I FELL

Well in my last blog I said I had yet to fall in the ice/snow. And of course since I said it I had to slip and fall this morning. My neighbors side walk was iced and I slipped must have been a funny sight. I skinned my hands when I caught my self and I felt like a little kid again do you remember the burning, stinging feeling you have for a while after your hands smack on the pavement. It sounds wierd but I kind of liked it. Who wants to be an old lady with an achy back I would rather be an active kid who smacked her hands on the pavement when she slipped outside having fun in the cold. Just a thought that made me laugh.

Never Boring

We have our first broken bone and the owner is Alexis. She has been mistakenly believing she is part monkey and climbing everything for a while now. My dining chairs have to lay flat on the floor so they are not pushed around to climb up various places. The outside of the staircase had been the latest hot spot. And then it happened the inevitable yet early attempt to climb out of the crib. She made it out alright and she broke her forearm in the process. And of course as I was getting ready to take her to the ER the door to the basement was left open by a child and Sami took a tumble down the entire flight of stairs and took the trip to the ER as well. She couldnt let Lexi have that all to her self. She was fine not even a bruise. And Lexis arm will be healed with in 3 weeks. Oh to be a baby and "bounce" back so easily.



As for the rest of us we are maintaining an injury free winter. The snow is falling often and I havent yet slipped and fell. Thank goodness for my nice warm Ugg boots with great soles. Chris is hard at work and Skyler and Katelyn are excelling in school. Skyler is playing piano as well as clarinet. They all love playing in the snow. Winter is cold here!!! But its still so new its fun. I walked to the neighbors house today and thought "I'm treking through the snow in my yard wow this is odd". Thankfully oil prices are dropping so heating the house isnt killing me. Still cant believe my heat is powered by oil it seems so pre-historic. Im finally feeling like Massachusetts is home. I am happy to have some really great friends here and amazing friends in CA. So Im going with the flow and enjoying my life!

Lexi has a perfectly healthy heart!! We were concerned for a while that she may have had a heart condition but we saw the pediatric cardiologist yesterday and shes perfect. What a relief. And after being out of CA I have to say our health insurance and coverage in MA is so much better. If you have to be sick it should be here. There are so many amazing hospital and dr.s available and the coverage that is mandatory by state law makes it available to everyone. Skylers insulin pump will be covered 100% in Ca it was covered 0%. Im greatful for so much my childrens Health is definetly the top of the list!