Aidan Arm Pictures

We are scheduled to see our Dr. tomorrow and we are hoping that Aidan will get his cast off! It's not likely that he will come home without a cast but he should get a cast change and I am dying to clean his arm. I have been making him drink tons of milk in hopes his bone heals fast. Haha. He has been such a good sport. I think he thinks he is stuck with the cast forever. Poor guy. Anyways, here are some pics of him from the past week.

His cast doesn't fit in his coats so we zip it in the coat. Those are rain boots with shorts.

The worst part about the cast is the sleeping for him. He has been falling asleep on Adam and I and then we move him in his room. He honestly would rather be in his own bed but he just can't seem to get comfortable.

One night after his bath. He wears my brother Bobby's jersey's from when he was little to bed. They are the only thing that will fit over the big arm!


The bag on the cast before bath time. He is really good about holding his arm up the entire time so I can wash him and his hair. I'm sure he is looking forward to being able to play with his toys in the tub soon.

We were outside enjoying the nice weather the other day and I snapped the photo of him. Such a handsome boy!!! I cannot believe how big he is getting!!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! xoxo

I'm Still Alive...

I feel like I haven't blogged in days. Partly because I have been sick, partly because I have had nothing to blog about and mostly because my youngest brother is home from Clemson for Spring Break and I am spending all my extra time loving on him.

Tonight both (gasp) of my brothers came for dinner and we (huge gasp) even all sat and watched a movie together afterwards. Tears come to my eyes thinking about it. It's so hard to get all of us in one place. Aidan was in heaven and well considering Adam and my brother Bobby were friends long before we even knew the other existed and Jordan just completes the threesome perfectly, he enjoyed their company as well. The boys grilled and I made cupcakes for dessert. 24 of them and there are now 3 left. That's what you get when you have four boys eating I guess. Yes, Aidan ate a fair share. So, that's what I've been up to. I will be back when (tear) Aidan returns to school next week. Or when I have something I just can't live without telling you about! xoxo

Sicky McSickerson

Holy stomach bug of 2010. I woke up yesterday feeling horrible! What started out as a little heartburn, grew into a full on puke session for the majority of the day yesterday. (I did love it when everyone asked me if it was morning sickness. Ha! I wish.)

Thankfully, my mom came and took Aidan for the day. I don't know what I would have done without her. I could barely move. She and Aidan went to the movies and ran some errands. Then she brought him back here and folded all my laundry! Isn't she great?

I had a little cry when Adam got home because I felt so guilty that Aidan is so needy of my time with his broken arm and I literally had to tell him to please leave me alone yesterday. He snuck in our bedroom to get kisses every couple of hours. I will be amazed if he doesn't get the bug. So far no signs of it.

I am most bummed because today is the day my BFF Candace finds out if she is having a boy or a girl and I was supposed to help her decorate her nursery for a gender reveal party she is having tonight. Doesn't look like I will be attending. I wouldn't want to get anyone sick. I honestly don't even feel like getting out of bed yet. I've been attempting to straighten my hair for two hours now. Half of my head is finally done. I was going for the sick yet still pretty wife thing for Adam. What a joke.

One last thing, I tried to watch Precious last night On Demand. If you are nauseous do not watch this movie. I barely made it to the part where she throws up fried chicken in a trash can. When she started eating hairy pigs feet and a mound of mac and cheese, I had to shut it off. I could not tell you what the movie was about because I spent the rest of my night trying to get those images out of my mind.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! xoxox

Wish List Wednesday

Instead of it being wordless Wednesday, I figured I would post some pictures of what I am dying to have right now. Some of these things are hilariously far fetched. Just wait, you'll see what I mean.

6 of these please for my dining room.


This entire ensemble for lazy days.

I just love this pillow.

Dream Car.

If I can't have the G500 I would settle for this. This is my dream mommy mobile. I am just waiting for the wheels to fall off my Jeep apparently.

Once you have kids, you need a nice camera. You take sooo many pics.

If you are a regular around here, you knew this one already. When the xray tech asked me if I was pregnant the other day, it hurt to say No. It hurts retelling the story too. I know, in time.

I want 4 of these for my living room.

The Malm sofa table from Ikea.



And lastly a private concert by this guy in my backyard on a perfect southern summer night so my hubby and I can dance around under the huge oaks covered in little white lights.

Hey, a girl can dream! Happy Wednesday! xoxo

P.S. Aidan had a GREAT day!

Aidan Update

We were able to get in to see the Pediatric Orthapedic Doctor today. Aidan was in pretty good spirits besides getting sick a few times this morning when we tried to get him to take his Motrin. For whatever reason, he has no appetite so I am sure the medicine isn't feeling to good on his stomach. At this point we are just trying to get him to eat anything so we can get the meds in him so he has minimal pain. We opted not to put him on any pain medication at this time. He just seems so little for all that.



As usual they asked me what happened and I explained that I wasn't exactly sure, and everyone looked at me like I abuse my child. Not the best feeling in the world. I explained that he does still seem to have some pain and we talked about switching out his cast for a lighter one. After going back and forth we decided to stick with the one he has on to prevent the trauma of having a saw cut this one off and then another one in 4 weeks. They wrapped it in a soft material that will keep him from pulling anymore of the cotton out of the top and it won't be so rough on his skin.



He was very chatty with his Dr's and with the exception of asking to hold me (aka he wants to be held) he stood up and let them look over the cast and answered some of their questions. He was able to squeeze the Dr's finger and give us a thumbs up so that is all good.



We are hoping that when goes back for x rays in two weeks the fracture will have healed and we can go in to a brace for the remaining 2 weeks and then be done. If there seems to still be some swelling around the bone, they will put another cast on at that time. At least that one would be lighter. Aidan doesn't always want to wear his sling and I catch him holding the arm above his head. I am assuming to try to redistribute the weight because it hangs down on his side.



There was brief talk about some of his ligaments being damaged due to the nurse maid's elbow (dislocated elbow that caused the break) which may result in surgery. Please, please, please pray this is not what we find when we go back in two weeks. We agree with his Dr's that he has been through enough trauma at this point (remember they moved his broken arm around all day Saturday before they knew it was broken OUCHIE) and surgery would be no fun.



I have really been torn with my time since this happened. Aidan is very needy and I have just kind of put my life on hold for a couple of days. I know it sounds silly but we are just trying to help him understand what's going on and helping him operate with the one arm. He has also had the problem eating and has a little cold that brought on a fever a few nights. He missed a play date today with his friend Kate and he was very disappointed. He knows he has school tomorrow and really wants to go. I am a little hesitant to send him and put the responsibility of the arm on his teachers. I guess we will see how he feels in the morning.



Thanks for checking in on our little man. We hope everyone had a great Monday!

I took this picture yesterday and I think it is so funny because Aidan was kind of down in the dumps and I said "Aidan can you give Mommy a big smile for the camera" and this is the face he gave me. Love that child so much.

Layla Grace

If you aren't already reading this blog www.laylagrace.org you should. It is the story of a 2 year old little girl named Layla that is dying from Neuroblastoma.

She is at the end of her short life and is in need of some serious prayer. Please pray for her and her family. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be going through this with a child. My heart breaks for her parents.

Her parents are updating their twitter account @laylagrace often if you would also like to follow them there.

Thank you for taking the time to pray for this angel.

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