This is Why You Don't Mess With Maddux

If you think Nolan looks bad you should see the other guy. This is what happens when you mess with Maddux. Nolan and Maddux were jumping on the trampoline when all of a sudden Jennie heard Nolan crying and holding his head. She didn't think too much of it until a couple minutes later when he was still crying. When she saw his face this is what it looked like. He had a bump the side of an egg on his eyebrow. His whole eye was almost swollen shut. I can't believe that it didn't cut him as hard as he hit. That kid has the hardest head.


A view from another angle. The pictured don't do the size justice. I couldn't believe how big that bump was. The funny thing is when I got home and noticed it I thought he had just woken up. When I got closer I noticed that his eye was huge. It didn't seem to bother him too much until I asked him if he wanted to see what it looked like. As soon as he saw his eye in the mirror he started to cry. I think he actually scared himself.


This is about 3 days later. The eye was still swollen and had started to turn a little purple. Never mind the scratches on his neck. He had a rough run in with a tree.


Here is Nolan 6 days later. The swollen was gone but the eye colored up quite nice.


If the eye and scratches weren't enough Nolan decided to take on Maddux one more time. Once again he lost that battle and ended up splitting his bottom lip open. They somehow knocked heads again with Nolan taking the worst of it. Why not add fat lip to a swollen eye and neck scratches. I am just glad that he didn't have a doctors appointment at all during this time because someone would have thought that Jennie and I were beating him. It is amazing how much punishment he took in a week and still just keeps going on. He is one tough kid. However, as big as Nolan is it will only be a mater of time before the roles are reversed and he is the one dishing out the bumps and bruises.