Gash on the head, a fat lip, and a chipped tooth...

...what more could a mother ask for in a 21 mo. old son and in one day?!

Yesterday we met a friend at the park and I brought along Nathan's toy walker, we call the "pusher". Well, there was an area by the picnic tables that had a strip of dirt and gravel around some BBQ's. As he was walking with the pusher he was watching his feet (thus not looking ahead) and walked straight into/under one of the iron BBQ's and put a nice hole in his skin on the top of his head. He proceeded to do this (bump into the BBQ's) 2 more times! Thankfully, he only really hurt his head once, the other times, he rubbed it off and went his way.

Last night I decided to take the kids out front to run some stink out of them while Jeff was on his way home. It was nice and quiet for a few minutes, and then 2 of the neighbor kids came over and started to interact with Emily and Nathan. They are a few years older than Em & Nate. The older of the two was playing with Nathan as I stood and watched about 15 feet away. He then picked Nathan up and was hugging him while spinning around, and around, and around--probably 15-20 times. He then put Nathan down on his feet, and due to the dizziness, SMACK down! He landed face first on a down hill concrete driveway. Thus, cutting his upper lip, bruising his right front tooth, and chipping his left tooth--dripping blood down his shirt onto his pants, it was a mess. This all happened as I saw and anticipated what was to come; I was 2 seconds too slow--just a body length away. Ugh!

It still turns my stomach to replay the scene in my mind. I am still distraught about it. I will be reminded of that moment every time Nathan smiles for the next 4 years.

I would like prayer for a day to go by with out the drama! :-)