to walk in! I was floored by the service I received. I was wonderfully relaxed and my feet were so soft!

Don't go out like this in snow

So, I was getting ready to leave the spa and saying my good-byes and my phone rings. Aaron was calling. Hmmm. I answer and he is curt but tells me to call him right back when I got in the car. I could tell something was wrong. There went my 80-minutes of relaxation. I immediately call him back and hear the news. Abraham has split his eye open and would most likely need stitches. Of course I had the car with the car seats. So they needed me to get home as quickly as possible but of course safely. That was a very nerve-wracking drive home. I wanted to go super fast but had to fight the snow and crazy drivers. Aaron prepared me well for what I would see. He handled the situation wonderfully and I am so thankful he was there to be with our boys. We went to the emergency room and Abraham was given 7 stitches and has a nasty black eye. Abraham was FANTASTIC through the whole thing. I was very proud of his bravery. This will take some time to heal but we thank God this wasn’t worse. He hopefully learned a lesson with this – START LISTENING!!! Had he heeded his father’s words to wait this wouldn’t have happened. I know that his independence is growing by leaps and bounds but we only tell him things to keep him safe. I hope he realizes this sooner rather than later. Here are the pictures that tell the story.

At the ER

His version of a smile during this ordeal

Mommy the entertainer

Getting stitches

7 stitches in all

All done

So brave

Drinking his first chocolate malt after getting stitches

Daddy showed me this after we got home from the hospital..YIKES!

Not too happy at bath time

This was our day…and what a day it was! Geez! Abraham was truly a trooper and so was Abel. Abel was an absolute angel through the whole ordeal and that was such a blessing! I had to hold Abraham down during the procedure that was probably the worst for me. I comforted him and practiced relaxation techniques to help with his sobs and he did very well. I was so proud of him. He was back to his old self rather quickly. He was excited to taste his first malt which he loved! He wanted to go to Speedway to enjoy time with Mommy and he also wanted to go to Meijer for a couple things all right after his stitches! What a big boy!