Tough Guys

Warning: This post is not for the faint of heart

So, I have a lot of catching up to do now that I finally have internet and Picasa on my computer. But I'll start with the most recent happenings ("recent" of course meaning about two weeks ago) and we'll see where we go from there.

The Saturday before last we went hiking at Red Rock Canyon. It was beautiful outside, I had my dad and Jamie with us, and the kids just love this nature exploring stuff! We had a good time! My kids love rock-climbing so as soon as we left the parking lot they were scampering up the first mountain they found.

It's cute to hear a preschooler and toddler talking about how cool climbing is and how tough they are engaging in such a strenuous activity. Yeah, tough, you're climbing in a diaper dude.

Yeah, it makes me nervous seeing the lil guy scaling a mountain with no thought as to where his foot will go next but they just love this stuff and made it to the top of the mountain in no time like champs! Then they held Mom and Dad's hands for a slower more strategic descent. Phew, we made it to the bottom safely in one piece and just have a nice flat trail ahead of us. Well, about a mile into this nice flat trail Weston falls and breaks his arm and we go running out of the canyon and off to the emergency room. How did we know it was broken?...

Well, I'm no doctor but that didn't look right to us. He was amazing though! Look at him, he doesn't care about that second wrist of his, he's just happy to have cartoons in his room. The nurses were impressed with how easy a patient this little man was. He just sat in that bed all chill for four hours not making a peep for x-rays or blinking an eye at the idea of peeing into a bottle, tolerating IVs and ankle bands. Now that's a tough guy! And I was so glad Jamie and Dad were with me. Jamie scooped him up and ran him out of the canyon and steadied him all the way to the hospital and anyone that's driven with my dad knows that a busy day at Red Rock and only being at the beginning of "the Loop" posed little challenge for his speedy getaway van. Emma meanwhile was in the back sulking that we didn't stop to show her his arm. But we took pics at the hospital, they set his arm and sent him staggering out of the Pediatric ER like a drunk with a splint on his arm.

Last week we went in to get him a real cast. They were rough on the arm for the x-ray and had to realign a little so mommy made it all better with ice cream. For Weston, all things can be made right with sugar! By the time he's done with casts it'll be time to celebrate with some Thanksgiving pies.

And while we're on the subject of difficult things to look at...

Yuck huh? Jamie came home from work like this one day. They were doing a Halloween promo at the Ceasar's Palace salon and Jamie was the demo. Even though we knew it was fake none of us would come near him until he showered. Even coming in the bathroom after him was like a crime scene. I think we'll be sticking to the cute, pretty and funny Halloween stuff for the future.