Ari's bad day (by Jonathan)

I know we normally post all the happy things on the blog, but to be fair, we need to post some of the not-so-happy moments on our blog as well. Therefore, here is the story of Ari’s bad day.

 Ari had just come back from the doctor, who informed us that Ari indeed had ear infections in both ears. Just days prior he had recovered from the flu, so this week had not been shaping up well for him. I had just brought Xander back from school and was feeding the boys dinner. I decided that I would give a very sad and hungry Ari some appetizers to hold him over until I finished making dinner for the both of them. His big brother sat at the table too, and watched Ari in silent envy while I chopped meat 15 feet away.

 To set this up, you must know that at this time we were using a baby chair for Ari that clamps suspended to the side of our table, so Ari can feel like he is eating with us instead of beside us. While I was busy being careful not to chop off my fingers, Xander decided he needed some appetizers too. Without saying a word, he climbed up on top of the table to grab some from Ari’s side of the table. This had the disastrous effect of overcoming the stability of the table and the entire thing tipped over, Ari and all. Ari went crashing backwards with the table affixed to his front. The table acted as a ramp for everything to slide down on top of him. Two bowls, a lazy susan, a napkin holder, two cups of water and a big brother all bounced off Ari’s chubby right cheek. I looked up just in time to watch everything happen in slow motion. It was horrible. The only good thing about the wreck was the aluminum frame of Ari’s seat kept his head from hitting the floor or the table from squishing him or the day would most likely ended in the ER.

 Xander rolled off unharmed and knew instantly that he messed up big time. Before I could say a word Xander burst out, “I didn’t know what I was doing!” Truer words could not have been spoken.

We couldn’t bring ourselves to take pictures of Ari’s horrible injury. It seemed too exploitive. That is, until after we fed him some cherries the next day. The combination of black and blue face and red cherry juice around his mouth made him look like he walked (toddled?) off the set of a zombie movie. Thus, we couldn’t resist the picture of a very happy Zombie below: