We went and picked apples today. Avery had a great time picking big juicy apples. She had to pick one for everyone in the family. Jack got to hang out in the back pack because of the broken leg. Avery also rode on the cow train. Jack had fun waving to his sissy. Now its time to make apple pies.
We went up to Ludington a few weeks back with our friends Nicole & Ben. We had a great time hanging out with them for a few days along with Nicole's parents who opened their home for us to stay at. Nicole & Ben took us to Amber elk ranch It was so cool! Avery & Jack loved it. What a learning experience I never knew that there was so much to learn about elk. They loose their antlers every year. They have velvet on their antlers that rubs off. They bugle. The antlers can sell for as much as $10,000. I don't think it would have been something that we would have picked to do so thanks for the learning experience for us all Nicole & Ben!
O.K. it has been 2 weeks since Jackson broke his leg. We went for his one year check up today. I knew that it was not going to happen from the night we had. Jackson did not sleep a wink tossing and turning all night crying finally at 3 am I took his temp it was 103 Yikes! I was about to call the Dr. when he had what they call a fever seizure it lasted less than a minute but still it was scary! I gave him Ibuprofen and he fell asleep for a few hours. Called the Dr. and she said since he had an apt. today just to wait. We went in and I had told the nurse the host of problems he was having on top of his broken leg, he had a fever and is teething. So they said that he would not be getting his shots but they would do and check to see if the fever was coming from something else. Well on top of all his other problems he has a double ear infection. My poor little baby is just a miserable little man. We started him on antibiotic and reschd. his apt. for a month from now so in 2 weeks we go to see if the cast can come off his leg and then 2 weeks later we see the Dr. again hopefully he will get his shots then and we wont have to go back to the office for a while.
With all the excitement surrounding Jackson I missed telling everyone about Avery's first day of 3 school. On the first day the parents were allowed to go just so everyone could be comfortable seeing what would go on during a normal day. She loves everything about it friends, snacks, singing, dancing etc. She is at Rose Park on Tuesday & Friday from 9-11am with her best buddy Jacob. It is so great to see them grow and learn. It is sad as a mother to know that she is getting so big and independent my baby, my little girl not needing me for everything it is bittersweet. 
Or so we thought! We were in the waiting room at the Dr's. office for a 9:15 apt. and Jack was walking around while we were waiting and he tripped. No big deal I picked him up because he was crying. They called his name to take us back and he was still crying. The nurse started asking me questions and I couldn't hear her over his screaming. She asked if he normally cried like this NO WAY he was inconsolable so I started crying. He is such a sweet happy boy so it worried me that he was crying so much. Finally the nurse said maybe we should take a look at his leg so I took his pants off and I knew that something was wrong with his left leg when I touched it. The nurse sent us to the hospital to get some X-rays. In the mean time I had to call Bruce, My mother in-law , my friend Julie (who had taken Avery to 3 school but wasn't planning on picking her up), My aunt and then our friend's that we were planning on meeting at B&N at 11:30. AHHHHHH. Going into panic mode I couldn't remember any numbers. We went to the hospital and had 4 different X-ray's taken. We waited for about 45 min and the Dr's. office called and said he was fine and if he wasn't putting all his weight on it by Monday to call back because fractures in toddlers don't always show up right away. We went home and tried to make Jack comfortable and Bruce was headed back to work. The phone rang just as Bruce was about to leave it was the Dr's. office apparently they did not read all of the X-rays that were ordered the first time. When they looked at the X-ray of his leg they saw that his leg had what is called a buccal fracture. Basically it bent snapped but went right back into place it wasn't a clean break through and through. With a broken leg comes a cast. The Dr's. office called shoreline orthopedic and got us in at 3:00 so it was hard to contain Jackson for 3 hours waiting for our apt. then when we got there at 3 it wasn't until 4:15 before they even got us in the room and 4:30 before the cast was put on. Check out the pics below Jackson sleeping after his apt. It was a long day for us all for us all! The challenge Will be in the weeks ahead keeping it dry and having a frustrated child to go from walking back to crawling. the cast is on for 4 weeks then they will take it off and see if he needs to have it on for an additional 2 weeks or not. The good thing with young bones is they heal fast. I guess we will just take it one day at a time. 
