Monday after his swim lesson he busted his chin open playing. Hailey was still in her lesson, so Joe left and took him to urgent care.
I tried to call him when I was leaving swim lessons with Hailey and Lacy, but Joe's phone was dead. He called me from Urgent Care and said that they sent him away, because they don't do sutures in urgent care (don't get me started about that). Anyway, while we were both on our way to Banner Gateway I called Adelina. She told us not to go there because the ER was in Code Purple. Apparently that's bad. No place to put anyone and 21 people in the waiting room.!!
I couldn't call Joe, because his phone was still dead, and mine was slowly fading. I waited for him outside the ER and put the girls in the car with him and Talon, and we headed to a different Urgent Care. They were closed. We went to Phx Children's Hospital's Urgent Care. There were only about 4 kids in the waiting room. Sweet!
Talon was being soooo good. He had been holding the gauze on his chin for quite a while, so he had dad hold it for him so he could color. :o)
When we were finally called back, the nurse put some numbing gel on it and 20 minutes later we were on our way to getting stitches. (Joe said we could have gone home, looked it up on the Internet, got the supplies, and done it ourselves by now) We were kicking ourselves for leaving my car at the ER, so we were all stuck there with Hailey and the baby. Good thing they were all being so good!!!
Here's the gross paragraph if you want to skip it:
The nurse sprayed the wound with saline a lot and it opened up A LOT. When the doctor came in there were chunks sticking out. She tried to push it all in while she squeezed it together but couldn't get it all in there. She ended up doing a deep stitch with dissolve able string before she put six stitches on the outside layer. She had to cut out a little bit of the chunks in order to keep it clean. I REALLY wish that either one of our phones had enough battery to get a picture...it was GROSS!!
Basically Talon will have a scar on his chin just like every other boy. He absolutely amazed me while they were stitching him up. Every time she started sticking the needle in again he would ball up his fists really tight and then relax when she got it through. What a brave little boy!! I was so proud of him! While he was getting his stitches I asked him if he wanted me to tell him what he was getting for his birthday. He said, "no mommy, I told you, you can get me whatever you want." The nurse holding him almost started crying. He is such a great kid.
We had all of his cousins over at Grandma & Grandpa Horihan's house on Tuesday night for pizza and cupcakes. He had a great time playing with his cousins. When I got there, after softball practice, they were all sitting around the table eating pizza and nobody even noticed his stitches. I guess they are far enough under his chin that you can't see them unless he looks up.
(left to right) Tyler, Braden, Hailey, Talon, Sydney and Lacy
(left to right) Tyler, Braden, Hailey, Talon, Sydney and Lacy
Here he is opening his present from us.
My friend Stephanie made it for him, and he couldn't have been more excited!!
My friend Stephanie made it for him, and he couldn't have been more excited!!What a STUD!
Last night, him and Hailey went upstairs to get ready for bed and I could hear a bunch of ruckus on the monitor (which is in Hailey's room), so I went up there and found Talon helping her clean her room. I ♥ those kids!!
Joe got him some Ben Ten toys and some more color wonder books, which are the only kind we let them have upstairs. I think he had a really great birthday.
Ava & Talon
The kids
With Grandma & Grandpa
Cute! 
Taking a break
Joe & Talon
Me & the girls (we are sitting at the bottom of the hill they were sledding on)
Hailey - all bundled up thanks to some loaners from the Smith's (Thanks!)
Gavin & Talon
Then, we woke up to this Sunday morning! They are standing right out the back door!! Talon was in heaven! He said, "maybe there will be presents at home." Somehow he thought it was supposed to snow on Christmas...since it didn't (I know shocker!) he thought he would get ANOTHER Christmas morning. That kid is too funny!
Joe pushed them down the little slope in the backyard.
The front of the house covered in the snow.
This is the first time I used the timer on my camera.
The back of the house, from the path to the park.
We took a "walk" to find some better hills at the park.
Talon took this picture. It shows exactly how much snow we got overnight.
Playing around with Lacy.
The rainbow we saw on the way home.
The End.
(I saw you roll your eyes Joe!)
Isn't that the prettiest bow holder you have ever seen? The problem is I JUST shopped at Michael's TWO days ago and bought the letters B, O, W & S and some stickers and crap to make my own bow holder. SUCK! I decided that since everything is still in the bag (including the receipt) I can take it all back and get that beautiful one for Hailey. It wasn't much more than I spent at the store for one that I was probably going to spend HOURS making, and probably need my mouth washed out for cursing a few times along the way. (I'm not very good at that kind of stuff, which is why letting that lady go in the bathroom without saying anything to her was so out of character for me) So, Hailey is getting a present. Her birthday is not until August. I could kid myself and say that I can wait until then to give it to her, but seriously that is a LONG time away! Of course I had to get some of these butterfly clippies too, but they were only $1.50 - what a steal!
After some discussion about fire safety the kids went into the kitchen.
Then they got to take turns in the Fire Truck. That's Talon in the back.
They even let them put on headphones. He's pretending he's talking into the microphone here. 
Here's Ava inside the truck.
Joe, Talon and Grandma 
Hailey wouldn't go in. I even offered to go with her. Nope. It even took some coaxing to get her to let go of me long enough to get on the back of the truck with Ava.
Lacy.
Our family by the firetruck.
