We're off to shop for second car...ugh.

New Cousin!

Landon Nelson Beck was born on August 11, 2010. He is 8lbs 10oz and 21.5 inches long. Congrats Jenn & David!

A Little Help

New Toy

I spent 3 1/2 hours in the ER with Kai last night, but you'd never know it now. He took a pretty nasty fall and hit his head on the corner of a table-like toy at Patty and Mikes. He seemed to recover quickly, though the welt on hi forehead was HUGE and PURPLE. Yesterday morning he woke up and the welt had subsided and we were relieved; until he started vomiting. Vomiting like the Exorcist vomiting. I was at work, but when I got home I got to see the carnage. Because he didn't have a fever or any other signs of illness except general fussiness, I called the nurse at our clinic. She was confident that I should take him into the ER. Jon and I were both gunshy, not wanting to be those parents who freak out at every little thing, but like I said Exorcist vomiting. Once we got to the ER he seemed to improve in spirit and he was eating crackers...by the time we saw the doc 3 hours later he seemed totally fine. They were going to do a scan, but since we live 5 minutes from the hospital, the dr. and the supervising dr. agreed that if he vomited even once more to come back immediately for a CT scan and to check on him during the night. I did. Several times. Obsessively. He's totally fine. But now he has diarrhea. Ugh.

Kicks

Here are Grandpa and Grandma Beck on the day of Kai's birthday party!



When Bev and Harry were here a couple of weeks ago they had the luck of catching Kai's first steps. Bev was insistent that Kai needed good quality, well fitting shoes- and she even paid for them! We tood Kai to Stride Right (I remember when Patty told me how much shoes were here when she bought them for Addie I thought she was nuts) and picked him up some 6Ws. Yup, he's got his mama's feet. While $50 seems like a lot for those little canoes, he should be wearing them for at least a couple of months.