McQuality Moments: April 2018

Well, until this week, we had made it with no stitches or staples. Keegan probably should have had stitches at least two other times (1-2 times on his knee and 1 time on his elbow), but Matt wouldn't let us take him. This time, Matt wasn't home and I had him meet us at the ER. This is what happened...

Last Monday, our cleaning lady came to the house. Our hardwood floors were extra clean and extra slippery. Keegan is usually running all around the house, but this time he was just walking, and slipped on the hardwood floor. He hit his head so hard that he cracked it open. It barely bled though so I had no idea he cracked it open. I was holding him afterwards and put my hand on his head to see if he had a bump. When I took my hand off his head, I noticed there was some blood on my fingers. I looked at his head and thought he definitely need stitches. Our neighbor across the street is an OBGYN so I had her look real quick before I took him in. She confirmed that he needed stitches, so we dropped Landon off at another neighbor's house and met Matt at the ER.

My neighbor warned me that they usually do staples in the head instead of stitches because they hold better. She was right....the doctor looked at Keegan and said he needed staples. Matt and I thought he would get numbed before they did the staples, but the doctor came back and just took out a staple gun. I asked if she was going to numb him first and she told me that it would be 4 shots to numb him and he only needed 3 staples so it would be quicker and less painful just to put the staples in. I still don't think I agree with that, as it was super painful just to watch. It took all I had not to cry just watching, but Keegan was a champ. He did so well. He just squeezed my hand, took deep breaths, and made it through without even crying. He was so brave and we were so proud of him. He had to keep the staples in for 7-10 days so he got them taken out today.

*If you don't like seeing cuts, you might not want to look at the following pictures.*

This is what his head looked like before the staples

This is us waiting for the staples at the ER

So sad

Here is the finished product, after the staples

We didn't get home from the ER until almost 8, and then Keegan had to shower and ice his head. He fell asleep on me as he was icing his head.

Here is what his head looked like last night

And this is today, staple free!

The doctor said his cut looked great and was healing nicely. She asked if he wanted to keep his 3 staples and he said yes, of course. So, now we have a urine container (all she could find to put them in) of staples. Hopefully we never have to add to it!

Our flight left at 6 a.m. on April 3rd for Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic! We stayed at the Nickelodeon all-inclusive Resort for 5 days and 4 nights. We came back home at midnight on April 7th. This was such a fun trip and a great way to spend our spring break. The weather has been so awful here and we just wanted to get away to warmth and sunshine. That's exactly what we did. It was paradise. The weather was about 85 every day with a breeze so it was never hot, and it was about 75 at night. The views were gorgeous, and we didn't want to come home. We had our own pool right off our room that the boys loved! Some mornings they would wake up and jump in the pool before we would even go to breakfast. The resort had multiple swim up bars, infinity pools, restaurants, a water park, the Nickelodeon characters, shows and activities for the kids, and an unbelievable beach!

Matt and the boys on the flight to Punta Cana

Our Room:
The boys room

Bathroom

Shower

Toilet

Our room

Some views of the Infinity Pool and Beach:

Day 1:
As soon as we arrived, we took our picture in front of the Nickelodeon sign

Keegan and Patrick (character from Sponge Bob)

The boys with a Sponge Bob figurine at the Waterpark

In front of all the water slides as the bucket was dumping. We stood here the next day when green slime got dumped from the bucket. You can't go to Nickelodeon without getting slimed!

The boys playing in the sand

Keegan after Landon buried him with sand

Testing out the ocean water...it was very warm!

Jumping waves

Checking out the Infinity Pool....also very warm!

They loved this Butterfly bush

Dinner Night 1 at the Tuscan restaurant. It was delicious!

Keegan showing me his pizza bread

Landon and his pizza

We took some pics in the entryway before we left the restaurant

Me and my boys

Day 2:
Sponge Bob's pineapple house...this actually leads to a house that sleeps 12!

Keegan and Landon by a huge picture of Chase from Paw Patrol

The boys with Patrick and Sponge Bob

Family selfie at the water park

Keegan

Landon

Selfie in the Infinity Pool with the beach behind us

Our sweet boys

Relaxing on the beach

Exploring on a beach walk

Love these two!

Beach family selfie

Selfie with Matt and I

Gorgeous views

Pic of the boys at a restaurant for lunch

There was a lazy river that surrounded the waterpark and Landon and Keegan loved it! It was their favorite thing to do.
Keegan relaxing

Keeg and I floating along

The boys with Rafael of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

And a family pic

In front of the Nickelodeon bushes

Keeg and I just enjoying the weather on our patio one night before dinner. Look at those red cheeks!

We got ready for dinner early one night and didn't have a reservation, so we decided to take some pictures on the beach before we went to dinner. We did a beach photo shoot and there are a lot of pictures.

We stopped by some pretty flowers on our way to dinner.

Matt and Landon took a selfie in the plaza area by all the restaurants.

Matt and I at dinner at the Burger place

Keeg and Landon at the burger place

The boys by a fountain on our way back to our room

Day 3:

Nickelodeon Place is where the waterpark, shows and characters are.

Chase and Keegan

Landon, Chase and Keegan

Another pic with the Sponge Bob figurine

Some beach fun

And back to the pool...

Mom and Landon

Dad and Keegan at the swim up bar

Keegan and Landon having chocolate milkshakes at the swim up bar

Selfie with Matt and I in front of the waterpark

The boys by the slides

This is what the water looks like after the bucket dumps with the slime in it. The slime turns all the pool water green!

Another pic of the boys by the waterslides in the green water

So much fun

Marshall and the boys

Selfie with Marshall

Keeg getting ready to get in the lazy river

Landon's favorite place

Cute pic of Landon on our patio outside of our room

Dinner at Space Walker! Keeg wearing the astronaut helmet

Landon in the helmet

Pic at dinner

The boys with the astronaut

After dinner, we headed to a circus. Keegan got his face painted.

The boys and I, eating popcorn and watching the show

Matt and I forgot to take our nightly selfie at dinner so we took it in the room when we were back.

Day 4:

Look at that view....

We basically stayed here all day long that day.

Hanging out in the pool

Matt took a free scuba diving lesson in the pool

Keegan and Landon

Me and Matt

After the show, we headed back to the pool

Cheers

Keegan swimming at our pool

Dinner back at the Tuscan restaurant

Keeg and I

Matt and Landon

Friday night, there was a foam party in the lazy river

Here are the boys

Keegan absolutely loved it!

Matt got in to put Keegan on his shoulders and they stayed in the whole time. Landon didn't like it as much and got out to hang out with me, but Keegan had a blast!