2. when you get to double with good friends.
3. when you end up at the hospital for stitches.
what???
we didn't get to finish the movie "fireproof" with todd & sonja because the sitter called & said "we need you!"
cassie did a great job with the kids--it was plain to see they had a fabulous time. of course it may take sonja all week to clean up after their party. we walked in & it was absolutely knee deep in their living room with games, forts, toys, etc. it was clear they had fun!
after piecing together the story, here's what we think happened...
parker was pulling cooper around on the slick kitchen floor with a blanket. somehow it got a bit out of control & cooper's forehead ended up hitting the corner of the wall or the cabinet. somehow there was also a mousetrap involved... ?? we're not completely sure how but the mousetrap keeps coming up in conversation.
anyway, on the way to the hospital we were explaining to cooper that he'd probably need stitches. all he was worried about was "can i go back & play with cassie when we're done?"
oh yeah, they were having fun.
he didn't cry until the deadening shots. then he cried the ENTIRE time dr. richman stitched him up. i think it was 4 or 5 stitches. fairly deep laceration--the deepest of wounds i've seen on our kids yet.
he was fine as soon as daddy got to hold him.
but here's the "funny" thing. we ended up glue-ing kamrie's forehead shut too, after we'd gotten home.
when brad & i picked up cooper to go to the hospital kamrie had a big band-aid on her head & her eye was swollen. evidently a ladder got knocked over & had cut her earlier in the evening. but she did not, for any reason, want to take the band-aid off.
i didn't push the issue until after we were home & getting everyone into bed. we finally got her to take the band-aid off & decided that she probably didn't need stitched up, her cut could use some glue. i'm glad todd & sonja have done enough glue-ing of their kids to know that is a necessity in the medicine cabinet. so, off brad trekked to their house for the glue & butterfly closures.
both kids look better this morning & haven't complained at all. cooper's stitches are dissolvable, so that should relieve future trauma at the dr. i think kamrie will also heal fine, but could have quite a bruise later this week. she is scraped too, so she definitely looks worse than cooper.
cassie did a great job with the kids. they had a great time & can't wait to have her watch them again. she handled kamrie's injury very well & had cooper calmed down & was holding a washcloth on his cut when we got there.
maybe she'll be a dr. someday. and look at the great babysitting experience she's getting!
5 comments:
Oh, Terri! You do lead a very interesting life, don't you??!! Well, I will tell you that it was a great ending, but that's all I'll say :)
Would you believe that with 4 kids, we've never had stitches or broken bones yet? I realize that just by writing that, I'm asking for it....
you better have insurance if you want to come play at our house. But we do have an experience babysitter who can handle blood and injuires. SB
HOLY MOLY! Kam's looks WAY worse than Coop's. OUCH! Isn't parenthood lovely?
poor kids! especially Kamrie, that looks like it hurt! I heard the movie was great, and was bummed we couldn't go, so we'll race you to Steve's when it's out on video!
Oh! :( What little troopers! Hope their ouchies get to feeling better soon!
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