Jordan's Broken Arm! Caution: It Might Be A Little Graphic!!!!

On Tuesday, April 2 after preschool we went to the park to play with some friends from church. Lately we have been going to the same park a couple times a week, so this was nothing out of the ordinary. 

Jordan and one of his friends were taking turns hanging from this ladder and dropping down. (I took this picture when we had our Easter Egg Hunt at the park the week before.) I am pretty sure he fell down sooner than he meant to and fell onto his tummy. He went to catch himself by putting his hand out, and snap, it broke! I was sitting on the grass with Alia and the other moms and heard Jordan whining a little. Usually I would tell him to come to me or that he was ok since he was only slightly whining, but this time I felt I should go see what was going on. Since he wasn't really crying, I did not expect to see what I saw, his arm was bent!!!

I am so not good with this kind of stuff, so at first I screamed. Then I reminded myself that I needed to stay calm so he would stay calm. I took a few breaths so I could calm myself. I honesty don't remember what happened for sure, but I am pretty sure my friend, Kim, picked him up and carried him back to the other moms. 

Silly me starts packing up all our stuff and told the other moms that I can just take both kids to the ER with me by myself! Now I laugh at myself, how could I have possibly have done that! I have to thank all of them for keeping their cool and helping me figure out the best thing to do, so I could just go along with what they had decided. I was in no condition to make decisions. 

I hurried and called Josh so he could meet me at the hospital, then I left Alia and my car at the park and Kim drove Jordan and me to the ER. Thanks Kim for being so calm and taking care of both Jordan and me!!! And thanks Atrena for taking care of Alia!!! Luckily Josh walking into the ER waiting room right when they called Jordan back. 

So this is what his little armed looked like, its a bit much for me to take in that's why I left the picture small! When I called Josh, he was driving around, so he called his secretary and said that he would be out for a few hours since Jordan was in the ER. All I said on the phone was Jordan broke his arm at the park and which hospital we were going to, I didn't mention that I knew for sure his arm what broken. He thought I was being overprotective, and just taking him the the ER cause his arm hurt! He thought he would be going back to work in a few hours! 

After they took his x-ray they put him in a bed, and he went right to sleep for about an hour. 

When he woke up he was disappointed cause his arm wasn't fixed yet, so we turned on some cartoons to help keep his mind off it. 

They wanted to sedate him to set his arm, but he had eaten right before he broke it so we had to wait until his tummy was empty to do anything. We got to the ER about 1 and they said the earliest they could do it was 4:30, but of course since its the ER it was almost 6 by the time they got everyone there that they needed for the procedure. We just kept his arm covered so we could all try not to think about what it looked like, it still makes my tummy turn to think about! 

They didn't give him any pain medicine until after 3, so I was preparing myself for him to start crying cause it hurt so bad. He never did! He was so brave! He never once said that it hurt, and he even did an awesome job when they put his IV in. Good thing the nurse stood in front of me when she did the IV, cause I was the one that got a little emotional. I am so glad he did so well, cause if he would have cried I would have been a mess! He did way better than I did while we were there, and he was the one that was hurt! 

They had us leave the room, then sedated him and fixed him all up. He had no idea he even went to sleep! 

We had to stay for about 2 more hours after he was all done, so they could observe him. This was the only time he cried a little, but it was only because he was so ready to go home. We finally left the ER about 8:30.

He even got a teddy bear for being so good, Alia got one too! 

Now comes the tricky part, trying to figure out how to do things with his left hand. He's doing pretty well trying to adapt, he only get frustrated a little.

Now we are just waiting for all the insurance stuff to go through so we can get his cast on. 

He is doing really well with it all, and is as happy as ever! 

February and March

Here's a quick update of the past 2 months:

Top: Alia getting big - Jordan doing his sad Charlie Brown walk

Helping Mom make measuring boards for the kids - Blowing bubbles in a Batman cape

Alia loves her exersaucer - Jordan making a graham cracker house

  

Top: Alia after her bath - Alia trying rice cereal for the first time (eating baby food is not her favorite thing!)

Jordan doing tummy time with Alia

Bottom: Jordan wanted a picture of him jumping

Alia being cute as ever - Jordan helping Dad wash the truck

The week before Easter we had an Easter Egg Hunt at the park with some friends from church, and the Easter Bunny even showed up! 

Easter

We dyed eggs the night before Easter, of course this is one of Jordan's favorite things about Easter. We didn't tell Jordan that the next day was Easter so he was surprised when he saw eggs hiding around the house when he went downstairs. He started looking for eggs before he even saw his basket, we had to point it out to him!  

The Easter outfits my parents sent, aren't they super cute?! 

January 2013

Jordan is 5!!! 

