Life Post Surgery and Fantasy Con

Nathaniel got a bruise from hitting his face on the floor. If you didn't see the story on facebook, here it is:

Setting the scene: Nathaniel is 15 min from nap time so he's at the stage where everything is infinitely worse, also due for his pain meds in 15 min so they are wearing off. So what does he do...
Bangs his nose on the ground right as I'm about to pick him up to go read a nap time story. Of course this really hurts his nose so he starts to scream. I pick him up to comfort him. He immediately buries his face in my chest. Slamming his nose against my sternum. Louder pained crying ensues. I think I'm getting smart by moving him to my shoulder so he can't bang his nose. He immediately dives open mouth screaming into my shoulder, hitting his upper lip full force. Biggest scream yet. He is now unconsolable. I take him to the rocker to try and console him. Nope he manages to bang his head twice on the wooden front of the armrests, not the cushioned part. I gave him pain meds but it still took him 30 min to calm down and another 20 to fall asleep. I can only imagine how much my poor little boy was hurting. But he's happy and playing now. What a little trooper!

This week we also had our air conditioning fixed. Nathaniel loved watching the repair man work. So many new noises and lots of banging! Also lots of really cool tools.

Mommy did not like it though. It got up to 96 degrees even with all the doors and windows open and fans going. We had to stay there with the repair man from noon to 6 when we went to get Chris. A little later the repair man had stuff to do on the roof so we escaped to Chili's because Mommy couldn't handle being in the heat any longer and she didn't want to use the oven and make it even hotter.

At Chili's we weren't letting Nathaniel put any of his toys in his mouth, so we turned away for one second. When we looked back he was chewing on the table.

This week we went to Fantasy Con. It was a blast! Mommy was Eowyn and Nathaniel was a hobbit. Although half way through his vest came open and with his stitches he looked considerably more like a pirate.

Chris wanted to dress as a Nazgul but Mommy forgot that the 4th of July everything would be closed so when she went to get stuff to make the costume she couldn't. If Daddy couldn't be a Nazgul he didn't want to have a cobbled costume so he chose to be nothing. Next year though he is going to have an awesome costume! We'll start work on it now. 

We saw a bunch of live birds. Nathaniel thought they were pretty cool. Mommy really liked the owl. It was SO big!

We got a picture with Jabba the Hut

Nathaniel got to meet the Ewoks.

Chris spent much of Fantasy Con looking for things to shoot Nathaniel from. (Pretend of course) Nathaniel was a great sport!

I just love his face in this one

Chris was so excited to feed Nathaniel Elevensies! Nathaniel even got his picture taken by the Fantasy Con Photographer while playing with the food. We'll have to watch the website to see if it gets posted.

It's a Dwarfish mine!

We watched a Marionette show. Nathaniel loved it. I couldn't get a picture of him and the Marionette guy in the same shot because I was standing too close and it was pretty crowded but here are two pictures.

Chris knows what he wants to get to make an awesome costume. It is definitely a future investment but doesn't he look so good. : )

Lord Rose, the designer and creator of the leather armor.

Family Picture!

We really had a great time at fantasy con! Nathaniel was loved by everyone and made so many new friends. We saw so many cool things that Mommy didn't get pictures of because she was enjoying them, like fire breathers, sword fighters, forgers, bobbin weavers and so much more! We also made out with some good loot. Chris got a book, Mommy got two tickets to the Witches Ball (on discount takes place in October) guess who has to take her, and we got a family coat of arms along with the history behind it.