It Had to Happen Sometime

Having 3 kids, odds are one of them will probably brake a bone.  Well Cooper won first place.  I never would have guessed it would be him. I would have put money my little monkey boy would have been first.  Last Thursday evening Cooper fell on top of a puzzle knob.  He landed just right and ended up with a buckle fracture of his distal radius ( he broke his wrist).  Sadly it took over a day to figure it out.  Thursday evening he was fussy while I was trying to get dinner ready but he didn't take a good nap so I knew he was tired.  Cohen and him kept pulling each other over and getting upset impatiently waiting for their food.  They ate dinner, had baths and went to bed. 

The next morning after getting him dressed he was playing on the floor while I dressed Cohen.  I watched him try to pull on the side of the crib and pull his arm back quickly and started screaming.  Then he tried pushing up with his hands to stand and pulled his arm in and fell on his face.  I immediately thought of his clavicle.  We see little ones falling of beds, landing wrong that brake their clavicle often.  He had been coughing pretty bad and I was already planning on taking him to the Dr.  So we went in he was happy moving his arm around and seemed just fine.  Dr. said to call back if he got worse and then she would order x-rays. We were already out so we ran some errands, had lunch, and he took his afternoon nap.  It wasn't until after naps while playing in the backyard I realized what was injured.  He fell walking through the grass and when he put his hands down to push himself back up he started screaming again.  Then I realized it was his wrist that was hurting him.  Even though he would grip and use his fingers, it was only painful with pressure to his hand.  By this time office was closed and he was OK as long as he wasn't on all 4's.  He went to bed and slept fine. Once I got home from work and office opened, I brought him up for x-rays and sure enough it was broke.  So went to Children's Mercy and they decided to splint him and we were see an othro this week.

Today we were able to get into the pediatric ortho and they put him in a cast.  It will be on for 3 weeks and then he should be as good as new.  He was such a sport getting his cast on.  He held pretty still for a 14mo old.  Still happy and smiling after it was all over. 

It is hard to have a bag over it while he eats so we don't get food inside.  He also loves bath time and he has to get sponge baths until the cast comes off.  He doesn't like that much.  We are hoping Cohen doesn't end up with a head injury due to playing with Coop. 

The Day at the Zoo

We had a family day at the zoo. I wanted to do something fun over Payton's first spring break. Nothing major, but fun and spending some family time together. We were not the only people who thought going to the zoo was a good idea. It was packed, there were people everywhere. After finally getting tickets we went in and straight back to Africa and worked our way forward. The boys did great in the stroller. It doesn't get much better spending a family day together enjoying beautiful weather. I wish we could do something like this every week. Yes you guessed it here come the picks....

 Riding the tram to Africa( unloading stroller was a pain, we walked back)

 getting ready to ride the sky tram

after eating lunch 

 Payton riding the excited to ride the tram

 boys napping while Mitch and Payton rode sky tram( well Cooper at least)

 Cope and Mommy

 pic before heading home( that is why everyone is listening and looking at me)

 our new friend

 She is explaing how to look and smile at the camera

 Yay!!! Something to climb on

 our fam

 sky tram, Payton loved it

Where Does The Time Go?

I have decided there are just not enough hours in a day. It doesn't matter what time you get up and get started Saturdays always seem to fly by so fast. We only have Saturdays to get house chores done, family time, playtime etc... Friday night we enjoyed time with friends and didn't get home until 11. The boys went down at their house and came home and went right back to sleep. We let Payton stay up and play, so she crashed when we arrived home. Cooper decided not to sleep well and started waking up every 45 min or so from 12:30 on. Holy cow not much sleep.

Saturday morning rolled around quickly and Mitch got up and went to the grocery store. He was home by 8. One of our friends came over to help him with wiring the basement. While the guys did that, I took the kids and went to the Legends to the outlet to look for shoes for them and Easter outfits. The shopping trip was a success found exactly what I wanted and found good deals and didn't spend much. Once Mitch was finished in the basement he went to flag us a new tree ( one in our front yard is dead), and pick up fertilizer for the grass. After running is couple of errands he made it home by 3:30. Once I had arrived home from shopping and having lunch with the kids, they all went straight down for naps. That gave me just enough time to pick up dog poop for Mitch and get the car vacuumed out and garage floor swept out before Cooper woke up and Mitch arrived home.

He unloaded the car changed the oil in the mower so he could mow the grass. I took all the kids outside to enjoy the nice weather and pulled the boys in the wagon, while Payton worked on riding her bike. I got them in around 5 to get ready for dinner. Mitch just started putting down fertilizer, ( he worked quickly) came in jumped in the shower. He came down to finish feeding kids and my turn to shower. I left for work at 5:45. Made it, barely.  Good thing for pony tails, put up the hair and go! The garage was clean and ready for Mitch to start bringing boxes up from the basement after the kids were in bed.( more to come on the basement later)

 I think we got in a couple of smiles and kisses. I just don't think there are enough hours in the day. Chores always take longer than you think and then off to work. It was a beautiful day outside and we all got to enjoy it, even if it wasn't all together or doing the same thing at the same time.