Day 1 of the Cast

I'm so proud of my quick little learner.
Paul is feeling much better today and it shows.
So far he has learned

1. how to crawl with his right leg sticking out to the side (the wood floor is his favorite because his leg just slides beside him)
2. that if he reaches his hand out towards an object I will immediately give him the object (Paul unfortunately thinks it is a game akin to dropping items and watching me pick them up over and over again)
3. how to stand up and even walk with a cast!
   

He still trips a lot when he tries walking, but at least he can stand up to things and get around. Way to go Paul.

I was lucky enough to catch his first try at walking on the video camera. Here he is:

Breaking News - Paul Broke His Leg

Well, actually I broke Paul's leg, but that sounds malicious and intentional and this was nothing of the sort.

Yesterday while carrying Paul down the stairs, I slipped and fell, dropping Paul in the process. When Paul finally calmed down, I discovered that while he was okay with sitting and crawling, he would start to cry whenever he would try to stand or walk and refused to put weight on his right leg.

Thankfully I really like the pediatric office he goes to. They got him in yesterday evening, took x-rays, and quickly confirmed that something was wrong with his leg. Today we had an appointment with a pediatric orthopedist who put his leg in a cast. In two weeks the doctor will take off the cast, do more x-rays and go from there, but I have a feeling that he will be in a cast for at least 5 weeks. I just hope that after two his cast won't have to go all the way up to his hip.

The worst part of this is that Paul has a respiratory cold and just feels miserable on top of having a broken bone. I'm hoping that when he starts getting over his cold he'll warm up to his new appendage.

That's the story, here is the picture.


I'm sorry Paul, I love you.

Happy First Birthday Paul

Paul turned 1 yesterday!

Here's a video of Paul first thing in the morning opening Mom and Dad's gift.


Paul got to do all of his favorite things on his Birthday. He had pancakes for breakfast, practiced his golf swing, opened fun presents throughout the day, rode around in the cool shopping cart, had stir-fry for dinner, and of course he ate some cake.

And here are some pictures:









In case you were wondering, yes Paul got a hair cut. I was going to wait until after his 1st birthday, but his hair was always so hot and sweaty that it just had to go. I just hope he doesn't need another hair cut for a long long time. Here are some before, during, and after shots:






Hopefully pictures from this summer and from our big move will come shortly so stayed tuned. In the mean time, Happy Birthday Paul.