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I had an MRI for my pesky right foot on Tuesday. It may be broken after all. 
I'll find out next Tuesday night.
As Charlie put it, Saturday is not Caspian's day. 
We left him with my parents while we were out at a potluck last Saturday, and he touched a lightbulb. 
He got 2nd-degree burns on his finger and hand, and a nasty-huge fluid blister. It popped Monday morning, so we took him to the doctor. Now I have to change his dressing every 2-3 hours, alternating the medication I put on it each time. It hasn't scabbed yet, and he kept trying to bite off pieces of gauze and tape...so we socked his hand. He looks so pitiful, crawling around with a sock up to his forearm!
On a positive note, we got this Melissa & Doug blocks set at Home Goods for only $15! 
There were a few missing and no price tag, so they charged us the price of some other blocks set. 
And in other news, he's started taking 2-4 steps at a time! It isn't much, but it's a huge leap toward independence. Yay, Caspian!
Praise God! 
The pediatric orthopedist couldn't even find the "crumple" on the x-ray after going over it with a fine-toothed comb. (woo-hoo! $30 co-pay!) His examination of Caspian showed almost no trauma, and the only time Caspian expressed pain was when the doctor had him stand up on both tiptoes. He said he should heal easily on his own within days.
I'm starting to miss sleep. I've prayed the last three nights, "Lord, please let us all sleep through the night!" but I guess God thinks I can handle waking 3 or 4 times. 
Caspian always eats some of what we eat (Mexican, last night), plus drinks a little water or whole milk. He had his first mushrooms last night, which went over well. Incidentally, I found out this morning that neither spinach nor whole beans (from refried beans) digest fully. Sometimes he eats so much I wonder if he's been hungry all the time and we just assumed he didn't need that much food yet. We all had toast and scrambled eggs with cheese, ham, tomatoes, and spinach for dinner the other night, and he ate like a starved man.
When Charlie comes home from work, Caspian freaks out in a good way. When I first hear the car, I say, "Guess who's home?" and his head whips around toward the door and he starts making excited noises. We open the front door to watch Charlie walk up, and Caspian laughs and bangs on the storm door, hooting for Daddy. 
He's done it for months now, but it still makes Charlie's day.
Caspian only owns one wheeled vehicle, so he just made the distinction that the wheels go on the ground a couple of weeks ago. 
He was already pretty good about "racing" it back and forth, but now it's wheels-down.
Prayer Request:
When I came home from an MK appointment Saturday morning, Charlie told me that Caspian had tried to slide down off the couch by himself and hurt his leg. Apparently, he slid off, but one leg was folded up Indian-style, and he landed on it. He crawled around without complaint, but when he tried to stand on it or walk, he cried. He had no trouble when standing on soft surfaces like the bed or my legs.
We took him to the UTC, and the x-rays showed a crumple in his shin (a torus fracture). 
He also has some soft tissue trauma, the doctor said. They made us an appointment for a pediatric orthopedist tomorrow, but he shouldn't have to have a cast.
All last night, he was very mommy-needy. If I was out of his sight, he cried. Charlie thinks it's because I wasn't there when he got hurt initially. ((guiltguiltguilt)) Last night he woke to feed once an hour from 3-9 a.m.
This morning he's been cruising around using the table as a crutch, but most of the time he keeps his weight off that leg. He keeps testing his boundaries and is getting braver about not sobbing when it hurts (like when he tries to stand, he might whimper or complain once, but he doesn't cry and cry like yesterday, when the pain surprised him).
Caspian's still EBF, but I'd LOVE to cut out his night feeds. He had been sleeping through until his last two teeth came in, a few months ago. Ever since, he's woken up at 3, 5, and 7. 
The whole solid food thing is new to me, and I'm at a loss as to how much/when/what...it makes me nervous about nutrition. Recently (in the last week or so), his nursing hasn't been as "efficient" -- like, he'll nurse for a normal time period, but he isn't swallowing as often.
He still puts everything in his mouth, eventually. Although the other night, he discovered the coupon drawer and spent 30 or 40 minutes pulling them out and examining them before anything went in his mouth.
I worry about CPS calling on us, with all the bruises on Caspian's legs. 
He is a fearless little man and crawls right over anything in his path (including his piano/xylophone). Combine that with his learning to walk and being a redhead? Bruise city, baby.
We used some of Caspian's birthday money to get baby gates, which makes my life a heck of a lot easier. We also got a booster seat thing to strap onto a kitchen chair, since we have no room for a high chair. He thinks he's pretty hot stuff in his chair. 
Caspian...
* is a tremendous flirt and waves at everyone
* added the "ma" syllable to his babble-cabulary (the day after his birthday)!!!!
* has started hugging me when he's happy (both arms around me, squeezes, and holds) -- hands down, my favorite part of the day
* freaks out when Daddy comes home
* tried whole milk for the first time yesterday...and loved it
* loves our animal noise game, but only makes the noise himself when it's "kitty" or "wolf" (his favorite) He thinks a wolf noise is a high-pitched keening, though. This is what he looks like when he does it:
More fluff:
dressed up for awards night at MK Seminar
on our 7th anniversary
enjoying his birthday cake, three days after his birthday
uncovering the mysteries of curly ribbon
Hi!
I'm not dead and I'm not avoiding you all! (or "y'all," to use a completely valid contraction)
Much news to catch up on (two months plus without regular posts? eek.) and fun things to share. Weirdest recent occurrence? We put Caspian in the baby swing at the park near our house yesterday, and he was so terrified, he turned grayish-purple and started shaking uncontrollably! 
It looked just like when he had his seizure. Charlie and I were horrified. At first, I didn't know why he was doing it, and when we took him out, he was fine. We put him back in the swing again, and he started up again, so we abandoned the idea.
Hope to be more consistent this month!
While we were in Texas, we met with one of my close friends from my online buddy group. We all went through our pregnancies together and gave birth last July.
IRL meeting...and no rift in the space-time continuum 
having fun splashing together
Which of us do you think is more tired?
Oh, and BTW — I've started working on earning my first free car in Mary Kay! 
