Our first broken Bone

This past week the kids had a few days off from school so we planned a trip to visit Karena's and Trenton's families down in Ontario Oregon. While we were down there nothing seemed to go right. Brooklyn got sick with a cold the day before we left, she had a really hard time sleeping while we were gone. Me and a few of the kids got sick also.

Saturday evening we were at Trenton's house the men were out working on Trenton's boat I had taken Brooklyn up stairs for Madalyn to babysit while I helped Maren make dinner. Madalyn decided to bring Brooklyn downstairs and she fell down the stairs with her. Brooklyn was screaming pretty good, Garrett took a look at her and we just thought she had bruised it. She was really winy that night but as the night went on she got worse and she screamed when we touched her upper right leg. So at 4:00 am on Sunday early morning after a really long night we took her to the ER in Ontario. After a few x rays for her hip and femur we found out that she had broken her femur bone on her right leg. They then put a temporary cast on it and told us to go home and find a Orthopaedic Surgeon to see if she needed surgery. The ride home was not fun at all, she was really hurting and uncomfortable. We were all in need of some good sleep.

Yesterday we took her to Tri-City Orthopaedic Clinic to see Dr. Higgs to see what he recommended. We were very lucky he said that he thought it would heal just fine in a cast. We picked out a nice purple color, I wanted pink but it was a ugly bright pink. So purple it was.

We had to wrap her up really tight so we could get the cast on. She did great. They had told us if we moved to much they would have to take her to the hospital had put her to sleep and then cast it. We were not excited about that at all so I was happy we were able to keep her still enough to get this one on. That would have been one more bill coming our way.

The next 3 weeks are going to be really hard. After 3 weeks they are going to take it off and see what the bone looks like. She can't sleep very well, Garrett or I have to hold her and sleep in a chair. We hope as time goes on she will start to sleep a little better.

The car ride home.

We are trying to find ways to make her happy and life a little easier for her. She has not been eating very well since this all happened.

Madalyn feels really bad about what happened to her little sister, she thinks Brooklyn is mad at her cause when Madie tries to hold her now she just cries. We tried to explain to her that she is just in pain and she wants mom a lot now.

I found this note this morning in Brooklyn's crib

Dear Brooklyn

I am sorry I broke your leg. It was my fault. I should pay for it. and I should take care of you but... Mom and Dad take care of you I really like it thanks Mom and Dad.

So I brought Brooklyn this and I brought Mom and Dad this too.

(she had $2.00 for Brooklyn, $2.00 for mom and $2.00 for dad)

It was so sweet, she had a big heart.

Work Day

On Saturday all the McGary Family got together for a much needed work day at Grandpa Don McGary's house. We had about 25 family members there to help out. We were able to get a lot done in the yard, the men also put a new roof on his house.

The kids had a great time with all the cousins, they helped out in the yard but also found time to play.

Wyatt's wants a ride!!

All that hard work..............We are so hungry, lets eat lunch.

The men did a great job on the roof. It was a long day for everyone. We started about 8:00 and finished around 4:00. We were all sore from the hard work that was completed that day.

Courtney, Heather, Eileen, Trisha, and me (I'm taking the picture) working hard trimming the bushes.

The kids busy pulling the weeds.

The McGary's always know how to turn work days into fun days...........The kids going for a ride in the front of the tractor. They loved it. It was like a ride at the fair.

I thought we were doing great, no one had been hurt all day. Which is amazing with all the big equipment driving around. About 3:30 Natalie was playing outside. We were burning all the trees and bush clippings and whatever else we were getting rid of, someone had pulled a small log or stick out of the fire and she didn't know it was hot and she picked it up. She got burned really bad. It was the worst burn I had ever seen. Within minutes it had bubbles and blisters on it already. This picture was taken today 2 days later and it looks so much better. It was a rough 12 hours for her, she would not take her hand out of the the water. We just keep putting ice cubes in the water to keep it cold. It was so painful for her. I felt really bad for her.

Warm Weather

Last weekend was the first day in a long time that we were able to spend some time outside. The weather was great, 55-60 degrees. The kids enjoyed riding their bikes, flying kites, jumping on the tramp, and they even went as a big group to a race track to ride four wheelers.

We were able to work on a few outside projects, it was great to spend sometime outdoors, we are so ready for summer.


Brooklyn loves it outside. The kids are good about packing her around (I guess I should say Madalyn is good about it) They strap her in the wagon and away they all go to look for buried treasures.

The Fridge

This is Brooklyn's new favorite thing to do..................pull everything off the fridge. She smiles when she has pulled everything off.

She just turned 8 months old, she is still not crawling and shows no interest in crawling. She loves all kinds of baby food and anything else we let her eat. She started sleeping through the night at about 7 months. YES!!!! It is a happy day around our house, MOM is a lot happier and easier to get along with. It's amazing what extra sleep can do for me. How can you not love this little girl???

Wheat Bread

Today Natalie and I decided to make bread. We went to my mom's house and borrowed her wheat grinder. I have a small one in the food storage (for emergencies) it's not electric. That would take forever to make flour. Natalie loved putting the wheat in the grinder and seeing how it turns it into flour. She was covered in flour when we got done. We tried a new recipe this time 100% Whole wheat, it was great. I normally do half and half or just white bread. We loved it!!! The kids will be so excited to eat a slice when they get home from school.

There is nothing better then homemade bread and jam.

Reading

The other night I was giving Brooklyn a bath and Garrett was at work, all of the sudden I noticed that the house had gotten really quite. That doesn't happen very often. I quickly finished the bath and came out to find Madalyn reading the girls her library book. I was able to get the first picture without them knowing but on the second one Morgan saw me.

Madalyn has really done well with reading these past few months, she loves to read and whats to become a better reader. Her teacher has sent home extra reading for her to do cause she wants more than she gets each day for homework. Morgan continues to enjoy school, she now has 31 kids in her Kindergarten class. That worries me a lot, I hope they split the class next year and get another teacher. They have a full time aid in her class to help out. She loves school and playing with her friends. If I could only get her to eat her lunch better. I now have Madalyn go over during lunch and see if she is eating. Last month Morgan had cold lunch at school, that night when I was cleaning out her lunchbox I saw that she had not eaten anything but the candy bar I sent. This was a big snickers candy bar that she had won at school. I normally don't sent that big of one but Morgan was so excited about winning it I told her she could take it to school but she had to eat all her lunch before eating the candy bar. I was so mad that night when I saw she eat only the candy bar. That is when I told Madalyn she had to go check on Morgan during lunch time.

They wanted Brooklyn in the picture too.