Andrew is doing great and has been cleared to play sports again. If I haven't talked to you recently, Andrew began having some leg pain a few weeks ago that would just kind of come and go. I thought it was probably just growing pains so I really didn't worry about it too much. On Saturday it was pretty bad. He was limping, didn't want to play and didn't even want to go to his t-ball game. I knew it wasn't just growing pains when he let me pick him up and carry him in front of his friends. For my 5 year old 'big boy' things like that just aren't allowed! So off to the ER we go! They did xrays and couldn't see anything wrong, but they didn't think it was growing pains either so we were referred to an orthopedic specialist at Children's Hospital. After a thorough exam yesterday by the specialist it was decided that the most likely cause was that a cold virus settled into the hip joint causeing it to become inflamed and painful but it looks like it's getting better now. Sound a little familiar? It's very similar to what they said about McKenna when she was drinking 120 ounces of water a day. After ruling out all of the serious problems that it could be it was decided that a virus settled in her kidneys.
For those of you that know about the issues that we have been having with Chloe (the dog), we've been seeing some improvement over the last few days. I'm not saying that she is 'all better' by any means, but I am hopeful that we are making some progress!
Now for some pictures - since I haven't posted in a while there are quite a few of them.
First one of the kids being sweet to each other. It doesn't happen a lot so I had to get a picture. Yep, Andrew STILL sucks his fingers!
Kenna with Riley
Steve and the kids took me to Urban Flats for lunch on my birthday - the kids loved the dessert fondue
Steve's birthday - wow, he's getting close to 40!!!
Working on an art project - Thanks Aunt Debbie and Breanna!!!!
Here are a few of McKenna. It's funny to me that I ended up with a little girl like McKenna. As most of you know, I'm not a fan of dresses and things that are overly girly. I wear jeans or shorts with t-shirts. If I have to dress up, I wear dark jeans with boots. My mom tells me that I was this way even as a young child. So how did I get a bowhead???? How did I get a little girl who insists on outfits - no jeans and or shorts with t-shirts for her. She wants a matching outfit or a dress. Then she wants the shoes and hair accessories that go with it and the bigger the bow, brighter the colors, and more ruffles there are the better! Steve calls the outfit below her clown suit but it's one of her favorites. Oh, and that bow - not even one of her biggest! She's only 3 but she asked me the other day if she could get her ears pierced. Now, I have strong feelings on getting little girls ears pierced but I also know how to deal with my daugher so after thinking about it for a minute I told her, "sure you can get your ears pierced but do you know how they do it?" I then explained EXACTLY how they go about piercing ears. Call me evil if you want, but I think I'm good for a couple of years now!
Lastly a few funny kids stories. The other day McKenna and Andrew were outside playing with some friends when McKenna decided to throw a piece of sidewalk chalk at her brother hitting him square in the head - kids got an arm on her too - it left a welt. Anyway, I made her come inside and sit in timeout which really doesn't seem to bother her all that much. She just sat there singing her songs and talking to herself. As you all know, McKenna loves princesses and wants to be a princess so when her timeout time was over I asked her if she thought that a princess would act like that. She thought about it for a minute and then broke down in tears sobbing, "no, I guess I'm just an evil witch." All I could think was, "I'm sure your brother would agree with you on that one."
Now of about Andrew. Andrew is all about Legos right now so when I found a set the other day that was on clearance I bought it planning to save it for his birthday. Well, I didn't hide it and he came home from school and saw it so he started pestering me about it. I told him that we weren't going to talk about it any more so he went to his room. Well, a couple of minutes later he comes back out and says to me, "You're just a big waster mom! It's a watse to buy a toy and not give it to me and you KNOW it's bad to waste thing!" I thought it was pretty creative thinking on his part. He still didn't get the toy but I have to say I was impressed.
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