Injuries and challenges

Despite the ominous title, the past month has really not been THAT bad. Just a little bad. :)

First some fun events.

Jason and I ran the Susan G. Komen race for the cure (5K) on 8/8. We pushed Josiah in the jogging stroller for this race. When I say "we" I really mean that Jason pushed him most of the way and I took over at the end. It was fun to do that together, even on a sweltering hot day. Josiah liked pointing out to us as we ran that we were on a street and we were supposed to be on the sidewalk. But mostly he enjoyed the post-race snacks. I guess he was saving this yogurt for later:

Remnants of yogurt on the pants...

On 8/18 we went with our friends Jen, Andrew, & Charlotte to the Chiefs Training Camp. It was a beautiful day (not too hot), and we had a great time. We even got five autographs. Coach Todd Haley was one of them. The others I had never heard of, but maybe they are up and coming MVPs and we'll be able to sell the autographs on Ebay. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

While we watched the Chiefs, Josiah and Andrew enjoyed rolling trucks down the hill we sat on, and coloring.
Then we stayed in St. Joseph for lunch. We picked an Irish pub (see the shamrock?) that was decorated inside with Mardi Gras decor...what? Oh well, at least they had good sweet potato fries.

Then the boys "played" Golden Tee. Jason was so proud.

On 8/21 we got Josiah a big boy (twin) bed! He has been asking for one for a while, so I had him sleep in his blow-up Lightening McQueen airbed to see if he was really ready for the freedom that comes with sleeping without rails. He did great so that weekend we got him a bed! We just got him some Lightening McQueen sheets, so we'll have to post more pics with the cool sheets. He did great sleeping in it the first week... (more on this later)

On 8/28 we got to hang out with our friends the Byers, who have twin boys (Connor & Jacob) that were born less than 24 hours before Josiah. It is always fun to see them playing together!
Picnicing outside...even though they spent the whole time trying to catch flies.
Then the injury. On Monday (8/30), we went to drop off some checks to a bookkeeping client/friend. While there, Josiah was getting restless. He started kicking the door. Of course then we had a talk about how the only thing we are allowed to kick is a ball. He ran around a little, then he proceeded to lean over the arm of the couch and kick it. So I told him to go sit in time out. He sat down on the floor, looked at me and said "NO" (like the well-behaved child he is...just kidding, he really is a good little boy - just being a 2 year old). So I took his hand to pull him up and place him in time out. Of course he was pulling backwards while I was trying to get him up. Then I heard a loud *pop* and my stomach started to sink. Long story short Josiah had his first trip to the ER! They did X-rays and nothing was broken or out of joint, so they called it a sprain, wrapped it up and sent us home. As you can imagine, I am feeling like mother of the year at this point. We got home and I was trying to make him comfortable, when he said "mommy, you are so nice to me". I wanted to say "really? have you seen your arm lately?", but instead I just gave him a huge hug.

At the ER they gave us this great ice pack thing that I was also able to also use as a sling to hold his arm still since he seemed to cry more when it moved.
We took the ace bandage off Wed afternoon, and he seems to be almost back to 100% now. He is using his wrist more and more every day. So part of my guilt is subsiding. :) The doctors and nurses at the ER said that these types of injuries are common and that made me feel a lot better.

Along with the injury came interrupted sleep, and now staying in the big boy bed has lost it's charm. He wants us to sleep with him. He wants to leave the door open and have lights on. He has always slept in a pitch black room with the door closed by himself before this week. At least he is getting some sleep, and hopefully we'll be able to convince him that staying in bed when we put him to bed and sleeping past 6 am are beneficial things to do.
On a happier note, today we went to a bookstore to see Bob & Larry from Veggie Tales! Josiah was very excited to see them but was confused by the fact that they had hands. They don't have hands (or feet) in the movies.

Here's to a happy and HEALTHY rest of the year!