The toe...

It seems that we write about Zander a lot, but the kid is an endless source of entertainment.
On the night of our halloween party Zander was dressed in his lion costume happily running around outside in anticipation of greeting the guests. Suddenly we heard a scream from Zander that was beyond his normal "Garrett is torturing me" scream. Pretty soon Grandma came in holding Zander and we could tell he was really hurt. He couldn't describe what had happened, only that his toe really hurt. It took him a while to calm down but he finally did, and he really tried to enjoy the evening. But every where he went he would limp around. We knew he was hurting, but it was hart not too laugh at the little lion limping around the house. Sometimes he would get half way to where he was going, stop, and say 'I need you to hold you" (his way of saying...please pick me up), and when he would get picked up he would say 'Thank you', in his most sincere voice.

We thought a good nights sleep would cure the problem, and it probably would have...but he did not sleep well. He would wake up screaming about his toe every 20 minutes. We could not figure out what was wrong, it didn't swell up or look black and blue, but it was definitely hurting him. We even thought about taking him to the hospital, but weren't sure what they would do. How do you put a cast on a toe? Amy ran to WalMart at 2:00 AM to get some child's Ibuprofen, and I sat there with Zander laying on my chest. Every 4-5 breaths he would sob and take a deep breath, but he slept somewhat peacefully. Finally, after getting a nice dose of Ibuprofen, he slept for a few hours. We were sure in the morning he would still be in great pain, but he woke up and barely remembered he had a hurt toe. Well, at least he forgot until he didn't want to walk anymore, then he would stop...and scream 'My toe hurts...I want to hold you"

Stay tuned for the stories of the canker sore and the dinosaur. You won't want to miss them.