Austin Strikes Again

Austin decided to try standing on a ball and fell face first into a table.  OUCH!

 

The good news is that he didn't knock a tooth out and that he didn't break a tooth.  The bad news is that his lip wasn't huge and scraped up meaning that the force of the fall went full on to his gums.  Now we are in a waiting game, will his teeth stay white and normal or will they turn dark?  If they turn dark the Dentist recommended root canals.  Yikes!

I am hoping they just stay white.  :o)

Bikes - Day 2

The kids asked if they could go out and ride their bikes again today.  Sure!  So glad they are excited about riding them. 

Lincoln looked a lot more comfortable on his bike today.  He is still trying to figure out pedaling but was doing a great job.

 
Payton is really doing well.  Since getting the bigger bike she really has figured out pedaling and now just needs to figure out the balancing part.  Haha!

They were so fun to watch.  It reminded me of when my sister and I would ride our bikes from our driveway to our neighbors driveway and back again.  Fun times.  I really need to take them to the church parking lot or something so that they don't need to worry about falling off the sidewalk or the dips of all the driveways.
  

Lincoln did take a couple of spills today.  He was a good sport about them though.  I wish I would have caught his facial expression when he fell in the grass.  He started crying and then realized that was probably the best place to bail and started laughing.

One of the other times he fell, the handle bars turned and the placard cut his face.  None of us realized he had gotten cut until he tried to take his helmet off and felt a little flap of skin.  Then of course the tears started and it hurt really really bad.  Haha!  I thought the booboo was from the strap of his helmet but when Dave was looking at the pictures and heard me tell how he fell he put two and two together and immediately went out and took the Avengers placard off the bike.  I am hoping Lincoln won't notice.

All and all it was a good day.

Little Helpers

Having an injury is so hard for me.  I am usually on the go all the time and not being able to do the things I normally do is driving me crazy.  It is a good thing I have such great helpers!  My mom and grandma have taken turns coming and helping out.  So grateful!

Payton and Lincoln have been so great, doing most everything I ask with little or no complaints.  The tasks have been both big and small and it has been such a blessing.  Even little Austin has been a big help, grabbing his own diaper and wipes then laying down in front of me so that I could change him with out moving too much was awesome.  Who knew they were so capable?

Today I snapped a few pictures on my phone of Lincoln helping me out with the laundry.  He and Austin carried all the loads out to the garage to be washed, put the clothes in the washer for me, then pulled them out again when they were done and handed them to me to put in the dryer so that I wouldn't have to bend over, and finally carried the baskets of clean clothes back in.  So awesome! Now who can I get to fold?  ;O)

Austin has also decided that he is my little buddy.  He is never far from where I am laying and is usually touching me or sitting on me.  Makes me feel loved.  :o)

 

Also today, Payton had been invited to a birthday party after school.  Again I feel truly blessed as I had three different parents all volunteer to take Payton to and from the party.  Everyone has been so nice. 

 

The party was for her friend Riya and they went to Raspberry Lips.  It kind of sounds like Bibitty Bobitty Boo at Disneyland.  The girls get to go and dress up, have their hair and make up done, and nails painted.  Right up Payton's alley.

 

From what I heard and from the pictures that the wonderful moms sent to me it looks like they met Elsa.  Payton couldn't stop talking about it.  They met the REAL Elsa.  Haha!  I love it!  Anyway, it sounds like everyone had a great time.

 



I have fallen and can't get up...

Our day started off pretty good.  I tried a new hair do on Payton, thought it looked pretty cute.  Thanks Auntie Ashley for the idea.  :o)

 

 

Then something happened.  I threw my back out.  Boo!  My best guess is that I did it getting Austin out of the car or putting the boys into the cart at Target.  It started off as just a twinge and by the time I got home from picking Payton up I could hardly move.  It hurt so bad.  Every move seemed to make me cry.  So grateful that my dad was willing to stop by and take me to the doctor.

While I was waiting for my dad I was trying to think of something I could do to keep the kids entertained until we had to leave.  So we started a following a tutorial to make Olaf on the rainbow loom.

Matress falls on Austin

Yep, it was just as horrible as it sounds.  Dave and I bought a new mattress this morning which was delivered tonight.  Dave was trying to be helpful and brought our old mattress out to the kitchen and leaned it against the wall so that it would be right there when the delivery guys came.  Well, Lincoln and Austin were playing and Lincoln accidentally knocked the mattress over and unfortunately it landed on poor little Austin.  I was at the sink when it happened.  I heard the mattress fall and turned around to see two little feet sticking out from under the mattress.

So grateful he was not seriously hurt, just a bloody nose and a fat lip.

Austin Gets Stitches

Went on a family picnic up at Santa Teresa Park.  Austin was crawling around and somehow his head connected with the pavement at the exact place a little rock was sitting.  The rock stuck in his forehead and off we went to the ER.

Fortunately, when we got there the same plastic surgeon that stitched up Lincoln's forehead was there and was available to stitch up Austin.  He ended up with 4 stitches in his forehead and I don't think he could have taken anymore.  He screamed and fought the entire time and managed to escape the papoose once...almost twice.  He is such a strong a determined little boy.

Love the "after" hair.

Nails and Owies

Sunday was toe nails and today was finger nails.  I never thought I would have Lincoln following me around begging for me to paint his finger nails, but he was.  He opted for a nice bright blue color and Payton went with a sparkly purple.

Austin, Austin, Austin.  Please stop taking after your brother.  I do not want to end up in the ER with you too.  Today was a hard day for little Austie.  First, while pushing a kids chair around he let it get too far away from him and Wham!  Head straight to the hard wood.  Then later while he was crawling down the hallway, Payton ran by and accidentally kicked his arm out from underneath him and Smack! Face to the hardwood.  His poor forehead.

Lincoln tries to be Superman!

We went to our friend Ela's house today to play.  They have a nice big trampoline that the kids just love to play on.

While the kids were outside playing, I was standing at the kitchen sink looking out the window watching the kids play.  I had been watching them for 10 to 15 minutes and had seen all the kids get on and off the trampoline several times.  They were doing great!

All of a sudden I see Lincoln standing on the edge of the trampoline in his "jumping stance".  The same stance he takes when he is about to jump off the couch.  He's going to jump off the trampoline...That would be like jumping off the kitchen counter!  As I see him I say, "No, don't jump!" 

Ela was out the door before I finished the sentence.  I think I paused thinking/hoping he would land on his feet.  Unfortunately, that didn't happen.  His little legs hit the retaining wall around the trampoline causing him to go face first into the grass.  Ouch!

I am just so glad that his teeth didn't go all the way through his lip.  Heck!  I am so glad he didn't go face first into the retaining wall. 

Poor little guy!