HISTORY/TRAUMA/DRAMA

When I first moved to Oregon, Micah was just a few months old and needed her well baby checks often. I couldn't get into any of the doctors of people I knew, so I started trying out some on my own. Noah came with us to meet the first peditrician I tried. I was new to the whole two kid thing, and wasn't as observant with Noah as I should have been. It didn't help that it took the doctor FOREVER to come in. Noah climbed up on the Doctor's stool while I was nursing Micah. I told him to get down, but he didn't. He continued to stand up on it and of course it rolled out from under him. He didn't bleed, but with Noah it is never about the trauma, always the drama. He started wailing...and then of course the doctor came in. I didn't notice till later that all of his front four teeth were nice and chipped.(Still has them today poor kid, cuz he hasn't lost a tooth yet.) Fast forward four years, I was at home this time, Feeding Josie, and Deeken climbs up onto the edge of the couch and falls onto the tile that surrounds our door. My first thought is that sounded really bad. Next thought Broken arm?(that is exactly how Noah broke his arm) Next thought BREATHE(Deeken hadn't screamed yet, and I was holding my breath nervous to look)! The screaming started, and I walked over slowly to see the damage. I turned him over and there was the blood. His mouth was bleeding profusely. Where is John was my next thought. (John was at work. His 6th 12 hour (at least) shift in a row.) I tried to stay calm, I am not good with blood. I started shouting to Noah to get me a towel, and he does and we get the bleeding stopped. Deeken is not so much about the drama and more about the trauma...his crying didn't last long, but his mother's worry did. I couldn't get John on the phone, so I started calling resident friends. Our wonderful friends the English's were home and we headed over there. He looked up stuff on-line before we got there, and was prepared for Deeken's trauma and his mother's drama. To make this story shorter, I will now try to stick to trauma and not the drama. Deeken's Front left tooth is moved forward a bit, and a little closer to his right front one. There is some brusing on his gums underneath his nose. He has a lot of lacerations on his bottom lip. AND some nice chips out of his front tooth. We tried to get ahold of our dentist, even trying the emergency line, but recieved no response. So I then went to the next best thing(Probably better) our friend who recently finished Dental school, Jared Ward. He calmed my fears and told me that Deeken would probably be okay not seeing a Dentist till Monday. He did tell me no hard things in his mouth until we had seen a Dentist, thus No Binki or Sippy Cup. OUCH! I will keep you updated on what happens.

Thank you to the English's and Ward's who helped us through my child's trauma and my drama. We appreciate you and miss you(Ward's)!

Some random pics!

We'll, at least Deeken didn't end up looking like this!

Micah does this often, but it was the first time I had seen Deeken pic up the Book of Mormon and act like he was reading it. Super Cute! Loven' on HIS baby!

I am so thankful for my beautiful family. Fat lips and all!