Carter's Owie

Well, Carter had his first "blood" injury today.  He was playing in the bathroom early this morning (his favorite place to play lately) and pinched his left pointer finger in the door frame.  Ouch!  I didn't realize at first what had happened until I saw his finger - purple, swollen and bleeding.  Poor buddy.  And then, of course, Brooks woke up and I could hear him running around in his room.  So I scooped up Carter and gave him lots of snuggles as we headed to get B.

As soon as we were upstairs and Brooks saw Carter crying, he immediately started doing acrobatics and making silly noises to make Carter laugh.  And it worked!  Within a minute or so Carter stopped crying and they were both playing on the floor, laughing!!  I love my big boy Brooks.  He has such a tender heart and hates to see people cry.  So he does whatever he can to cheer them up.

Carter was definitely more clingy this morning and spent a lot of time in the Boba carrier while I cleaned up dishes and packed lunches.  He even took a morning nap which is pretty out of routine for him.  So I guess his injury affected him more than I thought.  But this afternoon he's been happy and smiley.  His finger is just a little red now and since his hands are so chubby anyway, you can hardly notice the swelling :)  I'm thankful our first "real" injury was a small one.  I just need to be eased into the many more that I am sure to come with this kid.