Four Inches

After many anxious weeks, the doctor pulled the pin from Husband's foot. No local anesthesia or anything; he just used some little medical pliers and slowly twisted while pulling the sucker out. Husband said it felt weird but no pain. I was very surprised how long it was.

The x-rays showed that one of his bones is still fractured but the doc said to start slowly putting weight on it anyway. Those were the words Husband was waiting to hear. He quickly graduated from crutches to a cane in less than a day, and has been giddy with his new found independence.

My days have been filled with preparations to move. The children have been handling my inattentiveness well (not now, momma has to pack/clean/on the phone...go play with your toys/watch a show/take a nap). Here is a (rare) picture of them sitting happily together watching (a very common occurrence) TV.

A Very Un-Merry Christmas

We had a lot going on this week, with a little Christmas on the side. Taking our car to the shop, securing our apartment in the 'Couve, packing, cleaning... and ralphing our guts out. Husband came down with the mysterious 12 hour puking virus on the 24th, then I Christmas morning, and finally Calvin rounded it out that same evening.

Cleaning vomet out of the carpets, fa la la la laaaaah, la la la laaah.

Believing in Santa

Not long after Husband's injury, my friend Brittany sent her man over with some food and distractions for the kids. In that care package was The Polar Express movie. This has become Amidala's new obsession that she must view at least twice a day. It goes nicely with her other favorite thing: popcorn. Calvin is in his choo-choo loving stage so he doesn't complain about the lack of variety. I also got her a little pair of slippers that she immediatley recognized as the foot attire the main character wears and has dubbed them her "boy slippers" (his name is never mentioned).



The Polar Express does a wonderful job introducing the whole Santa Claus story. Way better than my attempts to explain it to her. She is, of course, very excited for Christmas.

Cruisin' right along

Husband no longer needs to keep The Foot elevated constantly so he has been joining us on more errands. We never really noticed before how prevalent electric carts are in grocery stores. Sure, we knew getting one at my favorite Fred Meyer would be easy but were pleasantly surprised to find even Trader Joe's had one and Costco has supersized baskets on theirs. The kids take turns riding on daddy's lap and I enjoy not having to push the cart. Oh yeah, and my hubby out and about with the family.


In other news, the house we are in finally sold! On the market for 8 months with us anxiously waiting, Husband injures his foot and BAM! here's an offer with 20% down and can you be out in a month? I found a very reasonable apartment in Vancouver and our big moving day is scheduled for New Year's Day. We are very excited to make the change but sad to leave our family and friends.

The Dynamic Duo

My sil Christine can't get enough pictures of my adorable kids. So here are some in random order. Enjoy!

Bones heal and chics dig scars

It's been almost a month since Husband's accident and two weeks after his surgery. His sutures were removed today from the incision made to insert the pin...

and the ones holding the largest gash together. Despite The Foot's gruesome appearance, the doc said it's looking better every time he sees it. All the blood you can see is really old and dried and the remaining swelling is due to the old fluid just slowly being absorbed by his body.

We have an appointment is 3 weeks to remove the pin. The x-rays taken then will tell us whether the bones are healed enough to slowly start putting weight on it. These visits are always so painful for Husband when the nurse has to do any maintenance on the injury. He constantly tells her where the sensitive areas are but it seems to fall on deaf ears as he squeals like a little girl. He was told to take off the boot and flexing his ankle as well as wiggle his toes several times a day to keep his tendons and muscles from getting stiff.

We are very optimistic that he'll be able to start working again in February. Thank you for all your love, support and prayers.

Baby Stevie

My good friend Lynell recently gave birth to her 3rd daughter. Ami was very excited to finally get to hold her friend Kendall's new baby sister.


Even Calvin was curious about the new addition.

We are so fortunate they live just down the street so we can visit often.