Devin's First Real Injury

So, I had surgery on my foot on Wednesday, November 17 (another story for another post), during which my mom came down to watch the kids for us. And then she took Devin home with her for the rest of the week to give me time to heal and only have to watch one kid by myself.
I was enjoying my lazy day at home with Mackenzie, watching Gilmore Girls, when I get a call from my mom, who sounded almost in tears, asking me what insurance we had for Devin. That got me a little nervous. When I asked why, she told me that he had tripped and fallen and split his head on her fireplace and there was blood everywhere and he had screamed and cried for a while. I was panic-stricken. I had thought about giving her a copy of his insurance card, just in case, but then forgot. I told her where she could go to get his head looked at up there, explaining to them that they could call me. I also told my mom to take a picture (which she forgot to do!)
She waited until my dad got home and then they took him to the urgent care clinic. They cleaned the wound and then gave him 5 stitches. My dad said Devin cried when they took off the band aid my mom had out on it and when they gave him the numbing shot, but that he was pretty good while they put in the stitches, even falling asleep during the last couple. My brave little boy!

An up close shot of his wound. Pretty nasty, eh? And that's after they cleaned it!

I had to take Devin in a week later to get the stitches out. I guess he will have a scar, but it shouldn't be too bad, as long as we remember to put sun screen on it any time he will be outside.
His doctor got out a mirror and showed him his head before he took the stitches out and Devin kind of ooh'd at it. His doc thought his reaction was pretty funny!
I got a couple pictures of his stitched up wound before his doctor took the stitches out.

An up close look- he's like Frankenstein!

And here he is right after the stitches were removed. Devin did an awesome job of holding still while the doctor worked. He said the first initial pull is kind of a zinger, but Devin never even once flinched. I was holding his arms, but I didn't even need to. I wish I had gotten out my phone to record to the removal process.

Devin got a Scooby-Doo band aid put on it, which he was super excited about! But then he took it off the next morning. We kept trying to keep band aids on it, and even though he would ask for one, he would never keep them on for very long! Silly boy!

Devin's 2 Year Check-up

Today Devin finally went in to the doctor for his 2 year check-up (at 26 months).
Nothing much really happened besides getting weighed and measured and poked 3 times with needles. :( He cried so hard when he got those vaccines that I almost cried! (I blame screwed up hormones from having a baby!) And he's actually been complaining of his legs hurting, which he's never done before after getting shots. Poor little boy!
And here are his stats:
Height: 33.5 inches (10-25th %)
Weight: 25 lbs 10 oz (10-25th%)
So, still a little on the small side, but not as much as when he was just a year old. But he seems huge to me, especially after I've been holding Mackenzie!
Dude, we went in for his appointment at 4:30 this afternoon. We got called back at like 5:15. And it was 6:05 when we finally left the office. Wowzers!

And here is Mr. Cute!

Mackenzie is 2 weeks old already!

(I was trying to take a picture of me and Kenzie and she kept trying to eat my face! Hungry much?!)

So, today Mackenzie had her 2 week check-up. Everything looked good (well, that's what I'm assuming since the doctor didn't say he saw anything that alarmed him!) So here is how Kenzie is measuring up:
Length: 20 inches (up from 18.5 at birth)
Weight: 7 lbs 2.5 oz (up 1 lb 1 oz from birth and up 1 lb 7 oz from the time she was 2 days old)
Obviously, she is getting enough to eat (the little piggy!) And yet, she still looks so small and is fitting okay in her preemie clothes. Maybe she'll fit into newborn stuff soon!
She also had to get her heel pricked for the PKU testing and she did not like that! My poor baby!
She gets to go in for her 2 month check-up 3 days before Christmas. Merry Christmas! Here, have a bunch of shots! :(

Mackenzie's First Bath (at home)

Mackenzie finally got her first bath at home on Halloween. Morian took a couple videos of it that are too big to post, but we took some pictures of her chillin' in her towel all clean. (She has a hooded towel that the hood is absolutely huge on her little head! So cute!)

But ever since her bath she has had the driest skin ever! No matter how much lotion I put on her tummy and feet and hands, she is still peeling! Devin never had this problem so I'm at a loss as to how to help it get better. Hmph!

Halloween (a little late)

Since Halloween fell on a Sunday this year, we celebrated on Saturday. And by we, I mean Morian and Devin! Mackenzie is still a little small and young to be going out around a bunch of people, so us girls just hung out at home together.
Saturday morning/early afternoon Morian took Devin to the Gallivan Center where they had a "Monster Black Party" with booths set up for kids to trick-or-treat at and some other activities. The boys just went for the TOT'ing. Devin's costume was a big hit; everyone thought he was so cute! Besides candy, Devin got a cookie. He loves to go right for the frosting on top!

Cute little Buzz with a green mustache!

We had our ward Halloween party Saturday afternoon/evening that consisted of a Trunk-or-Treat and a chili cook-off dinner.
Here is Devin modeling his costume with his pumpkin candy collector!

We asked Devin who he was and this is how he says Buzz!

Morian was going to take Devin trick-or-treating around the neighborhood after the party, but unfortunately it was rainy and windy and cold. So I just had to be satisfied with the (small) amount of candy that Devin had already collected!

I had wanted to get a cute little Halloween outfit for Mackenzie to wear and we actually did have one, but it was way too big and I didn't have time to go to the store to look for something smaller. So, it passed like any other day for her. Next year will be much better! (She'll actually fit into a costume!)