Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Baseball Pictures
Luke had baseball pictures on March 18th. He was excited to have pictures with his cast on!
I love that since Daddy is a coach, they get pictures together every season.
Caleb doesn't think he should be left out of anything, ever. Enter Photobomb! The photographer was super nice about it and even took a picture of the three of them.
We didn't think Luke would play in the game with his broken wrist. He had been having some issues about whether or not he even wanted to play baseball at the beginning of the season, so we figured he would jump at the opportunity to sit on the bench and just watch the other kids play. Apparently there is some Stroder in there somewhere because he couldn't wait to show Coach Scott that he could still catch, hit and throw with his cast! So Coach Scott let him play! I was shocked, but very happy.
He even got his first real hit of the season. I joked about finding him a wrist brace to wear when he gets the cast off!
Playing first base.
Caleb doesn't think he should be left out of anything, ever. Enter Photobomb! The photographer was super nice about it and even took a picture of the three of them.
We didn't think Luke would play in the game with his broken wrist. He had been having some issues about whether or not he even wanted to play baseball at the beginning of the season, so we figured he would jump at the opportunity to sit on the bench and just watch the other kids play. Apparently there is some Stroder in there somewhere because he couldn't wait to show Coach Scott that he could still catch, hit and throw with his cast! So Coach Scott let him play! I was shocked, but very happy.
He even got his first real hit of the season. I joked about finding him a wrist brace to wear when he gets the cast off!
Playing first base.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
First Urgent Care Visit
Right after the first broken bone for our children came our first visit to the pediatric urgent care. No, really. Right after. The evening that Luke got his cast on. That sure was fun.
Thanks to Daylight Savings Time being the weekend before, we were outside playing until after 7:00 PM. About 30 minutes before we went inside, Caleb went from sitting in the cul-de-sac, driving his cars along the curb, to crying and only wanting to be held. We thought he was just tired from the time change, so after a little bit we went inside and put him in the shower. He usually looooves showers and will stay in there up to 30 minutes if we would let him. This time, he just cried and screamed. So we got him out quickly and he wouldn't do a thing - just layed against my chest. Didn't want us to get him dressed or anything. Nate and I were both starting to get concerned because he was not acting like himself at all. I eventually took his temperature and it was 103.8. That kind of fever is not uncommon for Luke, but Caleb has never had a fever higher than 101. That, combined with how lethargic and out of it he was acting, had us really concerned. Thankfully Mansfield now has a pediatric urgent care clinic otherwise we would have been at the Cook Children's ER in downtown Fort Worth that night.
After waiting to see if Motrin would start bringing the fever down {it didn't}, I decided to take him to Bumps 'n Bruises to be on the safe side. He was still running 103.8 when we got there. They tested him for strep and flu, and both came back negative. His ears looked great. Basically we had no cause for the fever. I had to keep him there until his fever started to go down. We were finally able to leave when it reached 101. The poor thing just slept in my arms. It was miserable.
It must have been a random fever virus because he woke up in a great mood Tuesday morning. He had a slight fever that day, but it was gone within 24 hours of it hitting him. I don't know.
Thanks to Daylight Savings Time being the weekend before, we were outside playing until after 7:00 PM. About 30 minutes before we went inside, Caleb went from sitting in the cul-de-sac, driving his cars along the curb, to crying and only wanting to be held. We thought he was just tired from the time change, so after a little bit we went inside and put him in the shower. He usually looooves showers and will stay in there up to 30 minutes if we would let him. This time, he just cried and screamed. So we got him out quickly and he wouldn't do a thing - just layed against my chest. Didn't want us to get him dressed or anything. Nate and I were both starting to get concerned because he was not acting like himself at all. I eventually took his temperature and it was 103.8. That kind of fever is not uncommon for Luke, but Caleb has never had a fever higher than 101. That, combined with how lethargic and out of it he was acting, had us really concerned. Thankfully Mansfield now has a pediatric urgent care clinic otherwise we would have been at the Cook Children's ER in downtown Fort Worth that night.
