Ramsey's 4 month wellness checkup was on 10-12-10. He weighed 15.11 lbs and was 25.5 inches long. The doctor said that he is still around 75th percentile in both categories. He was in a great mood, smiling and talking to everyone at the doctors office. Then that mean ole shot lady came in! He got three shots in his legs and it was so sad. In other Ramsey news, last week I started feeding him baby cereal in the morning. He is really starting to get the hang of it. We will try veggies for dinner later in the week. I'm not sure how much of the food he's actually getting. It seems like the majority ends up on his face, bib, hands, or on me! It is fun though. A new activity for us to do everyday :) He is still IN LOVE with his feet! He can get his left big toe into his mouth! He really hates it when we over his feet with clothes or socks. He has already rolled over a few times out of anger and/or frustration but he is on the verge of rolling over just because he wants to. It won't be too long before he's going a million miles a minute, like his big brother!!
On 10-20-10, Oden broke his left arm. Our first broken bone! It was my craziest experience with Oden to date. Oden, Ramsey, Michael, and I were outside playing. Oden loves running. It's difficult to make him stop, ever. He was running down our driveway when he fell and tried to break the fall with his arms. I knew in an instant it was going to be bad. Michael scooped him up and brought him to me. He was screaming while I was looking for blood. Then, I lifted his sleeves to check and I noticed his left arm looked odd. It was slightly bowed. No bruising, no swelling, it just looked strange to me. Not knowing what to do, we tried to divert his attention to playing some more. It became clear very quickly that he needed to go to the ER. So in sets the panic. I made about a dozen phone calls before I decided I would take Oden, and Michael would wait with Ram at the house. Gramma Dee Dee came over to watch Ramsey. After our experiences with the Bolingbrook Hospital we decided to go to the Edward in Plainfield Quick Care. I made the right choice. They were very catering and sympathetic towards Oden, who was not a happy camper. To make a long story short, they x-rayed his arm, then put a soft cast on it. We were only in the ER for about a hour. We went straight to Target and bought him a new train. Bribery was the only was we could get him to kind of behave throughout everything. The following day we went to the pediatric orthopedic. He looked at the xrays, determined it was a 25 degree break (which is pretty significant), then we discussed our options. The possibility of surgery was mentioned. Depending on how the break heals, he still may need surgery. He now has a hard blue cast all the way up past his elbow. It will be on for about 4 weeks, and we go back weekly to get xrays and make sure that it's healing correctly. Oden is doing pretty good with his new handicap. It was difficult for him to adjust the first couple of days but now I think we all forget that he even has a broken arm! He's one tough little dude!
I have been working on posting this blog for a little over a week. Now I will have to get all of the Halloween pictures on here!! Perhaps later in the day...... if the boys allow it!
Our poor blue armed boy :(
At Dollinger's pumpkin farm
Oden loved the goats! I didn't love all of the goat poop on the bottom of our shoes!
The train wasn't running because it was a weekday, but we still had to pry Oden away from the train tracks screaming..... the boy loves his trains!
Jess and I with our little pumpkins
Tiny baby pumpkin
Running through all of the play houses....
SHORTY!!
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