a horrible day

we headed to lowes today to make these dogs...

they are leash hangers, but since we don't have dogs.

we are using it for a backpack holder.

while we were building ryder fell over and hit his forehead on a metal beam.

i thought it would bleed a ton.

it was bad but not terrible.

i asked the employee to get me some paper towels.

and then 3 managers came to check things out and talk to me.

we had to fill out an incident report. 

it was all i could do to not cry while he was asking me for our information.

as soon as we left i called tyler and started crying.

(he is in utah at chance's wedding)

then we spent the next 3 hours in the emergency room.

when they finally got to us it had already been over an hour.

the doctor thought that she could glue it back together.

but by the time they cleaned it, it was bleeding so bad that the glue wasn't working.

so of course she said he needed stitches.

my heart sank.

i almost starting bawling right there.

he had already totally freaked out while they tried to glue it.

and it took them a long time to come back and to get everything set up.

they wrapped him up like a mummy with a sheet, and it took three people to hold him down.

he screamed the entire time they were numbing, and cleaning, and stitching.

it was pure torture.

i am glad that he won't remember this, 

but i know that i will never forget.

he has been as good as gold since i brought him home.

hopefully he will be able to sleep well tonight.

he did have an exhausting day.

arm band

three stitches

the only picture i could get of him looking at the camera.

and of course he has food on his mouth.

(ryan picked out the toy story bandaids)

which i am sure we will have a hard time keeping them on.

hopefully we aren't back to the er anytime soon.

or ever!