Thursday Aunt Carolyn, cousin Steph, and baby Andrew were in the twin cities and were nice enough to stop by before heading back to Hollandale. Steph & Andrew live in Nebraska so we had yet to meet Andrew, who was born only 6 days after Grant. As you can see from the pictures below, he's a bit more slender and active than Grant. :) Ava made sure that she kept Aunt Carolyn busy reading books while I visited with Steph & Andrew. Thank you ladies (and Andrew) so much for taking the time to visit. It was so nice to see you guys and meet Andrew! He is a doll!
Saturday held a first for Grant...his first (and hopefully last) trip to the ER. Our friend's little boy had his 1st birthday party on Saturday so the four of headed over to help them celebrate. We were getting ready to leave and decided to change Grant real quick before heading home. He was on the floor on his changing pad and there was a little boy next to us rocking in a little rocking chair. Well he leaned over to far and the rocking chair came down onto Grant's head with the little boy in it. Of course Ava was next to me and she got hit by the chair (not hard) as well. Grant obviously started crying very loud and hard. After a couple of minutes he calmed down and was fine except for the large bruise and swelling on his head. After getting home I decided just to call our pediatrician's clinic to see if they thought we should have him looked at. They told us to take him to the ER to be seen since he was so little. I took him in while Nate stayed home with Ava who was taking her nap. I got there and they took us right back to a room even though their sign in the waiting room said the wait was 1-2 hours. The Dr. ordered a CT scan of his head to make sure that there was no bleed or fracture. Thankfully everything looked fine and we were out of the ER in just over an hour. We were so grateful that he was ok, and were once again reminded how quickly our life could have changed (this coming just a day after the Connecticut school shooting which makes any parent especially grateful for the opportunity to snuggle with their children and tell them how much you love them).
Today was our first of many Christmas celebrations. We went to Hollandale for the big Veldman Christmas. It was so nice to see everybody, and introduce Grant to them. He got a lot of snuggle time, while Ava had a great time playing with Rachel. The drive was shorter this year since we're now in the southern suburbs rather than the north...an added bonus. :)
One side note before signing off for the night. When we got to the ER Saturday they had me put Grant on the scale. I was thinking he weighed around 12 lbs. When I saw the number I about died...15 lbs 1 oz. Are you kidding me? This kid is only 7 weeks old and already weighs 15 lbs. I guess I don't have to worry if he's getting enough milk while nursing. He's a solid little man!
No comments:
Post a Comment