this past weekend

This past weekend we went to natchez and vidalia.  I went up for one of my moms cake classes.  The girls came to stay with my brother.  They had a blast with him.  Sophia is growing so much.  We used to put her in this baby doll stroller and she fit.  not so much any more!  Her 19 month stats were 30 lbs and 33 inches tall!!!!

My sister also flew down for the class.  It was a blast spending time with her!  I seriously count down for when she comes to visit.  I love this lady.

I'm deep in thought!

My mom in action.  There were people from new york and boston and georgia and flordia at this class!  My mom is a super star!  And shes a great teacher.  I loved the class because I got to spent alot of time helping people with the program and everything.  Made me feel important!

Now we're back home and getting ready for vacation.  This wednesday Trent and I are going to a Star Wars musical, so I need a shirt for that.  Next Sunday we are leaving for Gulf Shores.  We'll come back on Wednesday for Sophia's dr appointment.  Friday we'll  leave again for Texas to visit Jeff and Alisa.  It's funny it will take a week to get ready for all this and a week after vacations to settle back in.  It's going to be a long three weeks then!

this morning

This morning i decided i needed a bag for taking my lap top places.  I sat down and made this.  i might make another one in a print that i like.  this was a trial and error one.  i also put a pocket for my cord and mouse.

peek a boo.  laptop fits perfect!

I went to target and got these for brooklyn.  They are alittle big but they were on clearence.  When I got home I discovered they matched this:

So now brooklyn will have a super cute dress and leggings.  No underware flashes for her!

sisters

they sat like that for awhile playing a game.  i thought it was so cute!  sophia loves to cuddle on brooklyn.

Speech

Brooklyn studders sometimes so we decided to get her speech checked.  I went through the school system.  At her evaluation today they decided she doesn't say a lot of sounds properly and want to re-evaluated her in october.  If she hasn't gotten better with it by then she'll do therapy.  They also tested her for learning disabilities (just procedure).  They were shocked she could identify all of the ABC's except three on the first try.  She can also count to 20 and identify and write most of her numbers.  I asked them if they thought she should go to pre-k next fall.  All three ladies agreed she was already above pre-k levels for a lot of things and unless I wanted her in for social reasons they saw no reason for her to go to.  I was so proud of how well she is developing and growing.  I'm thinking that in the next few weeks I am going to start working with her reading words.

pigtals!

My mothers day gift to me!  I know I dont have four kids.  They are all of our birthstones.  I thought it looked weird with just two "eggs".  I saw it on an etsy shop and thought it was so cute. 

Brooklyn helping Sophia

I tried to get all of us into the shot.  So Tuesday I took Sophia to the orthopedic surgeon.  He said her arm is doing great and no cast or surgery needed!  We will keep it wrapped with the ace bandage until next Tuesday or Wednesday.  Then after that we have to find a way to keep it in the sling until we go back at the end of the month.  The Dr said that if she wouldn't keep it in the sling that was OK to, but I would feel better having it slinged (I know that's not even a word).

On another note after next week we wont be seeing Trent that much.  They got a huge project and will be working Saturdays and Sunday's for awhile.  We are glad for the work but miss him being at home, at least on weekends!

Scraps

Can you beleive I almost threw these scraps out!  Since Sophia can't lift her arm she needs clothes that can tie at the shoulder, so more sewing for me.  That's o.k. I love almost every minute of it.  Today I only got this dress done.  With my one armed bandit I have to keep a very very close eye on her.  I did get most of the cleaning we didn't do this weekend done today.  Always trying to catch up it seems.

not so well

last night didn't go so hot in the toddler bed.  Sophia fell out twice, and of course landed on her arm.   I guess we have got to go and get a guard rail to put up.  Our appointment with the orthopedic surgen is tuesday at 3:15.  I am worried with Sophia's arm because she has no fear and is going a million miles a minute.  She has fallen on it tons of times and keeps knocking it into things.  What are we going to do with this girl?!

Big girl bed

I was forced to turn Sophia's crib into a toddler bed.  I really didn't want to do this for awhile but with her broken arm it is to hard to get her in and out without hurting her.  I hope it is a smooth transaction for her, and me. 

The one armed bandit

The rest of the story (so far)

So about 5:15 last night Sophias dr finally calls.  His nurse says it's a fractured arm and i need to take her to OLOL emergency room right away.  By now it has been a complete 24 hours since she fell.  So I load her up, Trent stays with Brooklyn and Mrs. Murl leaves to meet me there.  We get there a check in right away.  I maybe waited 10 minutes to go to the back.  Right when I was going back the flood gates open and people poured in with their kids.  We were at the pediatric ER.  We get back to our room and get settled in.  They come and do an XRAY.  We go back to our room near the nurses station and get settled in again.  Then they ask us if we would move to another room because they needed to put someone they are having trouble with in there.  (when we left I noticed a security guard camped outside that door.  I guess those nurses and Dr's don't mess around)  So anyways we are moved to the end of the hall.  They had to clean linens and extra stuff out of the room before we could go inside.  Not a big deal.  Sometime later they come in and tell us her arm is BROKEN!  What!!!!  She certainly hasn't been acting like it is broken.  Every now and then she would touch it and say ow during the day but she was playing and her normal self.  Just cried a little when you touched it.  So anyways we now know it is broken and they want to do more xrays.  That happens and they come and put her in a sling (that didn't stay on long).  The on-call dr calls the on-call orthopedic surgen.  He doesn't want to see her tonight but monday morning he wants her to come in to decide if it should stay wrapped like it is, surgury, or a cast.  We got home about 8:45 and Sophia ate some chips and played some by nine she went to sleep.  I'll post some pictures later.  I think I might get a slim point and shoot camera to carry around with me.  Last night I was wishing I had one.  Everything that was going on was sad but she sure looked cute!