After waiting to see if Motrin would start bringing the fever down {it didn't}, I decided to take him to Bumps 'n Bruises to be on the safe side. He was still running 103.8 when we got there. They tested him for strep and flu, and both came back negative. His ears looked great. Basically we had no cause for the fever. I had to keep him there until his fever started to go down. We were finally able to leave when it reached 101. The poor thing just slept in my arms. It was miserable.
It must have been a random fever virus because he woke up in a great mood Tuesday morning. He had a slight fever that day, but it was gone within 24 hours of it hitting him. I don't know.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Casted.
Luke had a cast put on his wrist on Monday, March 11th. At the pediatrician's office on Friday, he had said we could just leave the splint on for two weeks and the bone should heal fine, but after seeing how active he was all weekend, and the fact that he could pull the splint away from his arm to scratch it, we decided it would be in his best interest to get it casted. Cook Children's couldn't schedule us for a week(!) so I called Arlington Orthopedics and we were seen that day.
The doctor who saw us was great with Luke. I had his x-rays so thankfully we didn't have to do that again. He told us there was no way he would have been fine in just a splint and that he had to wear the cast for four weeks. So I was really glad I went ahead and got him in. There has been argument that the doctor was just justifying any way possible to get our money, but I was following my mommy instincts. God gives us those for a reason!
Luke looooooves his cast. He chose green "so I won't get pinched on St. Patrick's Day". I was surprised he didn't want orange for Masterminds, but whatever. He couldn't wait to get signatures on it. Within a couple days it was filled up! He sure is loving all the attention it brings him, and he can't wait to show it off to everyone at school.
Considering not an hour after we got home from getting the cast on he was outside riding his bike and his scooter all over the place, I'm even more glad that we put the cast on him!
The doctor who saw us was great with Luke. I had his x-rays so thankfully we didn't have to do that again. He told us there was no way he would have been fine in just a splint and that he had to wear the cast for four weeks. So I was really glad I went ahead and got him in. There has been argument that the doctor was just justifying any way possible to get our money, but I was following my mommy instincts. God gives us those for a reason!
Luke looooooves his cast. He chose green "so I won't get pinched on St. Patrick's Day". I was surprised he didn't want orange for Masterminds, but whatever. He couldn't wait to get signatures on it. Within a couple days it was filled up! He sure is loving all the attention it brings him, and he can't wait to show it off to everyone at school.
Considering not an hour after we got home from getting the cast on he was outside riding his bike and his scooter all over the place, I'm even more glad that we put the cast on him!
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
First Annual Ridge Run
Our church had a 1K/5K race this year! Luke and I were excited to find out about it, especially since we had so much fun doing Miles for Meredith in November. This was even better because a bunch of friends signed up, too. We had a blast doing the 1K. This time Luke didn't make the whole 1K without walking, but I also didn't make him "train" before hand. And, you know, the kid had a broken wrist. Technically he was supposed to walk the whole thing. Oh well.
Luke and Quinn before the 1K.
Luke and Sarah after the 1K, with their participation ribbons.
The run itself was around the church property. It was my first trail run and I was nervous! I was sure I was going to break an ankle. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, although the big hill behind the church that we had to run up TWICE was no fun. My competitive side got the best of me and I ended up winning for my age group and was the 4th female to finish the race. So that was fun. According to my running app, the actual distance was 3.28 miles instead of 3.11 so my final time was 29:53. Not bad, I guess.
Getting my gold medal.
Rocking it.
Luke and Quinn before the 1K.
Luke and Sarah after the 1K, with their participation ribbons.
The run itself was around the church property. It was my first trail run and I was nervous! I was sure I was going to break an ankle. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, although the big hill behind the church that we had to run up TWICE was no fun. My competitive side got the best of me and I ended up winning for my age group and was the 4th female to finish the race. So that was fun. According to my running app, the actual distance was 3.28 miles instead of 3.11 so my final time was 29:53. Not bad, I guess.
