ER
From the looks of things around here, you'd think that Nicki had taken over with the blog entries. In all honesty, I have been keeping myself busy before the upcoming Christmas holiday in the evenings, so I haven't had much time to write a blog post. Even tonight, it'll be a short one because I spent much of the earlier part of this evening updating the blog site.
I added several new photo galleries, which you can visit by clicking on the word "Gallery" on the left column of the page, which will open a series of dates, then simply click on the date that you would like to view. The dates listed for photos are actual dates that we created blog posts, so if you are curious about the details related to the pictures, simply look up that date in our "Archives" and you can read the story all over again. You may also note that we added some additional friends to our "Links" page. Between Random Planets is a blog that was set up by a friend of Nicki's, who is here with her husband who's in the military. Grand Stream Dreams belongs to Claus, a new friend of ours who lives in Texas and was kind enough to link us to his blog. Finally, I also updated our "References" category to include useful tools for getting around in Japan and some references for learning the language.
At this point, you may be wondering why I titled this post ER. As many of you know, that acronym is short for Emergency Room, which is exactly where we took Joshua on Sunday morning after he tried to impersonate a basketball with his head, bouncing off our front step. To avoid additional suspense, he's alright and nothing is broken. Now that you know that, here's the scoop:
It's Sunday morning and we were getting ready to head to base to do a little Christmas shopping. Nicki was helping Joshua put on his winter coat just inside the front door of our house, where there's a step that separates the entryway from the no-shoes-allowed part of the house. While putting on his coat, Josh lost his balance and landed nose first on the corner of the entryway step. The olympic judges gave his landing a 9.3, but it wasn't enough for a gold medal. It was enough, however, to cause his very first nose bleed. When we saw the blood, we decided it was a good idea to take him to the ER for an official look-see by the doctor, just in case he broke his nose or any other important body parts. After a long series of questions with the admin staff, we finally got to see a doctor, who treated Josh to the usual height, weight, temperature, blood pressure tests... all important things for a kid with a nose bleed. Finally, the doctor inspected the nose and told us everything was alright.
Next step, Nicki and I will be recognized as Parents of the Year, since we just barely beat out our closest competition: the parents who let their kid shove GI Joe figurines up his nose and the parents who let their kid run around wearing a blindfold and carrying scissors .
I added several new photo galleries, which you can visit by clicking on the word "Gallery" on the left column of the page, which will open a series of dates, then simply click on the date that you would like to view. The dates listed for photos are actual dates that we created blog posts, so if you are curious about the details related to the pictures, simply look up that date in our "Archives" and you can read the story all over again. You may also note that we added some additional friends to our "Links" page. Between Random Planets is a blog that was set up by a friend of Nicki's, who is here with her husband who's in the military. Grand Stream Dreams belongs to Claus, a new friend of ours who lives in Texas and was kind enough to link us to his blog. Finally, I also updated our "References" category to include useful tools for getting around in Japan and some references for learning the language.
At this point, you may be wondering why I titled this post ER. As many of you know, that acronym is short for Emergency Room, which is exactly where we took Joshua on Sunday morning after he tried to impersonate a basketball with his head, bouncing off our front step. To avoid additional suspense, he's alright and nothing is broken. Now that you know that, here's the scoop:
It's Sunday morning and we were getting ready to head to base to do a little Christmas shopping. Nicki was helping Joshua put on his winter coat just inside the front door of our house, where there's a step that separates the entryway from the no-shoes-allowed part of the house. While putting on his coat, Josh lost his balance and landed nose first on the corner of the entryway step. The olympic judges gave his landing a 9.3, but it wasn't enough for a gold medal. It was enough, however, to cause his very first nose bleed. When we saw the blood, we decided it was a good idea to take him to the ER for an official look-see by the doctor, just in case he broke his nose or any other important body parts. After a long series of questions with the admin staff, we finally got to see a doctor, who treated Josh to the usual height, weight, temperature, blood pressure tests... all important things for a kid with a nose bleed. Finally, the doctor inspected the nose and told us everything was alright.
Next step, Nicki and I will be recognized as Parents of the Year, since we just barely beat out our closest competition: the parents who let their kid shove GI Joe figurines up his nose and the parents who let their kid run around wearing a blindfold and carrying scissors .
posted by Unknown | 9:21 PM
3 Comments:
Glad to hear that Josh was okay after the fall. He's a sturdy little kid.
Happy holidays!
Thanks for the kind words!
Merry Christmas from Texas! Our family to yours!
--Claus and gang
My parents let me run around with scissors and I turned out (marginally) fine! I hope your lovely little tyke is recuperating...that must've been quite a scare to him. I've only met him once, but he does seem like a little trooper!
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