Stitches

Well our latest news is that Ethan got stitches last Wednesday. We were playing in the basement and he tripped over a toy and landed face first onto the wheel of his bike. He sliced his eyebrow open on the bolt/corner near the wheel. I wasn't sure if he needed stitches or not, he seemed happy enough after a few minutes of crying and comforting. After calling and consulting with Chris and both of our moms we decided to take him in just to be safe. Sure enough the moment they saw him they said he needed stitches. The slice wasn't very long so 2 stitches did the trick. I don't think any of us could have handled any more than 2! They wrapped him up in a sheet and we still had to have 3 people pinning him down. He screamed and cried and kept saying "mama, dada, I'm done, I'm done" It was the saddest thing. He also tried to roll onto his stomach as he said "karate chop karate chop" (he constantly asks for back massages or karate chop). I couldn't help but laugh a little at his request. He was so tough and the moment the stitches were in and we weren't pinning him down anymore he was good to go. He was a champ at keeping a bandaid on for the past 5 days. He got the stitches out today. I was nervous how that would go but again he was a champ. He wasn't a huge fan of the scissor near his eye but he only shed a few tears. Here's to hoping these are the first and last stitches (I can dream, right?)