hatcher's new smile

this is the best picture we've been able to get of his teeth so far. The one on the left (his right tooth) got the chunk knocked off of it and the one on the right (his left tooth) got the bottom knocked off of it.

all smiles

here is hatcher with his cute smile yesterday...today we had quite the eventful day. i was impressed with myself for already cleaning the fridge out and running the dishwasher, dryer, and vacuum cleaner all by 9 am. hatcher and i were making some good progress on house cleaning. :) but then, hatcher took a spill into the hearth busting his little mouth and breaking 3 out of 4 of his top front teeth. :( so we got an emergency appointment with the pediodontist for noon. (the wording sounds so calm and collected, but really the whole situation was quite stressful as you can imagine a bleeding, crying baby and a scared, i-don't-know-what-to-do mom.) we were at the dr for a couple of hours and they did x-rays and applied stuff to the exposed nerves, etc. hatcher did really good there. he explored the whole place, played with the train table, chatted with the doctor, and even tried to turn off the receptionist's computer...he knows the exact button to hold in! he did not do as well when they were working on his teeth, but he is only 13 months old and had no idea why he was being held down and all these strange people's hands were in his mouth, so i'm not holding it against him :) here he is sitting up on the table like a big boy... he is doing fine though his mommy is missing his cute smile...or maybe i should say his old cute smile, because now he just has a new cute smile. he will always be a cute guy to his mommy! we have to go back to the doctor in a few weeks and then again in another few weeks for check-ups of different things before they will do any repair work on his toothies. his 2 front top teeth were the ones that have the most damage. His left one got the bottom broken off of it and is really jagged. His right one took the worst of the fall and got a big chunk knocked out. poor little guy. i was vacuuming right close to him when he fell and i saw it happen. i know things like this happen to little ones all the time, but that doesn't make it any easier. oh well. i got some cute pictures of him yesterday playing outside...

Christmas 2008 photobook

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fun in the tub!

I have been working on a few pages recently and i noticed they all had a common theme...bathtime fun! and then tonight hatcher was having so much fun in the bath, that i had to snap some pics and do a quick page so you could see his latest antics. the picture quality is terrible in the bathroom because my camera decides it doesn't need a flash most times and the pictures come out grainy. oh well. i'll get the settings worked out sometime. here is the page from tonight...he was so happy at himself when he put the washcloth on his head! so silly and fun! these pages are from december 10th...

and these pages are from september 9th at nana and papa's house... thanks for stopping by!

Happy 2009!

happy new year! wow...2008 was a great year. The Lord has continued to bless us and prove so very faithful through easy and hard times! I am so thankful that the Lord blessed us with Hatcher and has given us all that we needed during his first year of life including patience, good sleep in the few hours we got in the beginning, wisdom, every breath that we have taken, gorgeous days to take strolls around our neighborhood, wonderful family to help out and love on hatcher and us, crops (that one is for you ben :) to provide every meal we ate, rain to help those crops :) grow, amazing joy at how He works things out perfectly in our lives especially when it was in ways we would never have chosen for ourselves, did i mention His great faithfulness!, answers to prayer, lessons in love that we could only learn through having a child of our own, and so much more! The Lord is so worthy of our praise!
We did have a great Christmas with both sides of our family. We were glad to get back home and let hatcher sleep in his own bed. When we got home monday night, we put hatcher down in the den and he happily roamed and played with all of his toys and went back and forth from his room to the den, just playing so happily by himself. I think he was glad to be back on his own turf! We have so many pictures from Christmas that it is hard to know where to begin, so i just skipped them all and decided to work on some pictures from going to the park today (or it might be yesterday by the time this post is up.) We had a great time with the hatch walking around and exploring the park. I think he enjoyed his new freedom outside! He also LOVED the toddler slide! We slid him down it over and over and he just squealed with excitement everytime!
We hope everyone has a joy-filled 2009 walking with the Lord day by day! Love you guys!