Getting my gold medal.
Rocking it.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
First {Major} Injury
We feel pretty fortunate to have made it to five years and nine months without any major injury with Luke. Just one minor ER visit, one EEG, and one surgery on his scalp. No stitches, no broken bones, etc. I think that's pretty amazing considering how clumsy he is. Well, our streak is over.
On Sunday, March 3rd, Luke was doing the monkey bars at the playground after baseball practice and he fell. I wasn't there because Caleb was still napping when they left, but when they got home Luke was still crying about his right arm hurting from falling. It wasn't swelling or anything and after about 30 minutes he chilled out and started playing outside with the neighbors, riding his bike and scooter and acting like nothing was wrong. I didn't think anything else of it until Monday morning when he started eating his cereal with his left hand. He said his wrist was hurting from falling off the monkey bars. I gave him Motrin, sent him to school, and emailed his teacher to ask her to keep an eye on him. I ended up taking Caleb to the doctor that day so I asked Dr. Daniels about how we would know if we needed to have the wrist looked at and he said to give it a couple days and if he was still complaining then to bring him in. When he got home from school, he said he felt fine, so we got ready for his first baseball game of the season. He was the lead off batter...he took one swing and burst into tears that his arm was hurting. But he finished his at bat, hit the ball and got out at first base. He didn't come off the bench again after that.
That night he complained of his right elbow hurting, so that confused us. But we gave him Motrin, put him to bed, and he woke up the next day complaining that it was still hurting. More Motrin, back to school, and I called the nurse at the doctors office and talked with her about what to do next. She wanted to talk with Dr. Daniels about what exactly to x-ray (just wrist or from the elbow down) and would call me back. I decided to go up to school during recess to see what exactly he was up to, so I loaded up Kinley and Caleb. I ran into the school to check in and was going to drive around to the playground when I saw him in the nurse's office. My heart sank until I realized that he wasn't there for himself, he had walked a little girl down there after she hurt her hand on the playground. I explained to the nurse why I was there so she looked at Luke's arm. He moved it all around without even wincing in pain, and kept giving me a "I can't believe you are here cramping my style" look. So when the nurse at the dr office called me back about x-rays, we both agreed that we should wait.
Wednesday it came out that his wrist was only hurting on days that he had to play baseball. We skipped batting practice that day but then that evening we got out in the backyard and worked on fielding ground balls. He was throwing and catchiing just fine. Thursday he played in another game and did great. I was really hoping that this wrist business was behind us.
Then came Friday, March 8th. It was the last day before spring break. Caleb and I took Happy Meals up to eat lunch with Luke. I even stayed and watched him on the playground for a few minutes. He immediately went to the monkey bars and went across. I said to myself, "He's fine" and mentally dropped the wrist issue. Caleb and I went home and about 20 minutes later I got a call from the school nurse.
She told me that Luke was in the nurse's office because he had hurt his right wrist falling off the monkey bars. She said she felt that he needed to be seen by a doctor and that I needed to come pick him up. My first thought was - he has baseball practice tonight, this better not be another attempt to miss it. So I loaded Caleb back up and went back to the school to pick up Luke. On the way I called his doctor to get x-ray orders.
When we walked into the main office, I could see him sitting in the nurse's office with Mrs. Butler. I knew then that this was no joke. They had splinted his wrist and he had an ice pack on it. The nurse began to explain to me how this time was different than when I was there on Tuesday. First, it was swelling. Second, he was very pale and shaky. Third, he was naturally cradling it like a splint when he came in the office. So we went home. Of course Cook Children's called me back when I was in the school and my phone didn't ring so we had to wait until 1 PM to call them back because their phones turn off for lunch.
We were sent straight to Radiology Associates in Arlington for x-rays. Luke did great, sitting very still while they took lots of pictures of his wrist.
