Road Rash

Saturday was gorgeous weather here, so before dinner that night, I thought it would be fun to go for a quick walk down the (fairly) new walking path by our house to check out the new little playground structure they just put up. Jackson was playing & Isabelle was walking; she's so new to it though that Patrick and I are always watching her like a hawk, afraid that she's going do a face plant at any moment. Apparently, we were worried about the wrong kid...Jackson took off running toward the 3 of us, caught his foot somehow where the grass meets the sidewalk, and BAM! hit the ground, obviously with his face. It was one of those moments, as a parent, where you're trying so hard to keep it together for them, but all you really want to do is cry/vomit/look away. Poor guy was so upset...not to upset or hurt to eat dinner when we got home though; he was crying so hard but all he kept saying was "I'm so hungry"!

He's doing much better; the swelling has gone down in his lips, but he hates having it cleaned(I don't blame him). He looked in the mirror the other day and started crying, telling Patrick "I don't want to look at my face like this anymore!" Broke my heart, cause I kind of have to agree with him; it is painful to look at. I told him if I could fall 100 times to take away all his pain, I would do it; I don't think he was really that moved by my gesture.
















This is what he looked like Tuesday on his way to school...where it was picture day! Of course:)



And our other child...poor Isabelle has been fighting some kind of virus now for about 2 weeks. She starts to seem a little better, then gets worse. She had a fever Friday, none on Saturday and acted like she felt pretty good. Had nap troubles Sunday, which is extremely rare for her (knock on wood) and is as we speak upstairs sleeping, or trying to; she'll be quiet for a long time, then start coughing horribly, then cry out, then go back to sleep. It's about the saddest thing I've ever heard.



We're pretty depressing around here...the month of November does not treat us well, that's for sure!