You won't believe what happened today!

Today started like any normal day at our house. Adam got up with Maddie and got her off to school. The boys and I got up shortly after that and had breakfast. We played until 12:30 when Kinnick’s speech pathologist arrived for his session. He did REALLY REALLY good! He said MOO. That is major for Kinnick! We are so proud of him. Neither of us knew that he could say it. He was playing with the farm animals that Susan brought along for the session and when we said moo he repeated it. YEAH!!!! He is really making a lot of noises and we are so thrilled about that. When Susan left I made lunch for us and after eating jelly sandwiches, strawberries, grapes and cheetos the boys were quite sticky and messy. Knowing that it was our intent to dye Easter eggs tonight I thought I would give the boys their bath so that we would not have to worry about it after supper. That is where I made a big mistake. Give both boys a bath when there is no one else home to help me??? What was I thinking??? Have I lost my mind??? Evidentally so because I went upstairs and started the bath water and then came back down to grab towels and take Carter and Kinnick upstairs. I unbuckled Carter from his booster seat at the dinner table and he started upstairs. I unbuckled Kinnick next and carried him upstairs. By the time we reached the top of the steps Carter let out a blood curdling scream. I came around the corner of the banister and saw a gash on his forehead gushing blood. I put Kinnick down and grabbed a towel to apply pressure to Carter's cut. He had tripped and fallen and his face colided with the corner of a door. I could not get Carter to hold still because as soon as he saw the blood he freaked out! I needed to call Adam on his cell phone and see if he could come inside and help me. Remember, I have 2 little boys who are wearing only diapers and we are upstairs with no one else in the house. Kinnick is trying to hurdle over my legs so that he can take his bath. I kept pushing him away until he finally got mad at me and went into Maddie's bedroom. At least he kept himself entertained so that I did not have to worry about him falling down the stairs. After calling Adam's cell phone over and over and over again he finally answered. I told him to come inside and help me because Carter needed to go to the hospital. By the time he got inside the bathtub was almost ready to overflow. Carter was very scared and worked up. Kinnick had found something in Maddie's room that he decided to eat. We think it was a crayon. So, we got both boys back downstairs and I got clothes on Carter. The next thing I know Kinnick is puking all over the place. Yep, it was lovely. Grape jelly and red raspberry juice and possibly a crayon. Well, he felt better after that. Fortunately my Uncle Bob was here helping Adam in the yard and so he was able to drive Adam and Carter to Algona so that I could stay home and clean up Kinnick. I called the hospital to let them know that Carter would be coming in. When the doctor first looked at the cut he was not sure it would require stitches. Adam told him that the cut was pretty deep. They decided to go ahead with stitches rather than glue. They strapped Carter down onto a backboard so that he would not move. When they put the laticaine in Carter cried. Adam said that the doctor was shocked at how deep the cut was. I guess they could see his skull. (I most likely would have passed out at this point). After he was numb they put 5 stitches in. The cut is smack in the middle of his forehead and is straight up and down, at least an inch long. I will see it tomorrow when I have to change his bandage. FUN! Adam said he did really good once he was numb. When he got home he was in a pretty good mood. The numbness must have wore off about supper time because he turned into a bear. We gave him some tylenol and catered to his every need the rest of the night. He finally got tired and went to bed about 10. So, that was my crazy day! I am sure that there will be more stitches in the future with these 2 boys of mine! They are not scared of anything! Well, I will try and take a picture of him tomorrow when I change his band aid and post it. Love, Steph