neglected blog!

Wow I have really neglected this blog! Ooops! Ok so let me update on everything thats happened....

Mia: July 23rd My mom came for a visit, we spent the day doing fun things (now I cant really remember exactly what we did) that evening, we all went out to dinner as usual when she visits..we came home and Mia had fallen asleep so I laid her on our bed...something I often did since she shares our room. She usually cries when she wakes up..so when she cried after waking up I went to get her...the poor girl was on the floor! I picked her up feeling very bad and she continued to cry inconsolably, I checked her all over and did not see any signs of injury so I continued to just try and console her thinking she was just over tired and hadn't been ready to wake up. She cried for an hour and 1/2 so I gave her Tylenol thinking maybe the new teeth she was getting were causing pain and thought I would go ahead and put her back to bed. Before she went back to bed I finally got her to let me put her down for a couple mins to play and we realized she would not crawl!! I took her into daddy who was laying down watching tv to cuddle before bed and he said she wasn't using her left arm at all for anything! Oh no! We thought maybe she just twisted when she fell or something and she was also still very tired so I went ahead with bedtime. The next morning she woke up at 6am...still not using her left arm :( I called the dr. when they opened at 8am and they said they would see her at 9am. Saw the dr and he sent us to the hospital for xrays...my poor baby's arm was broken!!! We were then sent to the Peyton Manning children's hospital and came home with a pink cast for 4 weeks :( Mia since had the cast removed and I think she has forgiven mommy for putting her on the bed for a nap. Lesson learned!


first moments with the cast (leaving the hospital)





 

Brayden: Just a few days after Mia's injury, Brayden turned 3! We had a party for him at my dads house and the kids had a really great time swimming and playing with their friends. Nanny made an awesome lightning McQueen cake for Brayden and he got some awesome presents. I think so far one of his favorites is a big boy bike from grandpa. Not kidding when I say we have to go outside to ride it every single day :) I can't believe it has been 3 years since this little guy came into our lives! There is never a dull moment with this goofball. Pretty soon he will be starting a parent and me soccer class too! He is so excited! He has wanted to take a soccer class ever since Nanny bought him a soccer ball several months ago :)

Lillian: Oh my sweet 5 yr old! Despite my efforts to stop time, time kept ticking and the day came where it was time to send my baby, my first born, off to the biggest adventure of her life! Kindergarten! She was very exited to start and ride the bus and do all the things that big kids do. We are now 3 weeks in and she still loves it, but I think she sometimes misses being home more. She has a little trouble switching gears when she gets home...she is tired...but everyone else is very excited that she is home so we are still working out the kinks on that.