Update on Ainsley's arm

Once we left the hospital on Monday morning, we didn't hear another peep about Ainsley's arm.  She ran around and played like normal the rest of the day and that night.  Joel got her up Tuesday morning to go to Lisa's, and before they left, she didn't want to put her coat on.  Joel told her it was cold outside, so she needed her coat on.  She proceeded to plop down on her butt and pulled  her right arm into her stomach, while holding it with her left hand and started whining/crying.  I don't know how she remembered the next morning, but she did!  Joel laughed at her and told her she was holding the wrong arm and they needed to go!!! 

She went right to Lisa when they got there, but Lisa said for the first few hours she was there yesterday morning, she was very cautious.  Lisa said she would walk around and just look at things, but not touch anything and Ainsley didn't want anyone to touch her either.  I guess it really was a traumatic experience for her!  With her being so young, I never dreamed she would remember anything about it, but I guess she does.  Lisa said after a few hours, she warmed right up and was back to her normal, crazy self running around with the rest of the boys. 

Bubble wrap is pretty cool!

Check out that face!

Ainsley went to Lisa's again today, and we didn't have any issues.  Lisa said she acted fine all day and she didn't fight Joel before going this morning.  It makes me feel even worse that she did remember it.  I guess I need to give her more credit than I do.  I still think she's my little baby, but she's really growing up into a smart little girl who knows more than her Mommy thinks she does.

I've been working on "please" and "thank you" with Ainsley, and she's doing really good with them.  If she wants something, she'll say "peas" and once I hand her whatever she wanted, she'll reply with "thank you".  I'm so proud of my little girl! 

She found her 1st birthday hat in her closet the other night and refused to take it off, even if it did fall fifty million times and I had to fix it every time.  I'm not exaggerating either.  50,000,000 times!!!

Ainsley loves to stack blocks, or whatever else she can find.  I bought some playdoh for Christmas, and she found the containers.  I showed her that she could stack them, and that's all she wants to do now.  I walked into the living room the other night to find a pretty tall tower or playdoh containers on the end table.  She gets pretty aggravated when they fall, but she's a pretty good stacker!

This last picture cracks me up every time I look at it.  Ainsley kept pulling her diaper down the other night, only making the "crack" situation even worse, but Joel and I got a pretty good laugh out of it. 

Trip to the Emergency Room

What a day!  We ended up in the emergency room this morning with Ainsley.  Lisa called around 9 this morning and I could hear a kid in the background crying.  Lisa said it was Ainsley and she didn't know what was wrong with her arm, but Jace had fallen off of the couch and landed on Ainsley and after he landed on her she immediately started screaming and crying.  Lisa was in the kitchen when it happened, so she didn't see exactly what happened, but said Ainsley wasn't calming down and wouldn't move her left arm. 

I threw on some socks and shoes and ran out the door.  I called Joel on my way out of the driveway, and luckily he was at Arends-Awe picking up the combine, so he was able to meet me at Lisa's.  He actually beat me to Lisa's and was holding Ainsley, who had thankfully calmed down by that point, when I got there.  She wouldn't let us touch her arm and would scream if she moved it. 

We headed out the door and into Passavant.  She fell asleep on the way into town, so that helped.  It was so hard to listen to her cry knowing she was in pain.  You could see the pain on her face, and it was killing me.  We were so worried that she had broke it, even though nothing seemed to be swollen and no bones were sticking out anywhere.

I felt like a bad parent going into the ER, because it was in the 30's and we didn't have a coat on our child, but there was no putting a coat on her.  We wrapped her coat around her the best we could and hurried in.  Once we got into the ER waiting room, she didn't want to get down and run around or anything else she usually likes to do.  She sat on Joel's lap holding her Daisy duck and not moving her left arm.  She didn't even want to drink her milk. 

We finally got called back and assigned to a room, and Ainsley was still holding up pretty good at this point playing with my phone and reading books.  Luckily, Joel's Aunt Wendy was working, and she came right in to check on us.  We tried taking her shirt off, but there was no way we could get it over her head without her screaming in pain because her left arm was moving.  We ended up cutting her shirt off of her.

