Ouchie!

Well, Monday morning (Oct, 5th) while I was at work and she was at childcare (Michelle's house), she was sitting on one of the little sit and scoot toys that every child plays on (Marc still does since we have 2 of them). She got startled by someone, jumped, lost her balance, and fell off of it onto the carpeted floor. She fell off and began to cry. Michelle picked her up and comforted her. While she was comforting her she felt her arm and didn't feel anything wrong. While comforting her, Samantha fell asleep so Michelle laid her down in the Pack-n-play for a nap. She slept 2 hours. When I got there to pick her up after work, Michelle told me what happened and we went in to get her. She was shaking and wouldn't move her left arm. My Mommy instinct told me to take her to the doctor's office. I tried to call them to let them know we were on our way, but the phone system never picked up. I decided that I was going to the office, with little Marc in tow, and that I would bang on the door if need be.
I got there and Samantha was seen immediately by our primary doctor, Dr. Elsing. She squeezed up and down her arm. Samantha never winced or freaked out, but Dr Elsing went ahead and ordered some x-rays just to be sure. The 4 x-rays that were taken were pure torture for both Marc and Samantha. Every time the tech moved Sam's arm to get it in the right position, she cried, which in turn made Marc cry. I told him I was proud of him for caring about his little sister so much. His response was "That's what big brothers do". I told him that not all big brothers care about their little sisters as much as he does. His response: "Well, I'm a special kind of big brother and this kind of big brother always looks out for his little sister." Out of the mouths of babes! :)
Well, the set of x-rays showed that she had a definite break in her left forearm. Dr Elsing was worried that there was a smaller fracture in the bone right next to it, so she ordered another set of 3 more x-rays. Those x-rays revealed that, yes indeed, there was a small fracture in the other bone.

Since she had 2 bones with breaks/fractures in them, we were referred to an orthopedic doctor, Dr Maupin. The ortho appointment wasn't until the next morning (Tuesday) so Dr Elsing wrapped her arm in a plaster-like splint and wrapped it in an ace bandage.We went to the ortho appointment Tuesday morning and he said he needed more x-rays! So, poor Samantha (and Mommy & Daddy) had to have 4 more x-rays. Dr Maupin looked at the x-rays and decided that since the break was so close to the elbow, (and apparently he "saw" something on the x-ray) that he is concerned that she dislocated her elbow in addition to breaking her arm. Being 18 months old, they can't get her arm at the right angle to get the x-ray of her elbow that they need so Thursday morning at 7:30am to be sedated so they can take the x-ray they need. If the x-ray shows that her elbow is dislocated they will pop it back it while she is still sedated. They say the procedure will take about 1/2 an hour and 1-2 hours in recovery.

Since she can't have a bath in the tub for fear of getting her splint wet, we laid her on the kitchen counter and washed her hair in the kitchen sink and gave her a sponge bath. :) She was very happy with the situation, but she had applesauce and mac & cheese crusties in her hair that needed to washed out.
Here's to hoping for a good appointment tomorrow and a good outcome....nothing wrong with her elbow. Any and all prayers are very welcome. :)

Lil' Chef

I finally brought the play food and kitchen that Marc used to play with upstairs so Samantha can play with it too. She has had a BLAST with it!! She really enjoys taking the food out of the box, spreading it on the floor and then decided what to take over to the kitchen. She h as to taste test some of it first. ;)"Hold on, the phone is ringing"
"Hello?"
Ok, now that she is done with her phone call, she is washing the dishes to be used for lunch.
Now she is trying to pick out what food to cook for lunch.
The kitchen makes running water sounds, microwave popping con sounds, boiling water sounds, and it talks to you if you turn the correct knob. It likes to ask "What do you want to eat?". I showed her how it made the sounds, but the first time she did it, she was SO confused on why the toy was talking to her...super cute. She has spent many of fun hours standing (and sitting) in front of the kitchen and food. I am sure she will have many more to come. :)

Red Flannel Festival - October 2009

The first weekend in October every year means Red Flannel Festival. Red Flannel consists of many things (most of which we don't do) including an arts & crafts fair, a parade, and a small amusement park with games & rides.
The library has a "Read to Ride" program. Kids K-5th grades read 6 books and get 2 tickets to something free at the festival, their choices were free ride, free hot dog, and free popcorn. Marc got 2 tickets for reading 6 books. Marc chose free popcorn and free ride. The ride he chose was the spinning berry ride. It is a lot like the tea cups at Disney World. The whole berry spins and there is a wheel inside to make your individual berry spin. Luckily the other people in the berry with him didn't mind spinning. ;)

After we did the ride, some wondering around, and watching the parade, we were a little wet and kinda cold, so we made some hot chocolate and hot cider when we got home. Marc had his own mug of hot chocolate (not very hot, more like warm chocolate).

As he was drinking (or guzzling) it, he gave himself a hot chocolate mustache, all the way around his mouth. Once he figured out I was trying to take a picture of his mustache, he licked most of it off.
After hot chocolate, the kiddos had a nap, and the we all had some dinner and some good relaxing, family time. For the first time this year, there were fireworks at dusk. They were set off about a block from our neighborhood. Once it got dark outside, we headed out to the front yard and ran (or walked) around to get some energy out.
The view of the fireworks from our front yard were blocked by our neighbor's roof, so we walked over and crashed their bon fire. I told them since their house was blocking our view, that we were going to steal some of their heat while we watched the fireworks. Since it was the first year, they were really slow going. Samantha thought they were cool in the beginning. She would say "petty" when one of the exploded and she saw the colors. The fireworks that are just a noise, she would say "boom". She eventually got bored with them and started walking around our neighbors yard. Marc I think, had more fun playing with the other kids. Oh well, who care what you are doing as long as you are having a good time, which we were. :)

Cute Videos

It has been fun watching Samantha trying to do new things lately. :)
Here is a video of her trying to snap her fingers like she had just seen Daddy doing.


I turned on the Wiggles for Samantha the other day. (Amazingly enough, I still remembered some of their songs from Marc's day). She was really "shaking her booty" to the music. By the time I got the camera and got it turned on, she almost done...but her is just a little of her dance moves.



Enjoy!