Waiting.

Miles was waiting for some more lunch yesterday when he feel asleep at the table.  

Miles Says ...

"M'ere" - Come here
"Putter & Jelly" - Peanut Butter & Jelly
"Fell dround" - Fell down on the ground
"Mama, hold you." - Hold me Mom
"Ewie" - Yucky and Ew

He is talking all the time now and says things that the other boys don't say.  He surprises me sometimes.  He says "no way" which I don't think I have ever heard Maddeck or Evan say.  He asks a lot of questions and when you answer him he normally responds with "huh?" as if he doesn't understand the answer.

Miles is doing awesome with potty training.  He only had one accident yesterday and has stayed dry at night for the past six nights.  I need to come up with another reward besides chocolate chips because he is developing quite the sweet tooth.

Junior Ridge to River

Maddeck competed in his first race over the weekend.  There were five kids on his team.  The legs of the race included basketball dribble, run, paddle, bike, and obstacle course.  Maddeck did the biking leg and he did so great.  Part of the biking course was in the grass and it was tough for him.  Kyle ran along side him to encourage him and push the back of his bike if he got stuck in the grass.  He pushed him two times to keep his momentum going.  It was fun for the whole family to cheer on the team.  Afterwards, the big boys got to play on the obstacle course for an hour!  It normally costs quite a bit of money to play on inflatables for a few minutes so we got more than our race fee worth.  Miles watched all the kids playing and really wanted into the bounce house.  With his recent fracture there was no way he could play.  We finished the afternoon with pizza and the whole family took a nap.  We accidentally slept from 3:00 to 5:20 PM.  WHOOPS!  We put the boys to bed at 9:00 PM but poor Maddeck didn't fall asleep until midnight.

 

Mother's Day Picnic

I made a yummy lunch and we sat under our birch tree for lunch today.  The weather was perfect and I was with my favorite people in the whole world.  Ev and Miles went down for their naps and Maddeck and I read magazines and listened to music for almost two hours in the yard.  It was so nice to spend one on one time with Maddeck. After naps we were all outside working in the yard and the boys and I planted zinnia seeds while Kyle mowed the yard.  Beautiful day.

So long cast

Update:  We arrived at the clinic and walked to the front desk (meanwhile my phone starts ringing in my purse).  The woman at the desk says "I am so sorry we tried to get in touch with you.  Miles needs to keep his cast on for another week.  We tried calling you."  I told her we wanted to take the cast off and use a splint if his leg was still bothering him.  She insisted that we wait and handed me an appointment card for next week.  I was fuming when we left.  I should have asked to talk to the doctor because he told us we could use a splint instead of the cast originally.  I told the woman at the desk that the doctor gave us the option of a cast or splint two weeks ago so we could probably just take the cast off.  She insisted that she had a long conversation with the doctor and that we needed to keep the cast on.  She didn't even ask me what time I could come in for the appointment!  My Mom came down to our house to watch the boys, I picked Kyle up from work early, and we told Miles he was getting his cast off so it was not convenient. They called our house two minutes before the appointment to reschedule for next week.  My mom was calling my cell phone to tell me they had called as soon as we arrived.  It was a hassle for all of us and so very frustrating.  I think I just really really really wanted Miles to be able to bend his leg and take a shower again.       

The cast comes off tomorrow!!  I miss seeing his cute little leg.  We all miss bath time.  I have been "bathing" him with wet wash cloths and baby wipes.

Ping Pong

Nice

Miles found my purse.  At least he didn't swallow it.  

Walk humbly with your God.

Riding Bikes

The boys were riding their bikes yesterday.  Miles has a sucker in his mouth so he is extra happy. 

You can tell why he is so happy compared to this ...

Riding & Walking

Miles has started to walk with his cast on a little bit.  It doesn't look comfortable and he usually decides to sit down and drag him self across the floor instead.  However, he can ride his bike!!! Yahoo for Miles.  He is so happy to sit on his bike and ride around.  He has a perma-grin the entire time.  I put one of my socks over his cast so he won't stub his toes.

Blue

Miles chose a blue cast.  The appointment didn't go very well.  I am SO glad Kyle came with me because I don't think I could have done it alone.  The cast was put on but his foot was too pointed so he couldn't stand  up.  They had to saw it off which is when the trouble began.  He hated the saw and all the noise.  Three of us had to literally hold him down to get the thing off.  Miles completely freaked out.  It was pretty traumatic for all of us.  It was finally sawed off after everyone in the entire building was cringing from the screams coming from our room.  Once he was calm they put on a new cast.  Whew!  He did great while both of his casts were put on.  He refuses to try and walk at this point.  I hope that changes tomorrow.  

Long Night

Miles fractured his tibia Monday night (4/23).  I was going down the slide with him at the playground and his foot caught on the side of the slide and bent his leg backward.  I knew it was bad instantly.  We went home after T-ball and dropped of Kyle and the boys and then I took him to the Walk-In clinic in Wenatchee.  We arrived around 8 PM and were checked in placed in a room at 8:30.  The doctor came in around 9:30 and ordered X-rays.  He held perfectly still during the X-rays.  The X-ray machine made a cool sound and he started laughing and when they were finished he said "pictures, fun".  His response got a giggle out of the X-ray tech.  We saw the fracture on the X-rays and then we waited to have it splinted.  The man who was doing the splint said that Miles was awesome and couldn't believe how well he stayed still as he wrapped the splint and held his leg for 10 minutes while the splint formed to his leg.  The nurse said he was better than 95% of the kids that walk through the door.  We were on our way out of the clinic at 10 PM.  Miles was amazing for the entire time we were there.  He was sweet to all the nurses and doctors and did whatever they asked of him.  He was such a blessing and I just wanted to squeeze him and cuddle him ... which I ended up doing as I slept with him in the back room on Monday night.  It was a loooooong night.  He woke up screaming several times and it took me at least 15 minutes to calm him down.  Tuesday was similar and there were ups and downs with his pain. Kyle slept with him last night and he said he did much better and only woke up a couple times between 3 and 4 AM.  Tomorrow afternoon he gets his cast put on.  I am 99.9% sure he will pick blue.  I am already praising God and giving thanks that it wasn't a break, but rather a fracture because the recovery time will be so much less.  He will hopefully have his cast off before the really hot weather hits and summer swimming.  He also can wear shorts because the weather is warm enough.  I think it would be really hard to dress a two year old in winter clothes with a cast on.

He was so tired Tuesday morning.

He cried himself to sleep Tuesday morning.  

Touch A Truck

My Mom and I took the boys to Touch a Truck on Saturday.  Kyle had a paper due and needed us out of the house so we took off in the morning and spent the day at Touch a Truck and the park.  We saw lots of kids from Maddeck's school and enjoyed lunch in the park with my friend Jenn and her boys.  I took lots of pictures.