April showers!!
We currently live in Ann Arbor, MI where Brad is attending and teaching at the University of Michigan. We have 5 children; Hyrum, Isaac, Asher, Samara, and Harper.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Broken Arm
I bet you can't guess which member of our family broke their arm today!!
IT
WAS
SAMARA!!!!
WAS
SAMARA!!!!
How is it that with 3 boys, my girl is the one that breaks a bone (other than a nose) first?!?! And none of the brothers had anything to do with it. She fell off of Asher's bed. No amazing story or anything, she just fell off.
I'm pretty sure we could blame the whole thing on Lightening McQueen. She was looking at Asher's stickers when it all happened. I was in the room going through winter and summer clothes, so I know Asher was not a part of it. Hyrum and Isaac were at school. It happened at 9:30am. I didn't think anything was wrong, I mean, she was crying and stuff, even harder than usual, but I really downplayed the whole thing, until around 10:30 I noticed that she was not using her arm at all and was just letting it dangle there. She would not give 'fives' or clap her hands. She also screamed when we tried to get her dressed and her arm through her shirt. Her arm was not swollen or discolored and I had heard that broken bones always cause that, so I just thought it was sore. I called the doctor and she said to take her to the ER. My dear neighbor took Asher and I went with Samara. Brad was home when it initially happened, but he had to go teach, so I dropped him off on the way to U of M Hospital. Samara and I got there and the Resident and Med Student were probably thinking the same thing I had been...this arm isn't broken, this little girl's just a baby and doesn't want to use her arm, but my gut now said there was something wrong. They did x-rays and concluded that she has a buckle fracture in both bones of her forearm (radius and ulna). She fell asleep as we were waiting for the results of the x-ray and she slept throughout the entire splinting process. We will see a Pediatric Orthopedic doctor in the next few days and she will likely be in a cast after that for a few weeks.
I'm pretty sure we could blame the whole thing on Lightening McQueen. She was looking at Asher's stickers when it all happened. I was in the room going through winter and summer clothes, so I know Asher was not a part of it. Hyrum and Isaac were at school. It happened at 9:30am. I didn't think anything was wrong, I mean, she was crying and stuff, even harder than usual, but I really downplayed the whole thing, until around 10:30 I noticed that she was not using her arm at all and was just letting it dangle there. She would not give 'fives' or clap her hands. She also screamed when we tried to get her dressed and her arm through her shirt. Her arm was not swollen or discolored and I had heard that broken bones always cause that, so I just thought it was sore. I called the doctor and she said to take her to the ER. My dear neighbor took Asher and I went with Samara. Brad was home when it initially happened, but he had to go teach, so I dropped him off on the way to U of M Hospital. Samara and I got there and the Resident and Med Student were probably thinking the same thing I had been...this arm isn't broken, this little girl's just a baby and doesn't want to use her arm, but my gut now said there was something wrong. They did x-rays and concluded that she has a buckle fracture in both bones of her forearm (radius and ulna). She fell asleep as we were waiting for the results of the x-ray and she slept throughout the entire splinting process. We will see a Pediatric Orthopedic doctor in the next few days and she will likely be in a cast after that for a few weeks.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Easter and Robot
I have not posted in a long time!!! Isaac made a robot for school and he did it all by himself. All the other kids had their parents help wrap theirs in foil, but Isaac wanted his to stay like it was!! It was 100% recyclable!
Our Easter was eventful. We had a passover meal on Thursday night of lamb, veggies, flatbread, and baked beans. The beans have nothing to do with passover, but they sounded so good and we made them from scratch. We had lessons all weekend on the last week of Christ's life, His death and resurrection. On Easter Sunday, Asher got so sick. He had repeated 'explosions' during the night and was just exhausted all day. We took him to church, but only for the first part. We usually do a formal family picture on Easter, but with Ash being sick, it just wasn't worth it. I did snap a few pics of Samara though.
The Saturday before, though, we did go to the Big House for a Spring Scrimmage. It was free, so we all went. It was fun to go to something like that all together and even though we had to leave after 45 minutes, we didn't feel like we had wasted money.
Our Easter was eventful. We had a passover meal on Thursday night of lamb, veggies, flatbread, and baked beans. The beans have nothing to do with passover, but they sounded so good and we made them from scratch. We had lessons all weekend on the last week of Christ's life, His death and resurrection. On Easter Sunday, Asher got so sick. He had repeated 'explosions' during the night and was just exhausted all day. We took him to church, but only for the first part. We usually do a formal family picture on Easter, but with Ash being sick, it just wasn't worth it. I did snap a few pics of Samara though.
The Saturday before, though, we did go to the Big House for a Spring Scrimmage. It was free, so we all went. It was fun to go to something like that all together and even though we had to leave after 45 minutes, we didn't feel like we had wasted money.
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