A Birthday to Remember!!!

I guess it's about time for me to get "with it" so I thought I would try out this blogging thing! We've had such a busy month, which isn't out of the ordinary for us. We just celebrated Kade's 3rd birthday a couple of weeks ago (November 7th). I can't believe our little baby boy is 3! WOW! Anyway, he had quite a memorable birthday! The day started out normal. Kade woke up very excited that he was now 3! (I remember how excited Jacob was about his third birthday.) The 3rd birthday really seems to be the one where they actually realize that it's their birthday and they are now older than before. Kade had a party at his school the day before his birthday and would have party #2 at the babysitters the afternoon of his birthday. When Kade got home that evening, we would have yet another "party" with just us (mom, dad, brother and sister). We opened presents, had a little cake and then packed up to drive to my parent's house that evening for yes, his 4th party the following day with my family. (We're not party "freaks"...these are all just mini gatherings which include cake/cupcakes and a chorus of Happy Birthday). Things were going as planned...we left the house when we wanted (unusual for the Simpsons...we are always late!), the kids had all fallen asleep in the van on our 2 hour drive to my parents. All was well. We arrived at my mom and dad's at around 10:30. The kids woke up for a few minutes, played with Grandma and Grandpa for a short while and then made their way to brush teeth and then bed. Jacob (who always sleeps in Gma and Gpa's bed) decided to be a nice big brother and "let" Kade sleep in my parent's bed since it was his birthday. Jacob and Mckynlee were in bed and asleep, Mike had fallen asleep on the couch Kade had just hopped in bed with my parents and I was putting on my pjs, 2 seconds from sleep, when I hear a loud "thud" and then cries and screams. It was Kade! I thought he had somehow fallen off of the bed and hit the wall. I ran to my parents room to check out what had happend to find my dad holding Kade with blood gushing from his head!!! Kade had leaned back on what he thought was a nice fluffy pillow, but missed the pillow and hit the edge of their headboard instead! OUCH! Just by the amount of blood and the look of the gash in his head I knew he would need stitches, but keep telling myself that maybe I was wrong! After several minutes his head was still gushing blood so Mike and I hopped back in the van and made a trip to the ER in nearby Fort Smith, AR to have Kade's head stitched up! We lucked out because there wasn't a soul in the waiting room at the ER...just us! We were in and out in probably 45 minutes, which is unheard of in an ER! Kade was so brave! He did cry and scream and protest during the whole process, but did much better than I had expected! I don't know who was in more pain though, mom or Kade! When it was all said and done, Kade actually was pretty proud that he had something his brother did not...stitches!!! All on his 3rd birthday! We went on the next day to have an awesome OU football birthday party with my family. Other than a bald spot where they shaved his head to put in the stitches, you would have never known what he had gone through the night of his birthday! He'll always have a permanent reminder of turning 3! And yes, we did have party #5 the following weekend with Mike's family and our "GameNight" friends and Kade's friends! I hope Mckynlee's upcoming birthday is a little less "eventful!!"