Sans Stroller Debacle and We're Out of Ideas

Hello pretty Alida.

Remember Sunday morning when we went to church and decided to let you walk instead of hauling the stroller?

And then on the way out you decided to face plant on the sidewalk?
You were actually being cute. You stopped and bent over to look at something on the ground, which we indulge as a general rule. But then you just let go with your hands and scraped your little nose. And by the time we were home you had a pretty nice scratch appearing.



This morning it has turned into a huge scab. It's not really a great look for you.

And Nicholas. I can't seem to get a picture that even does justice to what you're going through.

But your hands just keep getting worse.

In the tub at night we make sure to scrub them really well to get all of that loose skin and dirt and whatever else has stuck to them during the day off. Then we balm them up and put on mittens for as long as you'll wear them. And in the morning we do the same again. And then your dad started using the loofah in the tub. And then, well, that little nail brush that you got in your stocking? We started using that too. And my heart broke in a million pieces last night when you asked me to scrub harder.

So we got out the Neosporin and the gauze and the Band-Aids. And this morning you told me that your hands feel better and you didn't want the bandages to come off. So we left them on. We'll see little guy if it did any good. Otherwise, we're running out of ideas.