Lydia's Broken Wrist

Lydia broke her arm on Tuesday, November 13.  She pulled her little rocking horse into the middle of the floor and ended up falling off of it and landing on her wrist.  My mom was in town and neither one of us saw it happen.  She started crying and let me hold her for awhile, but then she ran and hid in a corner.  Lydia is such a tough girl that it was hard to watch her crying for so long.  At first I wondered if she was crying so much because she was so tired too since we had been gone the whole weekend before and off her normal schedule, but as the day went on it was obvious that there was something wrong with her arm.

We took her to her pediatrician's office (her regular doctor was out of the office so Dr. Blackburn saw her).  The doctor asked if he could look at her arm and she told him "no tank you" and hid her arm from him.  She had a long sleeved shirt on and wouldn't let us pull it up because she knew once we did that we usually touched it.  As soon as the doctor was done looking at her arm she quickly pulled her sleeve back down over her wrist and her fingers.  She did the same thing when they took x-rays of her hand too.  She ended up fracturing both bones in her wrist.  One was broken from two different directions and we were blessed it didn't break all of the way off or it would have chipped off the corner of her bone.

She was crying the whole time they were preparing her arm for the cast, but the nurse asked her what color she wanted and in between sobs she said blue.

 

 

It took her awhile to get used to the cast, but she is somewhat enjoying it now.  She even gives high fives and knuckles with it.  She is definitely one tough little girl!

December Grace Langston

Justin's sister and brother-in-law lost their sweet baby girl, December Grace Langston.  She was born sleeping November 8th at 31 weeks. 3lbs 14oz 17.5in long.  They had a graveside memorial for her on Saturday, November 10th.  It was an absolutely beautiful ceremony, but heartbreaking at the same time.  The casket was so tiny.  Michelle had set up a little display with pictures of December and the hand, feet, and face molds that the hospital made of December.  It was so special to be able to see all of December's things.  In the pictures she looks just like Arianna, absolutely beautiful.

 This is a picture of December.  Carol made her little dress that she was buried in and Michelle, Arianna, and December all have matching bracelets.

 December's feet prints and her face mold.  It was so small. 

 

I am so amazed to watch Clayton and Michelle and the strength that they have.  This was their sixth pregnancy.  They have miscarried four times, they lost baby December, and they have the wonderful Arianna.  It is times like this where I am so grateful for the gospel and the knowledge that I know that families will be together forever.  Michelle and Clayton have remained so strong through all of their trials.  They have been wonderful examples to all of us!  We love you guys so much!

Making a Snowman

We had our first "big" snowstorm of the year and Lydia was so excited.  She asked over and over again if she could play in the snow.  It took a little while to get both girls bundled up and ready to go, but they were so excited by the time we were ready.

 

 Brooke didn't like having her mittens on and she kept crying.  I gave in and took one of the mittens and she was so much happier.  She kept picking up the snow and eating it!

 Lydia was so excited to build a snowman.  She kept singing "Once there was a 'noman noman' tall tall tall."  It was fun watching her being so excited.

 She loved that snowman!  The snowman's arms were only on for a little while though because Daisy thought it was a game and jumped up and stole the arms and then ran away.

We can't wait for the next snowstorm so we can build another snowman.

Jacoby and Brooke

My friend JaNae and her little boy Jacoby were in town from Missouri and stopped by to visit!  It was so much fun!  We were able to talk and go to lunch and the kids had fun playing together.  We got some cute pictures of Jacoby and Brooke so I thought I should post them.

 

Jacoby loved Brooke's hair and kept trying grab onto it!  It was a lot of fun seeing them play together.  I wish they lived closer!!

Green Slime

Lydia watched the tv show, "Sid the Science Kid" and they made green slime for Halloween.  She asked so nicely if we could make some, so we did.  She had so much fun and it entertained her for a while!

 

 

We will definitely be making slime again!

Halloween 2012

My mom came to spend the day with us on Halloween.  We took the girls to the library for story time and trick-or-treating.  Lydia wore last year's bumble bee costume because it is so much easier to move around in than her horse one.

We were also able to go trick-or-treating at Justin's office and the office right next to his.  Lydia liked this a lot.  She was actually able to stay with him at work while he finished things up.  She thought that was pretty cool.  She loves being able to ride in his truck too!

Brooke was a cute little ladybug for Halloween!  She liked having the costume on and walked around acting like a big girl.

Lydia was a cowgirl, but if you ask her she was a horse.  It was funny because when people did ask her what she was going to be for Halloween her answer was the same every time, "me horse, Brooke ladybug."

Lydia really liked her costume, she even has to have it in bed with her when she sleeps

Aren't these the cutest girls ever?  Lydia was so excited to go trick-or-treating.  She knew that she was going to get some candy.

Justin thought it would be fun to dress up again as he took the girls around.  Lydia loved it!

I went around the circle with them because no other kids were out and about yet, but then I stayed home to pass out candy while Justin took the girls the rest of the way.  Lydia had so much fun!  Brooke would try to walk into the people's houses when they opened the door.  He said it was so funny.  He mostly just took them to the houses of people in the ward that the girls knew.  Lydia and Brooke both loved Halloween!

Carving Pumpkins

We carved our pumpkins the day before Halloween.  Lydia picked out a pumpkin for everyone and made sure that we didn't switch it from who she said it belonged too.

Lydia didn't like cleaning out the pumpkin as much as I thought she would.  She was content to watch Justin do it most of the time.  Brooke had fun playing with all the pumpkin insides though.

Justin ended up cleaning out my pumpkin too! 

Lydia was patiently waiting for Justin to start carving her pumpkin.  I printed off a list of pictures for Lydia to choose what she wanted her pumpkin to look like and she picked the kitty cat.

Justin carved a kitty cat into Lydia's.  It turned out really cute.  She loved it.

I decided to be extremely creative and just carved MOM into mine.

Justin carved a traditional face into his pumpkin.

I carved Brooke's to look like a ladybug!

Lydia was so excited about her kitty cat pumpkin.

Brooke and her ladybug.

The girls liked to take the stems off the pumpkins.  They wouldn't leave them on.  We put them on the front porch and they had to take the stems off before they came inside.  Silly girls.

Justin had a young men and  young women Halloween party that he had to go to since he is an adviser in the Teacher's quorum.  He was a good sport and dressed up like Robin Hood for the party.

Lydia thought it was funny that Justin was dressed up for his party.  She told him to be a good and get lots of candy.  What a sweetheart!

Riverton Halloween Bash

Riverton City does a Halloween party every year.  We took Lydia last year and thought it would be fun to take the girls again this year.  They had more activities this year and Lydia had so much fun wearing her "horse Ivy" around. I had the girls pose before we left.  Lydia was so excited for the party!

The girls were excited walking to the building.  Everyone thought Lydia was adorable.  People would stop and look at her again and then comment on how cute she was in her costume.

The girls had fun playing the games.  Most games were too advanced for Brooke but she marched herself right up the candy buckets by each game after she saw Lydia get a piece of candy.

Brooke thinks she is just as old as Lydia and that she should be able to do everything Lydia does.

Brooke liked the bowling game.  She followed the pumpkin after she threw it.  It was pretty cute!

Lydia was awesome at the football toss. 

Lydia had a harder time tossing the ring onto the pumpkin, but Brooke was standing by the pumpkins and would pick the ring up and put it on the pumpkin if Lydia missed.  Such great team work!

It is a fun activity that the city does.  It was also a lot of fun having somewhere festive to take the girls.