Accidents happen

Wednesday night was a very eventful night for us. I was helping Sean do something on the computer and we heard Brayden smash into the wall SO hard and then scream. He is by far the toughest little guy and is usually comforted by me and then goes on with his business, but this was not one of those times. He continued to cry and when he moved he would scream. He quieted down for a second and pulled me by the hand into the family room so that I could fix his barn for him. It made me so sad that, that was all he wanted and he ended up being so hurt. We took his shirt off and could see where a bump and bruise were starting to form. He dragged me into the bathroom crying and asking for some medicine. When I gave him the medicine he pulled himself up to the sink to get a drink, which he does all the time, and he screamed. I quickly put some jeans on and started the car. While I was putting my shoes on the little turkey decided to try to climb one of the bar chairs and screamed because that hurt. I knew something was really wrong at that point.

Sean and I loaded the kids into the car and we only put Brayden's right are through the car seat because he was carrying his left and didn't want to move it. It was a long ride to urgent care but we have a new childrens express urgent care and it was such a wonderful experience. They got us in right away and the x-ray technician was there before the doctor could finish explaining everything. I took Brayden back and Sean and Hunter waited in the room for us. Brayden was as usual a curious little guy in the x-ray room and was fascinated by all the cool machines. When the technician told him he was going to take his picture Brayden said, "cheese" and we both laughed. I then explained to him that we were taking pictures of his bones and he asked if it was like the dinosaurs. I told him that it was kind of like the dinosaur bones and then he was off asking about the machines and showing me the light on the ceiling for fires. They were very impressed with how he was handling it and how curious he was about everything. I then went in to see the x-ray on the computer and as soon as it loaded I could see the break. My little 2 year old had broken his collar bone.

They gave us a sling for his arm and an ace bandage to wrap it close to his body for comfort and that is how we have been for the last 48 hours. The last 2 nights have been eventful and Brayden and I haven't gotten the best sleep but we have slept some. We went to see our doctor yesterday to make sure we are doing what we can to make him comfortable and to find out how best to help him not hurt himself. He has had to learn pretty quickly that he has to ask for help and this has been hard for him because he likes being independent and doing things for himself.

Brayden told me last night that his arm was "all better", then he told me he wanted to jump. He's my crazy, busy little daredevil and Sean and I knew this quite early with him. Hunter has been our mellower child while Brayden was in the emergency room at 1 for possible stitches and now at 2 for a broken bone. Oh boy, oh boy he is definitely all boy! Now I just wonder what the ages of 3, 4 and 5 are gonna bring with this busy guy :)

My little firefighter

I already wrote a post today but it has been a while since I posted and I just needed to share these pics of Brayden being a bossy little firefighter :)

Valentines Day

Valentines has never been a big celebrated holiday for me. I have always felt that the costs of flowers and cards rise and there are too many expectations of people. My feeling is that it shouldn't take a holiday to let the important person in your life know they matter. That being said, I do have two little boys who think that having a reason to celebrate anything is fun.

This was Hunter's second year doing cards at school and this year we made a huge mess making sugar cookies from scratch, which I have never done by myself. Sugar cookies have never been my favorite because I have always thought they are too dry or have no taste. If I'm going to eat a cookie I want it to be good, I've gotten a little snobby about cookies the older I get. So I searched and found a recipe that contained eggs so I thought they might be a little cake like. They were fabulous! I found that they were really yummy coming out of the oven when they were warm. They were devoured by my family and I sent some up to the neighbors so we didn't eat them all. The boys and I also made lots of crafts that day and I spent a little while before dinner scraping the glued pieces of paper off the table. We had a blast and it is how I want to spend the days leading up to Valentines from here on out.

Now as for Valentines Day, it was our neighbors birthday so we asked her what she wanted and she requested a red velvet cake. I have never made or tasted a red velvet cake and figured I would do it all in one shot. I found a recipe and got to work mixing and baking and making a huge mess. Once the mess was cleaned up and the cakes were baked I decided to start on the frosting. The frosting for this cake is now my new favorite, but it did require a little cooking. While I was cooking one part of the frosting the worst thing happened, the power went out. I hurried to finish cooking it and headed outside to start up the generator. The boys and I then finished the frosting and frosted the cake, made sandwiches for dinner and waited for everyone to get to our house.

In my mind this will be a Valentines Day to remember. It was a night spent with my wonderful family that I love so much and that loves me back. Our power was out for 9 hours but we survived and can add it to the memory books. Oh and the cake turned out beautifully and was good! But chocolate is still my favorite!!!