All The Kings Horses, and All The Kings Men.....

couldn't put Ava's elbow back together again. But the doctor could, and now she's in a splint. On Monday, she'll get a BE*A*UTIFUL cast the goes up past her elbow.

She fell off our kitchen chair. It was a very tragic event. Nate thought she dislocated her shoulder, but her shoulder looked ok. She stopped screaming for a minute, but then she kept holding her arm, so I called the doctor, and the doctor said to come into Instacare. At first, they thought it was her wrist because it was swollen. They took her to get x-rays and they came back just fine. Then Nate mentioned that whenever we touch her elbow, she cries. So, the doc started feeling her elbow, and she started screaming! They took her back again to get x-rayed, and it showed she broke her elbow.

Pics will come soon.

It's been a tragic couple of days. Ava is extremely independent. Take that independence away because of a broken elbow that has to be in a sling, and you get one extremely ornery 2 year old.

On the upside, I took Hallie in for her 4 month old check up. She is 24 inches long and weighs 12 lbs. 11 oz. She is growing like a weed! The doctor couldn't believe that she is sleeping through the night and that she's all ready tripled her birthweight. She's a champ!

Look Who's 4 Months Old!

Time has gone by too fast.

My little Halliekins is 4 months old.

I love her cheeks and the way she growls at me.

She loves her hands and is starting to drool.

She now goes to sleep around 9 p.m.

She smells like heaven.

She laughed for the first time the other night.

I love her.

Holidays

Licking the beater. That's our favorite part of making cookies!
Our yummy cookies!

Fresh pinecones that we picked up in our court.

Part of our Christmas tree decorations.

This Christmas has been sooooooooooooo busy! Ava has helped me complete lots of projects, but our favorite thing to do is bake cookies. We also had fun picking up pinecones! I was going to dip them in some glitter or something, but never got around to it. I also got a new camera (YAHOO!) and so I have been taking TONS of pictures.

Meeting Great Great Grandma

I love these hands.

Kind, beautiful, strong.

What a precious picture.

The main reason we went to Idaho was so Hallie and Great-Great Grandma Spaulding could finally meet. Grandma S. has sent countless letters and cards since Hallie was born. Grandma remembers when my mom had toxemia and has been really worried since I had Hallie. It was so good to see her and talk to her and know that she is doing all right. She will be 90 years young in May and she is the kindest, most thoughtful person I know. I love her dearly. It was just amazing to watch her interact with our two girls.

Kids These Days

Just now, Nate was watching the sports part of the news. All of a sudden, Ava exclaims, "Daddy! Don't watch that!"

Muaaaah muaaah haa.... my influence over her is AMAZING! :)

It just cracked me up.