October, 2009

Kenny is a nose-picker.   I know that all kids at this age probably are, but he gets into it with such gusto that he actually zones out sometimes when he's got a good one.   Fortunately, he has a pretty good sense of humor about it, too. I will say, "Ya goin' fishin' Kenny?"   "Yep!" he'll reply, with a smile, "Catchin' a big one, too!" When he learned…

This morning Kenny's pediatrician's office held it's first Swine Flu vaccination clinic from 9 to 12.   We decided to to there instead of our normal 9 am church service, and when we arrived, there was a line that snaked from the open door of the doctor's office around the sidewalk and into the parking lot.   It was 42 degrees and raining, but families were undeterred as they stood…

Cooper is beginning to figure out how to walk with his cast, in spite of the doctor assuring us that 1). He shouldn't, and 2). He can't, given the particular way that they angle the foot in the cast.   I actually did ask the doctor what to do if he tried to walk.   He laughed and said, "Push him over."   Ha.   Yeah.   After I cheer…

We ended up taking Cooper back to the orthopedic doctor today.   He's had no appetite, been cranky and moody and this morning he just collapsed into sobs every time he tried to walk or crawl.   They ended up taking off the cast and re-doing it.   The first one went right up to where his diaper hits, and it was so sung that his little adorable fat rolls…

Though the x-rays were inconclusive, the orthopedic doctor we saw today is fairly certain that there is indeed a fracture in Cooper's lower leg and he is now in a bright blue cast from his toes to his hip. Waaaaaaa Putting the cast on was akin to what should be illegal torture.   I mean, the kid doesn't even like to be pinned down for a diaper change.   Holding…

Today was one of those glorious Fridays: perfect, cloudless and warm. Casey finished up a round of meetings early, and we decided to meet downtown for a walk and an early dinner.     I packed Dudley and the boys in the car and we headed down.   By the time we got there, the 78 degree day somehow became an 88 degree one (total surprise) and before we'd even…

Between late night meetings and my website being down for most of yesterday, I have had  news waiting to be posted for nearly 48 hours now: I am pregnant! And not just 48 hours pregnant, but eight whole weeks!   We had our first doctor's visit on Monday and all is well: a solid heartbeat and the baby is measuring just the right size.   My due date is May…

As the sun rose this morning, Kenny was joyous to discover Baa in bed with him (yeah, Daddy!) and asked Casey to recount The Story over and over again of how his poor lost lamb was found.   By the fifth telling of it, Casey was doing a belly crawl through the wild North Carolina brush, only to grasp the bleating foundling and somersault out of the woods with him,…

Kenny has had a little stuffed animal named "Baa" that he has slept with every night since he was barely 12 months old.   He once had fluffy white fur, but one day Dudley chewed off his left ear, and being very germ-o-phobic, I threw him in the wash, causing his fluff to become matted and grey somewhere in the spin cycle.   All the more lovable. When he was…

We  are having a wonderful time here in the Outer Banks.   Non-stop walks, running around on the beach, games of catch and hide and seek fill our days.   You'd think we are all sleeping like rocks.   Ha. The first four nights, Kenny crawled into our bed (which is much smaller than our bed at home) just after midnight, prompting me to creep into his bunk bed around…