1. I'm so thankful for my little "Dekkerman".

This morning he was climbing on the stool in Josh's bathroom (he climbs on EVERYTHING these days). I was in the kitchen, but heard him in the bathroom and so went up to grab him and shut the bathroom door (otherwise he ends up playing in the toilet). Just as I was heading up the stairs I heard a huge crash and then gargled screaming. I ran up to find him laying on the floor with blood all over!!! Quickly assessing the situation I could tell it was coming from his mouth. I leaned him over the sink and tried to rinse out his mouth so I could tell if he'd broken a tooth or what- but he just kept spitting out blood. I was so scared because it was a lot of blood- and he of course was freaking out and not letting me look in his mouth. After a few minutes the bleeding slowed and I was able to get a quick glimpse in his mouth- I saw that his lower lip had been bit and was bleeding. Relieved that he still has his teeth and it looked pretty minor I got started getting him cleaned up and calmed down. This took about an hour- he was really in pain. Finally though he settled down and fell asleep. about an hour and a half later though when he woke up and I went to get him there was blood on the sheets! Not a lot- but still I couldn't figure it out because his lip looked okay. I took him downstairs because he was signing that he was hungry and thirsty. When he tried to eat a little bread though he started crying really hard and spit it out and there was blood all over it! I quickly took him to a light and got a better look only to see that he was definitely bleeding somewhere else in his mouth. I immediately called the after hours pediatrician line. I ended up driving him to the after hours clinic, but by the time we got there he was doing much better. The nurse had told me over the phone that they don't do stitches in the mouth but that I could bring him in to assess the situation. I was thinking that maybe I should just head home. I got Dekker to finally say "AAAHH" ther e in the parking lot only to review about a 1/2 inch cut in his tongue- which freaked me out and so I took him in. There was quite a wait though and so I started talking to the nurse who I'd spoke with on the phone. She didn't see the cut- but I told her it was really big. She said I could still see the doctor if I wanted, but only the ER did stitches on tongues. She said that the tongue heals really quickly and that he'd probably be ok. I ended up just bringing him home... It's just so nerve racking. Its so sad because he'd be hungry but couldn't eat a lot of things he wanted. Just yogurt, applesauce and the like. Overall he seems okay. Not in a lot of pain- but Jake and I have been able to get better looks at it and its a pretty nasty gash. Everything I've read though seems to say that stitches don't usually help much since the tongue is a muscle- but I have read that major tongue wounds can cause permanent speech problems.... but he seems to be doing his regular talking/noises. I guess we'll just watch it tomorrow and take him in to our regular pediatrician on Monday. My poor little guy. Its been quite the stressful day for me!!!!!!

2. Jake took 3rd in his softball tournament.

3. I feel like even though it was scary, I did a pretty good job at keeping my cool through the whole thing.