Ebby "Reading" his First Book

Trials and Blessings

Life has been really hard lately. "Morning" sickness, food aversions, extreme fatigue and (sorry Andrew) weird mood swings, all while trying to keep two toddlers clean, fed and happy. With everything I have to complain about I feel like I have even more to be thankful for. I have a WONDERFUL husband who sacrifices so much time and energy to help me get through each day. I have two beautiful kids that are healthy and love us. And I have awesome family members who are constantly uplifting me and will occasionally come visit. Andrew's mom, Sharon, was just here for a couple days and my brother, Tim, is coming this weekend. I'm also extremely grateful to the Lord for blessing us with another baby and that we had the chance to catch a glimpse of #3 yesterday.

With so many trials in my life I'm so glad that I have so many blessings.

Due: November 11, 2012

Autumn's walking! ... again.

The last two weeks have been really weird for me. It's like we traveled back in time about five months. Before Autumn got her cast she wouldn't stand or walk (thankfully). Then when she finally did get her cast she would only tolerate crawling, maybe standing but only for a minute or two. As she's gotten more use to having a cast it's like she's re-learned how to stand, walk and now run. Yes, Autumn is trying to run with a cast on her leg. Here are some videos to prove it.

Wild Flowers of Texas

Fall is normally my favorite time of the year, but the Texas springs are definitely growing on me.

This is what we saw coming home from church last Sunday. The Blue Bonnets (Texas' state wild flower) are coming up everywhere. Aren't they so beautiful?

Slip-sliding awa - OH GOSH OW!

So, on Saint Patrick's Day we were invited to a bar-b-que at a local park. This particular park had a couple of cool slides. One of them was a side-by-side slide that also sported a fun s-curve to it. Being the cool mom that I am I decided to take the kids down the slide with me. Ebby was on the slide next to me and I put Autumn on my lap. Right before the curve Autumn's foot slid down between my thigh and the side of the slide. I noticed that her foot got pinched but didn't think it was that bad. Autumn cried but not for very long so I figured everything was ok.

The next day (Sunday) she wanted to be held a lot and had a stuffy nose. Thinking she was sick, Andrew stayed home from church with her.

When I got home Andrew told me he'd noticed that she refused to stand and would NOT walk. She'd crawl but only a little. We finally put two and two together and took her to the urgent care clinic. They did an x-ray and couldn't find anything wrong. They put an ace bandage on and told us it was probably just a sprained tendon.

The next morning we got a call from the doctor we saw the night before. He told us he had sent the images to a radiologist and he found a small fracture in her mid tibia and that we should come in right away to make sure there was no swelling or anything.

We saw a podiatrist who said everything still looked ok but that she needed a cast. He told us to schedule an appointment with the fracture clinic, put the ace bandage back on, and told us not to let her walk or stand and sent us on our way.

What he failed to mention was that the fracture clinic is only open one day a week. Thursdays. So, for almost a week now Andrew and I have been hovering over her trying to make sure she (and Ebby) didn't do any more damage. It's been very stressful and very tiring. 

We were very excited this morning to finally get her cast. We went to the clinic at 9:45. Three and a half hours and two casts  later (Autumn screamed and kicked so much the first attempt was rubbish) we finally made it home. For the first time in four days Andrew and I feel like we can stop holding our breath and Autumn's just thrilled she can do stuff again.

What a week. I bet both my kids will think twice about going down a slide with their "cool" mom.

It was time for a change

About a week ago I woke up hating my hair. I really wanted a change from the long and straight and since my hair refuses to curl in any way that would be remotely pretty I decided to go short again. What do you think?

Random, Autumn, Random

This is what Andrew managed to video at dinner. I guess Autumn just got bored after she was done with her food.