This summer was filled with all sorts of adventures. Since I am late working on my blog I am going to sum up our summer. I will post a few special individual things we did seperate however here is how most of our summer was spent . . . .
Our summer started off with a bang ... Literally! Machelle had came over with both Caitlynn and Alyssa and we were in the house visiting. Caitie was outside with Carter jumping on the trampoline when all of a sudden she came in and he was crying. I asked him what was wrong and she explained he had fallen off the trampoline. I looked at his arm and I knew something was wrong. It looked as if his bone was sticking out near his elbow and I said, "Carter mommy is going to take you to the doctor." (Normally with Carter when I say we are going to go to the doctor he says okay however this time was different, he kept saying, "No mommy the doctor will hurt me." He wasn't crying however you could tell he was in pain because he was whining a little. I told Jon we needed to go and so we headed off to the hospital. Once we got to the hospital the got us right in, I was holding his arm trying to keep it in place because Carter was unable to. They got us back in for X-Rays and I just had a feeling it was serious. The X-Ray tech said, "Traci, I am not allowed to say anything however you should come look at this." Mind you I had no clue what I was looking at, when I looked at the screen I knew his arm was broken. Not only was it broken we found out it was dislocated at his elbow and they said he could need surgery. At that point I started to cry. They splinted his arm, put him in a sling and told us we needed to see a specialist the following Tuesday. (This happened on Wednesday before labor day weekend so luckily I was able to take some time off work and spend 5 days with him.)
Carter was in a lot of pain so they gave him some pain medicine and he fell asleep on mommy while we were waiting in the ER room to finish.
Carter sitting outside Dr. Wheatons office after his first appointment. They looked at it and it was still too swollen to cast so they wrapped it again and put it in a sling.
YAY! A few days later he was able to get a cast. He decided he wanted the color green because green means go and he likes to go fast. Apparently a broken arm was not going to stop him. Once he got his cast on he felt a lot better!!
The next big thing that happened in our summer came on June 9th. Stella was born!! We were so excited! I was so happy to have my beautiful niece here to snuggle and Melissa was happy to no longer be pregnant. I was lucky enough to get to spend the two days in the hospital with her since she so kindly had her on a Friday. Alyssa watched Xander for me so Carter and I could hang out at the hospital. Poor Melissa had a long hard labor but it was worth it. Here is the happy family a few minutes after baby was born!
I was one proud aunt! She was such a doll and it felt so awesome to have her in my arms!
Carter loved her from the first second she was born. He kept wanting to hold her, hug her, kiss her, touch her. It was hilarious. He is such a great big cousin!!
Stella at one day old. Of course her lovely Aunt Traci bought her an adorable head band because she LOVES them. I was able to help Melissa by changing diapers, clothes and cuddeling her.
What an exciting day!! Carter got his cast off a few days before the 4th of July!!
Happy 4th of July from Carter!! He is wearing his adorable hat that I got him but he did not want his picture taken.
The true way we spent our summer though was at the sand dunes and on the boat. We had an amazing time on the water, the kids love to play in the sand and ride in the boat.
Xander and daddy playing in the sand.
Carter playing in the sand.
Xander playing in the sand.
Carter smiling happily on the boat.
Xander and Brody playing in the sand.
Our boat and everyone around it.
We LOVE to tube! Here is a picture of Heather, Noah, Cody, Sawyer and Carter all enjoying the tube.
The many faces of Xander Pants.
The boys and Papa Neil hanging out.
Papa Neil and his three grandkids. Stella was not a fan of this picture or scenerio.
Boys will be boys!~
Baby Stella came to visit!!
Another one of the things our family loves to do is go bowling. Xander and Ralph hanging out while we were all getting ready to bowl.
Josh and Melissa
Xander Pants and Uncle Josh!!
Uncle Jon Jon doesn't look thrilled however he was. He loves baby Stella just as much as me.
Xander riding in the car at the bowling alley.
Woo Hoo ... Bowling with Mommy!!
We had an amazing summer and these are just a few of the memories that were made. There will be more to come . . .
