Connor goes for his 1 year old portraits and brings a ‘war wound’

For 12 months and 5 days, Connor has managed not to have any major injuries or significant falls. On the morning of 12 months and 6 days, Connor broke that streak.

The significance of this date is that Connor had his 1 year old portraits scheduled at JC Penney’s Portrait Studio. So, what happened???

Connor likes to play in our kitchen drawers and two of them now belong to him. Well, I brought Connor downstairs and set him down in the kitchen (like any other day). Connor walked over to his drawers and I turned my back to get some milk out of the refrigerator. Next thing I hear him fall — usually not a big deal. He started to cry — again, usually not that big of a deal. Then he cried a little harder so I went over to investigate. I noticed he must have banged his head because it was red a little bit, but other than that he looked alright (on first glance). I held him, hugged him, and kissed him and then put him in his highchair. As I buckled him in, I noticed a slight cut had opened up near the corner of his right eye. Now I was concerned and started to inspect him a little closer. It was not bleeding but was split open and a dab of a tissue brought back a little bit of blood.

Further inspection on why Connor fell led me to take a look at the bottom of the footies on his sleeper. The rubber on the bottom had been worn down over the past couple of months and no longer provided traction — needless to say, they were soon thrown in the trash and all of his other sleepers were inspected.

So, we took Connor to his 1 year old portraits with the cut from approximately 4 hours earlier. I asked the photographer if they would touch it up and she said they don’t do that there. Oh well, we won’t ever forget Connor’s 1 year old portraits.

I’ll post those pics once we get them printed and scanned in.