pop's birthday...and emily's gross head.

the end of january is here.

again.

on our way to my parents house to celebrate jack's 79th birthday.

the view in sedgwick.

i love how massive they are.

helping pop blow out all of those candles.

aiden had a stye that day, too.

he had gotten ahold of my make-up bag and had

been playing around with my eyeshadow brush.

my step niece allison.  she's the best niece ever.

when her grandpa married my mom she was around 3rd grade or so.

now she's a junior at manhattan christian college(her parents alum)

and dating her high school sweetheart, ben.

i call him her imaginary boyfriend...they've dated since the end of their sr. year

and i just met him last month.

i was so excited to finally get to meet him.

he's such a nice guy.

emily doing her elton john impersonation at the piano...

she was actually singing 'once upon a dream' from

sleeping beauty.

okay, here's the dramatic part of the blog...

if you don't like graphic, bloody grossness,

please don't look.

here's the fireplace that jumped out and hurt my baby's head.

and here's the head immediately after i cleaned up some blood

and the screaming stopped.

poor baby.

next day with stitches.

here it is today...

that last little dark scab is where that last stitch was taken out.

the one that was there 3 days longer than the others.