Ouch!!!

December 13, 2009

We had just gotten home from our week stay in Park City.  We had only been home long enough to unload the cars.  The kids were in the playroom, Pat was out shoveling snow, and I was unpacking our suitcases.  All of a sudden I hear Landen scream and I ran out to the front room and he comes running in and this is what I see!

I knew that it was broken.  I started yelling for Pat and he comes running down the stairs. Poor Alyssa is wondering what in the word is going on.  She hadn't seen what happened and didn't know how he broke it and Landen was crying to hard to tell us.  We rushed to the E.R. and luckily they took us right back.  The whole time Landen is crying, and all I could think was how sick his arm looked.  They finally came to give him some pain meds, but getting the i.v was almost as bad as him breaking his arm.  Luckily neither one of us passed out (I guess that happens often).  After several attempts, and a lot of crying they finally got the drugs in him and he fell asleep.

 

This is when we took some pictures, because what is a great story without the pictures to go along with it.  They took some x-rays and the Doc said it just need to be set and we were good to go.  He explained that they would sedate him, but he would not be completely out so he would still feel it a little, but not remember it.  I asked if I could be sedated too because I didn't want to remember it either, but I guess that's not really allowed.  He finally set it, and yes I think he did feel it based the crying, but luckily another set of x-rays showed that everything was were it should be and they didn't have to do it again.  He calmed down pretty quickly, they put a splint and a sling on him and we were able to go home. 

When we got home Landen kept telling everyone that he broke his arm, but the doctor fixed it.  We finally got out of him that he had fallen off the stairs in the castle in the playroom.  He just sat on our bed being a very brave little boy.  He has kept his arm elevated and let us ice it.  I think this might be the drugs, but he doesn't seem too upset.  I think he is enjoying all the cartoons he is getting to watch.

The doc said it was a simple fracture and should heal really well especially because he is young. We have to go back to the doctor tomorrow and when the swelling has gone down in a few days he will get a cast.  Until then he has to wear the splint and sling, I am still wondering how I am going to keep that on a three year old.  All in all he is doing really well, I am not sure that his parents handled it as well as he did.    I think I may have lost a few years off my life.

The Tooth Fairy!

December 6, 2009

So Alyssa's two bottom teeth had been loose for a few weeks.  We kept telling her to play with them and wiggle them so that they would fall out and the tooth fairy could come.  They kept getting looser little by little and we had several attempts at "pulling" them with tissue, but they are slippery little buggers and we could never get a good grip.  If you know Alyssa, you know that she is a drama queen, and pretty terrified of most everything.  We let them go thinking that eventually they would just fall out, but her new tooth started growing in behind the loose one so we decided that action had to be taken.

 

Grandpa saw how loose these teeth were on this particular day and decided that he could do the job. (Dad was gone with the scouts).  You see here that she is friends with the pliers, but the teery eyes tell the whole story.  We were going to try and trick her and tell her to close her eyes and we could just pull them, but of course that didn't work so well.  She caught sight of the pliers and it was a mess from there.  We finally convinced her to let us try (I am not really sure how we did that).  She was great though once she was convinced.  She sat there very still and didn't even cry.  When we pulled it she just said "that wasn't so bad."  

You would think that she would be fine when we went to do the next one, but it took another round of fits, crying, and tears before she let us do it again.

I have to say that really she did better than I thought she would.  I thought we were going to have to hold her down, but she very bravely sat there and and didn't cry once we had her convinced.  Now she has two dollars instead of her two teeth.

Landen's 3rd B-Day

  

I Can't believe that my baby is 3 years old.  He has gotten so big and is so smart and fun.  He loves anything that has to do with motorcycles, four-wheelers, or basketball.  He is very particular about what he will wear.  He will only wear clothes that have anything to do with these things.  His shoes have to be "fast"shoes, meaning skateboardish kinds.  We can trick him into wearing other kinds if we tell him that they are basketball shoes, but it takes a lot of convincing.

 

We had just a small party with family and Ryan, Mindy and their kids.  Landen loved being sang to and was very excited to blow out the candle.

He wanted a basketball cake.  We were going to have wal-mart make one, but decided we could do just as good a job as them.  So here is the finished product.  I think it turned out great!

Of course there is always a little trial and error in everything, right!?!  This was my first attempt, I tried to take it out of the pan before it had cooled and it turned into this mess.  It might not have been so bad, but I was ticked off so I may have karate chopped it a few times. Alyssa said it still tasted good with frosting.  

We are so glad to have Landen in our lives.  He is such a sweet, loving boy.  He is definitely all boy and we love him for it.  He is so silly, and loves to make us laugh.  He has a great sense of humor and likes to play jokes on you and then say "I'm just teasing".

Happy Birthday Landen!!