Sunday, February 24, 2013

First broken bone

Yes, you read that right...we have our first broken bone and suprisingly, it's not Caden! 

Our little Miss Ensley reached some milestones before this happened though...crawling at 7 months, pulling up on furniture around 7 1/2 months and was just starting to walk along the furniture at 8 1/2 months.  We thought she would be walking any day!

Then...Tuesday (two days before Valentine's Day), I was changing her diaper right before bed and she screamed bloody murder when I grabbed her ankles and grabbed the side of the changing table arching her back!  She also would not pull up...I thought, maybe she did something like twisted it strangely, so I put her to bed and she slept all night.  The next morning, same thing...just screaming!  So, we went to the pediatrician that afternoon and they sent us over to the radiology offices.  This was getting pretty late in the afternoon, so the radiologist said they would call our doctor in the morning and they should get back to us.

A few hours later...the on-call nurse from the pediatrician's office called us and said that Ensley had a broken tibia and that we needed to go to the ER to have it immobilized.  I could not believe it!!  I didn't even think a 9 month old could break a bone.  So, off to the ER...and then 6 hours later, we had a splint...and yes, you read that right, we waited there for 6 hours!
And she was awake pretty much the whole time. We got back home at 2am.
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The next morning, Ensley got her Valentine's present...a pink cast. And they told us she actually broke both bones in the lower right leg - the tibia and the fibula. Since we have no idea how this happened, they are running some tests to see if she is Vitamin D or calcium deficient.
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She was still pretty happy considering...and it didn't prevent her from getting around.
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Sweet brother...
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Then, two days later, our little Houdini got out of her cast somehow...didn't think that one was possible either. So, off to urgent care to get it splinted again since it's a Saturday and the orthopedic doctor's office is closed.
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And the second cast...
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So far, this one has stayed on for a week. We go this Tuesday to see if it can come off! So, let's pray! It's not easy caring for a baby with a full leg cast on. I even went and got a new baby carrier, so I could carry her around without breaking my back!

And note, that Ensley has had her first surgery (ear tubes) and broken bone all before she has her first tooth...poor baby.

Happy New Year!

Exciting New Year's Eve here at the Harrell household...(if I were speaking there would be a hint of sarcasm here...) Daddy was in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, so we hung around the house and then we were all in bed before midnight (Ensley was still waking up with ear infections, so I was still trying to get as much sleep as I could!)

Happy New Year!
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(Sorry blurry photo taken from my phone)
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Christmas 2012

We had a wonderful Christmas this year in our new house!  We invited family over since we finally have room for everyone! We had a pre-Christmas celebration with Pops for his birthday...   So, Grammie, Mi-mi, Uncle Todd, Aunt Carly, Brody, Wade, and Jack all came over on Christmas Eve.  Grammie and Mi-mi got there a little early, so they were able to go to church with us.
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Quick picture right after church before everyone (Caden and Ensley) gets dirty!
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We waited for everyone to get there to open up some presents (Harrell tradition of opening up all the gifts on Christmas Eve so Christmas morning is reserved just for Santa Claus)

Ensley with her pile of presents
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The bigger boys with their piles of presents...(Caden's is bigger and Brody and Wade definitely noticed, but we had to remind them that Caden has other Aunts and Uncles that sent presents to him that he was opening...and that they had opened presents from their aunts, uncles, and Nana before they came over...oh the mind of a four year old).
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Let the fun begin!
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Ensley wasn't as interested in her presents...
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Leaving reindeer food for Santa's Reindeer
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Santa's cookies
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Then, we finally got them all to sleep for Santa to come...well sort of...
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Caden showed up in the living room while...ummm, Santa's elves were putting his trampoline together...luckily he was in a daze and I scooped him up and put him in bed. Santa's elves need to be sneakier next year. Christmas morning was exciting!
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The loot!
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Ensley and her loot.  Ensley's first Christmas!!!
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She tried to eat some...
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The littlest Harrells...
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We had so much fun with all of the Harrells over Christmas!
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A quick pic from Caden's Christmas program at school
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All of the Pre-school kids, kindergarteners and first graders sang different songs and danced. It was very cute! And I have to say how much I love the religious aspect of Caden's school and how nice it was to hear Christian songs!

And just a few more pictures of my precious babies...
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A few days before Christmas...

Pops came over so that we could celebrate his birthday!  The boys had so much fun in our new backyard!  We love our backyard...it is so nice to have room to run around finally!!

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A rare picture of mommy...
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Pops had some helpers...
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Everyone comments on how blue her eyes are...
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The Harrell men...next year we won't discriminate and it will be "the Harrell men and their little lady" with Ensley in the picture :)
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