Luke, as rough as he is, has up until now, survived beyond his first year with no 'serious' injuries.
Of course, he has the occasional bump, bruise and scratch, but most of the time they are so insignificant in severity that I don't even know when or how he got them.
Yesterday, however, he sustained his first war wound.
We went to Smithfield, to a nice big outlet mall they have there. Luke needed to pj's and Jake needed some shoes, so we decided to head out and hit the outlet malls Memorial Day weekend sales. We stopped into Carters store, to pick up some pj's for the little man. I let him out of the stroller, because it's a pretty kid friendly store (they sell baby and toddler clothes), and they have a little lego table for the kids to play at. Luke was all over the place... having a blast 'running' away from dad. He is starting to do a kinda walk-run... he wants to go faster, but hasn't got the whole running thing down quite yet. Well, I was in the check out line, and Jake was chasing after Luke, trying to keep him out of trouble, and next thing I see Luke heading right for the check out counter, which is kinda octagon shaped so has multiple cornered edges, and BAM... he trips in his attempt to run, and plants his face into the corner of the counter.
He got a small gash on his cheek bone, along with a scratch. It was quite the bleeder. By this morning he had a shiner extending from his cheek up to the corner of his eye. Poor thing was so sad.. that ended all the fun of the day for him, but after a cuddle and some kisses from his mommy, he was all better, and ready for lunch and a nap.
Yesterday after we got home and his cut was cleaned up
Of course, he has the occasional bump, bruise and scratch, but most of the time they are so insignificant in severity that I don't even know when or how he got them.
Yesterday, however, he sustained his first war wound.
We went to Smithfield, to a nice big outlet mall they have there. Luke needed to pj's and Jake needed some shoes, so we decided to head out and hit the outlet malls Memorial Day weekend sales. We stopped into Carters store, to pick up some pj's for the little man. I let him out of the stroller, because it's a pretty kid friendly store (they sell baby and toddler clothes), and they have a little lego table for the kids to play at. Luke was all over the place... having a blast 'running' away from dad. He is starting to do a kinda walk-run... he wants to go faster, but hasn't got the whole running thing down quite yet. Well, I was in the check out line, and Jake was chasing after Luke, trying to keep him out of trouble, and next thing I see Luke heading right for the check out counter, which is kinda octagon shaped so has multiple cornered edges, and BAM... he trips in his attempt to run, and plants his face into the corner of the counter.
He got a small gash on his cheek bone, along with a scratch. It was quite the bleeder. By this morning he had a shiner extending from his cheek up to the corner of his eye. Poor thing was so sad.. that ended all the fun of the day for him, but after a cuddle and some kisses from his mommy, he was all better, and ready for lunch and a nap.
Yesterday after we got home and his cut was cleaned up
Today, with his new shiner
Surely I knew it would be coming shortly, because he is walking so much, and constantly on the go, but my heart still broke when I saw the blood and tears on my little boys face.
Of course, it would be in perfect timing too... tomorrow we are getting a good friend from church to take some updated family pictures for us.. needless to say when you see the family pictures, they will be photo shopped, so that Luke's war wound doesn't need to framed and hung on my wall. LOL.
But, boys will be boys, and this I am sure is just the start of many bumps, bruises and bloody knees, and I will be there to wipe away all the tears, and kiss all the dirty, stubbed toes and scratched elbows. That is after all one of the joys of being a mommy... we get to make everything better! :-D
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