The first break for Chesney

We can now say that Chesney has broken a bone. On Father's day we were at Tom's Dad's house when Chesney, just being a typical kid, was running for the swing set and tripped falling on her hands and knees. Well, just this little, normal, happens on a daily basis, thing was enough to give Chesney a "buckled" broken bone in her arm right above her wrist.

When she first fell she was really hurt but could move everything just fine. We just thought she sprained her wrist or something. After a few minutes it started to swell so we put ice on it and she cuddled with Grandma and Grandpa. About an hour later she was back to playing.

After playing for about 30 minutes or so I was sitting on the floor and she comes up to me and says, "Mom, I need to talk to you." I told her she could talk to me and had her sit on my lap. "I lied mom." I asked her what she lied about. "I lied about my arm. It still hurts. I just wanted to go and play again." I asked her if she was ok. "Well, yeah, I think I am good." (Cute side story)

The next day she was babying her arm and kept telling me it hurt. I would give her pain medicine, still thinking she sprained it. After the last does of medicine wore off the swelling came back. We decided to take her in to the ER to have it looked at.

So at 9:00pm Monday night we were off to the hospital. Chesney didn't want to go because she was afraid of getting a shot. The admitting nurse told her she wasn't going to get a shot and then things were ok.

We went back to get the xrays done and told her she was going to get pictures taken of her arm. She was as good as gold. Sat perfectly still in every position they put her in. Now when the camera would go off it would beep to take the xray. Since Chesney was getting her picture taken she would smile and pose for each beep. That made me giggle. After all she was getting her picture taken.

While waiting for the films they brought her in a coloring book and some crayons. "Mom, I am having the best time ever!" was what she kept telling me. She thought this was all great fun.

They wrapped her arm in a splint for 5 days till the swelling went down the we went to get the cast put on. She chose a purple cast. That surprised me because she constantly tells me her favorite color is pink and she could have gotten a pink cast.

She has to wear it for 3 weeks then it comes off. She has been really good about the whole thing. I couldn't be prouder of her.

Kaylee is 12!

It is official, we have a preteen in the house! Kaylee celebrated her 12th birthday this year. Her gift from mom and dad was her first set of real make-up. (Oh No!) To help mom prepare for this venture, aunt Angie held a make-up applying party with her Mary Kaye consultant. Thank you Aunt Angie! While we were there, she bought her some moisturizer and some cleanser to help teach Kaylee proper hygiene. At her Birthday party she got some much needed snow cone and sucker supplies from Grandma Rayna and a beautiful handmade cloth doll from Grandma Wendy! She had a great time and is now ready to face her teen years! Thanks to all who came and helped make her birthday so very special!

A Star is Born

Kaylee's 6th grade class put on a condensed version of A Midsummer's Night Dream as their class play. Kaylee came home all excited to try out for a fairy. She practiced and practiced her lines and won the part. Our budding actress! She relinquished the part she had practiced for to another girl, but she still was a beautiful fairy. Congrats to Kaylee on her excellent performance!

Biggest Looser...NOT!

So, I haven't posted anything for a while. Mainly because the exercise train derailed! I had made it to week 5 on the P90X and before that had been doing other things since the first of the year. Well, for some unexplained reason, it all came to a screeching halt. I do plan on starting over. Just don't know when I will find the motivation to do so. So sorry, no complaining for a little while.