It's OFF!

From this.....

to this....

Life is good. :)

One more week

4 weeks down, one more week to go in the spica cast. I am thrilled that Caleb only has a week left, however I'm a little nervous how it's going to be when the cast is finally off. I've done a youtube search and found some pretty sad video's of children trying to walk after a spica cast removal. It looks as though Caleb might have to re-learn how to walk and move his once fractured leg. Poor kid. A few weeks ago over the 4th of July weekend, my family came up to Logan to watch the fireworks. We had a great time and it was a great distraction for Caleb. Last week Mark had youth conference. I went to SLC to break up the week. It was worth listening to Caleb cry for three hours in the car. Next week Mark has another scout camp all week, but the good news is that Caleb gets his cast off the second day he is gone! Then over the 24th we are going up to Bear Lake and Caleb will be able to go to the beach and play in the sand and the water! I really can't wait. Please, oh please make this week go by quickly!!! If the spica cast is getting to me this much, I can't even imagine what it is doing to poor Caleb.

Week 1 in the Spica Cast

Well, we have survived the first week of Caleb being in a Spica Cast. That's the good news. The bad news is that he still has 5 more weeks of that torturous contraption. So we are looking at the end of July when he will get out. Mark and I took him to the dr's today for an x-ray and everything looks good, but the dr said "he'll be in this for probably another 5 weeks." I'm really hoping the 'probably' could possibly mean only 3 or 4 weeks, but we shall see. He has another appointment in 2 1/2 weeks and by that time he will be in the cast for nearly 4 weeks.

Life does go on, and it's not really as bad as I'm making it out to be. It really could be a lot worse, and we have the "easy" version of a spica cast (only on one leg). We really have been able to carry on with our lives as usual. He went to church on Sunday, and even went to half of nursery. He watches movies, and plays on the ground with his toys. A few days ago he actually started crawling. So he can get around with a combination of crawling and rolling. He's been to see Toy Story 3 and did a great job in the theatre. I took all three of the kids for a bus ride yesterday to get treats an a convenient store. He has also sat through a few of his brothers baseball games. I lug him around in a wagon, a stroller, or I carry him. He is extremely heavy with the cast on, but I'm getting some super strong arms!!

We are doing well. And we are happy. Caleb laughs and smiles, so he's not too tortured. We are looking foreword to family visiting us soon.

Oh, and Happy 11th anniversay to Mark and me!!!

Plan B Summer and my poor poor baby.

I had so much planned this summer. Going to girls camp with my YW, going to trek with Mark and our stake, 2 sessions of swimming lessons, spending our free days at the pool, going to Bear Lake, hiking the wind caves, then going to NYC before school started. Well, I can still do swimming lessons for the boys, and thankfully Mark and I are still planning on going to NYC, but everything else will have to be dropped or altered a bit, because my poor baby broke his leg.

Tuesday Mark went up to a scout camp to speak at a fireside. I was home with the kids playing outside and decided to go ride our bikes down to the church where the YW were practicing setting up tents for camp the next day. My boys loved the tents and wanted to play inside. When Caleb tried to get out, he tripped, fell, and broke his femur. A spiral fracture that had to be set and now he is in a hip spica cast for 4-6 weeks. I am really hoping and praying it's only 4. Yesterday we were at the hopital ALL DAY and he was miserable. He still gets mad at the fact that he can't move, so either he will have to get used to it, or I will have to get used to the screaming and crying. Hopefully once he is no longer in pain, he will cheer up a little bit. We plan on watching lots of movies, going for lots of walks (in a reclined stroller) and reading lots of books. He can't sit or stand. Sometimes they say kids learn to crawl and even walk in these casts. We shall see.

taken with my phone...

A huge thanks to all our family and friends for taking our kids, calling to ask for help, or just offering kind words of symathy. James and Andrew have been so busy at Grandma and Grandpa's and playing with their cousins that i haven't even seen them since we went to the hospital.