Wednesday, May 3, 2017

May 2017, part two

So that baseball game from the part one post of May ... the one where Ryan is doing his victory move ... where they came back from behind to win ... where we went to Bruster's afterwards to celebrate.  Yeah, that night.  So Chloe's getting into the car leaving Bruster's and pushes herself up into her carseat.  She cries out in obvious pain and her elbow is hurting her something crazy.  Here she is the next morning after an ortho appt showing a hairline fracture in the elbow.  Back to the full arm cast. 

I treated myself to Wildflour café after the appt [and Chloe to a McDs kids meal].
Chloe LOVED my tomato basil soup.

So anyways, in my humble, non-medical opinion writing this in 2019 with the benefit of experience and perception and everything else that you gain as time passes and you contemplate life ... I'm convinced more then ever that her elbow was broken all along.  With her forearm bones so obviously broken, her elbow had not been x-rayed before this point.  There is no way that pushing up on your carseat to sit down will break your elbow.  I believe it was just the first time she'd really put any pressure/ weight on it since it had been freed from the first full-arm cast.  She was only in the short, purple one for three or four days.  Now, whatever, I don't blame anyone or anything like that.  It is what it is.  But I do think the break was missed.  Fast forward to her break in June, 2019 ... I said something to the x-ray tech in the e.r. about if he would be x-ray'ing her elbow too, and I briefly mentioned that she had had a previous break and the elbow had not been x-ray'ed, but was broken too.  He said that it was policy now to x-ray elbows and wrists too when the forearms were broken.  And then he said something that I didn't quite catch and didn't even process until later, something about how that might be because of her?!?  how crazy is that if it's true.  






i9 soccer! ⚽ go Wildcats!
a team full of friends and classmates
Abs, Cooper, Aiden, Lyla, Jackson, Logan, Emily, Chase [missing Peyton] 
-and yes, Emily and Chase are siblings, so it's okay that they're hugging and holding hands!-
love this team!

the girls - Lyla, Abs, Emily
  
more kids then weeks = multiple medal winners at least one week
a rigged system = the bffs winning on the same day :)




the playground at Seqouyah park before Ryan's baseball game.
these two were the only two there and they played like the bestest buds that they are.  Made my heart very happy :)



Seth's acting debut!!
He was a flying monkey and the Wizard of Oz, and he did a great job!


South Carolina for Mother's Day
Kenley!

all of Nana's grandbabies :)






Waffle House with Addie and Chloe!  
speech and then breakfast since they don't have preschool anymore.


Claire and Chloe have really become good friends recently, and we've had several playdates.  
Unfortunately both Claire and Addie are September babies, so even though they're only a month younger then Chloe, they'll be a grade behind.  Here's hoping they'll all stay friends anyways!
Claire, Chloe, and Zoey




 Last baseball game of the season
Go Macedonia Braves!

And just because I've had it in the bottom of my email for over two years ... here seems a somewhat logical place to put it ...  This is a message that I received from Ryan's coach the night that Chloe broke her arm [during a baseball game]  I thought it was too nice to not save and put somewhere.  We were flooded with support and kind messages and prayers!


Please know you guys are in our thoughts and let us know if we can do anything for you.


Tony Chimera




Tuesday, May 2, 2017

preschool class of 2017

Last day in carline.  Yep, I might have shed a tear.

I got to sub in Chloe's class during the full rehearsal for end of year and graduation!

sitting on the stage during graduation.  
Since I was her teacher for the day, I got to shake hands as they called each name.  I really enjoyed that, I love this class!❤

Ms. Tera and Ms. Patsy's 4day 4s!
Alice, Ella Kate, AJ, Landen
Couper, Maddox, Cooper, Kerrigan
Charlotte, Brayden, Josh, Chloe, Emma



GRADUATION DAY!
Thursday, 5.11.17 - Last day of preschool
all set for her end of year performance and graduation!  It was a western theme :)

loved that Chloe, Couper, and Alice were all able to stand together for the singing


our preschool graduate, my baby!





Chloe, Alice, Couper

Josh, Chloe





Monday, May 1, 2017

May 2017, part one



score!  our garage sale find, Chloe loves this new bike and she can really fly on it


 SWIM TEAM!!
practices begin May 1st
so cute walking home

 There was a lot of towel fort building this summer, so fun!
Hannah, Abs, Lyla, Chloe



love, love, love
Sooo cute catching the rain drops in carline.  I'm gonna miss this!!!!  I love our time in carline

Landen, Couper, Chloe
Today's car-riders : Landen, Couper, Chloe
we invited the whole class to Burger King, we had these three and Alice, Josh, Maddox, and Ella Kate.  Fun fun group of kiddos!
[Landen was my responisibilty since his mom was working.  Couper's mom met us there, but I felt so bad about him not riding with us last week to CFA, that I wanted to invite him this time!]


their first fidget spinners, the craze begins!





KidzBop Kids concert!
Abby's birthday present  :)

with Jackson and Cooper

me, Leigh, Alyson, Sarah

she lit up when she saw Kayla!




bye-bye big pink cast!  4weeks

a short purple one, hooray

Ryan's litterbug class project, "Winner"
my favorite part is that he dug through the recycle bin to find the Gatorade bottle from his complete game pitching win :)


Ryan's game-tying double, yep, he's doing a victory move :) 
the next batter got the winning RBI.
the Braves came back with six runs to win by one!  It was a great game!
After going 3-11 in regular season, this put them up 2-0 in the tournament.

Cooper, AJ, Ryan, Zach, Dylan
a come-back win calls for ice cream!

Zach, Luke
Cooper, Ryan, Luke's brother, Dylan, Owen, AJ








Saturday, April 15, 2017

end of April 2017



afternoon water fun!!
Dilly, Seth, Chlo, Mari, Abs, Kayla, Kinsley, Cooper, Ryan, Kaden, Lucas
[Oakley ran out of the picture]

water balloons!



Happy birthday Daddy!!!!!
Sweet Escapes on the way home from baseball.



first cool day with the cast - she wasn't keen on trying to get a jacket over the cast, so I cut a long sleeve shirt for her


Your daily dab compliments of Chlo!
She's doing great, we joke that her cast has super powers, it's not slowing her down one bit. She had another ortho follow up this morning and everything looked perfect, doc was very happy with her progress.   **
and check out the spider eyes on her socks!


a thank you gift for the ambulance that took care of Chloe.  they gave her a Bugs Bunny stuffed animal, so we thought this would be a fun way to pay it forward.

that ambulance on the left was our ride!  
Unfortunately the EMT that accompanied us wasn't there, I had hoped to thank him in person, he was great.




Kerrigan, Chloe, Couper, and Josh at preschool fun day.  
Josh's mom and I volunteered at the turtle bowling station.


 Seth's movie theater birthday party!
Ryan, Jackson, Abby, Nickolas


Josh, Alice, and Chlo-Chlo
we went to Chick-fil-a after preschool
Couper and all the mommies met us there, it's just fun to ride in Ms. Amy's van! :)
speaking of - Couper's mom picked him up, but he knew he was going with us, and tried really hard to get in my car too!  His mom and I felt so bad for him, so you'll notice in the May album that he rode with us to BK!



Ryan pitched this entire game and he did awesome!!  It was one of only three wins on the season.  I love watching him doing something he loves.

Add to his Win a couple of good hits, and he earned the game ball for sure!



gotta love a nice rain :)




Oh how I miss these lazy Friday morning snuggles.  
Can you tell that Maya is hugging my arm?!!