March 29, 2010

Porter's Head Wound

On Nov. 14th, Porter bumped his head on something. It was a very minor bump. We have had much worse in our family - the kind where the bump looks like a horn protruding from the head. But Porter thought this bump was going to be the end of him. He insisted on a band-aid. I try to enforce the "you don't need a band-aid if there's no blood" rule at our house, but when your baby looks this sad who needs that crazy rule. He wore that band-aid for over two days until I finally tricked him in the bathtub and ripped it off before he knew what I was doing.

And just for fun - here's some of those before mentioned head bumps:



But the best goose egg of all was the one my sister got when she ran into the door frame in her bedroom. There was this huge thud and then no sound and then the craziest cry I have ever heard. We all thought she was laughing and being silly with the kids so we ignored the noise. And then she came downstairs with this huge bump on her head. It always looks horrible on a child, but when it happens to an adult it looks so much worse. She was in so much pain, but I couldn't stop giggling - I'm doing it now as I type. It was that cry - there's no way to describe it - only my mom and Julie can understand. I would give money for a picture of that goose egg - I don't know how we passed that moment without taking one.

4 comments:

Nicki Wilson said...

Umm...I'm glad I'm worthy enough to be talked about on your blog. Just an FYI it really hurt and nobody cared but the kids. They all could tell the pain I was in. I could barely walk down the stares to get help. And there were pictures, but unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) they were lost during the crash this summer. (remember the hard drive?)

Tami said...

That is too funny. The bumps they get on their heads. Glad they are all okay. Did you guys move? You said downstairs. Was that at a new home or somewhere else?

Melanie said...

Ahhh...the amazing healing power of a bandaid!

Swilor Family said...

Ahahaha! Those are some crazy bumps, that's for sure. Your kids look dang cute even with them though. And I'm giggling thinking about Nicki getting hurt too - does that make me a bad person?! :) Thanks for the laugh.