Matson Family Memories: 8 Months and Eventful Week

So I'm running a little behind, but last week Braxten turned eight months old. He is a very inquisitive and curious little boy. He gets into everything, but I love his cute curiosity. Last week while we were at my in-laws, he got very quiet and we found him playing and eating the dirt in the house plant. His curiosity has just grown since then 😄 He loves trying to climb stairs, but he doesn't have a clue how to go down them except headfirst.He decided that baby food really isn't that bad and he enjoys eating his fruits. Vegetables are another story… Braxten weighs about 19 pounds and is about 28 inches tall. His favorite activities include crawling everywhere and chasing after his sister. He misses his daddy who's in Colorado and we're excited to see him soon.

So onto our eventful week: On Sunday, Braxten was standing against the tub and fell and split his tongue open even though he doesn't have any teeth. He bled a lot but he didn't bite through his tongue so it wasn't anything to worry too much about-I just had to stop the bleeding. And then Thursday night Braelyn fell out of her bed in her sleep and whacked her head on her dresser. The dresser was open just enough that she when she hit it, it split her head open. I called my mom to see what I needed to do and then called my in-laws to have them come sit with Braxten while I took her to the after hours clinic. An hour and a half later we were home with two staples in her head. Then Friday night she was running a really high fever so I had to take her back into the after hours clinic to figure out why she was running a fever and the medicine wasn't bringing it down-so that was another fun event. It turned out to be a virus so we just had to let it run its course and keep the medicine in her.