2009 enters with a BANG!

Literally!!

This morning, Alex was being his usual silly self, and went into the kitchen. All of a sudden, we hear a bang, and Alex begins crying/screaming immediately. Andy ran into the kitchen, and Alex was on the floor. He brought Alex into the living room and held him for a few minutes. When he settled down, he got off of Andy's lap and we noticed the HUGE knot in his forehead - right between his eyes, running the length from his eyebrows to hairline. He must've ran into a corner of something......I don't know what happened, but I do know that it's going to leave a bruise. It's still somewhat swollen tonight (and the little booger won't let us put any ice on it), but he's been acting fine (and his eyes are okay, too).

Then, to add insult to injury (or to add one more black and blue place to his face), this afternoon he was following Andy into the bathroom, tripped, bounced off of the tub and smacked his right cheek on the toilet. Yes, he's going to be black and blue there, too. We've kept the tylenol on the counter, and he's asked for it a couple of times while pointing to his head and cheek. Poor fella - - but, as you can tell from the picture below, he's awful upset about it.

Zach's had a rough day, too.....he's really congested and hasn't been eating well. He will swallow a time or two, then SCREAM.....and have tears coming out of his eyes. We've been giving him tylenol, too, just because he appears to be in so much pain. He's not running a temp (thankfully), but we just don't know what's wrong. He's been especially fussy the last two days, and then today he has been having trouble eating. (Added later: Zach just finished a 5-ounce bottle in one sitting! Yea!) If it's not getting better by early tomorrow morning, I am calling the doctor, because he really has me worried.......

So please keep both of the boys in your prayers. Thanks!!

We're hoping for a far less eventful second day of 2009. :)