guess what....even more bruises

Just when I thought I couldn't bruise more, the Insurance lady came to do our physicals. She couldn't seem to find a vein. She doubled my previous record of 5 prick for a blood draw. Yes, she stuck me 10 times. I thought she only poked me 8, but when I removed the band-aids, there were 10 holes, and 3 more bruises. So not my week.

Ouch

I decided to do a face plant on the sidewalk today. Collin was in his car seat, so he is fine, but I've got some big bruises coming. 4 nice people stopped to help out, so it could have been a lot worse. I'll be fine soon, I banged up my bad knee (Aaron took Collin when he got home for a few hours so I could ice it), some other sore spots, I am glad Heavenly Father was watching over me. I was walking with Collin in front of me and didn't see the step from the parking lot to the side walk. Good news though, Kmart marked down it's sale to $1.99. I didn't shop too much because of my fall, but Aaron took Collin and picked up some nice things.

Sick

March was the month for colds! Every one had at least one at the Fairbourn's. We are all hoping that April is better.
Last week Collin was all about blowing raspberries, and this week it is all about seeing how loud he can be. I'll be very grateful when this phase passes. He is getting more mobile, but no crawling yet. Sometimes he moves without realizing he is, and it shocks him to wind up different places. He scooted himself partway under the futon last night. He liked that because we cover the futon with a sheet, and he was playing with it.
Aaron's mom is here for the weekend. She came up to babysit on Friday so we could go to the annual President's Ball (Akron Stake Presidency puts it on every year). She is watching Conference with us (thanks to lds.org), and will go back home tonight.
Tomorrow we are mailing off an application to Aaron's old high school. Please pray for us to get a job for next year out of Youngstown.

Toes

Collin discovered his toes last week. Here is a pic of him playing with his toes.Collin also likes to blow raspberries. Here is a video of him blowing. He does one early on, but after that I couldn't get him to do it again.



We feel sorry for all the other mothers at church. We will sit outside the chapel with Collin and people will come walk by and say that he is the cutest baby. Problem with that is they ignore the other 3 babies (two older, one younger) and just focus on Collin. It wouldn't be a big deal if it wasn't happening every Sunday. One mother tries not to sit close to us now. :(