Hard Headed

So I was looking over my old posts and I found this Draft that I never posted... it is really old but I thought I'd post it anyway since it was a very significant thing in the Kiernan Family..I'm sure I shared this story with you all already but here it goes.

Jan 28, 2008

You know how you tell your kids something over and over and over and over again and for some reason they still don't get it? Well, ever since we moved into the new town home I have been telling Caleb he needs to HOLD ON TO THE RAIL when going down the stairs. I constantly have to remind him NOT TO PLAY ON THE STAIRS. So, after a while it just gets old. Well this weekend Josh and I were rearranging furniture in our upstairs bedroom while Caleb was playing in his room. I was having Josh move the treadmill to every corner of the bedroom until I found the right place for it. Josh was just about to start getting upset when we heard, thump, thump, thump, thump, all the way down the stairs. I was hoping it was one of Caleb's toys, but, his cry was a definite, there's something seriously wrong, cry. Needless to say Josh and I ran down the stairs to meet him. By the time I got to the bottom of the stairs, Caleb had already lifted himself off the floor and was grabbing his forehead. I immediately start looking for signs of broken bones or internal bleeding while still managing to freak out. As Josh and I are still trying to decided whether or not we need to make a run to the emergency room, Caleb (already calm) asks if he can watch a veggietales movie and have a snack. I look him straight in the eye and say, "DO YOU KNOW YOU JUST FELL DOWN THE STAIRS?" He says, yeah mom but my head doesn't hurt anymore. I of course was still freaking out, so, I tell him he needs to strip down so I can see if he has any bruises or if he's bleeding anywhere.

He's stripped down to his underwear and standing in front of me and I say, okay, tell me what hurts. He says, nothing mom, see, and he starts hitting himself all over. He literally starts punching his sides and legs to show me that he doesn't hurt anywhere. After about 10 minutes of this and 15 minutes since he decided to dive off the second floor, he's still standing in his underwear in front of me, trying to figure out why I'm bawling. I finally pull myself together and want more questions answered, so, I get Curious George and I ask Caleb to reenact his swan dive. And of course, Caleb had to add all of these sound effects and colorful expressions as he shows us how he tripped and fell down the flight of stairs. Apparently he was at the top of the stairs and went to go down when he skipped a step and fell forward. Some how in his falling he turned onto his side and because of his small height ended up just rolling down the stairs on his side. Kind of like rolling down a hill, only, a lot bumpier. He is just the right height that his head and legs were not affected. I still can't believe it. You know, people don't just get up and walk away from tumbling down the stairs. I had to sit down and thank God for this miracle.