The First Stitch

...and I really do mean just ONE stitch.

Poor Eden got her first stitch a few days ago.  I have the girls take a kid's exercise class once a week at the YMCA and while running around Eden collided with a boy cutting the inside of her mouth.

I debated if she needed to go to the ER because I know the mouth heals super fast and often doesn't require stitches...but it was pretty big.  There was another mom at the YMCA who worked at an orthodontist's office and she looked inside the mouth and said, "she'll probably need one or two stitches."

Eden was frantic and I texted Tyson while at work.  He said to Truman (where he was working) first and he'd take a look at it to see if he thought she really needed it.  Sure enough, he said to take her in.  Children's Mercy Hospital is right next door to Truman where Tyson was working.  He even had a badge to get in and out of the hospital.  The doctors let him leave to be with us...which was awesome.

Children's Mercy was AWESOME!  Having a place that is dedicated to children made things go so much better.  Eden was scared but they had a team of people there whose entire job is to explain what's going to happen at the kid's level so they aren't scared and know what they can do to help.

She only had one stitch and since it was inside the mouth, they couldn't give her the numbing cream and didn't want to completely drug her just for a single stitch.  So, brave Eden took it on without any medication.  Tyson stayed to help out with Eden while I took Leila and Molly out to the waiting room to color.  One minute later, it was all done.

After it was done...Eden passed out.

Actually, Eden's version was "I just took a nap." and that she was very tired for the rest of the day.

Pretty normal for Eden.  She often gets light headed and/or passes out with needles around.  She woke up to a brand new teddy bear and popscicle waiting for her.  She sat and relaxed until she wasn't light headed anymore and could walk.  And we went home.

 For the last few days she's been swollen and talks like someone who just came back from the dentist with a cavity.  She can eat and drink like normal...with the exception she needs to use a baby spoon to get it in her mouth without bumping the stitch.  And the stitch already fell out like its supposed to.

The day after Tyson came back from work and said, "Eden!  All the doctor's at work were asking about you and how you were doing!"  Eden gave a strange look, "Why were they asking about me?"  Our reply, "Because they care about you and want to hear the story of what happened.  Wouldn't you be interested in hearing the story if you found out someone got stitches?"  Eden, "Yeah.  But I think they were asking because they are doctors and like talking about germs and stuff like that."

Probably true.

"I Want It Short"

I have been planning (and delaying) getting the girls a haircut for quite some time.

Eden was excited to go to our next door neighbor's little salon down the street.  Leila BEGGED for me to cut it.  I told her, "OK, I'll do it first, if it doesn't work out then I'm going to take it to Luisa's to get it fixed."  A deal was struck.

I put her in the highchair and she said, "I want it short."  She pointed to her chin....

...OK...

 (I love this picture...and also stand ashamed of my "less than responsible mommy moment" because Molly is on a regular kitchen chair where she easily could have fallen while bouncing, climbing, etc.  I let her stand and play on it while I cut the girls hair.  But it was so new and exciting to act like a big girl...that was possibly the only way I could get her to be happy when I chopped away.  I mean, look at her face!  She was one happy girl to be "big".)

Anyhow, I chopped and said, "oh dear...its DEFINITELY SHORT."  And seeing how much I had already cut and that it was a horrible hack job, I left it and said, "We're going to Luisa's."

Leila was making funny faces while taking these pictures, I couldn't quiet get a normal picture out of her....but she's still cute as ever.

 She LOVES her haircut and almost every day she looks in the mirror and says, "Oh, I am so beautiful!"  She thinks headbands are super cute and insists on wearing them...for about 5 minutes, then she insists on NOT wearing them.  But its OK.  She's super cute.

Eden wanted her hair cut as well.  She originally just wanted a trim but after seeing how brave Leila was she said, "maybe I want a few inches off...like this..." and pointed to about 3 inches.  So, I chopped three inches and then Luisa gave a few layers to her hair.

There's Something About Owning a Bathrobe...

...that makes you feel like you need a make over.

Take a nice bath...

Paint your toenails...

Put curlers in your hair...

You're own mini-spa really.

 Thanks Nana for the bathrobes.

While in the meantime, Tyson's working in internal medicine.

Wait, let me re-phrase that.

Tyson's working in the much anticipated and much dreaded internal medicine.

You know its lame when he needs to go to bed at the same time as the children every night to make sure he gets enough sleep and doesn't get to go to church for two months because "weekends" are a thing of the past.

Poor Tyson.

We're all lounging in bathrobes and he's working.

Poor, Poor Tyson.