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OK, so I have fallen way behind on the blogging here lately. Hey, what can I say, it has been a CRAZY past month or so. We have TONS of catching up to do, but I will try to make it brief... mostly because there is no way I can remember it all and it's getting late.

Lets see... as of my last post Bo had broken his arm... well the month of December was full of thankful prayers for good health insurance... A week after the arm injury, Bo got a double ear infection and double pink eye. Jason got sick, and I got sick. Jason and Bo both went through 2 rounds of antibiotics each. Bo was better by Christmas but Jason remained sick until New Years.

Christmas was great reguardless of the illnesses. Bo officially was able to stop wearing his sling the Monday before Christmas. At that time the doctor said he was clinically fully healed. Since then he has been released from the Dr.'s care and his arm is 100%.

One of the major hold ups in me posting has been wanting to put the videos of Christmas online. Well, unfortuantly I am challenged in this area. I cannot figure it out! I am also sad to say that since I was focusing on videos I do not have as many pictures, or atleast on my camera. Below are a few.
One of Bo's gifts was a full Little People Nativity Set from his grandparents (Jason's parents). Since Bo is still a little to young to understand it, Will really enjoied helping put it together while Bo and Ava chewed on the pieces. Hopefully this will be a fun experience for years to come.

Jason and I helping Bo open his presents.

For those who were unaware or have forgotten, Jason and I were married on Dec. 25th in 2005. This Christmas made for 3 years that we have been married. Each year Jason and I typically have gone some where during the span of Christmas to New Years to celebrate. This year we went to Charleston. We had to delay our trip a little due to Jason being sick, but were able to leave New Years Eve morning. Bo stayed with his granparents and Pop and GiGi while we were gone. We are not sure about what all they did, but we know Bo seemed to have had fun and not missed us hardly at all. Below is Jason's favorite picture from our trip.

In case you do not recognize her, the highlight of Jason's trip was meeting Dr. Ruth. He wanted to share about this photo. Here are his comments. "This is my new best friend Dr. Ruth Westheimer. We danced the night away New Years Eve." As you can tell Jason is obviously living in some dream world. While we did get a glimpse of her in the lobby and snap a picture, she only told us Happy New Year. Aparently, Dr. Ruth was there as a part of Renaissance Weekend. Jason and I were oblivious to this event until learning about it on our trip. Contrary to rumors started by my lovely family, no Jason and I did not go to some sex therapy weekend retreat.

Back home Bo was having lots of fun with his grandaddy and Pop. I do not think that Bo made it until midnight, but that did not stop him from getting to take part in the banging of pots and pans.



I know that this does not totally catch us up totally, but I will be working towards that. I mean, hey, I cannot cover almost 2 months with just one post. Check back for more!

Emergency Room Pictures

As promised here are the pictures from the Emergency Room. As you can tell by the first picture, Bo really was not hurting too bad.


All of Bo's grandparents waited with us to find out exactly what was wrong. My mom (GiGi) was so great helping calm me down and assure me that accidents happen.
Kissing my precious little boy.

Night Night!

Arm Update

Bo is still doing well and is a super baby indeed. We saw an orthopedic today and found out that his arm could be back to normal in two weeks. I was thrilled. He did not cast his arm but recommended keeping it in his sling. He also gave us a few ace bandage type wraps that we can use to wrap his arm down secure it. He said that he knows Bo will move his arm some and that is fine, we just want to try to prevent further injury during the healing time.

This evening when I got home I sat down and made Bo a "Christmas sling". He has all of these cute Christmas outfits and the blue one was really not working for me. This also gave me a chance to make him one that was a little smaller and fits better. The one from the hospital was actually quite small looking but still too big for Bo. Having one that fits a little better will help him to not use his arm I hope. I tried the sling on right before Bo went to bed tonight. I made it reversible so it would go with more of his outfits. Here he is trying it on.

One tired, cute, precious, boy!

Our First Visit to the ER

Friday morning Bo took his first big fall. I was changing his diaper and he began his usual routine of fighting with me to lay still when he fell. I had hold of his leg as I was changing him but that was not good enough. Bo rolled towards me putting "slack between me and him" and I could not catch him. He landed on his right side and cried only for a few minutes. After I calmed down I called his GiGi and Pop. They met me at Jason's parent's house where Bo was to stay for the day. Once in the car Bo did not even whimper. He rode the whole way with no tears. I had concerns about his arm as he was not moving it beyond the elbow, but he did not seem to be in pain unless we made him move it upward. We all debated and wondered if he was really hurt and how bad. We decided to let him stay with Jason's parents and watch him closely. I went on to work knowing that Bo was in good hands. As the day went on I felt bad and decided It was worth a copay to know he was OK. I called Jason and shared my thought and he agreed. We go Bo in to see his doctor Friday afternoon. After talking with the doctor, x-rays, a trip to the ER, and lots of tears (by me - not Bo) it was determined that Bo's arm is fractured. The top of his humorous bone has a fracture. We were sent home with a sling and are to call the orthopedic on Monday. They did not even feel that Bo needed pain medicine as he has not really cried throughout the ordeal unless you mess with him.

We have stayed home this weekend and are trying to see and learn how this will all work out. I am not sure exactly how you keep a 9 month old (as of today) from using his arm. They did have us safety pin his sling to his clothes to help keep him from using it. Bo was so close to crawling and this has frustrated him as he cannot figure out how to move around now. We have gotten out his exersaucer again to give him another option for playing while still trying to protect his arm some. If anyone has any ideas for keeping him immobile we welcome them.

I have some actual pictures from the E.R. that we took on my mom's camera. When I get them I will share them as well. I also plan on updating after we find out more hopefully from the orthopedic.

Bo Meets Santa

The family picture with Santa below is on the desktop of my computer at school. This week one of the children in our classroom saw it and said... "man we better be good, she knows Santa". After that I freely reminded them that Santa and I were close and if I needed to call him I would.

The picture below was taken by my brother after we met with Santa. Bo has a black wool coat that goes with this hat. We think he is simply precious in them!

Our Annual Trip

Each year after filling up on turkey and all the trimmings Jason and I head off to spend the night and prepare for shopping. This year Bo stayed the rest of the evening and next day with both sets of grandparents. In years past Jason and I have stayed close to the Mall of Georgia, but choose to try Lenox this year. We went Thanksgiving night to see the Lighting of the Great Tree at Macys. Here are a few pictures below.

Please do not get me wrong, Jason and I are not mad Black Friday shoppers who fight over items and knock people down to save a few dollars! We just enjoy getting out and getting in the spirit. Afterall, Christmas is a special time of year... it's when we were married!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Better late than never right? Please check out the link to Bo's cousin Luke's page for some precious turkey day photos.

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