Recent Injuries

On Thursday, March 7, Clayton was walking and talking and walked right into the corner of our media cabinet.  I was making a quick run to the grocery store and came home a few minutes after the incident.  It was still bleeding, A LOT.  It was obviously going to need medical attention, so I took Clayton up to the ER.  Three and a half hours and five stitches later, we were out of there and picking up a Frosty on the way home.  Here he is two days later.  It was still swollen, and the bruising was getting darker.

Then on Friday, just over a week later, Aaron had a nasty fall outside in the street in front of our house.  Ryan's parents were visiting, and we had to put Papa's birthday party on hold for a bit while we tended to Aaron.  He didn't need to go to the ER, but he was was beat up pretty badly.

This doesn't even begin to show how bad Aaron looked.  There was a lot of blood, and later I started to think that one of his top teeth had actually bitten through the bottom lip.  I'm not 100% sure about that, but there's a puncture on the inside and one on the outside in about the same place.

The face was only one part of his injury.  The most painful part has been this giant scrape down his side.  My poor baby.  And yes, he has a giant belly.  He's okay with it.

Thankfully, kids heal quickly.  This happened Friday night, and he looks so much better now.  My poor kids have had a rough few days.  I think this is just the way it is when you have three boys.