for the love

evidentally his first week of school was just preparing him for the weekend.
noah picked a fight with the metal frame of his bed.

the frame won.


as tonight was coming to a close, aaron told noah to go put his pj's on and get ready for bed. Noah, being the obedient child that he is, ran into his room, by-passed his dresser where his pj's are, and dove for the bed. Somehow he landed on the bed wrong and fell - hitting the metal frame with his mouth. i was in my bedroom when i heard a thud, noah screaming and seconds later aaron yelling, "brenda". when i got to them, there was blood all over noah's mouth, chin, shirt and aaron's shirt. who knew the mouth could bleed so much. it took a few minutes but once i could get most of the blood cleaned up and figure out where he hurt his mouth, i figured we should take him to an intacare. aaron, knowing that i'm a crazy momma bear when it comes to my kids, didn't even argue when i told him i would take noah while he put reagan to bed.

Once there, the doctor gave me the option whether or not to do stitches. she said he would need about five - but on the other hand, the mouth is the fastest healing organ and he would have a better chance avoiding an infection if we let his lip heal on it's own. i decided to go with that option and noah was very relieved to avoid getting stitches. carrie - i guess we'll have to wait for that hard core game of four square later this year. (see carrie's comment on my previous post - ironicallay, she posted that comment about 20 minutes before noah fell)
for now, he's on a liquid diet for the first 24 hours and on a soft diet (for those of you, like me, who didn't know what a soft diet was -it's pretty much what i'm feeding reagan - noodles, mashed potatoes, applesause, pudding, yogurt, etc.) for the next 7-10 days.

for those of you who like visuals, here's a picture of his lip. as bad as it looks -it's way worse in person. poor kid.