Cast Off; Preschool Started; Potty Training Going

Tuesday, September 6th, was a big day for Jacob. In the morning we went to the Dr. to get his cast off. This round wheel does not spin, it vibrates fast enough that cuts through the cast. Then they take scissors, cut the mesh underneath and, viola!, it was off and we were saying good-bye.


His arm was a little "dirty"
and he had a somewhat limited range of motion, but that soon took care of itself and he uses it as if it was never broken.

That afternoon Jacob started preschool. 3 boys from his nursery class are there with him and he enjoys it. He has a little bit of a hard time seeing Mom leave, but once he is there he is fine. With his friend Andrew on the first day.


This weekend we began potty training. I should say that Jason has done most of it. I have tried 2 other times, with zero success, but Jason has made it work.Yea! I did it!! I wish he could stay home with me the rest of the week--Jacob goes, but does not always want to go. Here are some of his potty treats, a book and the Shake Car he earns when he can keep his pants dry, and go to the potty without too much reminding., Maybe he'll have it by the end of the week???

Labor Day Weekend

This weekend was really fun. On Friday night we started by going to Antelope Island to the Stampede Round Up...as you may remember we went to Antelope Island on the Friday before Memorial Day to camp. It seemed fitting that since we began the summer on Antelope Island that we finish the summer there (sans the biting gnats!).

We had a picnic dinner in the back of Jason's car before going in. They had hot air balloons up in the air and one that you could climb into. Jacob wanted to climb in until he saw them "firing" it up to keep it up. So we just stood in front of it.

They had a "Beach Boys" band playing and 3 or 4 bounce houses. Jacob loved those and we spent a lot of time in that area. He must have gone on them 50 times!







The evening ended with fireworks.





Sunday we went down to my parent's house for dinner and to sleep over. Today we got up and Jason and I went with Jason's brother, Josh, and his wife Irina, into Provo Canyon to do some zip lines.

Groupon sent a deal for a company called Max Zip, which had opened up this summer. We got to the canyon at 9 a.m. and a van picked us up and drove us a little ways up in a private area called Bear's Canyon. That is where we began the zip line.

They gave us our harness, hat, and glove and off we went. The first line I went down I stopped just a little bit short, the second line was better, but because it was longer I still stopped short. By the third line I had it down, but then we were done. They are adding 2-3 more lines in the next couple of weeks, which I would have loved to do. It was a fun experience and if it wasn't so expensive I'd do it again!












This afternoon we had a BBQ with my parents and niece Elizabeth and finished off the evening with a rousing game of "Bean Bag Toss." It was a fun weekend!

Summer is Winding Down

I cannot believe it is the end of August. Even with a broken arm I feel we have squeezed all the swimming in possible. (I've spent more time in my swim suit this summer than in the past 20 years!)

A few weeks ago we went with Jason's work to Lagoon. If you remember last year Jacob looked like this on the boat ride (even though he said he wanted to ride it). This year he was much happier! We had lots of fun at Lagoon.



Swimming at the Scera pool in Orem with our cousins


Swimming at the Lindon pool with our friend Connor


The zoo was hot, but fun
Splash pad in Alpine with Gr. and Gr. and cousins
And of course Jacob's famous picture taking! Me, Grandpa and us as a lovely looking couple!

Finally He Has His Cast

Jacob broke his arm on July 20th. The following week, on Thursday the 28th, we went in to get his cast. They took x-rays again and found the bones were not straightening. We had 2 options. The Dr. could straighten the bones there in the office, but that would hurt, or we could come in the next morning, they would put him under conscious sedation, and straighten them. We opted for the second choice.

Friday morning we arrived at the hospital at 6:30 a.m.At 7:30 they took him into the operating room, and 20 minutes later the Dr. came back in and showed us the x-rays with the straightened bones. Jacob was back in the room at 8:30 a.m., had some juice, ate a Popsicle and we checked out at 9:00 a.m.

Since they had to set the bones he was in a splint again for another week. This last Tuesday (Aug. 9) we went in and they put the cast on. While we waited for the Dr. Jacob rode this around and wanted to climb on this(is he trying to break his other arm?) Here are the supplies for the cast. Here they are wrapping his arm in mesh.(His arm is a little dirty after being splinted for 3 weeks.) The Dr. holding his arm until the cast was set(he probably thought I was nuts trying to take pictures!)It is water proof! YEA!! We're headed to the splash park today!

Broken Arm

Last Wednesday Jacob was playing on his climbing/slide toy
in the backyard with his cousin. They were standing on the platform inside and he slipped and fell. It isn't a long fall, but he fell just right and broke both bones in his left arm.

I took him to Instacare because I didn't think his arm looked right. He was crying when we got there, they took us into a room and I laid him down. After an hour (that is about how long it took from check-in) we finally saw the Dr. But by the time he came in Jacob was no longer crying and, while he didn't use that arm, he could move is fingers and wrist...so I thought maybe it was sprained.

They took an x-ray and it was broken. They splinted it
and I took him home. We get a cast this Thursday.







He was a trooper!Amazing what a little ibuprofen can do!!