Going Some where???

Just some fun pictures of my boys playing in suitcases and boxes.

How much do you think shipping will cost to Grandma and Grandpa's house?

My Little Pirate

Joshua Stephen has a great imagination. He loves to pretend to be different characters, animals and super heroes. Here he is dressed up as my little pirate. (Notice the little parrot on his shoulder.)

Ahoy Matties!!!

The Bike Helmet

While we were out picking up some new carseats, Joshua Stephen decided he wanted a new bicycle helmet. We just couldn't resist getting him one because they were doing personal helmet fittings for free.

Here's Joshua Stephen showing off his bike riding skills.

With a little help from Daddy of course.

One of Joshua Stephen's favorite playground toys is this yellow scooter we found in the free store.

Watch out- here I come!
Now mind you, Joshua Stephen hasn't really gotten into riding a bike, but he has gotten really into wearing his helmet just for fun. If he happens to see his helmet laying around he will often pick it up and strap to his head and then proceed to wear it for the next half hour while he goes about normal daily activities like eating lunch, reading books and brushing his teeth. I get a real kick out of it.

Classic Joshua Stephen

If you know Joshua Stephen then you know he is 100% ALL BOY. He is high energy and always ready for action. While we try to temper and tame him, he is still our rough and tough little man and we love him for it. These pictures brought a smile to my face and made me laugh. They show Joshua Stephen at his best- being a little boy.

Here he is playing with his friend Leo.
(Don't you just love his bike helmet- like I said he just can't get enough of it.)

Matchey Matchey

I love to dress my boys in matching clothes, as evidenced by the fact that you will usually see my boys wearing matching shirts and coordinating khaki shorts on any given day. We call it the Bean uniform. But I can honestly say that I never try to coordinate my attire to match with my little men. So I was quite surprised one day when a number of friends (and even some strangers) pointed out to me that me and my boys were all wearing matching clothes.

In all fairness, I must point out that my shirt really is a light colored pink and the boys shirts are white. But per a friend's request I decided to blog about our "Matchey, Matchey" day.

I just love my little men in their Bean uniforms. I think they're so cute!

Black Eye Bear

Well, it has been a summer of injuries for the Bean boys. But the more my boys grow, the more I realize that growing up just comes with a lot of bumps and bruises.

Our Sweet, little Caleb had a nasty slip in the bath tub that resulted in him having a big black eye. It was a very dramatic event, that resulted in us rushing over to our good friend's house (who just happens to be a nurse) so that we could get some expert medical advice on how to care for our little guy.

Doesn't he look tough? His black eye lasted for almost a week.

Here's a good look at our little Black eye Bear's injury.
(Poor little Caleb had two deep cuts- one on his eyelid and one underneath it.)

But wouldn't you know that a little black eye can't slow our Caleb down. Here he is ready for some more bathtub fun!

Our Visit to the ER

Just moments before we were about to walk out of the house and leave the boys with Paw-Paw and Kay-Kay for the night, Joshua Stephen announced that he was thirsty. He then made his way over to the water cooler at Kay-Kay's house, which is his usual custom when he gets thirsty. Then the unthinkable happened, just moments later we heard screaming. We rushed over to find the water cooler tipped over and our precious little boy with burns all over his neck and back. It seems that Joshua Stephen made the water cooler tip over when he tried to climb up and reach a little cup that was located on top of it. When the cooler tipped over, the hot water button some how got pushed and released scalding water all over his neck and back.

It was a very traumatic event. Joshua Stephen was crying and screaming hysterically- he was inconsolable. And at that point we had no idea what had happened, we just knew he was hurt. Moments later we realized he had burns, so we wrapped our screaming little boy up in cold wash cloths and rushed to the emergency room. He had to sit in the back seat on Mom's lap because we were worried that the carseat straps might hurt his burns.

The first emergency room that we stopped at told us it would be 45 minutes before we could see a nurse, and possible 2 to 3 hours longer to see the doctor. So we quickly rushed to another ER (thankfully Dallas has lots of big hospitals) and we were able to be seen by a nurse immediately. We were told that Joshua Stephen had second degree burns and that he would need to be seen by a doctor. So off to the waiting room we went to wait for our turn to see the doctor.

By the time we arrived at the second hospital, Joshua Stephen had calmed down quite a bit and he had returned to more of his normal self. Here he is passing time in the waiting room while we waited to be seen by the doctor. (Don't you love the creative way we kept a cool wash cloth on his burn- hair clips really come in handy.)

Paw-Paw Kenny and Kay-Kay were so worried about their little boy. Paw-Paw came to the hospital to wait with us. While our sweet Kay-Kay stayed home to watch Caleb, but was worried sick the whole time.

We finally left the hospital with bandages and some ointment to apply to his second degree burns. Joshua Stephen was a trooper through it all, and after that night in the ER never once complained about his burns hurting him. We had to treat the burns and keep them covered for two weeks, (and let me just tell you that the neck is a hard place to keep covered). Our biggest fear was that our precious little boy would have permanent scars. But amazingly, two moths later I am happy to report that you can't even see where he was burned (unless he gets really hot- then the area turns bright red). So praise the Lord for healing our Joshua Stephen and for bringing us safely through our first ER experience. (Hopefully it will be our last.)