Anyone had their entire fingernail ripped from the nail bed? Truman did it in his first 2 years of life. (man, he is getting a HUGE head-start in life) Pretty impressive especially since he didn't even cry. Except for the first few hours... and then he whimpered softly for eight more hours, but then he TOTALLY fell asleep from cry exhaustion. How tough is THAT! What a champ. The real unbelievable part is that he didn't need pliers. He was able to accomplish this rare torturous act with a brand new, wheel barrow (still in the store). Probably not the tool of choice for the Vietnamese but effective all the same.
We were just chillin' together at Anderson Seed and Garden waiting for James Clawson to finish making us some Turkey Pesto sandwiches next door at the G.H. where Rebekah was waiting. Truman grabbed a wheel barrow and somehow flips it over onto himself shredding his fingers in the process. (fingernail wasn't the only casualty) I needed to stop the spurting blood so I asked this stout old woman (wearing an employee apron) if she could find a first aid kit. She kindly brought one out to me and when I noticed it was made of wood, I didn't really think anything of it. I lifted the lid and opened what looked like a tiny lead-lined army pouch labeled "antiseptic wipe" and a wisp of dry disintegrated fibers puffed out onto the floor. I grabbed some old yellowed gauze and medical tape but the tape had lost its stickiness completely. By now Truman wanted nothing to do with medical supplies and was in full freakshow mode. The old woman had apparently become disgusted that I was incapable of holding my son motionless enough to apply the 2000 year old mummy gauze so she took matters into her own hands. "Here, I'll hold him!" she barked, and wrestled Truman into some strange horizontal lock-hold dealio. I had given up on the WWI medic box but I felt pressure make use of the moment. (big audience by now) So I draped some stuff here and there (no stick) while horse-woman stared at me like my failures had nothing to do with her great, great, (great) grandma's med kit. Took a long time to convince her to put him down but eventually she gave up and everyone went back to shopping. What a moment.
Yep, that's it (above). Everything below that central ridge is a part of your nail you hope you never have to see.
Ow.
Main Present: Remote Control Spider
Solenne was pretty sick over the holidays and Gracie really stepped up and took care of her on this night. What a great sister!
Sister Sandwich
So far, we think Hot Tubs are tricky but great for the family. Just hope the kids start getting tired of it soon. They have been averaging 2-3 soaks/day so far.
