SURPRISE!

While I was sitting at Garrett's basketball practice a complete SURPRISE walked in the door by the name of Stephanie Kurtz. I couldn't believe it! I had no idea that she was going to be in town and I wasn't expecting to see her at all. She had talked to Chris on Sunday and the plan to surprise me was born which they had pulled off without a hitch. Until I took Garrett to his Dad at Chase's baseball practice.

That is when I received my second SURPRISE! When I pulled into the parking lot I could see that Chris was bent over holding a shirt to his head. I went over to Stephanie's car and told her that I knew Chris was hurt and I didn't know if I could make myself walk over to see what exactly was wrong. After a few deep breaths I slowly made my way to within 10 feet of where he was standing and my fears were realized -- he was definitely hurt! He had been hit with a baseball bat right in the center of his forehead and was definitely going to need stitches. Stephanie took Garrett and Ethan to their Aunt Meme's house, Chase stayed at baseball practice in Coach Matt's care and Chris and I were off to urgent care.

A friend of ours is a doctor there and just happened to be working that night. He took great care of Chris and sent him on his way with a new "beauty mark" on his forehead in the form of 9 stitches. We then headed home where Stephanie was still waiting for our girls night out. The doctor did not want Chris to be alone in case of a concussion. So Stephanie, being the great friend that she is, agreed that we would just pick something up and bring it home so we could be with Chris. We had a great night eating Arby's, catching up with each other and watching the Biggest Loser. What a night!!