Bumps, Bruises, Boxes, & Uncle Z

Well, last week was a tough week for little man at daycare.  First, he got bit....by a GIRL!  I don't have a picture of it, but it was on his left cheek and BIG.  It nearly broke the skin.  Little man doesn't like to share his time in the tunnel.  He held his arm out and wouldn't let the little girl in, and when she tried to push by him he shook his head "no" at her...which is hilarious to Wesley and I; I can totally see him doing this.

Then, the next day I got called out of my classroom just before 8am.  Eli was walking and fell down onto the leg/rocker part of the rocking chair.  He was bleeding and they couldn't get him to calm down. Of course, by the time I got there he was playing again.

His lip was bruised and already swollen, and there was a cut about an inch long on the inside of his mouth.  I ended up taking him and letting our school nurse look at it, she said she would go ahead and take him to the doctor.  Dr. Y's nurse said that there was nothing they could do for it; it would just have to heal on its own.

The joke has been that little man has a "dirty lip" or is trying to go a 'stache.

These were pictures taken after the swelling went down (you can tell in the second picture there's still some swelling).

This month we're doing a month of cooking at home...that's right, no eating out for the Taffs.  We're a third of the way through the month and are pretty proud of ourselves.

We have recently acquired a membership to Sam's Club.  We stock up on things like meat and toilet paper there.  And salad.  You get nearly three times as much salad there as you do at Wal-Mart, and for the same price too.  This weekend we went to Sam's and bought salad and broccoli.  We're wild, we know.  They sent us out with our produce in this box, and Eli has had the best time playing with this box!  He sits in it, puts his toys in it, pushes it around, etc.  Good times!

Wesley has also uploaded several videos to Youtube.  I know no one cares about this except for family.

Eli has learned to blow his Daddy's coaching whistle.  It's hilarious!

And, finally, my brother, who now lives in Wake Forest, NC, ended up having to be transported to the hospital in Raleigh and had surgery tonight.  He had a serious infection that had to be drained, and the doctors aren't real sure what kind it is.  Lab results will be back on Wednesday and he will also have to have another surgery that day.  It's tough being so far away.  My mom is on her way there now, but her flight won't arrive until nearly midnight.  Please pray for Zach-that the antibiotics work, his body begins to heal, that he gets some much needed rest, and that he is not in too much pain.