Lucy and the stairs

You know when you hear those certain sounds and you know that you can't get there fast enough?  This happened to be one of those instances.  Especially when it comes to kids you know the sounds they make when they're playing and having fun... and then you know the sounds that aren't natural.  Lucy was going upstairs to give Dude a treat and normally she is a champ on them.  I haven't had to worry about her going up the stairs (or down them for that matter) for quite some time.  But there was just something about today that wasn't jiving well.  I heard this all noise, followed by a very upset Goose.  I think mostly it scared her because, well, it's a scary sensation not having control over whats going on and falling!  She did however get her chin pretty good on the outside and she got the inside of her lip too.  She didn't bite through or anything so it was all purple, but she did rug burn her chin good enough that she was bleeding a bit.  She looked so dazed because she was just going upstairs to give Big Brother a treat.  She did get over it rather quickly, but it was a scary moment for me too!

You can almost see the extent of the damage on the inside here...

Her chin... it was actually looking really good considering she did it just the day before.

Sadfully, at my parents house she fell down the stairs again... not so far, but enough to rug burn her left cheek and part of her forehead.  Poor girly.  I'm thinking she was just getting tired, but still!  She hasn't done it since then, but still not happy for anybody.  And it's terrible because if anybody asks and you say, "She fell down the stairs..." sounds like an abuse cover up story! haha... ya know? But, we are glad that she is bouncing back so well, and hasn't fallen since.

JVG