Emma's 4th Birthday Party

Saturday we had Emma's 4th birthday party, this was no ordinary birthday party, she had a huge water slide, a slip-n-slide and a pool. These were all things that Gavin was not suppose to be near, but how can you tell him no. It looked like some much fun!! So what would any parent do, make it happen. That's right, we press and sealed his hand, not once but twice and then we put a zip lock bag over that with some tape. And off he went, there was nothing stopping him. The other kids asked questions, I mean it was a little over the top, but it worked and that's all that mattered. We just told them Gavin had a boo-boo and could not get his hand wet, and they were cool with that answer and off they went. Yes, Jeremy too is a kid a heart, so he joined in the fun and went down the slide countless times with Gavin.

What in the world??

Gavin is use to being in day school, that has a day full of activities. Well since he is home with us obviously he is bored. I was catching up on my scrap booking at the kitchen table when Gavin comes out of his room looking like this. And all I could say "What in the world, son?" How he managed to get all his clothes off and these goggles on, I don't know. But it was really funny, I am thinking I need to fill his day with more educational activities

Sleepy Husband and Puppy

Well after a long day at work, I hope to come home to a happy husband, that would give me a big kiss and an excited dog, that normally would get so excited that she pees everywhere, to see me. But instead this is what I come home to.



The explanation behind all this sleepiness, is they had Gavin all day by themselves. And they are wore slam out. Poor babies!!

UnScheduled Doctors Appointment

Today is the first day that I have been alone with Gavin since his BIG BOO-BOO. Last night I told Jeremy to make sure in the morning before he left for his 24 hour shift at work to double check his wrap in the morning and make sure it's secure. Well about an hour after Jeremy left, what happens? His wrap comes completely off, I believe this was not only due to his running around but our dog grabbing it, like it's a toy. But Gavin does not help with the dog situation, when he swings it in her face and uses it as a club to hit her upside the head. She doesn't like it so much.
Well the first thing I do, call Jeremy, and did he answered the phone very quickly, oh yea! Anyway he recommended calling the doctor and if they could not see us within the hour to drive to Greensboro and let him put it back on. His wrapped hand is no joke, it takes at least two people to do it and three if he is awake. One to hold his legs and other arm, one to hold is bad hand, separate his fingers, and the third person to put the wrap on. Well Dr. Sisco, who did the surgery was at the hospital when we got the doctors office, so the other doctor saw him. He simply recommended that we put a band aide on it, yes that's right I said a band aide. He's the doctor and he know whats best, so we put a band aide on it and went home. And the worst part about going to the doctors office is they keep referring to Gavin as the "amputee". Everytime I hear that word tears come to my eyes and I just hold Gavin closer and tighter.



Yes we are outside, which is a big no, no per the doctors request. But you simply can not keep an almost 2 year little boy from outside, it's not happening. That is what I hear all day, outside, outside and he just stands by the door, looking outside. Also thanks Carrie for letting me know where you got the splash mat. We have not been able to try it out with water but Gavin enjoys it blown up, so I know when he's able to get in the water he will love it.

Gavin's "BIG BOO-BOO"

For those of you that do not know the story behind last Wednesdays BIG BOO-BOO here it is.
I have a girls night out group that goes out just about every Wednesday night, whether we go out or just to someones house. Well last Wednesday we were making pottery at one of the girls house in her basement. I had Gavin with me because Jeremy was at work. Later on after we had eaten and hung out some, talking and caring on, we decided to get started making our pottery. Gavin was being a typical little boy, into everything, I finally got him to stay still by me and play with the stamps for the pottery. The next thing I know he is crying and I see his hand stuck up a hole in this pottery wheel. The first thing that crossed my mined was his hand is just stuck. I pull his hand out and I just screamed "IT CUT HIS FINGER OFF", and yes there was blood everywhere. I had no idea what to do, one of my friends who is 6 months pregnant with her second child just calmly said get some paper towels, hold it tight, don't let go , and get in my car. So that's what I did, before yelling back to the other girls "FIND HIS FINGER AND BRING IT TO THE HOSPITAL". Have you ever imaged that those words would be coming out of your mouth. Let me answer that for you, NEVER!
My friend gets us safely to the Emergency Room, (I believe that was longest ride ever and its only about 10mins from where we were). The ER was packed and I just ran to the back (like I was actually going to sit in the waiting room until they called us back). There was no rooms available so they had to get someone out of a room, get it clean and then put us in there. Mean while I am just standing there crying and the nurses just looking at me, well I spotted the ER doctor and looked at him and said "I need you and he needs you, please help me". So he literally ran up to me, again while the nurses are still just looking and wraps his arm around me and grabs Gavin's hand and said it's ok I got you and him. This doctor was amazing he had no gloves on and just took Gavin's hand like it was his on son. Now the nurses decide they want to get involved and tell the doctor to get some gloves on, that they will handle it. But he didn't let go until a room was ready. And all I could say to him was "he is healthy and does not have any diseases".
They had a room within a couple of minutes and in we went. They got an x-ray, an IV in his arm, which took several sticks and got his hand wrapped up, and as soon as they wrapped it up he stopped crying. Lets just say there was alot of rules broken that night, doctor with no gloves on, x-rays taken with people in the room(which was not suppose to happen but made sure with everyone in there that no one was pregnant).
Finally Jeremy got there, right before they took Gavin into surgery, this was our main worry because Gavin is allergic to all medicines. He can not take any type of antibiotic, if he does he gets hives and things start to swell, not good. So we didn't know what kind of reaction he would to being put under. Well he was ok but they could not re-attach the part of finger that was cut off. We had to stay in the hospital for 3 days, so they could monitor his hand. We are out and Gavin is acting just like his normal self. We have to visit the doctor once a week and Gavin is out of daycare at least 4 weeks maybe longer.

Happy Father's Day

I have to admit that I have an amazing husband, who is a wonderful father to Gavin. He does all the cooking because he knows that I don't cook, even though I did cook him french toast this morning. I'm not sure how much he ate maybe a bite or two, possibly slipped some to the dog, who knows. But he also puts up with my"oh no, you need to come home, Gavin is hurt" phone calls that I give him sometimes, well ok lets be honest maybe once a week.

Myrtle Beach

We planned a weekend family get-a-way to Myrtle Beach and had a wonderful time. With an almost 2 year old, you don't get that great of pictures. So the pictures are very random. But anyway we tried to do just enough but not so much that we were exhausted every night when we got back to the hotel. You know how you go on vacation and you need a vacation from the vacation, we didn't want that to happen. Every morning we would head down to the beach about 9am and stay out until lunch time. Gavin loved the beach, the waves crashing at his feet, the sand in every crack and crevice of his body. And when it was time to come inside for lunch, it was not pretty. He cried and screamed for about 15min. until Noggin was on and he had dry clothes on.

Saturday after are morning beach time, we got cleaned up, did a little shopping and then headed to Ripley's Aquarium to hang out with the fish and sharks. Gavin loved the sharks, he would just point and say shark, shark. And then this turlte swam by and Gavin followed that thing everywhere. So needless to say we were excusing ourselves alot because Gavin was in and out of people.

And last but not least the big family photo!

Fly-In Air Show

Today was the Fly-In air show at the Asheboro airport. We all went with some friends of ours to enjoy this beautiful day. Gavin loves planes, so we knew he would throughly enjoy this day. They had old war planes that the started up and did touch and go's with and fly byes, it was pretty neat and Gavin loved every minute of it. As the pictures show he had an eventful day.