Well it’s about time …
I’m sure that’s what you all were thinking when you noticed this new post. Because it’s true. It’s about time I posted something new on this forgotten blog. I don’t have a picture to post with this. Perhaps I will try to capture one tomorrow. I just thought I would give an update on my life with Ethan since he’s begun walking. Which has been a few months.
Since Ethan began walking he has transformed from a little baby to a toddler. He is into EVERYTHING now. And he’s falling all over the place. He fell down the stairs once … ALL of the stairs. That was the scariest moment of my life. We don’t have gates for the stairs and before his fall down them he was pretty good about going up and down them safely on his own. Apparently I got too comfortable with that. I was putting some books away that we had been reading which was literally around the corner from where the stairs start when he took the plunge. I have never felt so helpless watching him go down those stairs. I was running after him the whole way down. Once I got to him at the bottom I scooped him up and checked him all over for broken bones, gashes, bumps … anything. All he got was a couple small scratches on his head and after 3 minutes of crying he squirmed out of my arms and started playing again. Unbelievable. Kids are so resilient. However, ever since the plunge he’s avoided the stairs. That was nearly a month ago and he’s just now starting to get the courage to go up and down them again, mostly with my assistance, thank goodness. But that will only last so long … cringe.
His latest escapade has been running around on the pool patio. He fell three times in one day and has the scab on his nose to prove it. It’s actually healing up nicely. I’ll have to take a picture of it tomorrow before it goes away for good ( that just doesn’t sound right somehow ). Anyway. I think that day was just as hard for me to go through as it was for Ethan. I mean I realize I am just beginning to experience the pain I will have to go through to raise this kid, but I really don’t know how I’m going to do it. Parenthood is no easy task for the heartstrings.
On another note … my new little nephew was born today. Jax Clinton Johnson. Alicia asked me to post some of the pictures I took this evening on her blog … so go check it out. He’s the sweetest little guy. I forgot how light newborns feel to hold. And just how sweet and cuddly they are … sigh … there’s nothing like a newborn baby. Straight from heaven, they are.
