This really is one of the more random posts....

Our camera batteries were dead thus fewer photos /videos for a little while. Now that it's the last day of April, I feel I should post the various silly things we had on the camera before May happens!

This is Jacob being silly during his before bed snack a few nights ago. (To provide setting: this was Jacob's before bed-time-ish snack.) Notice he actually can use his right hand for the spoon....but the cast comes off next Friday, then his left hand gets back in on the action!

And this photo is from this morning, when Jacob decided he wanted to go outside wearing my shoes, pj's, and a goofy grin. I wasn't convinced, but we both got a really good laugh out of it!

Blue-armed boy

As it turns out, Jacob fractured some bones in his hand and the head of the humerus by his elbow (yikes!). We're glad they spotted the fractures. but it's pitiful to see him in such a huge cast!

Birthday and post traumatic birthday

We'll leave it to you, the reader, to judge Jacob's level of enjoyment at his second birthday party:





And then 2 days later, the daredevil tried climbing up the kiddie slide at the park, fell off the side, and ended spending the afternoon with mom and dad at the ER icing his wrist and getting x-rays taken instead of napping. It really wasn't that traumatic and Jacob was a great sport- even laughing for some doctors and nurses- we only had to wait 30 minutes to be seen and everyone was so kind.

His left wrist isn't broken (according to x-rays), but the concern is that he fractured his growth plate- which isn't dense enough to show-up on an xray- so we're being referred to an Orthopedist at the Children's hospital for an appt sometimes this week. Hopefully, Jacob can then have his huge splint taken off and be fitted for something more appropriate for his injury and body size!

We'll keep you all posted on the arm as things develop...

He is Risen!

Happy Easter Everyone!

We've been hearing from all angles that we need to post.

Today was Jacob's first true Easter Egg Hunt. He started out timidly, first finding a football-decorated egg and kicking it. The he started to realize that there were eggs everywhere. I followed behind him with his bag, and eventually he was pulling me by the bag to his next find. About two minutes into the hunt Jacob decided that I was dead weight. Thus, he pulled the bag from my grasp, and went to look behind a tree and out of my sight. They grow up so quickly, don't they?