Well, I was in the middle of typing up this post last night when my 10 year old son came running in the house screaming, “I think I broke my arm!”
This particular son of mine is very dramatic, so I wasn’t too worried initially. However, as soon as I saw his arm I thought, “Yep, it’s broken.” It was bent in a way that arms just aren’t supposed to bend. Eeee.
Soooo, Kev and I ran him to the Instacare and they sent us to the ER. They let us know he broke his radius and ulna bones all the way through and they were both displaced. Here’s one of his x-ray pictures where you can see the broken bone and the odd shape of his wrist.
Poor guy. He was in a lot of pain, but the orthopedic doctor who was on call was amazing! The nurses told us that most doctors would probably opt for surgery to fix this break, but the doc we had was the “best.”
They put my son to sleep while they set his arm (thank heavens!) I didn’t watch them set it, but Kev did and he said it was terrible. The doctor literally yanked and manipulated his arm until he was able to line up the bones correctly. Yikes.
My poor baby is doing much better now and is enjoying all of the attention.
Oh, and FYI, he was just playing in the backyard with a bunch of kids. They had some old stools and a snow sled out there and were climbing on them. My son was on one of the stools and fell off and caught himself with his arm.
It wasn’t pretty.
He’s our first child to break a bone. He was also our first child to get stitches too. He is VERY active and adventurous. In fact, I’m surprised he’s made it this long without a broken bone!
I’m so grateful he’s okay and I’m so grateful for the wonderful doctors and nurses who helped us.
I swear, there is ALWAYS some type of drama happening at our house at all times.
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We had a very nice, relaxing, enjoyable weekend. I loved it. However, it was a little bit “reckless abandon-ish” as far as my healthy lifestyle goes.
It was very nice though.
For some reason, I have been SO TIRED lately! I’ve been getting plenty of sleep, but have been seriously draggin’. I guess it takes a lot of energy to grow a human being. 😉
However, it’s amazing how quickly my “healthy living mojo” goes down the tubes when I’m tired. Soooo, I pretty much just ate whatever sounded good to me and it was very nice.
I totally made these cupcakes on Sunday night and they were FABulous!!!!
I just used a regular cake mix, but the frosting was crazy good! Here’s a link to the recipe. Holy crap guys, that frosting is the bomb. We may just have to make cupcakes again….very very soon!
On Saturday Kev and I went to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes (also known at Souplantation in other areas.)
I was invited to be a part of their “Design Your Own Delicious” campaign and share my favorite creations/choices with all of you!
I was happy to oblige.
I love the salad bar at Sweet Tomatoes and always load up!
I don’t remember every single thing I threw on there, but my favorites were the hard boiled egg, sunflower seeds and raisins. Seriously SO GOOD! I always love to get a little bit of their broccoli salad too.
I also had a slice (or two!) of their AMAZING sourdough bread topped with honey butter.
GUYS, this bread is unbelievably good, especially when it’s hot out of the oven! I also had a small blueberry muffin and a taste of their fettuccine Alfredo, but didn’t take a pic.
I ended this wonderful dinner with a small ice cream sundae…
I topped my ice cream with hot fudge, cookie crumbs and toffee pieces. Yuuuuummmmm!
I love Sweet Tomatoes and even though they offer a lot more healthy options than your typical buffet restaurant, I always eat way too much!
I enjoyed every bite though.
After dinner, Kev and I went to see the new X-Men movie and it was really good!
I’m not usually a fan of sci-fi superhero movies, but I really liked this one! The story line wasn’t predictable and kept me interested the whole time. I also really, really love Hugh Jackman!
I thought Jennifer Lawrence did a great job as the blue lady (Mystique) too. I would HATE to wear that costume though! Can you imagine???? Ya, you’re pretty much naked with blue paint on. Cute.
Anyway, we had a fun night!
I’ve also been trying to eat extra well the past couple days to make up for my crazy weekend. It’s been great. I had this for breakfast today and yesterday…
1 egg + 3 egg whites scrambled with onions, peppers and spinach and topped with tomatoes and guacamole.
Seriously SO GOOD!
It doesn’t keep me full for too long though. 🙁
I had a bunch of leftovers for lunch yesterday…
Grilled chicken, sweet potato and a yummy salad topped with more guacamole!
Yes, I think guacamole will be a staple around our house this summer. I’ll share my recipe with you guys soon!
For dinner last night, I made this…
Yes, it’s pretty much my “I don’t know what in the heck to make for dinner, so I’ll make this for dinner” dinner. I cooked up some chicken (seasoned with seasoning salt) in my electric frying pan and served it with broccoli, quinoa (the kids didn’t eat the quinoa though) and tortellini (I only ate a few) topped with marinara sauce.
I must say that this is my favorite marinara sauce hands down…
It’s from Costco, obviously, but it is so dang good and full of real ingredients!
I think it tastes just like the marinara sauce at Olive Garden. YUM! I even like it better than the homemade sauce I canned last year. I don’t think I’ll be canning sauce any more!
Oh, and I had this for a snack yesterday…
Protein pudding (love!) topped with bananas, chocolate chips and sliced almonds. I LOVE this snack/treat!
I had this for lunch today….
A nectarine and an apricot topped with cottage cheese. LOVE THIS, but it doesn’t keep me full for long either. I might just have to make some protein pudding again. 😉
Oh, and my cute broken-armed son keeps asking me to make a treat (yes, he’s milking the attention!) I may just have to be a good mom and accommodate him, dang it. 😉
Well, I gotta go pick my kidlets up from school and then I’m going to get my hair done (hallelujah!) Oh, and here’s my official “29 weeks pregnant” pictures…
I can’t believe I’ll be 30 weeks soon. YAY!
Well, I hope you all have a wonderful night!
