And the Couch Won the Battle

Happy Saturday - boy my Mommy and Daddy sure are happy the weekend is here, and I'm happy there might be some snow even though Mommy and Daddy tell me I probably won't be able to play in it. Oh well, maybe it will be pretty to look at at least.
As you can tell, I'm totally fine, but I crashed with the baby sitter's couch on Thursday when my mom came to pick me up - I cried a bit and they thought I might get a black eye, but I didn't.

Just a great battle wound to add to my list. Now I know couches are definitely harder than my face, especially when running at full speed.

Off to Disney with a Buckle Fracture

Yeah - we will be flying to Disney World in a matter of hours - I'm so ready to get away and to be somewhere that's warm for 7 days in a row (in MO, we have a warm day here or there, followed by one in the 30's -yeah it's confusing).

Anyway - I didn't update you guys, but Friday night we headed to the ER around 7:30. Riley tripped over a suitcase and fell, didn't try to catch herself but said her arm was hurting - up higher this time - and that she needed to see a dr. When your baby says they "need" a doctor your mommy instincts say ok, especially when you are going out of town, you just don't have any other options.

Well another 4 xrays later and not getting home until midnight (there's seriously nothing fast about the ER we learned) we learn she just has "Just a sprain" and to take it easy - whew, they checked her whole arm over so we are good.

Fast forward to Sunday night around 7:30PM (yeah that's the night time one) when we are packing to leave, and my princess is running around crazy because she is so excited about leaving for Disney World in 12 hrs - and a doctor from the hospital calls - and they think they might see a greenstick fracture on her arm.............seriously.................yikes...............and he asks how Riley is doing................totally improving in my opinion, but still favoring it................so not an emergency but follow up with our regular doc for some more views to be sure. Since we are leaving for Disney though - you guessed it - come back to the ER to be sure.

Sigh, 4 more xrays and the bravest girl ever - and not getting home until 12:45 this time (yeah on the night before we leave to Disney) we do have a fracture - a buckle fracture which I can totally see why they were uncertain because boy it was tiny on the xray. Put my sweetie in a splint, no crazy bumpy rides or rough housing - and in a couple of weeks it will heal itself.

I'm so glad they checked it out, that's awesome that they called us back in, how cool is that. Just continue to pray guys!!! Hugs to you all!

Update on Riley - God is Good

So I called the pediatrician today, mainly to appease Joey, because I really thought Riley was fine, sore, but fine, and they wanted to see her. This made her mama stress just a tad because I had spent the entire day telling myself she was ok, and truly believing it.

Well...................4 x-rays later, and an awesomely brave little girl who only shed a couple of tears when Mommy had to leave the x-ray room because her super, brave, awesome Daddy was right there holding her, we have a sprained arm. I was a little worried when she wasn't able to do one thing the doctor wanted her too, but all is well and now we know with pretty good certainty - she is fine, still a bit sore, but she has a new princess phone and got to eat at McDonald's for supper so all that helped a little too.

Thanks to everyone out there who was praying for our sweetie - God is good!!

So Sad :(

You know how as parents, sometimes you let your kids do things you know they shouldn't, but you put "rules" or "restrictions" so maybe it seems more ok? Like jumping on the bed, I know that it's silly that we let Riley do this - but she knows she can't jump on her bed (a twin size) and she knows she can't do it unless we are in the room with her (because that makes it better right?).........Well last night she was jumping on the bed and the phone rang, no biggie, happens all the time, so I turn to hang up the phone just as she starts spinning while jumping and well, then there was a thud and crying...........and I feel like a bad mom.

At first, she didn't move her arm much at all, kinda like she was trying, but it didn't work and I was worried, I was sure that something was broken, and she was crying, and she wanted her daddy who was playing b-ball, and well I did too. Long story short, within a few minutes, she could move her arm, it didn't swell or get any weird bruises, she'll wiggle her fingers, she'll bend her arm, she'll twist her arm, she'll squeeze your hand and while it's not as hard as her "good arm" she'll still do it. She'll let you push around on her arm without any fussing really. But, she doens't really want to put a lot of weight on it, like you know pushing herself up, or carrying something kinda heavy, but I think she's ok.

A part of me wanted to be irrational and rush her to the ER for x-rays. Even though it was 8 o'clock at night and the ER is 30 minutes away and I was pretty sure she was ok. A part of me still wanted to be a little irrational this morning and call the dr's office first thing this morning and get x-rays there, even though she slept fine and will use her arm just fine this morning - but favors it just slightly. A part of me really wishes it was me who fell off the bed and hurt my arm - even though I'm way to big to jump on the bed, but you know what I mean, as a parent you just want to take away the owies!!

This is probably the first time Riley has had a real booboo beyond a skinned knee or a bruise, I was really hoping we could make it to like 16 or something, you know, guess not. Hopefully my girl will feel better and better as the day goes on and by tomorrow or the next day she'll be all better.

And guess what - we're probably going to be "officially too big to jump on the bed anymore" at our house. Not only because of the booboo, but because I realize it was kinda silly that we've let her do it this long - even if we did have "rules" that made it safer and all.