i was getting the kids ready to go to our regular south garland library storytime this morning, and was just helping micah on with her socks and shoes, when rowan tried to scoot out of the office chair and didn't quite land on his feet. instead, he landed hard on his face, with his pacifier in his mouth, and the little plastic knob of his paci that sticks out (where the little handle is) hit the floor, jerking his top lip up hard and tearing the part of his gum that connects to the inside of his upper lip and goes in between his top two front teeth, and connects to the roof of his mouth, behind those top teeth. it bled profusely, and i couldn't tell where the blood was coming from at first. it wasn't until i was showing alison at the library, an hour later, that i could see where his gum had torn. i figured it would heal up nicely on its own, but just to be on the safe side, i took him to a pediatric dentist after storytime. the dentist said his gum would heal in two or three weeks, and he also gave rowan his first dental check-up while we were there. one down, one to go! micah has her first dental appointment next tuesday.

my brother came over tonight to watch a movie with me. it was fun; i love hanging out with him. i love the close relationship i have with my 22-year-old sister, naomi, who lives in austin, and i want the same closeness with caleb, who's 18 and lives here in richardson. so any time i rent a cool movie i think he'd like, i invite him over to watch it with me... but we usually end up talking about other things the whole time. like last night, for the first couple of hours he was over here, he told me all about his new girlfriend; how they met, what their first date was like, the hour-long conversation he had with her mom. by the time we finally got around to putting the movie on, we were both yawning. it was still fun, though. : )

i stayed up way too late last night, chatting with alison on the phone and trying to straighten the house a bit. then, right before bed, i sat down with the last two orange sweet rolls leftover from breakfast, and a glass of ice cold milk. i have the worst habit of snacking on really unhealthy foods right before i go to bed. i have got to stop that. everyone in my family has been commenting on my weight loss lately - even my grandfather, who i was really surprised had noticed - and i know i have lost weight because the pants i bought at christmas time are now falling off of me. i just can't fathom how the weight loss occurred, because i eat horribly. and constantly. the only explanation i can come up with is that i'm chasing two kids around, now that rowan is extremely active and adventurous. i still have a very yucky tummy chub that i would love to make disappear. i know there's not much i can do about the skin in that area bouncing back to its pre-kiddo appearance, but the fat i can do something about.