Stitches

Lauren had a field trip today to Eckert's in Millstadt to visit their pumpkin patch. Grandpa Floyd took the day off to attend the field trip with her. They had a wonderful day together. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of it but I'll post one of her pumpkin after she paints it or decorates it this weekend.

After the field trip, Lauren went to the park with Grandma and Grandpa and her friends Kaylee and Makenna. All the girls were having a great time on the monkey bars. Lauren decided to drop off the bars and instead of landing on her feet, she landed on her knees and fell face forward into the pea gravel. Her chin was banged up pretty good. I was in Fairview Heights at the time getting Blake's 1 yr. pics taken (we're behind at this house). I rushed back when they called (thankfully we were in the car driving towards home when they called). After looking at her chin we decided to take her to the ER and have them take a look. As I suspected, she needed stitches. Of course this freaked her out but after a little numbing and then some local anesthetic she was all stitched up. She was very brave and handled it all extremely well for a four year old. The ER staff was awesome and had us out of there in an hour. They gave Lauren and Blake both big stuffed animals which thrilled them.

This was our first time to the ER for stitches so it was a new experience for us all! I'm so thankful it was not worse.