She Broke It! 1-21-08

The inevitable finally happened. After a couple of close calls, Sweet Pea broke a bone, or two actually. When she was 4 or 5 months old she rolled off of our really tall bed (it was probably 3 1/2 feet tall). N and I thought we would never get over it. We knew right away that she was okay, but we were traumatized by the thud and then sudden scream we heard. It literally took a week for the pits in our stomachs to disappear (and we still carry the guilt). Then when she was 18 months old I was giving her a piggyback ride through the hall and she leaned back and started to fall. I did have a hold of her pants, but she fell head first, backwards, so her pants slipped right off as she fell to the ground. I thought for sure I had just broken her head. Again, miraculously she was okay. Well last week, just after N got home from work, she was running around the house with excitement. All of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I see something flying off of the back of the couch. As soon as I heard the thud, I knew something was broken. I was completely distraught, I couldn't even pick her up. So N came and picked her up and you could tell by the way her arm was bending between her wrist and elbow, that something wasn't right. Even though she kept saying "my boo-boo is okay", we had x-rays taken the next day and they showed otherwise. So, now she has a beautiful purple cast to wear for a few weeks. She is doing great! Here are a few pictures to prove it: