Boo-Boo

Brandt got his first big boo-boo. He climbed up on to one of Lucy's chairs in her room and fell off of it forward into the table and hit his forehead on the edge. I was cleaning up books in the room, so I turned around when he started screaming. I picked him up and held him tight, then pulled him back to look at his head and I saw a big gash and it was black and blue and starting to bleed. So I yelled for Michael as I ran down the stairs and I started to cry. Lucy saw me and she started to cry and said "why are you crying, Mommy." So, obviously I am not ready for this boys stuff. We iced it, which wasn't a pretty picture because I had to pin Brandt's head down while Michael held the ice on. Thankfully, one of my cousin's in town is in residency, so I called her and she came over and looked at Brandt's head and bandaged it up. No stitches... so Praise the Lord! Michael said it is okay if he has scares because look at him, and I guess he is super handsome even with all his scares from falls and dogs bites on his face.

He was watching a baby Einstein movie and pointing at the animals...

All bandaged up...

Tea Party

While in Kansas last month, Grammy had a tea party for Lucy. Grammy invited friends from town to come out for tea and cookies. So Grammy and Lucy made cookies and then Daddy, Lucy and I decorated them. Grammy got out some of her prettiest cups and saucers from the china cabinet and when the guests arrived, Lucy gave each of them a hat to wear. The hats are from Mike's Grandma Officer that she wore "back in the day". So here are a few pictures of our fun time!

Grammy and Lucy with their aprons on hard at work.

Ready for the guests...

Lucy picked the pink hat, of course.

If you want to have tea and cookies, you had to wear a hat... a guy's got to do what a guy's got to do to get a cookie! Plus, Daddy left him home with the ladies, so what do you expect!

Brandt Lipstick

Two years ago, Lucy got in my purse while she was supposed to be napping and got my lipstick and made a horrible mess of it... oh what a mess! Well, the other day, Lucy yells to me that Brandt is in my purse. I go over to him, clean up the mess and put my purse away. I go back to work making dinner and I see him pass through the kitchen clutching something in his hand. He is always carrying something, but thankfully, my curiosity made me check to see what he had... oh yes, it was the lipstick, same color and everything. I said, oh no buddy, you won't be using that today and took it away. Of course, he threw a fit, but Praise the Lord he did not become Brandt Lipstick, for my sanity anyway.

Animal Sounds

We have been having fun doing animal sounds with Brandt. Our favorite one is to ask him what a pig says. He snorts and it is so cute... his nose wrinkles a little and he makes the sound from the back of his throat. Lucy cheers him on like such a great big sister. He also says neigh, neigh... quack (more like cuck)... moo, moo...and a very cute cockle doodle doo that you can recognize only if you ask him what a rooster says.

My nephew left his light saber here and Brandt found it. So Brandt walks around with it making this sound like the boys do when they are using them. Its pretty funny that he knows he is a boy, and this is what boys do with light sabers. We've also found that Brandt has quite the temper. He's already thrown himself down on the floor very upset when he gets something taken away. I can't remember how old Lucy was when she did that, but I don't think it was this young. Needless to say, he doesn't get his way, but it is a pathetic cry and usually ends with him coming and crawling in my lap.