Well my promise of more things to come has yet to materialize, sorry. So, I’ll fill you in on what has been going on with us the past three months….
The first few weeks in June were pretty boring for us (not including the broken arm, see next paragraph), not a whole lot going on.
The first Wednesday in June was a nice day; I called Amanda to see if she and her kids wanted to meet us at the park. We decided to go to Kiwanis Park and play for a while. Kenzie was having a good time, mostly picking up garbage (she does not like things to be out of place) and her and Jax got the on wooden/metal train thing (I’m going to take a picture so everyone can see what the heck I’m talking about). A few minutes later Jax took a digger, but he was ok (thank goodness), and about 30 seconds after that Kenzie took a digger from the same spot. She cried for quite a while, but I thought that she was just cranky as she had been the past few days. I took her home and she took a nap. When she woke up she was VERY cranky, and just wanted to cuddle and wouldn’t hold her cup or spoon *super off for her* I thought that if I got her out of the house it would be better, but after a few times of getting her in and out of the car seat I (finally) realized that something was up. I took her to work and had Amber (our absolutely wonderful Physicians’ Assistant who also does shifts at the ER) look at her. She told me to take her in and get x-rays on her arm, she thought that maybe she had dislocated her elbow. So to St. Joe’s we went (our first ER trip), and they got us in fairly quickly. Although once we got back to the room it seemed like we were there forever. They took x-rays and decoded that her arm was broken in 2 spots, the lower and the elbow. They splinted it and we set up an appointment with Lewiston Orthopedics. The next day she pulled off her splint so we had to visit Dr. Harris so he could re-apply it. On Friday we went to the Orthopedics and Dr. Flock took some more x-rays and said that her elbow was not broken after all just her lower arm, so he casted it with a cute little half arm cast and away we went. The next day, she pulled that sucker off, so we had to make a phone call to Dr. Flock to see what to do, (we had to saw it in half and wrap it around her arm), then on Monday they put a full arm cast on (went up past her elbow). She had to keep in on for 2 ½ weeks and it did not slow her down one bit. Eating was a pain because I had to wrap it every time, and baths were horrible, she would scream the whole time, but other than that the weeks went fast. We got the cast off on the 24th of June and they did more x-rays, Dr. Flock said that she was healed but to keep her away from playgrounds for the following 2 weeks. And that is the story of Kenzie and the purple cast. (Yes I have multiple pictures of this adventure too)
We thought about going to Seattle for Father’s Day, but decided not to and Waylon ended up with a new Ruger 9mm to take hunting with him instead. (He taught me how to shoot it last weekend and it was pretty cool).
The last week in June we went camping up past Fish Creek (see previous picks) and the story that goes along with that.
The weekend of the 4th we went up to the same spot but this time we were with my Dad’s family and we had a great time. Kenzie once again did great on the 4-wheelers, we went on about a 3 hour ride and she did really well. She also (almost) mastered walking over all the tough terrain in the campsite. I have pictures of this adventure and I hope to get them posted soon, but seeing how my previous promises of pictures have been broken I am reluctant to make any more. On Saturday morning we took to the parade in Grangeville, it was oh so very hot, but she loved watching it. She was pointing at the horses, and marching along with the band. She tried to chase after them too. She also liked picking up the candy, but she would put it all in her mouth if I didn’t watch her.
On Tuesday Kenzie and I went up to Spokane to visit Waylon. I have Wednesday’s off, but this is the first time we did not have something planned (Dr. Appointment, satellite install, etc) since he started working up there. We did some shopping at Target (my fav!) and the mall and I was able to order 2 new pairs of glasses for $69.95 (including lens), America’s Best is my new favorite place for eyeglasses. (I could do the commercial right?). I spent some time cleaning the camper since 3 boys living in 24 foot long space can get pretty stinky, and after Waylon got off work we went shopping at the mall for a while. Kenzie had to sleep in bed with us, which was fine, but since she never does this it was pretty interesting getting her to go to sleep. I think it was probably after 11 each night. She would lay still for all of about 2 seconds and then re-position herself, both Waylon and I ended up with feet and elbows in our face quite a few times. We left early on Thursday morning so I could get to work, but Kenzie got to stay home with a babysitter since the regular babysitter’s daughter got pink eye.
Currently Kenzie has a little fever, she got her MMR shot last week and the doc said that if she was to get a fever it would be about a week later, and he was right (amazing how they know these things). I don’t like it when she doesn’t feel great, but she let me rock her for about a half hour, and I loved that!
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