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Sunday, February 28, 2010

ER Visit



So last night the kids were on our bed, and it was their bedtime, so I said to get off our bed and into theirs. Off Evie jumped, and tripped or something and landed face down. No big deal I thought. It wasn't like she cracked her head on the floor or anything, but somehow she managed to tear open her arm. We spent quite a while in our room right where she fell trying to figure out what she caught her arm on, but there was no blood anywhere. It's very strange. Anyways, so I told Eve to stop crying and it was bed time. Then Ryan noticed there was a lot of blood, I looked and took her downstairs to clean it up. Gross part - she cut it enough that the little bit of fat she actually has on her arms was coming out of the wound. Great - an ER visit with really crappy insurance. Oh well, it needs to be done. It definitely needed stitches. So off we went. We sat in the ER for an hour before seeing a doc. She was fine, so we enjoyed watching the Olympics since we don't have cable. Once back in the room, we had to get x-rays to make sure there was nothing in the wound that would get sewn up with it. I didn't want these, but I didn't want the guilt of having something in there to cause her more harm later on, so off we went for "pictures of her arm". Nothing, thank goodness. But the numbing gel they had her put on it for 30 minutes I don't think did anything. She screamed the entire time. I did ok with it, until she looked up at the nurse who was holding her arm down and pleaded, "Please stop now." That about did me in. They had her strapped down so she wouldn't move, and the doc had huge headphones on to block out her screaming. I wish I would have had them! Overall she did really well, and does not want me to take the bandaid off, even tho I need to. That's when I'll get pics of it. She got a red popcicle and Starburst when she was done. And then all was good. Oh how ice cream and treats can cure any ouie :o)

Saturday, February 20, 2010

09-06-2010

The word is getting out...#4 is on the way!

I had my first doc appt yesterday morning. I usually end up having an ultrasound done with all the kids as she can never hear the heart beat (I'll spare you all the reasons). With the others, the baby was like a little kidney bean. This baby - NOPE! I could see a full profile - my FAVORITE! I LOVE being able to see the little nose! The hand was waving, and legs were just a kicking away. Very surreal. I was not expecting that. To be honest, it kind of freaked me out that I was way further along than I had thought, but I was only due a few days sooner than I had calculated.

I told Dirk today that I had a baby in my belly (I didn't before this time bcuz he's in school and I didn't want him to blab it all over quite yet). He looked at me all confused and asked me, "When are you going to the doctor?" I said, "Not until after Mommy's birthday." "Oh," he replied, relieved. I'm pretty sure he was thinking I should be all "nice and fat" already! lol

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Eve-ism

Here's a conversation between Ryan and Evie over the last two days...

Evie - Daddy, my heart is talking to me!
Ryan - What is it saying?
Evie - It says, "Follow your dreams!"

(She's wise beyond her years!)

Today...

Evie - Daddy, my heart is talking to me!
Ryan, expecting the same response he got yesterday - What is it saying?
Evie - It says, "I need to go poopie RIGHT NOW!"

AHAHA! That put her back into the 4-year-old category! :o)

Friday, February 12, 2010

WALKING!

It's official. He's very mobile now! He actually started running for Ryan today. So sorry this is sideways, I forget how to switch it around. I can do it easily for pics, but forgot if it's even possible to do it with videos. So I'll try to catch him walking and running with it "normal". My baby's getting so big!