lots

How long has it been, dear blog? Too, too long. What has happened you may ask? Well, lots. Will I ever get around to sharing it all? Probably not. :)

We obviously made it through the summer, though I must say August was NOT Camden's favorite month. On August 3rd he had a mole removed by his right eye. Not a big deal but he's never had surgery before and so he was seriously nervous. Almost to the point of hyperventilating, which was kind of annoying. But he did fine and recovered like champ. But because of said surgery he couldn't go swimming for two weeks. This was the last month of summer people! And we had a pool pass to the Hilliard pool which had a lazy river, water slides, diving boards, and a POOL!! He was not happy.

To make matters worse, about ten days after the surgery, he was playing goalie against Nate after soccer practice and he dove for the ball, landed on his finger, and broke his pinky on his left hand. It was so sad. They came home and I was heading out the door to play bkb so I didn't pay much attention to it. Nate mentioned he had hurt it and maybe jammed it. Camden wasn't crying so I didn't think twice about it.

The next morning I remembered he had hurt it so I called him over to look at it. It was pretty swollen. He couldn't bend it. And, thanks to mommy-tuition it just didn't look right. So I took him to the doctor who thought it wasn't broken but gave me an x-ray form just in case it didn't get better by the weekend. (this was on a wed.) The nurse made a splint for him and we went home. The next day, Thurs., I decided to take him to get the x-ray. It wasn't bothering him but the swelling hadn't improved and it was starting to really bruise. Sure enough, it was fractured which meant he had to wear a splint for three weeks with no swimming allowed.

Yeah, Camden hated August. One facial surgery + one broken finger=no fun aka swimming for the rest of the summer. :( I was sad that he had broken a bone. It seemed sort of like a right of passage or something. He was so brave and resilient and never complained. He was faithful in wearing his splint. It about broke my heart.

That's one of the things that continues to amaze me about children; their adaptability. Whenever Aidan had his ear/hearing issues he just adapted to the situation without complaint. We just learned Aidan has a mild milk allergy so he is not allowed to have milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, and pizza. How sad is that!? But he has never complained. Just accepted the condition and moved on. Camden was the same way. He never play the woe-is-me card like adults do. Just adapted and taught me valuable lessons in life.

If only we all were more like children. Able to have challenges and just accept them and look to what they can do instead of what they can't. I'm pretty proud of my two little men.

And on that note dear readers, I will close. I am convincing myself to post more often in the future. But I will leave this little tidbit until next time: another baby springer will be joining the ranks in April. ;)