My little guy is so accident prone... part of it is just because he's fearless. In four years he has had countless scrapes, scratches and bruises, been run over by a toy jeep, had a broken leg, a pencil stuck through the inside corner of the eye and now a finger slammed in the car door at Grammy's house. His finger began to get bloody right away and he screamed for a really long time which isn't normal for him at all. After Chris and I decided to just head home and put the kids to bed, Gavin couldn't sleep at all because of the pain. Our PA friend, John, told Chris how to poke a hole in the fingernail to allow the blood and pressure out. Well, he forgot to mention that you don't actually POKE a hole, you are supposed to heat up a paper clip (or something of the sort) and burn through the fingernail. So, I tried to hold Gavin while Chris tried to poke a hole in the fingernail. The agonizing screaming was too much for me and I told Chris to let John do it. So, the following night after the finger was extremely swollen and very bloody underneath, Chris took Gavin to John's house for the procedure. John's wife, Cacee, said that she could hear Gavin screaming from outside! Poor little guy! I'm glad I wasn't there. But, as soon as the blood came out if felt all better and he was ready to play! That's my Gavin! Now his finger looks just fine except for a little blood at the bottom and a hole in the middle of his fingernail!

This is a picture of his finger after we got home that night. By the next day, blood completely covered the underside of his fingernail and it was oozing out the top. Gross!!

Chris and I decided to try Savannah this year for our birthday/anniversary get-away. It actually turned out not to be the best choice for us... I honestly thought it was a little boring, I guess since I'm not really in to history. But thanks to my husband who always looks on the bright side of things, we had a nice time. It was really nice to spend time together and have a chance to talk and just be together. The weather was absolutely beautiful and we did get to spend a couple of hours at the beach at Tybee Island. We also took in a movie, Iron Man 2, which I thought was awesome! We walked around all of historical Savannah, looked at old homes, a cemetary and lots of little parks. We really look forward to taking a weekend trip or two every year to really spend time together, talking, laughing and just hanging out. We have our best conversations on the road, when it's just the two of us. Our kids were shuffled around between family members while we were gone, but they were excited to see just about everyone in their family in one weekend! It was a nice weekend to be together and we always enjoy our weekend getaways.

This is the bed and breakfast that we stayed in...

Walking on River Street...

A beautiful entryway to one of the larger parks...

The kids' end of the year program was adorable. Each class wore a fruit of the Spirit and sang lots of songs. Of course, everybody in the church sactuary could hear Ivey singing loud and clear. On the contrary, Gavin wouldn't even open his mouth. He started sing a time or two, but then noticed that we were watching. That little buggar! I love watching all the little kids singing praise to God at such a young age. Ivey also had her graduation ceremony. It was really sweet, but I didn't cry! I didn't even get teary! Ivey and Gavin both loved their teachers this year and it was a great preschool year!