Exhausted

Poor thing. By the time we got her cast we had been gone for 6 hours and had been to 4 different doctor offices (the cast was the shortest visit of them all. It only took 10 minutes). She usually would take a nap way before 3 in the afternoon. So she conked out in the car.

x-rays

Leah was a trooper the whole time we were gone today. She only cried when we picked her up. At the doctor appointments, she was wonderful. The x-ray tech looked at me really strange when I said I wanted a picture in the x-ray room. What do you expect from a bloggin' mama?

It took forever there, at ORA because they took the x-rays of her forearm and we went back to the waiting room. Then they came back and said they wanted to film her elbow joint. Then they called the doctor and I talked to him and then we waited and then I talked to the orthopedist and then.. and then... ahhhhhhh!

Turns out the break is on the distal end of the humerus. Not the ulna as we originally thought.

Tough Girl

Today started out like any other day. What it turned into is quite the story. It actually started last night when Leah fell off the couch. Dave, Zach and I were all in the room and the middles were in bed. All of a sudden, Leah, who had been sitting on the arm of the couch, fell over backward and landed on the floor. She cried of course, and I picked her up and held her for quite awhile. She didn't seem quite right and Dave and worried about her head because it seemed like she had fallen right on her head. This morning, Dave went to get her out of bed and she wouldn't get up. She seemed to be worried about the blanket being on her arm so Dave walked away from her and said "Fine just lay there then." (She does this most mornings, won't get up and just looks at us). He eventually went back in to get her and realized she didn't want to move her arm. Well by the time we had her downstairs for awhile, it was obvious there was something wrong with her arm because she wasn't moving it. And then he felt really bad!

So we decided to take her to our family doctor. Dave went with me. He was going today anyway because he has a huge sore under his arm and needs it better so he can run on Sat. The doctor says looks like a greenstick fracture of her forearm. Better go to get an x-ray. Great, wonderful.

The Challenge

I was flipping through Dave's running magazine and found this. It's the race Dave is doing this Saturday. The Northface Endurance Challenge. There are actually 4 different races to choose from. 10K, Half Marathon, 50K, and 50 Mile. He's doing the 50K. I think he's very brave for even attempting it and I'm glad I will be there with him. I am volunteering at one of the aid stations and will be able to see him at the finish line.

Our kids will be staying home in the capable hands of my niece Emily. She is looking forward to it and so are they. My mom will be making supper for everyone on Friday night. My neighbor will be watching Leah for me during the day. Thank you to everyone in advance for making it possible for us to do stuff like this.

Also, be praying for my sister-in-law, Trish, on Friday as she is having thyroid surgery that day.

I will be posting again after the race and hope to have pictures.

So proud of the runner

Dave and I are so proud of Zach and his abilities as a runner. It came about as kind of a surprise. He knew he didn't want to play football so he decided to do cross country instead. He trained a lot over the summer but that doesn't mean he has to be good at it. And it turns out he's pretty good at it. After running well all season, he went to the state meet on Saturday and didn't do all that well. He wasn't feeling well and didn't place in the top 50 like he wanted to. We think he got 61st. That's still a good job and we are looking forward to seeing what he can do next year in high school.

Dress Up

I love that my girls like to play together. I cracked up when I saw them all dressed up. I had found a pair of tap shoes in the basement and thought Leah would have fun with them. But she wouldn't let me put them on her. She looked at them like she wasn't interested. But when Lexi wanted to play and put her own tap shoes on, then Leah was all about it. She thought she was quite grown up.

Such a big girl

Leah has been amazing me lately. I love this stage when they are little and fun and changing every day. A couple weeks ago, I started making a list of all the words she was saying. She's got a couple little friends who seem to be saying all sorts of stuff and I was worried about her (okay, not worried- I knew she was fine). But I was wondering why she wasn't saying hardly anything. So I made a list. It turns out she knew 19 words! What a difference it makes to see it in print. Well that was 2 weeks ago. Now she says so many words, there's no use for a list anymore. I just know she understood a lot more than she was saying and she had to make the choice to let all those words come out. It's really fun.

She's been doing that scary thing at Sunday School. She doesn't like me to drop her off and cries a little each time until I'm gone. Then she turns it off like a water spout. Well today, I dropped her off at a friend's house here in Walcott because I taught preschool this morning. She had never been to this house before and the lady watches kids but none were there yet. I expected tears and clingyness. She did hold on to me for a bit and gave me quite a fierce hug, but when the babysitter said "you want to go find the toys?" she flew from my arms into hers and never looked back. I was shocked, you think you have them figured out. When I came back I heard how happy she had been and how much fun they had. And then I got an even bigger shock. She didn't want to go home with me. She cried as a picked her up and walked to the car. Ridiculous, I say! Such a big girl.