happy 9-month birthday

two things happened on this day: dominic (1) bled and (2) played with his own poop.  

(1)

he was happily playing on the rowing machine when suddenly he started crying.  i was sitting right next to him but i didn't know why he was crying.  i picked him up and comforted him.  he stopped crying a bit but then cried some more.  suddenly i realized there was BLOOD ALL OVER MY SHIRT.  yes - time for mom to freak out.  it turned out to be a minor cut on his finger but it bled like crazy.  and it was impossible to keep a bandaid on it.  plus he kept bumping it or sucking on it, so it kept opening up again and bleeding.  

(2)

a few hours later, when i had calmed down, i was doing some stuff around the house and dominic was playing happily in the playroom.  in fact, he had been in there so long, and so quietly, that finally i thought i should do a quick check.  as i neared him, i saw he was playing with something on the floor.  at first i thought he had found some dirt by the door.  but then i realized he had SUCH A BIG POOP IT CAME OUT HIS DIAPER AND HE WAS PLAYING WITH IT.  yuck.  shower right away with papa.  

sadly, these traumatic events were too much for me and i did not collect the photographic evidence.  only, here is a picture of the bandaged finger.