Waiting to get called back for xrays

When we finally got her shirt off, she was pretty upset.  Wendy looked at her and thought she had a broken collarbone.  As soon as she said that, I started crying.  My baby couldn't have a broken collarbone or any broken bone for that matter!  After Ainsley calmed down, Wendy came back in and looked at her again and said then that she didn't think she had a broken collarbone, and that it just looked like it earlier because she was sobbing and upset.  Thank goodness!!!  That calmed me down a little.

We'd find out soon enough with the x-rays if anything was actually broke.  We went back for the x-ray, and thankfully Joel was able to go with me, because I couldn't stay in the room while they did the x-ray since I'm pregnant.  Ainsley fought, screamed, cried, and fought, screamed, and cried some more while they tried to get her x-rays done.  It was not pretty to watch, especially not being able to be by her side while they did it.  Joel said it was awful trying to hold her down.  He just wanted to hold her! 

She was getting really upset on the bed while they did the x-rays and I knew it was coming.  She ended up throwing up a little while they tried to finish them up.  Ainsley was not a happy camper, and Joel said he's never seen her give so many scowls as she did to the 4 or 5 women that were holding her down while they got the x-ray they needed. 

As soon as they were done with the x-rays, Joel picked her up and I noticed that she was moving her left arm!  I mean, she was really moving it and not crying at all in pain!  They said then that they couldn't see anything broken on the x-rays and she must have dislocated something and while she was fighting them while they were trying to get the x-rays done, she popped whatever it was back into place.  I was so happy that nothing was broke, and we wouldn't be going home with a cast! 

She got lots of princess stickers from the x-ray girls and we headed back to our room in the ER to wait for the doctor to read the x-rays.  Mom was waiting for us in our room when we got back and Ainsley was happy to see her.  Ainsley was acting like nothing ever happened at this point and you would never have known she was in pain just fifteen minutes earlier. 

Playing like normal after xrays

Glad to see Grandma Shelly

The doctor came in and told us Ainsley had nursemaid's elbow.  The paperwork they gave me described it as:  "an injury when one of the elbow bones slips out of its normal place.  A pulled elbow happens when the radius slips out of place.  The ligament that supports it slides over and becomes trapped inside the joint."

After researching it a little more once we got home, a child is more prone to have this again.  No more doing "Superman" with Ainsley while walking into stores, or picking her up by her hands and swinging her around in the air.  I don't ever want to see my baby in that much pain again! 

Snoring in her crib after a long, eventful morning

I still can't believe it wasn't one of her own daredevil stunts that landed her in the ER.  Check out the one she pulled last night where she climbed in her chair and stood on the arm and back of the chair to flip the light switch!  It took an accident to land her in the ER, instead of her being a daredevil.

Joel and I are both so glad we're home safe and sound with our little girl tonight.  We're both pretty drained, and may be spoiling our Ainsleybug a little more than usual tonight.  She got a Happy meal for lunch and strawberries, apples, and raspberries for supper.  I'm pretty sure Daddy would give her anything she would ask for tonight.

I experienced the one thing I was dreading about parenting today, which was my child in pain and hurt.  It is one of the hardest things I've had to do was watch her face grimace in pain with the slightest movement of her arm.  I don't know how I would handle a broken bone, or anything similar.  I'm so glad I had both Joel and Mom there today!

Thanksgiving

Where did 2012 go?  I can't believe Thanksgiving has already come and gone and right around the corner is Christmas.  This next month is going to be a busy one.

We had four or five places to go on Thanksgiving day, but we only made it to two.  It was pretty nice to be able to stay at one place for a few hours instead of running in for a few minutes to each place and then getting on the road again. 

We headed down to Aunt Doris's for lunch.  Ainsley fell asleep on the way down, so she needed some time to wake up and take in the surroundings, but it wasn't long before she warmed up to everyone.  She's such a little ham, and it's pretty much guaranteed that if you give her attention, she will show off.  I didn't even take my camera out of the bag while we were down there, but I did get a few pictures with my phone.

Aunt Doris gave her a new purse, necklaces, and bracelets.  She loved them! 

She also found a little broom, and swept the kitchen and dining room while everyone cleaned up. 

We left to spend the rest of the afternoon at Jim and Rita's.  That place was nuts!  When you get Drake and Lani in the same house, it's guaranteed to be loud.  I don't think five minutes went by the whole afternoon without someone crying. 

