Liam gets his cast off

After 5 weeks in his cast he got it taken off.  It was such a great day!  Liam was so excited and has been looking forward to this day for so long.  They could see new bone growth from the x-ray.  He got a boot that he has to wear for two weeks, but the third week he only needs to wear it at school.    

Grayson's Basketball

Grayson has been playing basketball with some friends from school at a local organization every week.  His team name is the Spiders.  He has been improving every week.  This week I told him to do a bounce pass (he listened to me) to his teammate and it was the perfect pass.  I was so proud of him.  He is now getting the basketball up to the net when he shoots.   

Liam's new cast

We took Liam to the orthopedic doctor for his follow up appointment.  They removed his old cast and put a new slightly lower waterproof red cast on his leg.  He picked out the color red and they even added some gold sparkle.  His aunt JoAnn and Uncle Dominic sent him the cutest cookie arrangement that said "A Speedy Recovery".  While we were at the doctor the therapist came to show Liam how to use a walker.  They showed him how to walk without putting any pressure on his broken leg.  I was amazed at how fast he picked it up.  We ordered his walker and will get it in a few days.  Liam has handled his broken leg very well and we are so proud of him.  We hope his next appointment on Feb 11th goes well and they give him a walking cast.    

Grayson lost his 1st tooth

Grayson had a wiggly tooth for a long time, but he finally lost it at school.  His teachers gave him the cutest tooth pouch to leave for the tooth fairy.   When he got home from school he cleaned his tooth with a toothbrush because he saw blood on it, but accidentally dropped it down the drain.  Luckily Daddy brought out his handy skills and opened the drain to get the tooth out.  It was a success!   Daddy found his tooth.  This made it much easier for the tooth fairy.  Grayson left his tooth outside of the special box because he was worried the tooth fairy would not be able to open it.  The tooth fairy left a cute note for Grayson as well as $10.  He was so happy.

Liam broke his leg

Liam broke his leg at Windy City Ninjas while jumping from one wooden block to another while landing funny.  He had a bad break.  Our sitter called to let me know Liam got hurt so I told her to come home right away.  She told me he was in major pain and he might need to go to the ER.  Once they got home I rushed Liam to the urgent care with Grayson.  We waited a long time and poor Liam was in major pain.  They tried to take an x-ray, but Liam did not want to straighten his leg.  The doctor had to help push his leg down (we were thinking he hurt his ankle) to get the x-ray.  Once they evaluated this they sent us to Lurie Children's ER.  Luckily Daddy met us at the end of the visit and was able to help me get them home.  Ethan was a life saver and watched Grayson while we took Liam to the ER.  We left at 8pm and headed to Lurie's ER.  We waited about two hours and then finally saw the orthopedic residents.  Liam picked a green cast (they didn't have red).  We finally left the ER at almost 1am.  We hope Liam's leg heals quickly and he can return to school soon.   

Water Park

We took the kids to Great Wolf Lodge Water Park in Gurnee.  We met my cousin Tim, his girlfriend Melissa and his 6 kiddos along with Holly, David, Ariel and my co-worker Beth, Todd and her daughter Mary.  It was a fun two days hanging out at the water park.  Grayson loved going down the water slides with Daddy and Mommy (we each took turns going with him), but poor Liam was too little to go.  We celebrated Ariel's 4th birthday with cake and cupcakes.  The boys had fun rock climbing, Grayson went to Build A Bear and made a dragon, Liam had fun using his magic wand all throughout the hotel and we all enjoyed pizza with Tim, Melissa and the 6 cousins.  We had a great time visiting with family and spending time at the water park.  We can't wait to see them again.