The tech told us to wait for the radiologist to read the x-rays, and when she came back out she said that he had broken his wrist and that we were to go back to Dr. Daniels' office. Dr. Daniels explained that Luke had a buckle fracture and they put a temporary splint on his wrist to get us through the weekend.
On Sunday, March 3rd, Luke was doing the monkey bars at the playground after baseball practice and he fell. I wasn't there because Caleb was still napping when they left, but when they got home Luke was still crying about his right arm hurting from falling. It wasn't swelling or anything and after about 30 minutes he chilled out and started playing outside with the neighbors, riding his bike and scooter and acting like nothing was wrong. I didn't think anything else of it until Monday morning when he started eating his cereal with his left hand. He said his wrist was hurting from falling off the monkey bars. I gave him Motrin, sent him to school, and emailed his teacher to ask her to keep an eye on him. I ended up taking Caleb to the doctor that day so I asked Dr. Daniels about how we would know if we needed to have the wrist looked at and he said to give it a couple days and if he was still complaining then to bring him in. When he got home from school, he said he felt fine, so we got ready for his first baseball game of the season. He was the lead off batter...he took one swing and burst into tears that his arm was hurting. But he finished his at bat, hit the ball and got out at first base. He didn't come off the bench again after that.
That night he complained of his right elbow hurting, so that confused us. But we gave him Motrin, put him to bed, and he woke up the next day complaining that it was still hurting. More Motrin, back to school, and I called the nurse at the doctors office and talked with her about what to do next. She wanted to talk with Dr. Daniels about what exactly to x-ray (just wrist or from the elbow down) and would call me back. I decided to go up to school during recess to see what exactly he was up to, so I loaded up Kinley and Caleb. I ran into the school to check in and was going to drive around to the playground when I saw him in the nurse's office. My heart sank until I realized that he wasn't there for himself, he had walked a little girl down there after she hurt her hand on the playground. I explained to the nurse why I was there so she looked at Luke's arm. He moved it all around without even wincing in pain, and kept giving me a "I can't believe you are here cramping my style" look. So when the nurse at the dr office called me back about x-rays, we both agreed that we should wait.
Wednesday it came out that his wrist was only hurting on days that he had to play baseball. We skipped batting practice that day but then that evening we got out in the backyard and worked on fielding ground balls. He was throwing and catchiing just fine. Thursday he played in another game and did great. I was really hoping that this wrist business was behind us.
Then came Friday, March 8th. It was the last day before spring break. Caleb and I took Happy Meals up to eat lunch with Luke. I even stayed and watched him on the playground for a few minutes. He immediately went to the monkey bars and went across. I said to myself, "He's fine" and mentally dropped the wrist issue. Caleb and I went home and about 20 minutes later I got a call from the school nurse.
She told me that Luke was in the nurse's office because he had hurt his right wrist falling off the monkey bars. She said she felt that he needed to be seen by a doctor and that I needed to come pick him up. My first thought was - he has baseball practice tonight, this better not be another attempt to miss it. So I loaded Caleb back up and went back to the school to pick up Luke. On the way I called his doctor to get x-ray orders.
When we walked into the main office, I could see him sitting in the nurse's office with Mrs. Butler. I knew then that this was no joke. They had splinted his wrist and he had an ice pack on it. The nurse began to explain to me how this time was different than when I was there on Tuesday. First, it was swelling. Second, he was very pale and shaky. Third, he was naturally cradling it like a splint when he came in the office. So we went home. Of course Cook Children's called me back when I was in the school and my phone didn't ring so we had to wait until 1 PM to call them back because their phones turn off for lunch.
We were sent straight to Radiology Associates in Arlington for x-rays. Luke did great, sitting very still while they took lots of pictures of his wrist.
The tech told us to wait for the radiologist to read the x-rays, and when she came back out she said that he had broken his wrist and that we were to go back to Dr. Daniels' office. Dr. Daniels explained that Luke had a buckle fracture and they put a temporary splint on his wrist to get us through the weekend.
