October was a Blur!

The month of October took some getting used to.  As much as it was a blur, we had a lot of great memories despite my many doctor appointments and painful nights.  The doctor appointments (sometimes 4 in one week) caused the month to literally fly by.  On the third day of the month I had surgery on my wrist.  The surgery was to repair my radius and ensure that it would heal properly and that I would have 100% mobility in the future.  This was my first surgery ever, and I was very apprehensive!   Grant and Ricky waited patiently in the waiting room for my release.  The surgery went flawlessly, but I was left with a fairly large plate and between 6-8 screws.  Apparently this is the normal hardware that they place in wrist fractures.  My pain was non-existent because I got a nerve block from my shoulder to the tips of my fingers which made my arm feel dead and not a part of my body.  Even after the nerve block wore off, my pain was minimal and I did not need to rely on my pain meds.


As far as the other injuries, I have been to many dentist visits and you wouldn't be able to tell anything happened to my teeth.  I do not have my permanent crowns yet but what they have done to pass the time looks great!  I am also going to Occupational Therapy 2-3 times a week and I am having great success with the treatment and the hospital is amazing! I have had a lot of support from friends and family, especially my mom who has come to take care of us many times.  I don't know what I would have done without her!  We have also received meals when I wasn't able to even slice an onion or peel a potato.  We truly are blessed for all of the care and concern that has come our way.  Enough about me, but in a nutshell I am doing fine and every day is better than the last.

We celebrated my grandfathers 93rd birthday, yes 93 years during the first weekend in October.  It was so nice to have the family together and celebrate my grandfather's wonderful life!  We of course had his favorites, fried chicken, green bean casserole, cheese potatoes and PIE!  Our family always has the best time together and we are fortunate that we are so close.  I think my grandfather enjoyed himself as well!

That baby looks good on her!

Aunt Linda with her sweetie pie!

What's that? You need us to do what?

Oh No! I heard it too!

Grant and JiJi!

PopPop and his two youngest Great-Grand babies!  Happy Man!

Ricky rocked out two races during this month while I cheered from the sidelines.  He ran the Race for the Parks 10K the weekend of my grandfathers birthday and the Marine Corps Marathon during the last weekend in October.  I am so proud of him and I am glad that my injury did not prevent him from continuing to train.  Unfortunately he enjoyed the marathon and is ready to sign up to do it again right now, which means I need to get out there and train again! Hurry up wrist and heal!   

Now for the most important part of this blog entry, what's Grant been up to?  See I have to put his information at the end or you probably wouldn't read the other stuff.  Grant went for his 5 month check up (thank you Uncle Bill for coming with us and lending a hand!!!!) and he is doing great! Grant has reached the 28th percentile for weight which is HUGE for the little peanut who was in the 3rd percentile at his 1 month check up.  He is 15lbs 5oz.  He is also in the 70th percentile for height- 26.38" so we have moved from a peanut to a string bean, or as my Dad would say "a tall drink of water."  His head size is perfectly normal coming in at a 45th percentile.  He is finally in 3-6 month onesies and we have reached 6 month pants for those long skinny legs!  We have also been given the green light for oatmeal and fruits and veggies.  This week we started on the oatmeal and surprisingly he LOVES it.  He opens his little mouth like a bird and gobbles the whole bowl every time.  I can only imagine what he'll do when we give him peaches and bananas.  He is also trying to roll over both from tummy to back and back to tummy.  He is sleeping on his side these days so its only a matter of time before he is rolling all over the house.  Grant also moves all around his crib and is always facing the opposite direction of how we placed him, in the first place.  He is still taking 4 naps a day which is fantastic, especially because his afternoon one is 2.5-3 hours long!  We are so fortunate that he is a heavy sleeper and that he genuinely enjoys being in his crib...and we aren't surprised when he has Ricky and me as parents.      

Yum! Oh and Grant likes to play with paper towel rolls.

Grant also got to partake in his first Halloween! He was pumpkin, Ricky was a scarecrow and I was a crow.  It was Ricky's idea to go as a family and I think it was a pretty cute idea, myself.  We didn't take him 'trick or treating' because all of the houses on our street are town homes which makes it challenging with a wagon and because it was chilly.  He wasn't really digging the idea of a costume which deterred us even more.  I am sure next year when he has a full bucket of candy he'll be asking why he didn't get to go this year.   Hopefully he'll forgive us!

Although Sandy paid us a visit, she didn't stay long and didn't cause too much trouble.  Ricky had two

days off Monday & Tuesday (29th and 30th) which was perfect timing because these were the two days after the Marine Corps Marathon, allowing him to rest and nap on the couch the entire day.  We did not lose power and other than rain and some wind, it was uneventful.