Catching Up

Seems like forever since I've been on here. I think this is the busiest I've ever been. The last post was dated Nov. 3rd. The night before Ethan and I made a trip to the ER for what I was sure was a dislocated finger. Umm, no. It was broken. Clean through right above his growth-plate. It was his pinkie on his left hand. Yep! You guessed it. He's a lefty. That was Tuesday. On wed. afternoon I took him to see an ortho doc. After he saw the xray I was informed that Ethan would need to come back Friday(the 5th) for non-invasive surgery to set his finger. So Friday we were up bright and early to be in the office at 6. Ethan was taken back at 7:10 and the doc came to talk to me at 7:30. We had to wait a little for Ethan to wake up but we were home by 9 and eating donuts. We made it through the weekend with a splint on his hand and were scheduled to go back for a post- procedure check-up on Wed. I was under the impression that Ethan would get a better splint that he would wear for the next 2 weeks. Again, I was mistaken. We left with his hand in a cast. One that he gets to wear until Dec. 2nd. I was told that his finger was healing so well they didn't want anything to effect the process. So we get to go back next Thursday and maybe we'll come home with out the cast.

And on top of all that I came down with a small case of bronchitis. I've been sleeping on the couch for more than a week because of the coughing. Weird thing is that I've been sleeping really well ;) So I'm on cough meds with codeine and an antibiotic. This has been a pretty good day so maybe I'll sleep in my own bed tonight.

And Thanksgiving is just 3 days away. AND it's Aaron's birthday. 2 big things all wrapped up in one day. Well 2 days if you count going to my parents on Friday.

I'm waiting for my sis-in-law to call and tell me she's bringing me her two kids because she's in labor with their 3rd. Then we have Christmas. And between our 2 families it takes a week to celebrate. I've invited a Chinese exchange teacher to spend Christmas with us if she doesn't go home. So that should be interesting and VERY educational. And Tim and Nicole are having their 4th baby in Feb.

Wonder if I can add anything else.