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Everyday Life

Cast Away!

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I can’t wait to tell you more about our adoption story, but life is continuing as usual here and some of it is worth sharing too!

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Did you know that Reed hurt his other leg too? But, I figured we’re pros at it by now and I let him wrap his own leg.

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Doctors always wear hard hats, right?

Reed adapted really well to having a cast on. My mom was here last week and she kept telling me that  we needed to take a video of him walking with it on. Well, I procrastinated until saved it for the last half hour before he got it off.


Here he is running around with the cast on, cast shoe ready to fall off.


Walking out to the car for his doctor’s appointment! Acting a bit less crazy, so you can see his normal walking on the cast.

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Getting ready to get the cast off and making a fashion statement.

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Buzzzzzzzzzz.

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Free!

He is struggling now that it is off. He is limping very badly and walking slowly. The difference in his leg muscles is incredible! He is only supposed to walk for the next week and then back to normal running, jumping, etc. next week if he is up for it.

Second Adoption

Something to Share…

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We have something to share with you, but Reed and Lena wanted to share it with you themselves.


Lena sure is getting big, huh?

No, Lena, that’s not why you are wearing that shirt…

Wait, Mama, why am I wearing this shirt?!

You’re getting another sister!

A sister?!?


Really, a sister?!?


AHHHH!


TAXI!!!

(Details to come!)

Everyday Life

Cute

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This is one of the games I play with both kids when they are grumpy. It looks like it worked really well, right? Well, as soon as I shut the camera off, she started crying again.


This is where we were going… to take the dogs for a walk on the levee. One of the few easy outings we can do right now.


Superboy! He calls this his “Incredibles” shirt. He loves the Incredibles, but has no idea who Superman is.


I really wanted to draw on his cast… with one thing in mind!


Reed shows you what else I drew and tells you about having a cast on his leg.


Someone else wanted me to draw on her. How could I resist? Doesn’t she make a cute little tattooed girl?


Lena and I love to share kisses. Sometimes, I throw in a raspberry. Well, I was putting her in bed, giving her lots of goodnight kisses and she was returning them and then surprise… a raspberry on my cheek! She figured out how to give raspberries and it is too cute.She is just too stinkin’ cute when she wants to be.

Everyday Life

The Cast and the Eye Patch

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Reed got his cast on today… yay! He has the doctor’s permission to walk on it as much as he wants. Unfortunately, as you can see in the photo below, that is easier said than done. I have been encouraging him to move however he can and he is not so sure about that. Unless he really figures out his mobility, I don’t think he will go back to preschool until the cast is off… which is in just 3 WEEKS! Yay! When Aaron first took him to the ER, ten days ago, they said 6-8 weeks, so 4 weeks total is a huge improvement. He gets it off on 10/10!

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Lena has been doing pretty well lately. Our church had a picnic and lake baptism this past Sunday. It was a nice time all around, but what I really noticed was how connected I felt with Lena. I was holding her during the service and it started to get a bit chilly. She just leaned into me and put her head on my shoulder. I loved that.

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We are trying to figure out a trip to the East Coast. We had actually planned one leaving this Wednesday, but we cancelled it with Reed’s broken leg. We will be doing lots of fun things while we are there, and did not want him to feel left out. I am SO looking forward to this trip, whenever it happens. We planned this trip to see my family in Pennsylvania, but we will have the opportunity to connect with a lot of people along the drive and while we are there.