Friday, March 8, 2013
The Littlest Cardinal
Baseball season has started again, and Luke is playing on the Cardinals again. Caleb thinks that he is an honorary member of the team. He is very unhappy that he cannot be in the dugout with the team during the games. Instead, he insists on joining the team for their post-game meeting.
{I'm the team's official scorekeeper so I'm not really able to take many pictures during the game!}
{I'm the team's official scorekeeper so I'm not really able to take many pictures during the game!}
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Date Night Road Trip
Nate and I ended up having a date night road trip to go watch his youngest brother, Jake, in basketball playoffs. Jake is a senior at Frost and they happened to make it to the "elite 8" in the state playoffs. They were playing against the top ranked team in the state in Tyler, so we decided we should go watch the game. We figured they would either a)win and it would be amazing to watch or b)lose and it would be Jake's last basketball game ever. We ended up being in Dallas for Justin's 30th do-over and we had already planned on a early dinner, so we were able to leave the boys there and drive out to Tyler for the game.
We were very excited for a few hours to ourselves!
Jake makes a free throw.
Unfortunately, the Polar Bears lost. It was a good game, but that other team was just really, really good. Here is Jake with his cheering section.
We were very excited for a few hours to ourselves!
Jake makes a free throw.
Unfortunately, the Polar Bears lost. It was a good game, but that other team was just really, really good. Here is Jake with his cheering section.
Friday, March 1, 2013
February Randoms!
Luke has to keep his writing work at school in his writing folder, but occasionally his teacher will send home something that he does for us to see. We have to send it back the next day, but I couldn't resist snapping a pic of this one.
We went to a birthday party at Lifetime. Caleb loved the cake!
Luke tried rock climbing!
Caleb had an ear infection at the beginning of the month. This cracked me up.
We watched Kinley at the beginning of the month while her grandparents were out of town. These two are hilarious together.
We went to the Valentine's themed storytime at Chick-fil-a.
Nate was ordained as a deacon at WRBC on February 10th. We are very proud of him! Unfortunately all of my pics from that night are awful.
Caleb loved going through the car wash! He is so different from Luke, who used to be terrified of it!
This month my day to volunteer in the preschool area at church fell on the same day that the big puppets were performing for the kids. I let Luke "help" in my class so he could go watch them. He still loves the puppets! He and Sarah were excited to get to sit with each other.
I have no words for this one.
I found this Thomas pillow pet at Target. The mini one was $14.99, and I had been planning on getting one for Caleb. But then I found the big one on sale for $12.49. So he got a big Thomas pillow pet for Valentine's Day, and he looooves it.
We are getting closer to the Terrible Twos, so we are seeing a lot of this lately.
Caleb had to get in the middle of my snuggle/reading time with Luke. We didn't mind.
We went to a birthday party at Lifetime. Caleb loved the cake!
Luke tried rock climbing!
Caleb had an ear infection at the beginning of the month. This cracked me up.
We watched Kinley at the beginning of the month while her grandparents were out of town. These two are hilarious together.
We went to the Valentine's themed storytime at Chick-fil-a.
Nate was ordained as a deacon at WRBC on February 10th. We are very proud of him! Unfortunately all of my pics from that night are awful.
Caleb loved going through the car wash! He is so different from Luke, who used to be terrified of it!
This month my day to volunteer in the preschool area at church fell on the same day that the big puppets were performing for the kids. I let Luke "help" in my class so he could go watch them. He still loves the puppets! He and Sarah were excited to get to sit with each other.
I have no words for this one.
I found this Thomas pillow pet at Target. The mini one was $14.99, and I had been planning on getting one for Caleb. But then I found the big one on sale for $12.49. So he got a big Thomas pillow pet for Valentine's Day, and he looooves it.
We are getting closer to the Terrible Twos, so we are seeing a lot of this lately.
Caleb had to get in the middle of my snuggle/reading time with Luke. We didn't mind.
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