Scene of the Accident

Today started out nice. Nathan and I returned some things to Costco, Target, JC Penny's and Children's Place in record time. I'm usually so horrible about returning things, I was channeling Heidi for sure. We came home, the kids played outside, I ran back to a different Target, scored some serious deals ($1.33 for a few school shirts!) and laid low for a couple hours. After lunch I decided to crack the whip a bit knowing Milo will be out for the next 6 weeks. We all went out and started on yard work, the kids were working great together and actually getting quite a bit done.

Nathan has really been wanting to learn to mow the lawn so Milo was helping him in the backyard. When Kat and Dane asked to go ride bikes I told them to go for it because they had worked so hard. I scooted Reed inside and took some photos and video of Nate mowing the lawn. It was so cute, the mower is hard to push and he never quit, he was giving it his all. His little arms would shake and he would dig in with his tip toes (the grass was too long for smooth mowing, whoops). My favorite part was when he would turn the mower around by the fence, he would kick his foot back and push off for 'speed'.

Next thing I know, Kat runs in to tell me Dane crashed on his bike and hurt his teeth. I heard his screams and knew it coudn't be good. I found him, mouth bleeding like crazy at the end of our driveway, screaming his guts out.

It felt like I was in a bit of slow motion. I paused for a second not knowing what do to. Not my best 'mom crisis' moment. I told Kat, run and go tell dad it's an emergency. And in hilarious Kathryn fashion, she runs in the backyard and yells at Milo, 'Dad, emergency.' And she leaves it at that until he asks her what kind of emergency she's referring to. She's so funny, she did go tell him what I said.

This is what I find, shattered tooth all over the place (I gathered it together for a pic, ha), with a whole tooth laying there also. It was crazy. Thankfully, Milo ran over and helped me out of the slow motion I was in. We moved him inside and I gave him a wet wash cloth to hold on his mouth.

I made a few phone calls and found a dentist close to us that would meet us at his office in an hour. Or he said we could wait until Tuesday but when I mentioned Milo's knee surgery that day he laughed and said he'd see me in an hour. He sat on Dad's lap and snuggled in while we waited for the appt.

I convinced him to take a 'before' photo. Look at how far down to the nerve that tooth broke, there wasn't much left. His sad little crying face just breaks my heart. The other side tooth fell out on impact I guess. Such a hard fall! My brother reminded me I used the same 'convincing' tactics on him when he had a permanent tooth knocked out when he was younger. Good to know I've always been serious about photo documenting, ha.

Post office visit watching more TV. That's what you do when you're hurt, right?

Here he is still a little numb from the dentist but more than willing to give me his new smile. He's feeling good and was more than ready for bed to lay down and sleep. It could have been so much worse and for that I'm very grateful. So glad it is just his baby teeth. So happy it wasn't a broken nose or chin or leg or arm. So grateful he was right here in front of our house. The kids are really good about wearing their helmets and I'm really grateful for that too. Our kids get their teeth late (Nate lost his late too) so this is a smile I predict we're going to get to see for quite some time. It's going to take some getting used to but he's just so adorable, it wont take long!