Never Boring Around Here!

Because a beautiful baby shower last night, Norman's birthday tomorrow, and the upcoming birth of Abby Grace on Friday is NOT enough excitement in our lives, we were met with a bit of an unexpected challenge today! Thomas fell helping me on my paper route this morning and broke a bone in his right ankle. After I quickly finished delivering the 35-40 papers we had left, we were at St. Mary's ER at 7:40 this morning. It seems to be a minor crack, and we will be calling the pediatric orthopedic specialist tomorrow to get it looked at and see what our course of treatment will be. He's in an aircast/brace thing and on crutches. If there is anything sketchier than a gangly, slightly clumsy 6'4" 15 year old who has inherited my tendency to trip over air, it is one on crutches in a house with 2 littles and a VERY pregnant mom. Oh, and a bedroom upstairs!! My life is TRULY a never-ending source of excitement these days!!

Thomas is managing well. His ankle is sore and swollen, and he is upset about missing basketball, but he wasn't going to be at practice tomorrow or Friday anyway, and hopefully it will be a quick healing fracture that will heal with very minimal intervention. He's been good about icing it, and taking OTC meds for the swelling and pain. He'll be sleeping on the air mattress in the den tonight, and in Benjamin and Max's room Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights, so Norman can come with me early the next mornings to learn the route.

We appreciate any good thoughts and prayers for safety and healing, and that Norman can QUICKLY learn what Thomas has been doing on my paper route! We're t-minus 5 days and counting til baby's arrival. I am working Thursday am, then have a substitute for a few days, but the plan was for Norman and Thomas to take over after that.

We're just waiting to see what happens and see where we go from here!

Again, it really is NEVER boring!!