THE RED CAST

Today we learned that Charlotte's ankle was indeed broken. We went in to get her cast today. It's going to have to stay on for 3 weeks. During that time, we now need to keep watch over her to make sure that due to the size of the cast, that she doesn't hurt her hip.

Through it all Charlotte has been a trouper, no doubt about it! She has been in a very good mood and is still crawling, albeit it little slower. The good news is that the injury will not affect her in the future nor will it slow her down when it comes to her learning to walk!

We feel very fortunate that she is ok! Thank you to everyone who has commented to us on the previous posting with our reenactment! Melissa and I couldn't decide if we would be bad parents by posting it, or if everyone would also see humor as a way of coping with the stress of the situation.

Here is Charlotte getting her cast put on by the super friendly nurse!



It didn't take long for Charlotte to notice the cast, but she hasn't (yet) tried to remove it like she does her socks and shoes.


Those little piggies reminded me of a product shot of a burrito with little chicken strips. Maybe it was just because I was hungry!

Chili Dog was happy to see Charlie crawling on the floor!




Thank you again to everyone who has sent us their kind words of concern and prayers for Charlotte to heal quickly!

Charlotte's first Boo Boo

Charlotte suffered her first boo boo! She has recently started to crawl and she happened to crawl her way off the bed while we were in the next room! She may have broken a little bone in her foot (distal fibula for those with a strong anatomy background). The good news is that unless her ankle is touched, she remains in good spirits! I took her to her doctor today to get checked out. He sees what he calls an "irregularity" and wants us to take her to an orthopedic doctor tomorrow. So, more updates to follow!

Since it was my first time taking our daughter in for an injury, I didn't expect the line of questioning that is involved with such a matter! I felt like I was being interrogated by DFCS! I guess it's the norm, but after third person gives me the drill, it got a bit old.

So, here is our way to share the story and to have a little fun at it! The following reenactment is based on true events and is for dramatic purposes only. No children or animals were harmed during the filming of this episode.

1. [cue Law and Order sound] Our tale begins with little Charlotte, nearly asleep, laying on the bed along side the pooches.
2. While Melissa and I are in the bathroom, just outside of bedroom doorway, Charlotte begins to exercise her newly developed crawling skills.
3. Oh no, LOOK OUT CHARLOTTE! Wrigley, why aren't you stopping her? My God dog - do something! BAD DOG! BAD DOG!!
4. ... and over the edge she goes! (we can't afford blue screen technology, so please ignore Melissa in this photo)
5. Down ... down to the ground. (thanks again to our nifty special effects department, aka Melissa!)
6. We have touch down.
7. I feel the need to remind everyone that Charlotte is feeling fine and that this is merely a reenactment!

While Charlotte and I were at her doctor's office, she was having a BLAST playing with her reflection in the mirror!

She would throw her pacifier down, but would get confused one which one was the real pacifier and which was the reflection! She was so cute, but I couldn't help laughing my butt off! What can I say, she was having fun!


Here is Charlotte when we got back from getting her x-rays. She was very happy to be home with her Mommy and to get into her PJ's!


Coming over to give her Daddy a kiss!

10 month photos

I am a couple of weeks late posting these, but here are the photos of Charlotte on her 10 month birthday along side her bunny yard stick. That little rabbit is getting smaller and smaller! If you look closely, you can see Charlotte's four teeth, although the fourth was just coming through.






And now for the boo boo ...