Started out at the park for my niece's birthday celebration. Ethan helped her blow out her candles. Then he tried to get off the picnic table bench and his foot got caught. He fell forward and cut his head on the table seat right behind him. We headed to Springville to Instacare for stitches. This picture was taken in between gushing. 
Then he had one of the worst diapers I have ever seen. So I cleaned that up while Darrin continued to put pressure on the gash.(Darrin was a trooper. A covered in blood kind of trooper.)
After all the trauma there, they told us we needed to go to the ER. The cut was so deep his skull was showing and they couldn't do 2 layers of stitches without sedation...which they cannot do at Instacare. So off we went to the ER.
(because we're made of money...aren't you?)
Darrin needed to finish his golf tournament (finished 4th, BTW) and my big brother, Grant (THANK YOU!!) met me at the hospital for backup while we waited. And waited. And waited.
The nurse turned him into a superhero.
He ran all over the ER. The staff said they'd never seen a kid like him.
Ever.
Should I take that as a compliment?
Probably not.
After 2 hours, they sedated him. See? He's sedated, but his eyes don't really close. Creepy.
Lots and lots of stitches later...
All stitched up and waiting to "come to".
One of the nurses came in when he was like this and said, "oh...he's so cute...when he's sleeping."
When we got home, he was like a kid you wind up before swinging at a pinata. I was worried he'd need another set of stitches just from trying to walk around our house.
But, alas, he's back to his normal, wild self.
Long day.
BIG thanks to Robin, Kylee, Ashton, Jeff, Katie and Andria for help with Syd and Drew.
Good night.
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Girl!!! You're amazing.