The Bright Pink Full Leg Cast

Micah thought it was fun to get down and crawl along side Hallie...


We were really disappointed Hallie didn't get her cast taken off as planned, but are so grateful she is no longer in the spica cast. 2 weeks and we should be cast free for real! The instant we got home she was crawling around and a couple days later she was walking with the cast.

Kickin' Back

Hallie kickin' back her new cast... this seems to be the position of choice while sitting in the car!

Thank Goodness Grandpa and Grandma are here!

We were starting to get a little restless and bored!
Crawling around on the floor, dragging a cast...
Can be exhausting!

Searching for treasures in rice, scooping rice, spilling rice, eating rice, worked miracles until she put a marble in her mouth and had to spend 15 minutes getting rice out of her cast... good times!Still watching way too many movies...Sporting an awesome new truck shirt which he had to stop and show several other customers in the store :)Sunday drive to Point Look Out State ParkFinishing a lazy day with the fam with some ice cream and a walk on the boardwalk... life is good :)

Yea for my new-to-me camera coming today! No more lame0 cell phone pics... I'll be back in business! :)

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Thanks Lora for the giveaway link! I can't resist, I've been wanting this bag since I saw it a few months ago... this would be way easier than pumping one out myself!

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Random updates... Tyson's family comes tonight to visit... we are so excited! We're done with the cast, unfortunately not actually off, but we are all done with it. Especially Hallie, I think her leg is feeling better, she's been trying to walk, crawling all over- which is all great, but she is frustrated with her limitations and uncomfortable. Thankfully we'll have extra entertainment around this week, she was getting bored with my creativity :)

The Cast

Here is Hallie's cast. It's quite the contraption! Thankfully it will only be on a short while! It's hot and stinky! You'd think someone would come up with a better solution for keeping the cast protected from the diaper area... it's tricky!
With the cast she can no longer sit upright on the floor... we've had to get pretty creative.
Queen Hallie on her new throne... The table has surprisingly been perfect for her, she fits well with the cast hanging off the side!

And last, but not least, she has been crawling short distances and this morning I set her on the couch before I went to the bathroom and came out to find her like this...

My Little Fishies

Hallie was lovin' the water before her injury. This is one of the things I'm most disappointed about, I'm hoping we'll be able to catch the last week or so of the water park before it closes for the summer. Fingers crossed!

Can I just say how much easier it is to only bring one child to the water park!? Not only is it way easier getting in and out of the water park and car, but it is so much easier to leave the small fenced in wading area and go to the bigger, a little deeper, and way cooler wading area with small slides and floating animals. Trying to coral two toddlers on to one slide making sure one doesn't slip on the stairs and the catching the other before they drown in the water at the bottom of the slide... sounds amusing doesn't it?! The lifeguard in me is blowing my whistle and moving a little closer to the edge of my chair!

Here is Micah signing sleep, ready to go home, but still waiting for Hallie. On the rare occasion we now go, he lasts much longer now that we can spend more time on the slides! I miss our daily form of great entertainment and my budding tan :(

A New Little Boy

We've been doing our best to focus on the positives around Hallie's injury. One of the first and best things that has come from this time is Micah is thriving. Who knows if it was just the timing or if it's because he's had more time away from Hallie, but he has come out of his shell! He is much happier, talking more, and sleeping better. Now if we could only get him to eat more... that kid would drink milk 24/7 if we would let him!

I love this picture of him... he concentrates so hard on things and his focus is so visible, this totally captures him in the 'moment.' Thanks again Karlyn for the great photos! Pointing at a plane in the sky...

Showing off his new tractor pjs, which he spotted in the store... I just couldn't say no to the excitement!