So I believe when we left off Hayden had just banged his head on the fireplace and gotten stitches. This was just before Easter. Ahem.

Someone had asked how the scar healed up:

So he is enjoying the new, post-stitches life.

I’m off to shake some of the dust off of this WordPress installation. I’ll return soon!

I have so many things to talk about… I won’t try to fit them all in here. Do stay tuned over the coming weeks as I dump my brain on what I’ve been up to since then: Velvet Elvis, Prince Caspian, The Total Money Makeover Live, and a whole bunch more that I can’t remember anymore.

Kicking things off, we got to experience the first real damage done to one of kids. The boy was trying to step off of something onto the fireplace and didn’t quite make it. Since his arms are shorter than the fireplace he had to stop him self with his head. These are the results – eight stitches!

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It was pretty deep – definitely no question that stitches were forthcoming. He really didn’t fuss too much after a few minutes of crying. By the time we got to the ER waiting room, he was running all over their play area and we had to keep reminding him to come back to us and get his would cleaned.

We got back to the room, and they came by on three different occasions to put this numbing gel on his head. Apparently it does its job very well. He had been coloring, and when they started stitching him up, all he did was frown and ask for his colors back. That would have been nice to have picture of, actually.

Anyway, there wasn’t much he could have done. They had him in this immobilizing device with about five thousand straps and buckles – also something that would have made a nice picture. Maybe next time