Daddy Ba-woke His Yeg (Warning: One Graphic Pic)

We've been hearing a lot of "Daddy ba-woke his yeg" from Hailey these days because, well, Daddy did break his leg in a major, major way.  Daddy is part of the men's roller derby team here in town (called Race City Rebels).  His coworkers got him in it and he's been in it for probably about a year now.  He is in the very back, 4th person over from the right:

Two weeks ago on Sunday around 9pm, I got a call from a downright chipper Rob, declaring that he had broken his leg.  I'm sure it was the shock of the incident.  He told me I needed to come to the hospital to meet him.  I asked if I could just come get him and take him to the hospital and that is when he informed me that his foot was not facing the correct direction.  Ick, okay just go!  Apparently he thought the fun thing to do while being loaded onto an ambulance is to take a picture (this is the graphic pic - I guess it may not be that graphic but it creeps me out so I thought it deserved warning):

He had literally just fallen wrong while stopping once but that was enough to do it.  I guess the fact that his foot was facing the wrong direction wasn't proof positive to the ER staff that it was broken so they went ahead and got some xrays.  Here you can see the spiral break:



They put his foot facing the correct direction (I'll leave those details out but suffice it to say that it was unfortunate that the thing that was supposed to knock him out for 10 minutes didn't work) and wrapped it.  He went to the ortho unit (it was 1am by this point) and I finally left at 3am to go home and sleep for a few hours before his surgeon came to talk to us.  I was back up at 7am, we saw the surgeon, and he was in surgery from 1-4pm.  He came back looking like this:



His leg came back looking like this (I got to be the first one to ask if they made it look like a skate on purpose):

His leg was broken in 2-3 spots but there were a total of 10 or so breaks.  His tibia had a spiral break and a lengthwise break by the ankle; his fibia had a butterfly break.  Basically, he REALLY broke his leg.  The put in a plate and 8 screws, which is what you were seeing in the previous picture.  After one more night in the hospital, he was allowed to go home with the instructions to stay off of it and stay home to avoid people accidently bumping it.  Finally yesterday he got his hard cast on, choosing the color that was closest to his team color:

Hannah was the first to sign, followed by Hailey (the "H") and then me (R+A in the heart): 



He still has to stay off it by using crutches and he can't drive or put any weight on it until the cast comes off in 6 weeks, at which point he will go into a walking cast for another 6 weeks.  They said about 2/3rds of the cases need physical therapy, so we will see.  All in all, they expect it to take 6 months to a year before he is 100% again.  So yes, Daddy REALLY DID "ba-wake his yeg."  A lot.

3 Years In Review

Wow, 3 already!  Here we go!


Height/Weight:

~ At birth, she was 8lbs 15oz and 21 3/4 inches

~ At age 1, she was 22lbs 12oz and 31 inches

~ At age 2, she was 27lbs 12oz and 35 3/4 inches

~ At age 3, she is 31lbs 9oz and 38 inches

Physical Features:

~ At birth, her hair was black. Her eyes were blue grey.

~ At age 1, her hair was brown but there wasn't much except in the back. Her eyes were blue with a few specks of bright brown around her pupil. She had two teeth with four more on the way.

~ At age 2, her hair was brown and there is definitely a lot more of it. She had her first trim. Her eyes were brown in the middle but are still mostly blue grey around the outside. There may be a little green in there as well. She had all her first year teeth, except her "i" teeth which are just now starting to come in. No two year molars yet.

~ At age 3, she has rich brown hair cut in a chin-lenght bob with bangs.  She has had her first real cut (thanks to grabbing a pair of safety scissors and giving herself bangs).  Her eyes are mostly grey with a brown starburst in the middle.  She has all her teeth, although her 2 year molars are just now coming in.

Milestones:

~ At birth, she was good at sleeping and nursing.

~ At age 1, she could walk, say 2 words, turn pages, point, clap, laugh, give high five, wave, try to run, feed herself, eats table foods, uses spoon, put things in a basket, climb stairs, drink out of a sippy and straw cup, give hugs, follow simple instuctions, climb on rocking horse, and recognize her name.

~ At age 2, she could run, say about 150 words, use 2-4 word sentences, ask questions, give commands, feed herself with a spoon and fork, drink out of a regular cup, climb the stairs normally, follow more complex directions, and climb the rock wall and bars on our swingset.

~ At age 3, she can run, jump, hop, climb, balance, say hundreds of words, use up to 6 or 7 word sentences, ask harder questions, engage in conversation, be understood by most people, get her own water and plates/utensils, get some of her own snacks, follow multi-step directions, starting to pump on swing, do somersaults, peddle a trike and bike with training wheels, use a scooter, recognize emotions, color somewhat in the lines, draw circles and lines, draw Ts Xs and Hs, tell a story, hold her pencil correctly, tell you her first name, call others by their name, recognize some foods she can't have from allergies, show preferences, count to 12, say most of the ABCs, show you that she is 3, count objects to 12, name a few shapes, name several colors, and sing some songs with most words.

Pictures:

~ At birth:

~ At age 1:

~ At age 2:

 ~ At age 3:

Birthday/Easter Weekend

Hailey's 3rd birthday happens to fall the day before Easter so we celebrated both this weekend.  We started off with a combo birthday/Easter party at playgroup for Hailey (and Madison) at Cassie's house.  I made the cake and some of the food.  We had an Easter egg hunt and the kids loved it.

Here is Hailey, ready to celebrate her birthday and Easter:

Madison wanted a flower, so here is the cake we made with sprinkles:

The two girls, celebrating their 3rd and 4th birthdays:

They really like each other:

Playgroup fun:

Heading outside for the Easter egg hunt:

Eggs, eggs, everywhere:

There are plenty of eggs for everyone:

Almost done:

Time to sing and eat cake:

The cake has soy in it so Hailey is having a cookie she decorated instead:

On to celebrate with Grammy and Grampy - she loves the horse they gave her: 

She also loves the baby doll:



Tired from a big day: 

Hannah is in a church play at Grammy & Grampy's church for the sunrise Easter service:

Looks like the Easter bunny has been here:



And here:



And here:

Gampy is good at helping find eggs:

Hannah's basket is getting full:

Look at all those eggs:

And all those eggs too:

What a fun birthday/Easter weekend!!!

Hailey's 3rd Birthday

How old is our super sweet little girl today?

Last Day of Speech Therapy (EI)

It is hard to believe that today is Hailey's final day of speech therapy with Early Intervention (a program that only goes to age 3).  Maybe it is just because we were so late entering the program, but it seems like such a short time has passed since we began this journey.  Luckily, in this short period, our very smart little girl has absolutely blossomed.  The same child that was having trouble saying words and putting together short phrases is now speaking in sentences.  Her progress has been nothing short of amazing.  She still has a little work to do (which is why she qualified for the school speech therapy) but I wouldn't have believed you if you had told me that she would make this type of progress this quickly when we started.  I couldn't be happier with our experience and am sad to see our speech therapist go.  For her final day, we made her cookies and cards and she was very touched by the guesture.  I hope she realizes what has been a huge blessing she has been to us.  We are so thankful for all the ways she helped Hailey!

Hailey and Miss Tina