In Stitches

With very active children, you are bound to get a few bumps or scrapes.

Many of these bumps can be fixed with a band aid and mommy's kiss.

This one could not...

It was our first hospital visit.

While showering, Sophia had her foot on the step and it slipped off when it became too soapy.

When her foot slipped, her chin whacked right on the edge of that step.

Luckily Joe was there to intervene.

He kept calm (unlike myself)

and wasn't fazed by the blood (unlike myself).

We dried her off and got her into the car.

Joe took her up to the local ER while I stayed home with Lily and Maddie.

Lily was very concerned for Sophia and made her Rainbow loom bracelets to cheer her up.

Within 40 minutes, Sophia came home with a popsicle in one hand, a stuffed bear in the other, five stitches in her chin and a smile on her face.

She never cried.

Not even while the stitches were being put in.

That's my girl.

So tough.

After having the stitches for a few days, she was sad to have them removed.

She said they made her popular.

She asked when she could get them again.

Hopefully never!