Thursday, March 27, 2008

I'm a horrible mom

So, the other night I had Brayden on the couch propped up on the boppy like usual when he started to get a little cranky. It was time for his bottle. So, I walked around the corner, put 3 scoops of formula in the pre-filled water bottle when I started to hear Brayden start to whimper. I walked around the corner to find him on the floor facing the opposite way he was laying on the couch. I freaked out and picked him up and checked him out. Mark hearing me freak out pulled up his pants and ran out of the bathroom. He checked out Brayden out to find that he was ok not even a red mark. Brayden only cried half-heartedly for like 2 min. and was over it. When he fell off the couch he was like 2 cm away from banging his head on a wooden chair next to the couch. He fell right in between the chair and couch. Praise the Lord! Well, that was at 7pm. So, thinking I learned my lesson that I can't just walk around the corner anymore & have to sit right next to me at all times when on the couch. Mark gathered that the 1st time Brayden fell he must have sat up, reached to get something that he wanted on the floor, and then toppled on to the ground. Well, at 10pm. Brayden was propped up on boppy again on the couch, my hand on him, I was giving him his meds and talking to him. I said to him, "I don't know where Daddy went (mark normally takes the meds for me to put it up), so I'll just set it down here." In the 2 sec. it took to lean over put the meds on the floor, I seen out of the corner of my eye...Brayden flipped over my hand, landed on his head, neck snapped back and he fell on his bottom. I completely freaked out! Mark came running around the corner again..but this time I have no clue where he was and his pants were fastened. :) I picked Brayden up again to comfort him and told Mark what happened. As I'm holding Brayden I put my hand over my eyes because I was soo ashamed and started balling my eyes out - this lasted for hours. Mark took him from me as I continued to cover my face and wail. Then our housemate, Jennifer Dick, took Brayden so Mark could comfort me. Unfortunately, it only helped a little bit. Then I remembered that my mom dropped my sister on her head, so I had to call my mom. I guess I needed to be comforted by someone who's been there. For the rest of the night before Brayden went to bed when he looked at me he started to cry. He only cried for like 10 min. after the 2nd tumble, which happened at 10pm. I felt like a horrible mother! Like seriously...I know that sometimes things like this just happens, but What mom has it happen in a 3 hr period? Well, the next morning when Brayden woke up he was all smiles at me and forgot the whole thing. I guess kids are more resiliant than we think..and Brayden does have a hard head. Everytime I think of it...I still feel horrible. Just the image of him falling is aweful!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Ragsdale Twins!
















I'm very exctied that the Ragsdale twins are here & healthy. As some of you know, the Ragsdale's, Nick & Kara lost their first son, Peyton Samuel, over a 1 1/2 yrs ago due to Vasa Previa. Kara had to be on Clomid (sp?) to get pregnant w/ Peyton which a side effect is Vasa Previa and possible loss of baby - which happened. If you don't know what Vasa Previa is look on the net, the website might be vasaprevia.org Anyway, so Kara & Nick did IVF (invetro.) this last time. They put in 3 eggs, and 2 got fertilized & attached themselves to the uterus. These twins are so cute! Let me tell you about them... They were born at 7:46am. on 3/15/08 by c-section (The orginal c-sect. date was supposed to be the following Tue. 3/18/08, but due to the mom's high blood pressure, they took them early). Marley Grace was born first weighing 5lbs. 3oz, measuring 18 1/2in. About 30 sec. later, Sam entered the world! Samuel William weighed in at 6lbs. 11oz (with a knack for sports :)), measuring 19 1/2in. Marley has fair skin, light hair, w/ small facial features and Sam has dair hair, dark skin, w/ large facial features. Well, below is some pics that Nick & Kara sent to me. So, enjoy!

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

pics

Here are pica from rock climbing and our anniversary trip to New Harmony...check out Brayden's Blog for pics of him at http://braydenisrael.blogspot.com

Now for anniv pics... We went to New Harmony Inn to stay & to the New Harmony White House to eat dinner Friday night & at the Red Geranium for breakfast!!!
This was the first time we left Brayden overnight!!! Scary!!! But, he was in good hands...my mom and Cassie came down for the weekend to help with Brayden & our move.
Oh..we moved and will move again in 2 months!!!


























Rock Climbing with Amanda Beaman, and Levi & Daniel Graham. Brayden & Daddy watched us & took some cool pics!