Good reason to Blog...

Just to prove our blog is not DEAD, I thought I would post about our latest adventure with the little daredevil monkey we call Matty. Our little guy is now the proud owner of a blue full leg cast! While at the playground last Monday after going down the slide, he started to cry and had a hard time standing up. He got over it quickly and remained in a relatively good mood unless he was putting weight on his left leg. So, we went to the emergency room and after 4 hours, no dinner for any of us and way past Matty's bedtime, the dr. said his x-rays were fine and sent us home saying it was probably just a sprain or strain in his knee and if he isn't better in a few days to follow up with an orthopedic or our pediatrician. On Wednesday, he still wasn't putting any weight on the leg so we went to his doctor and got more X-rays to find out there was a small hairline crack in the bone right below his knee. They called this a "toddler fracture" and not uncommon but the best treatment being a cast for almost 3 weeks, he gets it off Mon Nov 8th. The casting process was a fun one with the little guy screaming so hard and loud that I think the whole building heard him, he just didn't want to be held down! The dr and cast tech were finally done and Matty just passed out in my arms, waking up after we got home a while later and being very confused as to what the heck was on his leg! Yesterday was his first full day with the cast and he is doing fine, figuring out a new way to crawl, climb stairs and even walk a little bit! He is definitely a resilient little guy! We did go out yesterday and buy him some "lounge wear" as none of his pants will fit over the cast so it's sweatpants for him for the next few weeks. We also bought him a few new toys to keep him busy since he normally is running around and climbing on everything and anything that moves and has wheels. His new toys are more for him to sit quietly playing with and I think we made the right choice with the Magnadoodle, he loves it! We also got him a few new videos to watch as we (Andrew and I) are getting kind of sick of the 1 or 2 he wants to watch constantly. Lately his favorite is Signing Times, which has been great as he has over 20 signs he currently uses. My favorite is whenever he sees a baby, he wraps his arms around himself and just shakes back and forth, it's really cute! Since he loves the Signing Times so much, I ordered him 2 more from the series, hopefully they will be here soon to help keep him occupied! So, the next few weeks should be fun and interesting...I'm just so proud of how he is handling this, we really are lucky that he has such a good disposition and seems to be handling this all in stride right now!

The picture is him crawling yesterday morning for the first time! We'll get some more pictures posted soon (I guess that means about 2 months based on the last post!)