Watch Me Grow

Eight

Katelynn is now 8 years old

what a beautiful girl you are becoming...

Almost Eight

As the days creep closer to Kate's eighth birthday a lot of little changes are happening for her.

First and most important. She is getting ready to be baptized.

DECEMBER 28th

Secondly, she got a new big girl hair cut

and Third, She got her ears pierced-

 

she has been waiting for a while and from the time she was little we told her a eight she could get them done so we went into town and got them done at the mall.

I was really worried after the first one she wouldn't want another one done, but the gal doing it was so good that she didn't have time for more than an "OUCH" (which she said) in between before they were both done.

I am so proud of my big girl

She is growing up So fast

My week with Grandma--By Kate

A great time at the Fair- All day long we wore Grandma out!!

 

Sewing and Sewing and Sewing.... alot

This is the quilt top I finished on my own.

And I even finished 5 whole scrapbook pages all by myself. 

Grandma called me her shadow all week- I think she is really tired.

All HER Bags are Packed

She Is ready to go.

Katelynn is off for a whole week to spend with Grandma Sandra

This is a special trip that Grandma spends with her grandchildren when they are 7 years old. It is something that Kate has been looking forward to for a very long time.

She Packed up first thing Saturday morning and headed south for a 5 hour trip (with out ac) with Uncle Morgan.

It feels so weird to have her gone. It is so quiet here!! 

BALLET

My Beautiful Ballerinas performed a great dance on Saturday night

We got some great pictures of the girls in action, and once again I was laughing hysterically when Maddie forced her way through the group of girl (ok, she shoved) because they were not were they were supposed to be.

With Kate it was a lot more precise and elegant. These 7 year old really new their dance and followed great.

I decided to add some more pictures and the video to my sidebar so it would be there for a while, so check it out!

Beautiful Girls

It is times like this that makes me really excited to have little girls

Wednesday after the dress rehearsal we got the ballet pictures back. Since tomorrow is the recital I thought a sneak peek was needed.

They are dancing in 'Alice in Wonderland' so ......

Here is my MUSHROOM:

And my BLUE BELL:

Aren't they just Adorable!!!!!!

Riding the Bus Home

Well the day has finally come that Kate got to at last ride the bus home from school.

She has been begging to ride the bus all year. Since Ben is going to the same school I am finally comfortable letting her since she has someone else there.

I was really worried when it rained all afternoon

But when the bus came there was a nice break in the weather

Walk up the hill is not that great, but they had no problem today

Best of all, because they are only the fourth stop, they get home 10 minutes after I would if I picked them up, but it saves me 30 minutes in travel and waiting time

Yeah!!!

Easter Dresses

My two beautiful Girls got all dolled up for Easter Sunday.

This was the first year that they got to pick out their new dresses (usually I do it)

It is also the first time they did not get matching dresses

I really think they are finally growing up

Arm Update

Monday after school we took Kate in to the orthropedic specialist to have her arm checked out again. She has been doing a lot better with it and has even gone with out her split and sling for several days. She still cannot bend or straiten it all the way, but it is showing improvement.

The doctor had us get three more x-rays ( that is 7 total in the last 2 weeks), before he told us that the fracture seems to be healing great. However, she still has to watch out for it for the next six week (that totally kills the rest of the ski season for her). And she will probably get her full range of motion back by then too (it takes a while with elbow injuries).

X- rays anyone?

Well so much has happened lately I don’t know where to start. Of course I have to start with our Valentine’s Day Adventure.

David planed a great evening of romance- pizza for dinner, put the kids to bed, watch a movie, enjoy each other!

Of course that didn’t happen--------

It started on Wednesday night. Kate was running down the stairs, hands full, not using the hand rail, and took a little tumble. If you hear her tell it she was doing somersaults down. Naturally we though she had to have bruised something after that racket she made falling. We checked her out thoroughly, and found that she could still wiggle and move everything. She told us her right arm hurt and I thought she probably hit her ‘funny bone’ cuz that is what always happens to me.

Together David and I decided that since it was bed time we would wait and see how she was doing in the morning. Once I told her that if her arm still hurt in the morning we would take her to the doctor, Kate reassured me that everything was just fine and it “didn’t even hurt!” I thought that we were really lucky on this round.

However, I found out later on Thursday (after sending her to school) that it really did hurt and that she hadn’t been using her right arm all day. She told me it really only hurt a little and she didn’t want to miss her Valentine’s Day Party at school or Ballet. We noticed she had a small bruise around her elbow and I let her talk me into going to ballet. After ballet her teacher told me that she couldn’t get Kate to lift her arm above her head, instantly I knew we had to go to the doctor.

Still in ballet clothes I hauled both girls to the local Urgent Care (I don’t know why they call it this because it took longer that most ERs) and waited, and waited, and waited…..

Finally we got in for x-rays (two of each arm for comparisons) and then we waited again.

After almost 4 hours at Urgent care we finally got to speak to the Nurse Practitioner on duty. She told us that the look great (no damage thank goodness), but that there is a dark area around the elbow that is very concerning and could be blood that will take care of itself, or it could be a fracture. Just great! She splinted Kate’s arm for the weekend (she got to pick out a colorful sling) and referred us to an orthopedic specialist to determine the correct diagnostic.

Fast forward to Monday---- we meet with the orthopedic specialist today. Unfortunately he couldn’t tell the extent of the damage because of small size of her bones, and the swelling in her arm. He recommended that she continue keeping her arm immobilized for 2 weeks (luckily she can remove it for baths), and come in for more x-rays then. He told us he would suggest that even if there was only a strain to her elbow just to be on the safe side and make sure it heals properly. So here we are with another medical issue. And again on the RIGHT ARM!!! (just like Maddie)

I think my children plan these things.