Luke's foot

Little Luke may have fractured something in his foot a week ago. Our last night @ the beach with Greg's fam, he jumped off the bunk bed like his cool bigger cousins. Monday morning, when it was still hurting, I took Luke to the pediatrician and he sent us to get an xray of Luke’s foot but couldn’t see anything, but since Luke still could’t walk on it, he put a partial cast on it for a week. At the end of the 7 days, they’ll remove it and see if he can walk and bear weight on it. If not, they’ll send him on to an Orthopedist. The foot has a reddened bump and bruise on the top, on that bone above his insole. He was not to walk on it or swim this week which was hard with his cousins TC and Josiah here – at the same time, they were a big help in entertaining him. While at the hospital for the x-ray, Ben fell off a chair and got a good knot on the back of his head J. It was a challenge managing 4 boys and an infant at the doctor’s office and the hospital all morning, since Luke had to ride in stroller which meant Elsi was being "carried" (worn, actually) so I couldn't deal with Ben bonking his head very easily, but we survived!

Camp T-siah Day 2

We went to see Igor today, me and five kids. The movie wasn't that great, but at least we had something to do for a while. I forgot to take pictures though. TC and Josiah were very helpful with the younger guys, especially Luke, since he has to be carried or pushed in a stroller everywhere he goes. TC took Luke and Ben to get drinks out of the water fountain and Josiah pushed him in and out of the theater. TC has also taken up the role of Elsi's guardian. He puts her paci back in her mouth or picks her up anytime she cries. So sweet! I think the big boys were probably bored this afternoon, but they say they're not homesick, so I guess they're okay.

Camp T-Siah Day One

Today was a little chaotic. Probably tried to pack too much into one day. TC and Josiah, our nephews from Atlanta (Greg's sister's kids) are visiting. TC made up the nickname Camp T-Siah as a combination of both of their names, saying they are running summer camp this week for Luke and Ben. We had to take Luke to the dr. this morning to get his foot checked out, which then required a visit to hospital for x-ray, then back to dr.'s office for a lightweight cast. Dr. says it may or may not be broken -- hard to tell with little kids -- but it still hurts obviously. We'll go back in a week and they'll cut the cast off. If it doesn't hurt anymore, we'll assume it was sprained/strained(?) and move on, but if it still hurts, we'll have to take him to an orthopedist. TC and Jojo were so good and so helpful that I wanted to do something fun. So, we went to the aquarium. Ben however, melted down about halfway through, desperately needing a nap and knowing that Mommy was a little tied up because I was holding Elsi. Not sure if they had fun or not, but at least we're home now and they can play video games uninterrupted since the little boys are FINALLY napping!

Our trip home from Family Vacation

Last week we were with Greg's family at Seagrove Beach near Panama City Beach in FL. Our trip back was awful because we sat in mostly stopped traffic for a couple hours about halfway through our trip. We should've been home about 5:30 but it was after 8:30 by the time we finally got there. TC and Jojo, our 9 and 8-yr-old nephews are with us for the week. We stopped at a gas station near the end of the trip and let all the boys out in a grassy area to run around while I fed Elsi. They started dancing around and singing silly songs to try to get cars to come into the gas station we were at. I managed to snap a pic of Jojo dancing while my boys tried to throw stuff down the covered drain.