A few pics from Aunt Lavonne's wedding. It was H-O-T!! and HUMID! We had a blast! The wedding was beautiful, they looked wonderful and so happy. The reception was a lot of fun too. Lots of food, wine, champagne and dancing! We boogied till pretty late. We didn't get back to Woodburn till almost midnight I think.
Our attempt at a third generation picture:
Gwen, Ashlyn, Cherise, Nolan, Grace and Louie
Cousins being silly
Ashlyn and Nolan being silly at Aunt Lavonne's wedding.
It happened. Ash Crash (her nickname at WeeCare) took a crash off the retaining wall in the front yard. She's always climbing all over, up the waterfall, jumping off etc. We gave up months ago trying to get her to stop. She just loves to climb! We warned her many many times if she fell off it was going to hurt.....bad! Monday evening I was working in the kitchen. I had just picked two huge bowls full of veggies from the garden and was planning to do some more canning. I could see her climbing around on the waterfall and the retaining wall out the front windows. She let out the worst, loudest highest pitched blood-curdling scream ever. I went running outside (with no shoes on), I could hear her but I couldn't see her. I followed the sounds of her screams and found her in a crumpled heap on the ground next to the 5 foot or so retaining wall. She was holding her arm and I thought to myself "Uh oh!" She was bleeding from her forehead, her wrist was swelling instantly and she had scrapes all down her left side. I stripped off all her clothes so I could get a look at her and see if there were any other injuries. There didn't appear to be any but her head was bleeding and dirty. So put her quickly in the shower and the whole time she's just crying. I called Jered and told him we were going to have to take her in. She's just crying and crying and I'm totally freaking out! I was planning to take her to Legacy Mt Hood, its the closest ER to us but Jered convinced me to take her to a Providence Immediate Care. I was sitting in the parking lot of Mt Hood hospital at this point. She had calmed down some, wasn't crying as much and was falling asleep (which freaked me out because I was afraid she might have a concussion). So out of the parking lot and onto immediate care. Jered met us there and carried her in. She was pretty happy to see her Daddy. We didn't wait too long before they took us back. They evaluated her for concussion, she didn't show any signs. At this point she was awake, walking on her own and talking. They took the xray and she was so brave! We waited a little more and the nurse came back in and said "Yep its broken. She has a distal radius fracture." They put her in a splint, wrapped it up, put her in a sling, gave us some info to call a sports medicine doctor the next day to have a cast put on and sent us home. We were all exhausted by the time we got home!
Ashlyn and I stayed home on Tues so she could recover a little. I called the sports med clinic and they said it was best to wait at least week for all the swelling to go down before casting her arm. We have an appointment Oct 1. In the mean time, she cannot get the splint wet and she has to be in her sling at all times. This means no PE or recess at school. She's handling that part pretty well. Wearing the sling at all times though is going to be a bit of a battle for the next few days. The sling is a little too big and her arm is constantly slipping out of it. She's pretty good about pulling her arm back in. She's promised us not to climb on the retaining walls, at least until her cast comes off. Last night Grandma (Patsy) found her climbing up a chair or something in the back room. Sheesh! I am looking forward to next Wed when she gets her cast on so her arm will be more protected!
Leaving immediate care she was all smiles
Buckled in and ready to go home
Getting ready for school. Daddy did her hair and
yes this is really how he sent her to school.
