Jack's Big Bonk

We've been so lucky to have a really long fall this year. Fall is definitely my favorite time of the year. This fall, we've usually met up with our friends at Olcott Park on Sunday afternoons to enjoy the beautiful weather. In fact, I would look forward to Sundays all week because I knew I could lounge around with my boys outside and just relax. No worries about school, or job hunting, or anything else allowed. Just beautiful weather.

Two weeks ago was our last Sunday park outing because the weather is starting to get colder. We were the first of our friends to arrive and we were having such a nice time together...

Jack was even practicing standing. He was standing on his own for about 30 seconds when we took this picture. Pretty huge step for our little guy...

... and here he is feeling pretty gangsta because he was doing such an awesome job.

Then we took a little stroll with our friends, and then the bonk happened. Jack accidentally got hit in the head with a frisbee by another little guy. It was a pretty bad bump. Within seconds the bump stuck out a half an inch from his head and was an inch and a half long. It just kept getting bigger and bigger... We thought for sure that it was going to split open and that we would have to take Jack to the emergency room for stitches. Instead we rushed him right home. I held him in my lap with a towel ready just in case the bump split open and gushed blood. Jack was so excited that he didn't have to ride in his car seat that he completely stopped crying and tried to play with all of the things he ordinarily can't reach when he is buckled in. Luckily, as soon as we got home and put ice on it the swelling went down immediately. This pic was after about 10 minutes of ice and the bump was dramatically smaller. Our little guy even smiled for the camera when Gordy snapped the pic. Such a sweetheart.

We are so glad that the bump never split open... We were also fairly certain that he would have a black eye, but he surprised us again. He just had a scab and a wicked yellowish green bruise for a few days. He's such a tough guy.