22 & 9 and 2 In A Row

I didn't expect to post tonight, but Micole reminded me that Cooper turned 22 months old today and Colton turned 9. I haven't done a monthday post in awhile, so it seems appropriate. Two posts in two days. That's a new record!

Cooper spent part of his 22nd monthday playing in the snow with Ben, TJ, and Rachel. It was his first time playing in the snow.

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Young Colton on his 9th monthday. He's been sick for a few days but he's feeling much better today.

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I had a discussion today with a co-worker. We both agree that it is amazing that any children ever make it to the age of 5. There's all these little things that can happen with the younguns, mostly involving falling but there's plenty of other stuff like electrical shock or swallowing a coin or drinking cleaning fluid. Yesterday, Colton was pulling himself up on a toy when he fell through the glass on our curio cabinet. Micole said he was bleeding pretty badly at first, but when she cleaned it up all she could find was a little scratch. Lucky kid.

A few weeks ago Colton started pulling himself up on stuff, like the ottoman or the Imaginarium block that the boys got for Christmas. He had himself up on the Imaginarium, when of course (being one of his first attempts at this endeavor) he lost his grip and fell chin first into the block. I was upstairs when Micole screamed for me to come down. He was bleeding pretty badly out of his mouth when I arrived. Micole had me get a wash cloth for her. It cleaned up pretty fast, but it was scary. The same thing happened to Cooper at the same age, but it happened on the coffee table.

The funny thing about it was how upset Cooper was by the whole situation. Not an hour or so before he was pushing or hitting Colton for playing with HIS toys. So there he is pointing and screaming like "SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BROTHER! DO SOMETHING PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! OH THE HUMANITY!!!! " He was utterly and completely terrified by the situation. I'm not sure if he knew what was wrong; he just knew something was WRONG.