Collin
Collin's Lost Tooth
September 07 2009 06:11 PM Filed in: Collin
For a few weeks, Collin has had a loose tooth. For awhile, I didn't push him on it and just forgot about it. This week, however, every time he ate, he complained that his tooth was hurthing him. So I got on his case a bit more to wiggle it and get that dang tooth out! So, we really worked on it and wiggled it and pushed on it. At dinner time, it had become so uncomfortable for him that Matt took him into the front room with a string and tried to pull it out. At this oint, Collin had gotten so upset that he was screaming his little head off, even though Matt was trying his hardest to be gentle. So, I marched in there with a dry cloth, reached my hand in his mouth with the cloth covering his tooth to provide some grip and yanked! Nothing happened except Collin's screaming got a bit louder. I yanked again and the screaming continued. I opened the cloth and there in my hand, was a tiny little tooth. I showed Collin, and his tear-filled eyes got big and his sobs turned to laughter. We got him cleaned up a bit, and he was able to eat dinner without a problem. 
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Caution: Keep Sharp Objects Away From Children
February 18 2009 02:25 PM
After lunch last Thursday, I went upstairs to lay Michael down for a nap and to change out of my nice clothes that I wore to work. I left Collin & Annie downstairs watching a movie. A little bit later, I hear Collin crying, and honestly I didn’t think anything of it. He and Annie have been fighting and arguing a little more than usual lately, and I thought maybe Annie had bonked him on the head or something. Collin came upstairs, still quite upset, and I told him to calm down because Mikey was trying to sleep. I asked him what had happened. He cried, “Annie cut me!” That was when I started to get concerned. As I looked at his right hand, he told me that Annie was cutting strawberries when he’d gotten cut, and sure enough, there was a deep, angry gash between his thumb and forefinger. It was bleeding pretty good, and I knew immediately that he was going to be getting stitches. I grabbed a washcloth from our bathroom and held it tightly to his hand and instructed him to hold it tight, and don’t let go. I ran to my friends house who lives behind me to see if she by chance could sit with Mikey and Annie while I ran Collin to the doctors. She wasn’t home. So, I ran back upstairs, grabbed shoes for everyone, woke up Michael and got us all ready to go. I had been trying to call Matt several times, but he wasn’t answering. I was having a difficult time deciding whether I should take Collin to the Insta-Care in Springville, or to his pediatrician in American Fork. The difference in co-pays was going to be about $50 and by the time we all got in the car, the bleeding had slowed down quite a bit. So, Matt and I decided that we’d take him to American Fork, and Matt would meet up with us in Lindon. I called the pediatrician’s office to let them know that we were on the way. It was quite the experience and quite literally took the entire afternoon. From the time Collin got cut, to the time we got back home, it took four hours. Although we did stop at Marley’s afterward to get some rootbeer float custard, because Collin is the bravest kid that I know! At the doctor’s office, they put some cold gel on his hand to numb it before shooting lidocaine in his hand, and that must have worked really well, because he didn’t cry once. He wouldn’t look at his hand when they were injecting the lidocaine, but wouldn’t stop looking at it when he was stitching it up. He flinched once, but that was all. Anyway, long story I know. His hand is healing well, and I will probably be taking his stitches out tomorrow or Friday.
That Was So Exciting!
January 22 2009 07:42 PM Filed in: Collin
Today I went to Macey’s with my friend Steph to get some cereal and chicken because they had awesome sales on both. While I was there, I ran into my Great-Aunt Vee. We chatted for a bit before going on our way and continued our shopping. After she’d gotten done checking out, I was near the front of the store looking for Steph, when Vee approached me again and gave each of my children a dollar for a treat on her. I thought that that was so sweet. So before I put my groceries on the belt to be scanned by the cashier, Danielle, I let the kids pick a candy bar and pay for those first. Since the candy was three for a dollar, I gave Collin Michael’s dollar and let Collin pay for the candy. Danielle scanned it and Collin gave her $2.00. Danielle then handed Collin a receipt and asked Collin if he wanted his change. She dropped several coins into his hand and as she did this, Collin let out a very loud excited sound that I could only describe as a “WHOOP”! He was so excited to have that money! Danielle and I just busted up laughing! It totally made my day! Later, I told Steph what happened. She then told me that Collin had showed her his receipt and told her that “That was so exciting!”
Matt's New Years Project
January 07 2009 02:34 PM
For the first time in quite awhile, Matt took some time off over the holidays besides Christmas and New Year’s Day. It was wonderful having him home. Since we closed on our house on the 18th of December, we figured it was time to start making this house our home. The project first on our list was to give the garage some more useable space. Matt accomplished this by making a very large overhead shelf. He and Collin worked very hard on his project, and although it’s not finished yet, he’s got a good start. The kids and Jessie all enjoyed sitting on the shelf after Matt finished putting up parts of it. 
