My brave little dear

Today I had to take Micah to the doctor. On Wednesday, Erik and I noticed a swollen red area on one of his fingers. By yesterday afternoon it looked even worse and had taken on a purple tinge. I can tell it's bothering him because he is very careful not to use it. It's been awhile since I've had to take him to the doctor and he does NOT do well with these kind of situations so I tried to prepare him all day. At breakfast I told him that he needed to be brave. "Like the brave little deer!" he said, remembering one his story books. So, I made sure we read that book as well as Calliou Goes to the Doctor. He still cried when the doctor came into the examining room and screamed the whole time he looked at his finger, but I was able to calm him down and stop his crying before the appointment was over. Apparently it's some sort of infection and we have started antibiotics. If it doesn't improve by Monday we'll have to go back in and the doctor will have to make an incision to let it drain out - yikes! So, you can say a little prayer that this wouldn't happen. We don't need to give Micah any more reason to hate the doctor's office!

And in other news... This is what happens when you haven't pooped for five days and then you finally do:

Yep, it was a long time since the last poop and I kept wondering when it was going to happen. I knew when it did, it would be a doozy! Finally it happened this morning - smack dab in the middle of Keziah's nap. I had no choice but to change her and thankfully she went back to sleep. Then she went for round two this afternoon while I was holding her. She had been so squirmy and fussy up to that point but after she finished and I changed her she was SO relaxed. I was holding her in my lap afterwards while I checked my email and she fell asleep right then and there. I lay her down in her crib just like this and she didn't make a peep. I guess she was literally "pooped" after all that hard work :)

Micah making a discovery today in the sink...



Micah has turned into Mr. Manners lately. He has really picked up on his "polite" words and uses them excessively! If he bumps into something (like a chair or the wall) he says "oh, I'm sorry!" And yesterday when I suggested that he play with his play-doh he said, "oh, thank you Mommy!"

We finally made it on a walk to the park this morning. Micah is doing really well swinging on the "big boy" swings and he keeps wanting me to push him higher and higher!

Keziah caught up on her reading material while Micah enjoyed the swing: