If today is any indication on how this week is going to be...

...then I am locking the doors and putting my kids in a bubble!

We have a very busy week ahead, which I am sure many people are going through the same thing. With school, back-to-school, soccer, gymnastics, dance. All that stuff that comes with the start of the fall season. Crazy it is here already.

I went out last week and bought a new white board calendar, a new planner, a specific notebook for my "To-Do" lists, you name it...I have it. In order to keep my life organized and scheduled, especially since Kyle and I are doing the 1000 mile, 2 different states, marriage thing.  So when things don't go according to my plan or schedule, I start to freak out.

And I would think that a trip to the ER for my 7 month old qualifies as "not according to plan".
It for sure wasn't in my planner for the day! 
Also warning....there are queezy pictures in this post!!)

You would never guess that he has a huge gash in his right foot. He is such a happy boy!

(The story is mainly for Kyle in KC...as well as all the pictures. and of course for my journal purposes)

Around 1:00 I was getting Jantsen's soccer stuff ready for his practice at 5:30 this evening, copying hisbirth certificate and printing out registration papers. Jantsen and Kambryn were downstairs watching a movie. Talan was happily playing with his toys down with the other 2 kids.

Well I hear Talan start screaming...a hurt cry, A Very Hurt cry. I ran downstairs and found him halfway under my parents recliner couch and half out (the couch was reclined out and Jants was sitting on it) In all my furry (aghhh), I asked Jants what he had done and his response was that Talan was being too noisy and he wanted to put him under the couch so that it would be quieter. (I still have to remind myself that he is only 6...barely 6. Doesn't make sense to me...but whatever, nothing I can do about it now.)

The couch wasn't closed on Talan and so I wasn't sure what was wrong, so I picked Talan up and I was holding him while "telling" Jantsen to get up on his bed and he was in big trouble. So Jants was crying, Talan was screaming and Kambryn comes into their room crying too. Then all the sudden she started yelling "mom, mom, look look!!" I turned around and there was blood all over the floor, all over my shirt. I had no idea where it was coming from.

So I ran into the bathroom, put him on the counter and I see a huge gash in the top of his foot. I grabbed a towel to wrap around his foot and held it there as tight as I could. I knew he needed stitches but I was the only one at my parents house with all 3 kids. In those first few minutes, I had a small breakdown for about 30 seconds and then composed myself and realized I could handle this. Plus Kambryn got even more scared when I was crying. So I stopped and told her that it is okay, everything is going to be alright.

My dad was able to come home from work right away and Dustin was able to get home shortly after that. Dustin watched my other kids while my dad took Talan and me to the ER. Of course I called Kyle too and was wishing he was here to help me. He always makes me feel stronger and more confident in myself as a mom. thanks Kyle!

 (you can kind of see all the blood on my shirt)

Well the ER visit was pretty typical. Dr comes in, looks at it, said it needed stitches, got an x-ray to make sure no bones were crushed, Talan was happy for most of the time. Laughing and talking. All was good until they had to numb the inner tissue by injecting the medicine into the hole in his foot. So sad! I completely bawled when they did that.

As they were rinsing the area, they realized the cut was a lot deeper then what they originally thought. They considered putting inner stitches in but then decided that he would be okay with just 9 big stitches. The cut was about 1 1/2 inches long, and considering that Talan's foot is maybe 3 1/2 inches wide to start with, it was a pretty long and nasty cut!

Well he is home, all stitched up and feeling great, tired but happy. Honestly he is such a cool, chill baby! I am blessed! 
and in Jantsen's defense, he really felt bad the rest of the day for what he did. He was really scared when we left to go to the hospital. He really is a good big brother. Talan and Kambryn are lucky, most of the time!

Here are the before and after pictures. I will try and get a better one of the stitches. But I will have to wait a few days before I am allowed to take the bandage off.

The cut started from about his middle toe and then wrapped a little bit around the back of his small toe. That is where the deepest part of the cut was.

(Luckily Talan's legs and feet are the fattest part on his chunky little body! I have never seen a cut that actually exposed the fatty tissue of the skin. First time for me.  It was gross but cool, if it is okay to say that?!)

Another motherly milestone reached. Stitches for one of my kids.

Man, we have had quite the year already!!!

On a lighter note...we did get to go to Kambryn's first gymnastic class and she LOVED it!

And we did make it to Jantsen's first soccer practice with the Rangers Academy. It is going to be so great for him to be practicing with older kids. Jantsen is by-far the youngest kid out there...but he is half- Graham, he can handle it! Pictures of the academy will be on Wednesday...hopefully.

I hope the rest of the week goes much better than today did! Mondays are usually my least favorite day anyway. Tomorrow I will be back on schedule with my planner and my To-Do list.