Jonathan gets stapled

So a little over a month ago there was an incident at our house. We were going through our usual bedtime ritual which, of course, involves Jaaromy chasing Jonathan and Brigham down the hallway to me in Brigham's room several times. Things were going fine until on one of the trips down the hall I hear a horrible smack and Jonathan yell "OW! OW!". So when he reached me in Brigham's room I gave him a hug to help him feel better and I felt something wet on my had but didn't really look closely. Jaaromy came in to make sure he was okay and took a look at his head and said "Oh my Gosh, OH MY GOSH!" He had smacked his head on a wall corner and now blood was dripping all down the side of his head. We cleaned him up and by then the bleeding had stopped but we could tell that it was too deep to just leave alone so we decided to take him to the emergency room.

Unfortunately, Nathaniel was still at Kyuki Do and in our usual routine we put Jonathan and Brigham to bed first and then Jaaromy picks up Nathaniel. So we had to adjust a little. Jaaromy took Jonathan to the emergency room and I took Brigham with me to pick up Nathaniel. Brigham seemed fine with it but when we got home he went right up to bed to pick up where we left off in our routine.

Nathaniel was upset when I told him about Jonathan. He totally imagined the worst and his imagination was allowed to continue to get worse because Jaaromy and Jonathan were gone for a long time. I think they were gone for at least an hour and a half.

Jaaromy called me when they were finishing up and told me that they were going to put in two staples to hold it together. Weird. I told Nathaniel and he thought that sounded terrible and was really nervous to see them when Jonathan got home.


This is what he looked like when he got home. He was in really good spirits and he loved his bandage. In fact he wanted to wear it to bed and he even wore it to the Primary activity the next day. He wore it the day after that too, until bath time. I managed to convince him to leave it off until after church the next day. By then the novelty had worn off and he didn't really wear it again. Whew!

It was weird seeing the staples coming out of his head. Nathaniel had built it up in his mind to something so terrible that he couldn't even look at Jonathan and we had to force him to look at the staples to show him that it wasn't as bad as he had feared. He was happy to discover that it wasn't as bad as he thought and he was able to look at Jonathan again.

I'm a little sorry I didn't take a picture but at the time it seemed a little too gross. He wore the staples for a week and then Jaaromy took him back to the ER to have them removed. It's healing up pretty well although I'm sure he'll always have a scar.

He took it so well. He's a brave boy, my Jonathan.

Random Moments

I totally forgot to post last week. With Halloween coming I have to make sure I'm all caught up. I will try and be better.

I just have some random pictures to share that I thought were kind of cool.


I was experimenting with my camera again and I was trying to get a long exposure picture of the moon and use a flashlight to light up the trees. It didn't work, the flashlight just wasn't bright enough. But I did manage to catch a car driving by.

Since I had my camera out, I caught some of Brigham's exploits.



I'm not sure Jaaromy would approve of what's being done to his sunglasses.


Jonathan and I decided to spell Brigham's name with blocks. Unfortunately, it was bedtime, but the creative spirit must be free.


Another picture of the moon. It came up so big and yellow that night that I couldn't resist.


I don't think I need to explain why I wanted to post this picture. I love my boys! And my boys love Wendy's.

Thanks for watching!

Jared did not come marching home, having never left in the first place.

So my brother Jared is not going to be deployed to Iraq so what was supposed to be his farewell party turned into his sticking around party. Jared has thrown Labor Day parties before and had a Slip'n'Slide. Since this was the same time of year, he kept with that tradition.


Jaaromy gave in to.....something and decided to take a trip down the slide despite not being dressed for it.


His clothes kept him from slipping as advertised and on his first head-first run he barely made it halfway down.


He pushed himself to the limit on his next try and got better results.


Good fun was had by all. I actually grabbed these pictures from the video. I think they capture the moment pretty well. Unfortunately, you can't hear my hysterical laughter in the pictures. I guess you'll just have to imagine it.

Later in the afternoon Brigham got bold and wanted to step in the water. Aunt Kristy was nice enough to help him.


After he got comfortable, he decided to take it to the next level:


Thanks Kristy!

If you're wondering why we didn't come prepared for a water party, notice that it's not sunny. It wasn't terribly warm and it even rained a little bit. I didn't think anyone would want to get in the water. Apparently I underestimated a little bit.

Everyone had a good time at the party. Sydney, as usual, had Nathaniel wrapped around her little finger.



We're so glad that Jared will be able to stick around. It looks like he'll be able to put up my Christmas lights after all.