Boys will be Boys!

Chad was flying to Austing tonight at 7:30pm.
Pa & Ma were flying home from Cali at 6:00pm
Mommy and the kids went to the airport to eat dinner with Daddy and pick up the grandparents

Dinner is over.  Mommy is in the bathroom.  Daddy is with Dylon.  Pa is getting Lila snuggles. 
Everyone is having a great time. 

Especially Braden ... He was swinging between the tables and thought he was big stuff.  You know, you put one hand on either table, lift your feet, and swing.  1, 2, 3, 4 - all great swings.  And then, on number 5 ... CRASH!

Yes, boys will be boys!  Braden fell and cracked his head open on the hard tile floor.  We later discovered that he must have hit his head on the corner of the metal chair on the way down as a "chunk" was missing. 

So, we enjoyed a brief visit with the airport paramedics, dropped the younger two kids off with the grandparents at the house, and went to Children's Hospital ER in Parker. 
 

Braden was a very brave boy.  He cried for a quite a bit at the airport, but then settled down.  He actually laughed and played with Lila on the way to the house.  His video game kept him entertained on the way to the ER.  He sat patiently and waited for triage and again to get back into an exam room. He asked me to take a picture so he could see what it looked like.  When I showed him the picture he said "Oh, there is a crack!" 

He flinched when they looked at the wound but never cried or tried to move away.  He layed perfectly still while they washed the wound with cold water and let them apply the numbing gel with only a few "owies".   We kinda liked the Ninja look ... maybe he could be one for Halloween -- minus the hole in his head!

When it came time to stitch, he layed completely still.  The numbing gel didn't work completely and you could tell that the needle going in and out was painful -- but he took it like a champ.  He is a one tough kid!

We headed home with 3 blue stitches and a soon to be battle scar.  But, I hear that chick's dig scars!  And it's so close to his hairline that I don't think it will be a big deal.  Makes me wish I had gotten to that haircut he needs a little sooner though.  Not sure I'm excited to cut around a newly healing head wound. 

We are so thankful that he is ok and nothing serious.  We were a bit concerned b/c he was initially complaining of neck and stomach pain too.  So glad that it's a temporary headache and he'll be back to himself -- probably in the morning!