January 27th, 2007 Nicolas versus the footboard
It is never good when a child comes running to me yelling, “Someone’s bleeding! There’s lots of blood!” Since it was Jonathan doing the yelling, I quickly narrowed it down to four possibilities. As I ran toward the other side of the house, I heard the wail. It was Nicolas.
I found him in our bed bleeding from the mouth (thankfully our comforter has a fairly busy pattern with lots of red). Bleeding, as Jonathan had mentioned, a whole lot. As I grabbed him and headed for the bathroom I asked Abigail what had happened. Turns out Nicolas had decided to bounce on our bed (a huge no-no) and had a grand time up until the moment when his mouth met the footboard.
His lip continued oozing blood for a couple hours, and I ended up at the store buying yogurt, yogurt smoothies, and pudding. Tricia and I sought to offer him whatever comfort we could. Sometimes, children face consequences from their parents for bad behavior. Other times, the parents don’t have the chance to intervene, and the outcome is much worse.
January 28th, 2007 at 9:09 am
Sad but true!
January 29th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Poor Mookie. His upper lip is as big as Julia Roberts’! Well, I hope he feels better soon. Muah!
From Aunt Jamison
January 31st, 2007 at 12:00 am
Ouch, that looks like it hurt. I just wanted to write you back and tell you thank you for following the boys’ journey and for the prayers, what a blessing this is to us. Your family is absolutely beautiful =-).
Lindsey & the Bolline Boys