Nathan Broke His Arm

OK so a few weeks ago I was in the ER with my friend, her little boy fell and cracked his scull. I made the comment I was surprised Nathan hadn't broke anything yet. 3 days later Nathan and Emma were putting pillows on the trampoline to sleep outside on it. The enclosure wasn't zipped and Emma hit Nate through the hole. He fell and Broke his arm. Beau didn't think anything was wrong, we iced it and he went to sleep that night. Sunday it still hurt I took him home from church early, Beau still didn't want to pay for the Emergency room insisting there was nothing wrong, but Nate wasn't using his arm at all. Monday morning I took him to our pediatrician and she said sure enough she believed it was fractured and would need X-Rays. We then went and got X-Rays, and took them home on a disc. When I loaded it on the computer I could see the break and then had to wait 2 hours for the doctor to call me and tell me what I already knew. We then had to drive 30 min. down to the pediatric hospital to get a splint and a sling in the ER.

After 3 hours they took care of us and sent us home, telling us to call another doctor to get the cast in a few days. We went and did that today. He has this cast for the next 2 weeks and then will get a shorter water proof cast. He will have that one for 3 weeks and then we will take more X-Rays and make sure it's healed if it isn't we will keep it on longer. If it is he will then get a temporary cast for another couple of weeks. Moral of the story be glad you don't have kids who break things because I am sure this is not our last broken bone. It is so hard to keep him from climbing and now he can't swim for 2 weeks and ride his bike for more than a month. And to top it all off, probably won't be able to ride rides at 6 Flags if we go. We might just stay home instead of torturer him.

I think it's harder on me than him now that he has his real cast his arm doesn't hurt as much and he can move it a little more.

crafts

here are the links to what I have been doing!
http://www.froggy-flipflops.blogspot.com/2012/02/dress-for-e.html
http://www.froggy-flipflops.blogspot.com/2012/02/t-shirt-refashion.html
http://www.froggy-flipflops.blogspot.com/2012/02/messenger-bag-for-reverse-walker.html
http://www.froggy-flipflops.blogspot.com/2012/02/easiest-dress-i-ever-made.html

Daniel and genetics

Ok so our last visit to the genetics doctor went really well. Dr. Gibson spent 2.5 hours with us going over everything. Stuff from what the last doctor looked for to family history to what he was going to look for and why and then gave Daniel a complete physical. He seems like he knows what he is doing and I have heard great things about him. The last set of tests results have come back with one positive result for Fragile X, I had to go give blood to confirm, we will those results in about 3 weeks. I will keep everyone updated. I'm not sure what to think, a lot of it fits and some of it doesn't. All the information I have gathered I read by searching for it on the internet. And even though I'm not sure that's what it is, I do feel like we are one step closer to figuring out this puzzle! And I am relieved that I was the one who had to be poked and not him, he's been poked too many times.
He also has been using a reverse walker to get around school, church and when we go out places and it is helping so much! He loves it and he can go pretty fast now, plus when going down ramps he lifts his feet and rolls, which is scary for me, but fun for him. He is such a special soul, I can't believe I get to be his mom. Well I think that's about it for now!

A Little Update

So I have decided to finish school online and go to be an Elementary School teacher. I have trying to decide for years. I love little kids and if I had to work I would want to be able to only work while my kids are in school. I am excited to be starting school again, I have been feeling a bit lost these last few months. I start march 1st and I am really excited!

Emma Lost her first tooth.

Since then she has lost her second tooth but here is her toothy smile!

Halloween!

Our New Addition

We got a new Puppy! Her name is Tika, anyone who has read the Dragon Lance series will know the reference. lol She fits right into our family and is very laid back and mellow. We had promised the kids we would get a puppy when we got here and the moment we arrived they started asking where she was. We got her the weekend we moved in and it has been a great experience. She is a miniature Dachshund and will only reach 11 lbs. So far I would highly recommend Dachshunds to someone wanting a small dog but not the yipping that typically goes along with them. She is a sweet heart and has us all in love with her.