Boys will be boys!

Of course these things happen on a Sunday night! The boys weren't even wrestling or goofing around which usually leads to accidents like this. Jackson wanted to play around with the vacuum... so, being that it was a Sunday, I let him do some "service" vacuuming in hard to reach places like under my bed- why not?!? I can't reach those areas right now with my pregnant belly in the way! Eli didn't see the cord plugged into the wall and he tripped-- landing on the sideboard of our bed. His ear took the brunt of the fall and he had a huge gash which was bleeding pretty good. 

So- Eli got his first set of stitches (see the bandaged looped around his ear?). I guess I'm going to have to get use to this kind of stuff having three boys! We made a call to the Doctor who agreed to meet us down at his office (9pm on a Sunday night- he's the best! AND we got to avoid the wait at an ER). We rushed out the door and dropped the kids off at Grandma and Grandpa Beutler's on the way... 

here are the stitches a few days after the accident...

We were all pretty rushed, so it comes as no surprise that Jackson stubbed his toe on the way in to Grandma and Grandpa's house. It was a bad one! So while we were taking care of one boy, the Grandparents were taking care of the other! Luckily Brian was there to hold Eli down while he got his shot and was getting stitched up (I had to do that when Jackson got his stitches and it was no fun).

A bonus to having a family Doctor, is that I was scheduled for my OB appointment the next morning, so Dr. Holmes did my check-up while we were there at the office for Eli's stitches! It was so nice-- and now my morning is free! 

Anyway, I have to say I am getting more excited each day to meet little boy #3. I can't wait to see what kinds of adventures he will add to our family. Hopefully he'll be as handsome and as tough as his brothers!