A little down...

When I realized that I had forgotten to take Mason's monthly sticker photo this month I quickly did it on Wednesday night.  I didn't put too much time or thought into these pictures.  It was just sort of a let's get this done sort of thing.  Mason wasn't happy, so we only took a few.  He started to get upset, so I put my camera down, and reached to pick him up off the floor.  As I was picking him up, I heard a pop in my right heel area with a sudden pain, and I fell to the floor.  Mason was fine, but I knew something was majorly wrong with my ankle/leg/foot.  I just didn't know what.

I went to urgent care where it took over an hour for me to be seen.  They finally called me back for an Xray, and then took me to a treatment room.  I waited another 30 minutes to see the doctor.  This time I was holding my breath so I didn't pick up any germs.

My swollen ankle.  It took only seconds to look like this.

At this point it was close to closing time, and the doctor looked at my Xrays and said that nothing was broken, so I must have sprained it. He didn't even look at my foot. I told him that this felt nothing like a sprain, and I had sprained my ankle before. He said that this must just be a new kind of sprain...ok, your the doc... must be.  I was told to start walking on my foot within 3 days. 

Yesterday I started searching the Internet, because I knew I was not experiencing pain from an ankle sprain.  My symptoms led me to believe that I had a tear in my Achilles tendon, so I made an appointment with a podiatrist, and saw the doctor first thing this morning.

It seems that I have an extra bone in the back of my heel/ankle area.  The bone fractured, and completely broke away from the bone it was attached to. Right now, I am wearing a boot for 2 weeks (I about died when they put that thing on), and will be seen again to determine whether or not it will need surgery.  The doctor isn't sure if it will start to heal, or heal correctly, so she may have to surgically remove the bone. Ack!! 

 If you know me, you know that I have an extremely busy schedule shuttling the kids back and forth to school.  Trin goes half days, so there are some days I'm back and forth 3 times a day 3 days a week.  The school is about 30 minutes away, so I do a lot of driving. Not only driving, but I have to walk about a 1/4 of a mile to walk Neen to and from her class. And, let me tell you...walking on crutches with an almost 7 month old in a bjorn is hard work.  I've had to rethink how to do everything.

 I also realized just today that I can drive left footed.  It's a little tricky, but it's doable. 

You gotta do whatcha gotta do!

I guess this will make me slow down a little.  Maybe, I can use this time to work on my Christmas swap with my Mommy friends. I guess I just need to learn to sew left footed. ;)

A little bit of cuteness!

Mason was not happy with me on the day that we took these photos.  Casey cleaned out the pumpkin and carved it a few days prior.  We put Mason in it just to see if he would fit, and this is what happend. ;)

He was less than thrilled.  I would say that he was extremely mad!!  It didn't help that he was too big for the pumpkin and amost got stuck.

When it came time to take the actual photos I had decided to line the inside with a blanket, and use our little space heater to keep him warm.  It wasn't enough.  He still wasn't having it.  Everywhere the pumpkin touched him he squirmed and acted like a wild man. He thrashed his arms, because everytime he let them rest they would touch the pumpkin.  After several tears, and grunts, and groans I managed to get a couple of cute ones.

The suspenders were my brothers idea, and I think they look adorable! The little hat goes with a costume that all my children wear...as it fits.  Next year Mason will fit in it, and I can't wait to see how cute he'll be.

 When Mason is, or has been upset, his stork bites get really prominent.

You can really see them in these pictures.

 Mason decided that he would test out this thing that made him so mad!  Turns out...he likes pumpkin!

 It seems I have a lot of posts to catch up on!  We've been having a lot of fun this Fall!

Be back soon with some of our outings, and with costumes!!



Happy Halloween!

These are the moments I love...

I feel like most of the time these days I am running full speed.  My favorite moments are these. Moments that I can sit quietly and absorb my little kids.  I tend to feel guilty that I don't have the same "kind" of time to spend with them, as I did with my big kids. 

 On this day, the laundry waited, and we had a reading marathon.

 I wish I could keep them this little forever!                    

 

 Lately, I have had a large increase in my blog visits.  If you are new out there, feel free to say hi, and if you've  been around for awhile, I'd love to hear from you too!

