Anatomy of a black eye

Life with a toddler is always interesting and unpredictable...sometimes joyful and sometimes heartbreaking. On July 9th, Brynley took a nasty spill on our front sidewalk and didn't put her hands out to break her fall. She landed directly on her cheekbone. After many tears (Mommy & baby), we continued on our way to visit Melinda & her family. That could have been the end of the story. The next morning, my sweet girl woke up with a black eye.

Since I'm behind on blogging (and writing this post on August 7th), I can tell you that the boo-boo is still not completely healed. I am going to ask the pediatrician about it during Roman's two month checkup this week. I chronicled the first 10 days of the black eye. Just looking at these photos breaks my heart, but as you can see, Bryn was just as happy as ever. She even enjoyed putting "boo-boo medicine" on her cheek several times a day! She often requests "Mommy, kiss you" which means she wants me to kiss her and when I kiss her boo-boo, she says, "Mommy, I feel better!" Sweet girl!

Day 1: 7/10/11

Day 2: 7/11/11

Day 3: 7/12/11

Day 4: 7/13/11

Day 5: 7/14/11

Day 6: 7/15/11

Day 7: 7/16/11

Day 8: 7/17/11

Day 9: 7/18/11

Day 10: 7/19/11