Adventures into the unknown........

What a week.   This is a long one folks.....I will post picture later.   :>)


On Tuesday we piled into the car for a road trip to look at a camper for my Dad and his girlfriend Theresa (Hugs to you guys!)   


The 40 minute trip turned into an hour because we got lost twice.  The place was pretty much in the boonies.....but very popular for camping.   It is close to the river and the guy who owned the camper let's call him Phil, said it was cheaper or him to rent the space in that lot than it was to store it in the city. 


Now neither Peter nor I know absolutely anything about what to look for in a camper.  So as Phil was spouting off facts about the spects on the camper....something about the white, gray, and black tanks.... we both nodded and smiled.   After thinking about the tank thing I think I know exactly what he was saying and I will not be going anywhere near the black tank.  


Overall it was a nice looking camper and I don't yet know what the final decision was from my Dad. 




Thursday I got  a call from our Daycare saying that Carter had fallen and was hurt.  (Instant freak out alarm.)
She told me he had fallen and was not moving his left arm. I hurried as quickly as I could to get out of work to go get him. When I picked him up I took him directly to our doctors office. 


Let's back up a little.


 Back in September we were attending my cousins wedding in Colorado.   The day of the wedding we were headed out to grab some lunch and when we were putting Carter into the car he got hurt.  He would not move his left arm at all.  Our family friend and PA who was attending the wedding came and looked at him.  She thought right away that it was "Nursemaids elbow"  Check out this link for a little more info.   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001978/   She tried to feel if she could get it back into place.   She couldn't get it and we ended up taking him to an urgent care center.  They did X-rays and the doctor there was able to pop it back into place.   We missed the wedding but made it to the reception.  My Dad still feels terrible because he was the person putting Carter into the car.  (He really shouldn't, it could have happened to anyone of us.)


Fast forward to Thursday......


I suspected that he had Nursemaids elbow again, just because of the way he was acting and holding his arm.  They did some X-rays and then went ahead and tried at the clinic to get it back in place.  She had no luck.  She recommended we take him into the ER or try to see an ortho guy on Friday.  We went to the ER because he was in pain and I wasn't going to make him wait all night.


When we got to the ER they got us checked in and into a room pretty quickly.  A few minutes later a doctor came in and looked at the X-rays we had brought with us.  Carter and I were sitting on the bed and the doctor came over and took Carter's hand and moved his arm a little.  Carter cried and the doctor said, "I felt a little click.  Let's give him a few minutes and see if he starts moving it."  

Well he didn't even try to move it  so they got a second ER doctor to come in and he was able to pop it right back in.    So about 15 minutes later we were headed home.   Unfortunately this is something we will need to be careful with because  it will likely happen again.   Poor baby!!

So we had our first off roading (well pretty much it was really in the boonies)  road trip and our first visit to the ER all in a matter of a few days. 

Stages

Carter is weaned.  

We nursed for 15.5 months and I worked for 12 of those 15.5.   I am thrilled that we were succesful and were able to nurse for that long.   It was good for him and we enjoyed the bonding time.  Looking back the actual weaning process was not as bad as I thought it would be.  The hardest time to cut out was the middle of the night nursing session, which toward the end was just "I want to be with mommy" time.  The last nursing session we cut was the bedtime and that went pretty smoothly.  I simply stopped letting him nurse unless he asked to. 

I am pro nursing if you are able to.  I say if you are able, because there are some mom's out there who just cannot produce enough milk.  It is a choice and a big commitment to decide to nurse and to continue to nurse after you have gone back to work.  I totally get how hard a decision it can be.

 I send out a big "Thank You!" to my co-workers who were very understanding with my pumping schedule. 

 I also send out a big "Thank You and I Love You!"  to my hubby who supported me in the decision to breastfeed. 

So this stage is his life is over. 

Yes........I will shed a few tears as I shop for new bras. 

He has moved on to a new stage. The stubborn throwing things saying "no!" discovering his independence stage.   Check out the face!

But when he is naughty and you try to repremand him he looks at you with those big dark eyes and smiles and just melts your heart.  

I think I am in trouble.

Love My Mom

Dear Mom,

Thank you for holding my hand when I was afraid and telling me it would be alright even when you were just as scared as me.

Thank you for putting up with teenage me. (enough said)

Thank you for cleaning up my messes both figuratively and literally.

Thank you for your support in everything.

Thank you for telling me to use my better judgement.  It did come in handy and work out well in most cases.  Occasionally there was a snaffu, but always a lesson learned.

Thank you for doing my laundry..........I appreciate how much work it really is now that I do it.

Thank you for being a shoulder to cry on, a hand to hold , and someone to talk to.

Thank you for being you!

I Love You Mom!!