Viv's a maniac. She is a little "Hurricane Viv" as we lovingly call her. She has no fear and despite her exceptional coordination, she will fall....a lot. She already has 2 marks on her forehead from wipeouts, and yesterday added to the "owies". It started when she screamed bloody murder when I attempted to feed and water the dogs outside without her help. I was in a hurry, so didn't take the time to put her shoes on. Sure enough, she stepped on a rock/stick that was sharp enough to put a small cut on her foot. *Guilt!* Later that evening at the ballpark, Viv fell on the rocks and put another small cut on her hand. Then, not an hour later, in the bathtub, she fell and cut her mouth on a plastic toy. Now this one was bad. As she's writhing and screaming, I'm trying to assess the injury. At one point there was a line of blood about an inch long, which looked like the cut, itself. This would surely have meant stitches. After she calmed a bit, I realized it wasn't quite that big, but still ballooned to the size of a grape. All this was bad enough, but on top of it, we'd been to the doctor during the day because she has an ear infection! She has a nasty cold and there are 3 teeth coming in! Eeek!

The life of a toddler.........

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