Sticks and stones (and head-on collisions) may break my bones...

  I'm spent.  I just enjoyed a nice glass of wine (but just one) and some Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie.  Both were well-deserved.

We've got our first broken bone.   Thankfully it's nothing too serious but it sure does make for an interesting day.

Today we were hanging out at home/in the neighborhood because we had a landscaper here doing some work and I wanted to stay close. We took a walk to a neighbor's house (coincindentally the same neighbor I just wrote about this morning that will be Ben's new preschool teacher) and stopped in for an impromptu playdate. 

I should mention my husband is out of town.  You might remember that when Ben got his head cut and needed stiches, I was also flying solo. 

While we enjoying some coffee and conversation the kids started chasing each other around the circle that makes up our houses (living room, dining room, kitchen, family room and back around again - all of our houses are designed this way and it's a pretty typical game to play to chase each other around the circle).  We're not sure exactly what happened, but our best estimate is that Ben and Matthew somehow ended up around the same corner in opposite directions and had a collision.  Ben's forehead slammed into Matthew's nose.

Both were screaming, crying and freaking out. Matthew was bleeding profusely out his nostrils.

Ben's crying was pretty typical "I hit my head and it hurts and I'm angry, I want my mommy" cry, but Matthew's seemed worse. And the bleeding, oh my god, the bleeding. Ben's cut head last month didn't even bleed that quickly. It was just gushing, with big clots coming out. I'm not squeamish about blood and I know faces bleed a lot but even I was starting to get freaked out. And his nose was swelling.  Luckily the bleeding stopped as suddenly as it started, but his nose looked pretty banged up so after a call to his doctor, we headed in for an x-ray.

I have to say how much I adore MedExpress.  I knew they did x-rays there and figured I could save several hours if I went there first and then on to Children's if I really needed to (but the bleeding had nearly stopped and the swelling looked much better by the time we were on the road, so I figured it was just a precaution, that nothing was really broken)

They got us in and out in less than an hour (so thankful for this as I was alone and had no toys, lunch or anything to entertain the boys with) with three x-rays, an exam, two stickers for each boy and the diagnosis - A broken nose.

My poor baby broke his friggin nose!

Luckily it's a small "crack" (I saw the x-ray) and the doctor said we just need to watch the bleeding, keep him safe for a few days and it'll heal on it's own.

So this summer has ushered in our first stiches and first broken bone.  And both while I was home alone.

I'm not sure if that's a sign of my luck or my parenting skills ;)