Yet another medical incident...

Well somehow Aiden managed to hurt his ankle. He can't remember quite how he did it - he was outside playing in the driveway with his cousin Jake and they were chasing each other and he fell. Shortly after he got hurt, Jake got hurt and so Aiden never said anything until we were getting ready to leave. He mentioned he hurt his ankle and it was hurting. By the time we got home and he was limping a little bit, it had started swelling. So we iced it a bit, gave him some ibuprofen and put him to bed. This morning it was swollen up much larger and all bruised...and he could not put weight on it without causing a lot of pain. So we headed to the doctor's office and had it looked at and x-rayed. He said it was not sprained and based on preliminary results of the x-ray, it is not broken or fractured. So he said it is likely a pretty bad contusion. We should have the final x-ray results tomorrow. In the mean time, he is instructed to keep it elevated and iced and continue using the ibuprofen. Hopefully the final report comes back that there truly is no fracture or brake. Scott and I do not have the best ankles and poor Aiden is getting a young start on problems with ankles too :( He is using crutches that Ashlyn had gotten when she sprained her ankle last year so it has been an interesting day for him getting used to using the crutches. He is doing very well! Hopefully he will only need to use them for a few days and he will be back to putting pressure on it again, but we will wait and see. He is bummed that he will miss out on soccer practice and his game this week, but will be there on the sideline cheering his team on! We will report back when we find out any more details. Oh, and I figured that I would spare all of you the pictures of his yucky, swollen, black and blue ankle!!!

Fire and Police kids for the day

We spent a wonderful Labor Day weekend in the greater Cincinnati area with Mel, Eric and the kids visiting with Eric's sister, Lori and her husband, John. Brady would also make sure to add in the 5 dogs too! The cool part is that there are 4 little poodles and one large german shephard that is John's K-9 dog, Katcher. Lori and John are both police officers so with that connection we got a private tour of both the police station and the fire station! The kids were thrilled and needless to say, Brady was in heaven while we were at the fire station. He had a smile on his face from the time we pulled in the parking lot and told him where we were to the time we left!

Aiden & Jake locked in the jail cell at the Police Station! We wanted to leave them while we went and had a quiet lunch, but for some reason, they were not too happy about that idea!

Brady and Jake sitting on the "bunk" in the jail cell at the police station!

Aiden turning on the lights and sirens in one of the police cars

The "bad guys" in the back of the police car- Brady would not cooperate and lean into the picture :( L.O.V.E. Aiden's expression - makes me laugh every time!

My handsome future fireman!

Those are some pretty big boots to fill Brady!

My other handsome future fireman!

Aiden in the driver's seat of the ladder truck.

Brady in the driver's seat of the ladder truck.

Jake, Aiden, Brady and Ash in the backseat of the ladder truck listening to the Fireman.

Aiden pretending to spray Jake with a hose gun.

Hacking...

Nope this is not a post about internet security...it is a post about my poor boys who have been coughing, coughing, coughing. Brady has had a cough for about a week now. Aiden has had a cough for only 3 days now, but yesterday it was nonstop, especially from 5:30-7:00 so I called the doctors office when he got to the point that he was wheezing and having a hard time catching his breath. The doctor's office happened to still be open at 7:00 p.m. and the doctor advised that he go to the ER to get a chest x-ray. So Aiden and I headed off to the ER and it took a loooooooooooong time. We did not get back home until after 11:00 p.m. He was not coughing very much once we were at the hospital, I figure that is some law of hospital physics that symptoms go away once you get to the doctor/hospital. But they could still hear the wheezing. So they gave him a breathing treatment, did the chest x-ray, and sent him home with an inhaler. He is still coughing a lot today and has a follow up doctor appointment on Thursday. Hopefully he is feeling better soon!!!

First Day of School (oh and welcome to the new blog!)

Welcome to our new blog on Blogger! We are glad you followed us over here :)

What a good week we have had! Aiden started 2nd grade and Brady started preschool on Monday and Scott's students started on Wednesday so we are officially back into the swing of things!

Aiden is enjoying 2nd grade so far...he said the 1st day was boring because he said that they just sat around. When I asked him how his day went the 2nd day he said, "It was so much better than yesterday!" I asked him if it was because they learned some things and he said, "Yes, that is how school is supposed to be!" He cracks me up. Such an eager learner.

He is also back at the ice arena for their after school program and loving that again. They are on the ice 4 days a week.

Brady is most excited about getting to play on the big kids playground now at school. I asked him his first day how he liked it and he asked if he was a big boy like Bubba (aka Aiden) now? I told him that he is getting bigger, but he won't be a big boy until he is potty trained (ok I used terms he would understand, but thought I would spare you the vocabulary here) :) He does well when we are consistent but even then has accidents. I have not taken the plunge to letting him try it without a pull-up, just underwear to see how that goes...thinking if he has an accident (ok, or more realisticly, 20) than this will aid in the potty training process. Just might have to do that soon I guess.

Aiden also had soccer evaluations this week and he is anxiously awaiting to find out his team and when practices will start. The first game is September 12th. He towered over most of the kids that were on his team during the evaluation. He is not happy that he still has to play in the midget league - does not like that connotation at all - he said I am not a midget, I am very tall for my age. LOL Honestly kid, you kill me :)