Christmas bumps and bruises

A Christmas list of Jackson's bumps and bruises:

1. Christmas Eve before we headed over to Grandma Bennett's, Jackson was having so much fun at home that he refused to eat or take ANY naps. We tried to make him take a nap by sticking him in his crib in our room, and shutting the door. I should have realized before doing that, that we hadn't moved the crib down to its lowest level. Jackson decided he'd had enough of nap time and jumped out of the crib onto our hard wood floor. I heard the THUD from the kitchen and ran in to find him crying and with a huge bump on his head.

2. So tired from not napping, and excited at seeing a kitty, Jackson fell of the very bottom stair at Grandma's house and hit his head on the wall.

3. Christmas day he fell numerous times from tiredness - yes still refusing to take any nap. He refused to eat at Grandma McKinnon's house and threw a tantrum right in his highchair. Grandpa McKinnon took him and sat him down beside him in the chair, where he finally fell asleep.

4. The Sunday after Christmas at Grandma Bennett's house, Jackson was drawn to the top of her stairs like a magnet every time I turned around. He would run to the top of the stairs and stop just short of falling over the edge, carefully turn himself around and slide on his belly to the bottom, with me right behind him.

After dinner Jackson was done not eating and playing around on the ground. We had set a chair in front of the stairs to prevent him from falling. I saw him head toward the stairs and I followed him to the chair.

He started leaning over the chair, and was about to throw himself over the top of it. I pulled the chair back, trying to move him out of the way at the same time. Instead, Jackson threw himself over the chair and tumbled all the way to the bottom, as I screamed a blood curdling scream that frightened all the children. As I screamed my sister in law Anna used her head and ran to down the stairs as he fell somersault after somersault all the way to the bottom. I ran right after her and took him and cried more than him. That was the scariest most horrible thing ever!

5. Numerous other bumps and bruises. David's brother is in medical school and looked him over - so far no signs of any permanent damage or concussion. Thank goodness.

More Christmas pictures to come...