Firsts

David had his first judo injury today.  He went to judo class with his dad this morning and David tells me that he did something wrong when he did a roll.  He was in great pain so Dave took him to urgent care.  David came home with a brace similar to this Googled image (he didn't want his picture taken).  He said that the doctor told him that he suffered a small crack on his clavicle.  It should heal on its own but he's to see an orthopedist for further assessment.  David's in no pain now ..it actually subsided while he was in the urgent care waiting room.  In fact, at this very moment he's playing Wii with such gusto!

Also a first today was Sophia's full blown hug with a random boy!  While Dave and David was at judo, Sophia, Steven and I were at church stake conference.  About the last 20 minutes or so of the session, a boy in front of us was lured to our aisle by Sophia's drawing board.  Sophia didn't mind sharing it with him.  At the end of the conference, the boy's mother and I discovered that they were hugging.  Sophia's face buried on the boy's chest, both kids' arms wrapped tightly around each other.  So cute and scary at the same time for me (I thought the boy was at least a couple of years older and I suppose I jumped 20 years ahead).  The boy's mother however beamed and voiced adoration.  She kept saying how cute Sophia was.  Then we went on our way.  Apparently the boy chased after Sophia and when he finally caught up with her, they hugged again.  Mother and I then introduced each other and our kids.  Although no numbers were exchanged in the brief conversation, a play date might be up ahead ...Sophia wants to track him down!  She definitely wants to see Spencer again.  Aww, the joys of childhood.  ~Oh by the way, the boy turns out to also be 5 years old ... he's just tall for his age. 

Oh my, my kiddos are growing up! 

(images acquired through Google Images)

Family Day

Yesterday the kiddos were off from school for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and so was Dave so we made it a family outing day.  We started the morning at IHOP for breakfast then went to a park trail to do some hiking.  From there we went to a sports park.  Turned out we were the only ones there!  The kiddos had a blast rolling down the grass slope.  I had been feeling nauseous and a growing headache so I rested in the car while the rest of the family enjoyed the park some more.  Then from there we went to pick up some donuts and headed home.  At home my headache grew to a full blown intense headache and experienced a malaise feeling.  I checked my blood pressure and it was 175/110.  I took an extra strength Tylenol (I had already taken my bp med that morning) and tried to sleep it off.  Not much luck because my nausea got worse and finally I threw up... a few times.  That helped a bit and after another dose of Tylenol I finally fell asleep.  Oh, what a miserable feeling!  So grateful that Heavenly Father answered my pleading and I was all better by night's end.  I am so blessed with good health.  More than I realized ...thanks Peb for setting me straight.  I will be one that will not slip or throw it away!  :)

By George, he's got it!

(source: google image)

It's about time!  Steven has finally gotten the hang of the potty!!  It's day 5 today and only 2 accidents ..luckily they happened at home (the first couple of days).  Anyway, it all started over the weekend when he screamed in pain from a wet diaper.  I checked him and saw nothing significant.  Then when I washed him (running water and soap), he screamed even harder.  Goodness, what the heck was going on?  The next day, the same thing happened.  I'm thinking doctor time again then I finally got him to explain to me where it exactly hurts.  My best guess was that he scratched himself raw (finally detected small skin abrasions) on his scrotum so whenever it got wet (even water), it hurt.  I suspect that it was the new diaper brand that made him itchy.  We're a Huggies diaper family but last week I saw a box of 130+ Pampers diapers for sale, no biggie I thought.  Well, probably coincidental, but now I do recall David and Sophia having problems with Pampers when they were babies so maybe not.  Anyways, if that's really the case, I'm sure glad I bought those diapers because by George, he's got it!  He's doing #1s and #2s in the toilet!  By day 3 (day 1 and 2, I put diaper swimmers on him..only ones that were not Pampers), I put him in chonies even at night and when we were out  of the house.  Yeay!! 

Bittersweet though come to think of it.  All my kiddos are growing up!  In fact, another milestone this month was all three kids are in Primary (children's program in LDS church) now.  Steven graduated from Nursery to Primary this year.  He cried and clinged to me at first but I told him that now he'll be with his sister for part of the program so that helped to calm him. 

Wow, I've really been awful at keeping up with this blog.  So many wonderful things have happened but I didn't make the time to share it here.  Bummer.  I'll do better this year. :)