Lucky

So yesterday I was cooking dinner when I hear a crash. The kind that makes your heart jump up into your throat. Then the scream. Ear shattering and terror inducing. I run into the bedroom and find Hannah on the floor shrieking. Snatch her up and try to settle her down. She says that her arm hurts, but hey she just fell, that's normal. So we get her settled with some ice, and 25 minutes later she's still saying it hurts. So I call Holyoke Pediatrics and they say to take her to the ER. So we head over to Baystate because they have Pedi Priority. So at dinnertime on one of the hottest days of the year we were in and out in just over two hours. The entire time Norah hung out on my back eating fish and grinning at everyone who walked by. Hannah of course perked up about the time we walked in, and after quite a bit of poking/squeezing it was determined that she was fine and we could go home sans xrays. This morning she seems to be just fine, and she's happy to have her stickers.

Propensity to change her mind

Norah hates water. Pools, buckets, water tables... she wants NONE of it. Or so I thought. Apparently our city decides that they'll close the pools this week, you know because it's not finally nice and not raining *eyeroll*. So yesterday Kat, Kate, and I along with some other friends took all our girls (yes we ALL have girls) to the wading pool locally because today is the last day. Hannah and the girls all had a great time, and Norah sat in the water at the edge getting wet and giggling. She convinced Kate to take her out and let her walk around, and was so happy until she tripped and got her face a little wet. So I'd say next time I should wear shorts and/or a bathing suit.... except we won't be going again until next year.

Money's Worth Part Two

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Got my money's worth

The other day when Kat dropped off her girls and it was 80+ at 9am, we put all the girlies in bathing suits and sent them outside to play. Hannah's new suit from this year was in the wash, so I dug out last years suit, which also happens to be the year before's suit :) I definitely got my $5 worth out of that bathing suit. Yes there are pictures to prove all of this, but I'm playing with my new toy that Steven bought me, and there are no pictures at ALL on my NEW LAPTOP! So pictures to come whenever I get the other computer booted :)

And she's off

Finally an update

Things have been a bit crazy around here, as they usually are. Norah is just about full on walking these days. I'm hoping to get it on video soon, since we have some of Hannah's beginning walking, and well it would be unfair not to film them somewhat evenly.

Norah's staph infection is back, so she's back in disposeables, and to be honest, I'm not really sure what to do about her cloth diapers. I desperately want to use them, but seems like every time I put her back in them she gets the rash right back. It's not worth the energy and effort of washing/bleaching/rinsing and whatever else needs to be done just to have them bring it right back.

Hannah has been having so much fun lately. Last week she went with a friend and her girls to the park in Westfield for a morning. I almost didn't know what to do with JUST Norah here. We've also been up to Fitchburg to visit friends, had people over for the holiday, done more parks and shopping and just general hanging out with friends. Every morning she wakes up and asks "what are we doing today Mommy?"

Happy 4th

We had a wonderful 4th of July here. I have a link to the photo's on shutterfly. Most of them are "professional" photos by Sara. A great time was had by everyone.

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