Truely Blessed!

I am so thankful for all of my blessings from the Lord. I am especially grateful of Him looking out for Houston today.

We came home from school, played outside and rode bikes. Tim's parents decided to drop by to see Houston. He wanted to ride his pony, so Tim and Houston headed to the barn to get the tack out and Tim's parents and I sat on the front porch. After a few minutes, I heard screaming and I turned around and saw Houston laying on the ground and the horse reared up over top of him. He was screaming, the dog was barking and I, of course FREAKED! I took off after him screaming NOOOO! Tim was in the barn, so he didn't actually see everything that happened. After a few minutes of trying to calm him down and see if we needed to make a trip to the ER. We discovered that Tim did not know Hou was behind him. The horses were all gathered around b/c it was about feeding time and they do not like the dog b/c she tries to nip at their legs and eat their feed each night.
Houston says Chloe knocked him down and stepped on him but, I am hoping he just tripped (at least trying to convince him that he did). I think the horse was after the barking dog and Houston tripped and fell, the dog was with Hou and stayed by his side. The horse reared up twice to stomp the dog but accidentally got Houston. He had dirt all over him and has a small scrape on his stomach and his back legs are scraped. One is bruised pretty bad and swelled.
He said he was fine, and finally quit crying, so I called the emergency nurse and she said to give him motrin and if he can walk and is not complaining, then he will probably just be sore in the am. I gave him a bath and he looks better (cleaner) at least. He can walk, but limps a little.
I layed in bed with him tonight and just held him with his little ice pack and praised God for protecting him. I hate this happened, but it could have been much worse.
As a mom, my first thought was HIS HEAD. OMG, he got kicked in the head or face. Thank you Christ Jesus for watching over my baby.

For You, Oh Lord, will bless the righteous: with favor You will surround him as with a shield. Psalm 5:12


Oh yea, so I guess Houston will be getting the royal treatment tomorrow. His mawmaw and pawpaw are bringing him a special lunch to school as a treat!