Our first broken bones...

Well, I must admit I certainly thought it would be Alex that would give us our first broken bones in this family......

We picked Makenna up from after school care last night to find her in hysterics after she fell trying to slide down a pole.  Nothing was swollen and her injuries didn't point to any broken bones so we assumed maybe she just strained something and thought we'd wait it out.  She was pretty miserable all night (we went out to dinner for Uncle Derek's birthday) but perked up once cake came and fell asleep on the way home.  We had Dr. Cada stop over to check on her at bed time (she woke up and INSISTED that he check her out now - she didn't want to go back to sleep) - again nothing glaring so we decided to let her sleep on it and see how she did today.  This morning she woke up still hurting and after talking to Dr. Cada again at the bus stop (yes, it is AWESOME to have your pediatrician as not only a neighbor but a good friend) we decided an X Ray was probably in order.  

So I sent her on the bus and picked her up early afternoon to head to the Orthopedic's office.  Here she is when I picked her up - still smiling, but still not quite herself.....

Boooo!!

They X Rayed her and found a fracture in her shoulder.  The good news is that it is near a growth plate so it should heal up well on it's own.  The bad news is that she has to wear this brace to keep her from moving it for 4-6 weeks.  That means bye bye soccer..... and bike riding.....and basketball.....and her scooter.....and recess.    Poor kid!  I don't think all that stuff has quite set in yet..... Might be a LONG 4-6 weeks!  She also keeps complaining of neck pain which we haven't pinpointed a cause of yet - we're hoping it's just the strain from overcompensating with her shoulder but if it still hurts in a few days we'll need to go back for further evaluation.

Thankfully she was a trooper!  She chose George Webb's pancakes for dinner and of course....

Some ice cream for dessert....

And was even nice enough to share some with Bubbies....

We love you Kenna girl & we hope and pray that your shoulder heals quickly and without further incident.  

Guest Speaker

Tonight I'm sharing our story of embryo adoption to a group of pretty awesome ladies in the local RESOLVE support group meeting.  I joined RESOLVE back in 2008 when we first got our diagnosis and it made ALL the difference in getting me through the hardest days of my life.  I wanted to do a post for any of you ladies that are checking out my blog with some links to some of my blog posts that I think you might find encouraging. While most of this blog has been dedicated to me capturing each (and every it seems) moment with our kiddos, I have taken some time to just sit down and reflect about the journey and I'm going to put a link to some of those posts below so you don't have to scroll through the entire blog.  Know that you have been on my heart and mind all day.  I pray for you often even though I may not even know you, I know the desires of your heart.  I'm looking forward to meeting some of you tonight and I look even more forward to seeing how God is going to use this really crappy think called infertility in your life to do some pretty amazing things.  I know right now it almost doesn't seem possible, but it is.  And He will.  If you let Him:)

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-embryo-adoption.html

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2015/01/that-dirt.html

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2013/10/dear-baby-boy.html

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2014/05/best-mother-day-present-ever.html

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2014/11/sunrise.html

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2015/08/9-years-ago.html

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-that-lima-bean.html

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2013/03/friday-night-in-er.html

http://snowflakebabygirl.blogspot.com/2014/11/gotcha-day.html

Adios training wheels

It's official. We have a two wheel bike rider in the family. She's been working so hard all summer and riding a balance bike that we borrowed from the neighbors.it's amazing how far she's come in just a few short months. I sensed that she was probably ready and this afternoon we decided to take off the training wheels and give it a try.  She did awesome! I needed to give her a little boost the first time just so she could get going. Within five minutes she wanted to do it all by herself. She did great. The neighbor boy Ben was there to cheer her on. She was so proud of herself. She just kept yelling "this is awesome! This is awesome! I can't believe I'm doing it!"  

 

She looks like such a big girl on the bike! My kenna girl is growing up too fast. I'm such a proud mama!  Way to go Kenna girl!

First day of 5k!

Today was Makenna's 1st day of 5k!  Hard to believe she is already big enough to be going to school all day, every day!?!

She's SO ready and was up bright and early dressed and ready to go at 6:15am..... and the bus doesn't come until 8:22!

We went to see Inside Out yesterday as a family and Makenna's favorite character was Disgust - this is the pose that she does when she is trying to imitate Disgust....goofball. 

Soooo excited!

Disgust pose again..

This little stinker was STILL sleeping at 8:10am so I had to wake him up so he wouldn't miss the bus stop.

A super quick picture of these 2

Before they saw Maddie and Ben heading for the bus stop.  Love how excited they all are to see each other.  You would think they went all summer without seeing them, when in reality we saw them just about every day this summer.

His face when he spots Ben.  Every.  Time. 

Zach & Ben - 1st Grade, Makenna 5k

That goofy Disgust pose again.

The bus stop is SHEER craziness!

She of course, spotted the "frenemy" Darby and sat right by her..... oh boy.  At least they aren't in the same class this year!

Mommy is sad Kenna is gone, Daddy is happy he got to get her on the bus and Alex just keeps asking - "where's Kenna?"

Makenna with her friend Olivia

 

Her class - notice the "disgust" pose once again and the boy that is looking at her like she is crazy - lol!!

3:30 - where's sissy?!

Here she comes!! 

Yay!!  The bus driver didn't drive right past us this year like he did last year!!  LOL!  

This note from her teacher was tucked away in her folder....sniff sniff

This one is excited to play with "My Kenna!"

The neighbors invited us over for a little water gun & sprinkler fun to celebrate the first day of school