Go hug your little ones and read!! :)

Mason is 6 months old

Baby Cousins...

When my sister and Miles were here visiting this past week, we decided to get the boy's pictures made.  It wasn't as easy as we thought it would be, but we got a few good shots, and a few good laughs out of it.

The photographer wanted Miles and Mason to lay on their stomachs, and as you can tell, neither of them thought that was a good idea.  This is "Super Mason" ;) rolling onto his back.

 The tub pictures were really cute! Normally Miles is all smiles, but he couldn't figure out who the man was taking the pictures.  In most of the pictures he has this facial expression. Both boys were cracking us up.

 The chair picture was one of my favorites! I'm sure we will have many more M&M pictures in the coming years.  I'm so glad that they are so close in age!



Seriously??

When Did This HAPPEN?

He's still supposed to be an itty bitty baby right?

It's that time of year again...

Balloon Fiesta 2011

This is our fourth year to attend this event, and it is miraculous every single time.  I like to think of it as our cities way to kick off fall.  We know weeks before it gets here that it is coming. The temperature begins to drop, the wind pick ups, and you can smell it in the air.

It is a big event for us!  We usually try to attend one morning mass ascension, and one night's glowdeo.  The other weekend it's here we sit on the balcony and see all the balloons in the air flying as high as the mountains.  It really is a spectacular sight from all views that continues to amaze me.

We decided late last night that we would go this morning on opening day!  Big Casey has never been able to see the balloons go up in the morning, because the restaurants are so busy during this time.  He was able to experience this with us today, and we had such a great time! It was a record breaking day.  The most visitors ever to attend the event, and the most balloons up at one time.  Many people from other countries attend, and their country is represented by a balloon from that country.  A fun little piece of trivia...it is the most photographed event in the world.  Their were a couple of first for us also.  It was Neen's first time to walk the event, and Mason's first time to attend. :)

Most of the balloons today were the normal balloons. I think next Saturday is mostly the special shapes.  Personally, I like the regular ones best, but the kids like the characters.

This balloon is a really pretty one.  Some of the balloons are made with the most beautiful material, that reflects the sun like woven silk. What I imagine Rumplestiltskin gold to look like. This balloon was made that way although you can't really tell in the cell phone picture. 

 A lady took this picture for us as we were entering the park.  It was a  very chilly cold morning. When I look at this picture and the way we are dressed, it reminds me of the Sesame Street song, for this picture it would be..."5 of these things belong together..5 of these things are kind of the same...1 of these things is doing their own thing...now it's time to play a game...it's time to play a game." Ok, can you tell that I've been up since 4 am?  My son does not wear pants or jackets! Crazy kid! It is COLD! Put on one of those jackets we've spent good money on!

 

Trinity and Anna decided they were hungry, so after the majority of the balloons went up, we waited in line for 30 minutes for 2 vanilla donuts.  The lady behind us kept saying, "These donuts better be the best donuts in the world for this long of a wait." My kids decided these were the BEST donuts in the world for sure.  After Casey, and Bub tried a bite, they agreed! Best donut they ever had. We miss donuts.  That's just one thing we were spoiled with in Texas.  There was a donut shop on every corner.  Here, there may be 3, and you have to drive a ways to get to one. Well, with all the" mmm mmm's", and the "oh my's" I heard it was hard not being able to try one! My plan next year, after I'm not dairy free pumping for Mason is to sink my teeth into one, and have it all to myself.

And my husbands crazy Cowboys hat...well, he got about 100 compliments on it, and everyone wanted to know where he got it! One lady even took a picture!

And just a close up of Mason looking up since it was his first time.  We had such a great day, and can't wait to go back next week when my sister and nephew are in town.  This will be Amanda's third year to go with us!  The night glows are always so fun for the kiddos.  Hoping we get a peak of the storm troopers by the Darth Vadar balloon!

I just wanted to add this one sweet picture from early this evening. Mason is such a delight in every way.  I can not think of one thing about him that is not just beautiful.  The gratitude I have towards God for this family I have is beyond belief. I do not deserve all the wonderful things He has blessed me with. I just hope I care for them in a way that is pleasing to Him!!