After six weeks of avoiding some of Crew’s favorite things; pools, beaches, excessive handwashing and impromptu baths (without the use of Press’n Seal wrap), it was finally time to ditch the cast. We headed straight to the ocean to celebrate. We no longer had to worry about sand or water getting…
When Crew broke his arm, the swim lessons that he was finally thriving in and trips to the pool and beach came to an abrupt halt. He asked us every single day if we could go to the pool. When we told him “No,” he’d ask, “Can we go to…
A few days after Crew broke his arm, we went to the orthopedic surgeon to get him casted. He was given a booklet of color choices to flip through and he instantly settled on black. I asked him if wanted blue or green or orange and he insisted, “I want…
We weren’t on our end of summer birthday high for long before reality hit. Crew started eliminating his nap over the summer but fell asleep often enough that I put him down most afternoons. He still slept in a crib. I figured the only way he might doze off was…
We officially have two walkers in our family. The race was on to see who would walk first, and it ended up being a tie. Both Troy and Crew took their first steps, crutch-less and furniture-less, within a few days of each other. Troy has some pretty intense hardware in…
I turned older over the weekend. I wasn’t expecting anything fancy, but the celebrations ended up lasting for five days straight. Day One: I opened the front door to find this waiting for me: I had no idea that my parents were driving here to surprise me. I was pretty…
Speaking of worries, Nash’s heart issues were brought back to the surface after a few months of rest. We spent a downright awful day at the hospital for him to have another sedated echo. They had a really hard time getting an IV started in him, and after four painful…
We became well acquainted with the children’s hospital this week. A couple of days after Nash’s surgery, Blake cracked the back of his head open. He was standing on a truck in the family room and fell, gouging his scalp on the corner fireplace tile. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen…
