We're already halfway through July, which means the hot summer is halfway over too! And since we'll be spending the last month of it out of state, I'm excited to only have a few more weeks to endure of 95+ degree temps and high humidity. Ashton really likes to play outside but gets all hot and sweaty. Then she stinks the rest of the day so we try to wait to go the park until after dinner.
We celebrated the Fourth of July with a yummy pancake breakfast at church. Then we had some friends over for a BBQ that night. Ashton loves having friends over and I love it too. She barely bothers me as she is so busy playing. We ditched the fireworks again this year as they are just too late at night for Ashton. Maybe next year.
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| The festive shirt I bought at Old Navy for two dollars the day before. |
I saw this promo on a blog I read and decided to give it a try. Lo and behold, we got some chips with our picture on it. It was cool to get it in the mail.
Ashton ended up in the ER last Sunday night. We went to a neighbor's house to visit after dinner and we were walking home. A few feet outside our front door, she refused to come inside as she often does. Joseph pulled on her arm to encourage her to come in and heard a pop. She screamed for the next 45 minutes while we tried to determine if she was being a wimp about it or if she did hurt something. After a call to my mom and the doctor, we were advised to come in. Fortunately, our local hospital could handle it so we didn't have to drive to Houston at 9pm at night. They did several rounds of X-rays, which involved Ashton screaming the entire time. I felt like a terrible parent. Only after the X-rays did the doctor come in and say, "I think I know what it is." I thought he had looked at the X-rays and could see something. Nope. A tendon got displaced and needed to be snapped back in. Apparently, it is the most common injury for children under five. Who knew? Had they checked that in the first place, we could have saved the tears and the money on X-rays. Oh well. Better safe than sorry. Ashton was pretty calm unless someone touched her arm. As soon as they snapped it back, she was up and at it, running around again.
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| This is after the doctor fixed her arm. Before that, she couldn't hold anything or barely move it. |
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| Glad to have my happy girl back. |
Ashton loves to wear her "Papa" and "Nana" shirt all the time. She can't wait to see them next month!
1 comment:
The elbow thing actually also happened to Caleb several times. I tried to be very careful with him after that in how I pick him up, but it actually happened another three times or so, but I had learned how to put it back in socket from the doctor the first time we took him in so I was able to do it myself the other times.
Thankfully it hasn't happened with Ollie.
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