We ate some more good food (even though we just ate a few hours before) and were absolutely stuffed.  There was plenty of entertainment with Ainsley, Drake, Lani, Jack, Jennifer, and Brian in the house. 

Giddy up, Daddy!

Grandma Rita played a matching game with the kids after we ate.  Of course, Ainsley wanted up there with the big kids, and was accused of cheating until we got her some cards of her own to play with.

Ainsley decided it was her turn first and just started flipping over cards....that didn't go over well with Lani and Drake!

I think Lani's telling her to stop cheating!

The kids played a game of "kick Uncle Jeremy" later on, which Ainsley got involved in too.  She is little Miss-monkey-see-monkey-do.

She had to find her necklaces and bracelets again...

Ainsley decided to climb in Grandma's window and run around.  When she started pulling on the curtains, we decided it was time to get down.  Oops!!!  Don't tell Grandma! 

Dancing in the window

I'm sure Grandma appreciates the fingerprints and slobber all over her windows!

For the most part, it ended up being a pretty relaxing day with no major mishaps.  I think everyone was stuffed, tired and ready for bed long before they should have been!

Papa Jim with granddaughters

Siblings

Me with Joel's Uncle Craig

Sister in laws

We left in time for me to run home and scan the ads one more time before heading back out to do some Black Friday shopping.  I ended up getting everything I needed, but that meant I had to wake up early so I could be at Staples at 5 am.  I went into Walgreens and CVS at midnight Thanksgiving day to get all their free stuff, so after two nights of little sleep, I was exhausted all day yesterday.  I guess I need to get use to it...I'll be there with a little newborn in a few short months.

I'm looking forward to Christmas and watching Ainsley.  She's at such a fun age, and I think she'll really enjoy being around everyone and opening new toys.  I can't wait!!!

Deer Season

Last weekend was deer season, so we all headed down to Dad's.  I met Alaina Friday night to watch the new Breaking Dawn 2 movie, which was fantastic!  Joel had taken Ainsley to Dad's with him Friday night so he could get up and hunt Saturday morning.  That meant I had to go to Dad's after the movie so someone was there with Ainsley the next morning.

We got up Saturday morning and got ready (the best we know how, anyway) for deer season.  Ainsley wore her hunting/camo shirt!

Of course, Jake was at Dad's, so Ainsley had a buddy to play with.  She loves throwing the balls to him and watching him chase them.  She just laughs and laughs after she throws the ball!

Up to no good...

She finally crashed around 3 that afternoon after much whining, crying, and mindlessly walking around.  She usually takes a nap around 11-11:30, so she was beyond tired.

Mom wanted to keep her Saturday night, so I dropped her off at Mom's before heading back home.  Joel stayed at Dad's to hunt on Sunday, and that little night away all by myself was just what I needed.  I ran through Jacksonville on my way home and got the movie "What to expect when you're expecting" and some Taco Bell.  I took it all down to the basement and ate my supper while watching the movie.  I'm pretty sure I haven't had a night alone in our house since before Ainsley was born, and boy was it nice!  I fell right asleep and didn't wake up once during the night.  That never happens!!!  I even got up early Sunday morning and ran into town to do my couponing and then came home and got some of the house cleaned before Joel and Ainsley got home that afternoon. 

Ainsley came home with a manicure and pedicure from Grandma Shelly's, which was much needed!  I'm sure she had lots of fun.  Joel said when he got there to pick her up, she didn't even want him.  She wanted Grandma Shelly instead!

Happy Fall Y'all

My sister in law (Jennifer) is going to start taking pictures, where you'll get a c.d. of all the pictures and a dvd with music also.  She wanted a cute little model to work with, and who better than Ainsley?!?   We gave her a run for her money!  Ainsley did not stand still, didn't listen to either one of us, and didn't want her pictures taken!  We ended up getting a few pictures, but it involved me running around like a crazy woman, jumping up and down, throwing leaves at Ainsley, and anything else to get her to stand still for a second and possibly look at the camera.

This is how most of the time was spent....not happy!

My favorite picture...I just wish she let me put her boots on her instead of her Squeakers.  Oh well!

Let me know if you need some pictures taken, and I can hook you up.