For Jordan's birthday, Josh took him to the Monster Truck Show. He LOVED it, he still talks about monster trucks every day!!

 We just had a nice, quiet celebration here at home. He wanted a firetruck themed cake, so we made a little house on fire and put a Lego firefighter and firetruck on it. I let him put the "fire" on the cake. Lets just say I wont be trying out for the Next Great Baker or anything, but at least Jordan liked the cake! 

Randomness from the month

Top: Jordan playing with his Ninja Turtle Legos! - My sweet kids!

Bottom:  We have Alia sit and play in her highchair while we eat so she can be part the family, she's getting too big! 

My first loaf of bread! It turned out so yummy, and with the recipe the bread doesn't fall apart when you make sandwiches! - A frog we found in the backyard. They are all over the place, I found 3 in the garage in November while I was getting my Christmas decorations out! 

Christmas

We finally had guests at our house for Christmas!! It was so nice to be with family and not have to travel for Christmas! Grandpa John, Grandma Suzy, and Jeremy (Josh's family) came for about a week and a half. 

 The first night they were here we went to a Jam basketball game. They are always lots of fun to go to, cause we get to sit right next to the court and watch NBA D league games. The seats are so close I don't even have to zoom in to take pictures! 

 The next day Josh took Jordan and his family to Universal Studios, Alia and I stayed home cause I thought it would be too cold to have Alia out all day. They had lots of fun, and even got to spend the day with some of Grandma Suzy's family who happen to be on vacation at the same time. 

They stayed the night in a hotel then we to see the Space Shuttle Endeavor in LA, it was in a museum with other things to do. Look like they had lots of fun! Jordan loved seeing the "spaceship" and still talks about it. 

 One of Jordan and my favorite Christmas traditions is making gingerbread houses, this year made our guest make some too! I think Josh and I miss Germany too much, he made a castle and I made a Christmas market! 

 We were also able to bless Alia while Josh's family was here, so Josh's dad had the opportunity to participate in her blessing. Doesn't she look like a sweet angel in her blessing dress?!

 We did a lot of baking while family was here, oh and it was all so yummy! Of course we had to make some sugar cookies so we could decorate them and set them out for Santa. 

 We must have all been really good this year! 

But wait we lost Alia in all the presents!!! 

So much fun opening presents! 

Josh's family had to go back home a few days after Christmas, we loved having them here to celebrate with! 

For New Years we went to see the light display they have here in town. It was pretty cold, especially since we are all wimps this year in California winter! I was so worried the whole time that Alia would be freezing, but when I took her blanket off in the car she was toasty warm! 

More catching up to come soon! 

October-December

I keep telling myself "this time I am going to keep my blog up to date." Lets see if I can actually do it this time, I wouldn't count on it though! 

 Back in October Jordan's school had the firemen come and let the kids have a little tour around the firetruck. Jordan had so much fun with his little friends.

 For Halloween, Jordan chose to be Darth Vader, we thought about who Alia could be from Star Wars that is cute and little. R2D2 of course! I just had to make her costume girly by adding the tutu and flower! 

Jordan wasn't totally into trick-or-treating, we didn't make it too far before he wanted to sit in the stroller and go home. 

 We had a blast at Disney on Ice. I thought Jordan would get bored and want to go home halfway through, but he was entertained the entire show. 

 We went home to Utah for Thanksgiving so everyone could meet our sweet Alia! Josh's dad and step-mom are so good to have Thanksgiving dinner the Sunday before Thanksgiving so we only have to go to 2 dinners instead of 3! 

In the first picture Jordan is helping with the relish tray, then he had to take a break to be with his sister. In the biggest picture the kids are all playing so nicely! I was impressed, Jordan isn't the best at sharing! 

The last row: Josh watching Alia (he would poke he with that foam sword every now and then!), everyone chatting after dinner, and sword fighting with cousins. 

 These are all just random pictures from our trip

top: Our cute little family

Josh's mom, sister and her family, and our family

Bottom: my sister, Grandma Dot, and Alia 

The grand kids on my side 

Alia with her great grandma, Josh's grandma

Alia meeting my grandparents

There are a few random pictures too, my sister and niece

Jordan and Rem playing video games, and loving on Alia

 When we got home from Utah we decorated our house for Christmas, and our Elf on the Shelf started coming. It took Jordan a few hours to come up with the perfect name for him, Little Elf. Very creative, isn't it! 

 

Top pictures are just from us hanging out at home:

Jordan loved my Christmas village so much he made one of his own with his Batcave, Blocks, and cars.

Loving on his sister

Making Alia so food while she plays with her toys, he loves his sister so much!

Bottom: Jordan's Christmas Program at school, doesn't he look nice all dressed up! We love that little man!

Hopefully soon I will get the updated!