This is Uncle Keith. Isn't he sweet? He let me ice skate with him even though he's not really very good at ice skating. But he's got a good heart. So when he went down he made sure to hang onto me instead of protecting his head or something sensible like that. So he busted his head on the ice and bled everywhere. (Sweet, not so smart) It made kind of a big scene and lots of people came running (well sliding) over to pull him off the ice.
Leaving a small child behind crying. Because Uncle Keith kinda landed on him, driving his head into the ice too. Luckily that little someone has a mommy that did bother to notice the large (yet not bleeding, yay!) bump on the noggin.
These things do NOT photograph well. For all the practice I've had I just cannot capture the sheer size and more so the discoloration of the classic Ashi goose egg. But this one was big.
And you might notice, its exactly in the same spot as the stitches incident. The stitches incident that left a very ugly scar in the middle of Ashi's head. A scar that still makes Elizabeth get a little teary eyed every time she notices it....At this point the whole impacting on the left side of your forehead was still bordering on comical, well darkly comical. Kind of like, well of course you had to hit THERE.
Aw man, he was cute back then! (Circa 22 months old).
Today we were at a certain bargain pizza joint (because feeding 4 boys aint cheap) and Mr. Destructo was running about while waiting for everyone to finish. As he trotted along, he just happened to trip and fall right into/under a bench. When I pulled him out, where might the only sign of impact be? Well just left of center of course! You can't tell, but that shiny spot on the photo is a smallish egg, and without the flash it's purple too. Isn't it statistically impossible that he has NEVER hit any other part of his noggin? Or pretty much anywhere else on his upper body?
Aw man, he was cute back then! (Circa 22 months old).
Today we were at a certain bargain pizza joint (because feeding 4 boys aint cheap) and Mr. Destructo was running about while waiting for everyone to finish. As he trotted along, he just happened to trip and fall right into/under a bench. When I pulled him out, where might the only sign of impact be? Well just left of center of course! You can't tell, but that shiny spot on the photo is a smallish egg, and without the flash it's purple too. Isn't it statistically impossible that he has NEVER hit any other part of his noggin? Or pretty much anywhere else on his upper body? Some smart doctor type once told me that protruding forehead had something to do with malnutrition. Nah. I'm going with armor. Calcifications from a lifetime of hard landings. Survival of the fitest and all that. Maybe one day we'll finally get his head examined and find out he's got an extra inch or two protecting the frontal lobes- I can only hope.
4 comments:
He he he he....too funny. I think Jonathan falls a lot on both sides. It seems like he alternates.....I don't know if that is talent???? He he he ....but his goose eggs always seem really really really huge compared with any of our other children :)
Erin you are FUNNY!!!!! So sorry Ashi has a crash on his head - feel better quick Ashi!!!
Well, at least he's using his head. He'll get smart about it soon enough :)
... as for snapping pictures of the bumps - don't use your on-camera flash, that'll flatten the image. Some nice side lighting will show it nicely. Adds drama too.
I am sure that hurt!! You are such a great mom though and just take the hits as they they come. I think I say this everytime, but Ashi's hair is to DIE for! LOVE IT!
I also love the family pictures..
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