May 1st started out with a bang. It was such a silly thing to happen, yet it did. Shortly after breakfast the 2 older boys were fighting upstairs, I was standing at the bottom of the stairs, listening, about to mutter (perhaps yell) something to them to remind them to behave. But then I realized Max was up there so I listened to Max handle it, probably with a lot more finesse than I would have. Anyway, in the meantime of me being enthralled with the conversation upstairs, Edwin wandered down the stairs and was standing two stairs away from me and decided to fling his little body at me with full trust that I would catch him. Well, once I realized what he was doing, it was too late and his body bounced right off of me and onto the floor. I feel like my grasps may have slowed his fall, but it all happened so fast that it's hard to say. His head hit a corner of the wall and started bleeding. There was quite a bit of blood so Max decided he needed to take him into the hospital.
Weirdly enough, Max was about to leave with Edwin when he checked his phone and realized a doctor, (one of his coworkers) was going to be stopping by our house within 1 minute to pick up some of our eggs she buys from us. Max decided to hold off and have her check it out first. The cut wasn't super deep but it was long and pretty bloody. She checked it out then let us know it would probably be best to take him in and they would likely glue it. So that's what they did.
Also, Max wasn't sure how to travel to the hospital with Edwin without his head rubbing the carseat, I suggested the workout band holding a gauze or paper towel and Edwin was so excited that I found a blue one (his favorite color) It worked out perfectly and the nurses and doctors commented on it being a great idea as well....just in case anyone finds themselves in the same situation.
He was such a champ! They did end up cleaning and super gluing it closed.
He was completely normal when he got home and he kept reassuring me that it didn't hurt anymore. We had some chats about making sure mommy or daddy know when he is going to jump into their arms.
He liked it when I took pictures of his head so he could see how it was doing.
Anyway, we had some exciting plans for the evening of May 1st since it was the night before our anniversary and also the anniversary of when Max broke his nose (the night before our wedding) We planned on having a campfire, roasting hot dogs and s'mores and having Max relay the story of how his nose became broken. The boys know this story well but always enjoy hearing it.
Also, I"m realizing that there was a lot of dress-up happening this day!
And I'm realizing May 1st may be an unlucky day for our family as far as face and head injuries go.
Moving on...
the neighbor gave them a big box to play in while we prepped the fire, then we may have burned that box shortly after...
Listening to the tales of Daddy's broken nose.
And here is the video of the re-telling for anyone that doesn't know the story. This just may be a new May 1st tradition. Also, I'm hoping we make it a tradition to avoid all injuries and hospital visits.
Also, I just went through the last several years in my google photos to see if we've had any other injuries on May 1st and it looks like it doesn't happen too often, so that's good I guess!
That's a big cut on his head for sure! And I'll never forget your wedding day and Max having a nose cast. hahahah I love that you recorded him telling the story
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