In Which He Dreams of Sailboats.

Has it truly been one week since Henry's accident?!  This week just about swallowed me whole with its continual demands to be everywhere at once.  Doctor's appointments and xrays up the kazoo.  But!  The good news is that Henry is back to his usual, rambunctious self!  It must be because of all of your good thoughts and vibes, prayers and anecdotes, e-mails and e-cards!  THANK YOU all!  It's so nice to know that my little one was in so many of your thoughts!

To make a long, drawn out story as short as can be, Henry is A-OK!  Well as A-OK as one can be with a full arm cast!  We're so grateful that Henry managed to escape THE METAL PINS (oh the horror!) AND SURGERY!  So a big WHEW! on that one!  He was supposed to get his "real" cast last Wednesday, but due to swelling the doc postponed that until this Wednesday. 

The first couple of days were rather delicate ones in that Henry needed an extra dose o' love and care.  He moved about gingerly, taking great care to watch for his arm.  Within two days, though, he was CLIMBING RIGHT BACK UP THAT SLIDE!  Uh, hello buddy!  Remember your pal, THE SLIDE?  The very thing that got you in this mess in the first place?!  *Sigh*  Boys!

I think Henry's most refined skill to date is that of getting his own glass o' water.  This requires him to climb up a chair to get a cup (and don't cringe moms....cast or no cast, I dash to his aid!)....walking over to the water dispenser. . . propping the cup between his tummy and the dispenser while he pulls the lever with his good hand to allow the water to flow. . . and finally grabbing the full cup before it tips over.  Very talented that boy.  Anyway, if you want to read a detailed account of Henry's broken arm ordeal, please visit Hank's site.  (You can also view the xrays!).

Anyway, though Henry is back to his normal shenanigans, he does manage to deal out his share of cute.  Lately he's been saying things like, "When I get bigger. . . blah blah blah."  Well the other day he said this to me, "Mama when me get bigger, I go on a boat.......and Mama, when you get bigger, you come too?  And we eat ice peam (cream) togedder?"  There's another variation in which he dreams of taking me on his motorcycle to get ice peam too. It's all very fricken cute.

Onto other news, Alison gave us a scare today too.  She was busy playing next door with a neighbor boy when suddenly the dad came running over with Alison in his arms.  She had tears streaming down her face....apparently one of the boys had flipped her out of a hammock onto the ground.  Lovely.  Can you imagine two broken arms?  That would have been a big DISASTER!  Luckily there were no injuries.  Man.  That was close.

And speaking of neighbors. . . they're moving.  They're packing up their goods, cashing out on their house (their house is now worth, oh SEVEN TIMES more than it was when they bought it a few years back).  They're moving to a cleaner, prettier west coast state.  And get this.  With their profit, they're PAYING CASH for their new home....AND they're pocketing a large lump o' cash to boot!  My lord the California housing market is C-R-A-Z-Y!

Anyway, I think I'll close here.  I'm exhausted.  Stay tuned though.  More shop updates.  More exciting stuff to come!

And thank you again for your kind comments.  It was so uplifting to read them when things were uncertain.  So thanks blogworld. :)

P.S. Pleae go and read Hank's post U Can't Touch This.....Henry's back in business afterall.

Comments

[joy madison]

I am so so so happy to hear he is okay. I was praying for him here in space needle land! I know he'll get better and better. I love their little baby-isms! So sweet!

[alexis]

Glad to hear Henry is back to his cutie pie of a self! Kids, they keep life interesting, don't they?

[Ani]

Glad little Henry did not need surgery and is back to his loving self! So mean of those little boys to flip Allison but glad she did not break anthing.

[Marie]

Yay for Henry! And what a relief that Alison didn't get injured with the rough play.

Yes, a lot of people are cashing in on their homes. The housing market is crazy but it's expected to cool down in two years.

[Giao]

Yay, Henry! I am glad he's back to his rambunctious self, and I'm really glad Alison didn't get too hurt. Oy! I wish Monkey and I had bought out there 5 or 6 years ago, when we were contemplating moving to southern california. I sure would love me some outright owning when I moved on. =)

[mipmup]

*sigh.* glad he is feeling better! just curious: where are your neighbors moving?

[Mariko]

Very glad to hear Henry is feeling better! You know, we, too, our cashing out of our California home and paying cash for a house in the Pacific NW. Unfortunately, we won't have a big chunk of cash in our pocket, because that chunk has to pay for a new sailboat. Sigh. But hey, Henry is welcome aboard any time!

[Aimee Roo]

so happy to hear that all has turned out so well. that is great news! :)

[susanne]

what a sweetie, his "i love you forever, mama" got me all misty :) so happy for everyone that henry is back to his old little boy self (well besides the cast)! that was quick :) hehe, when i got a tetanus shot it took me longer than 2 days to "recover" (i'm so lame, i wouldn't move my arm for a couple of days which i think led to my arm staying sore longer than it would have).

glad to hear that alison's okay, 2 kids plus 2 broken arms would equal craziness!

[mrspilkington]

hooray! glad that all is well.

[suburbansider]

A wonderful follow-up post after reading the last sad story. I'm glad to hear he's better.

[Kathleen]

I'm so glad to hear little Henry is getting better by the day... you'll have to tell him about the 1,500 motorcycles that rallied together at his Children's hospital over the weekend... and I only know this because they all took a romp down my street! You should of heard the rumbling madness!! Give your sweet babies a big hug for me. :)

[shokufeh]

Yay for Henry feeling better. And for getting back on the saddle, er... slide, so quickly. My mom sometimes worries that she raised overly cautious children, since we've never broken any bones and only one of the three of us every had stitches, and that was at 20 years old. So I particularly admire Henry's spirit.

[debbie]

Oh the adreneline rush of having kids! Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Sending positive force shield vibes your way.

[Amanda]

I am so glad Henry is okay,what a scare! Will have to check out Hank's site for the story though. :) It is always interesting to see what Dads think and write. *smile*

[valentina]

So, so glad that Henry is his old self! And that Alison got away with a scare. Whew.

[hannah]

oh my goodness, i just read through the last post in a panic! thank goodness henry is ok and back to his old tricks, full cast and all! way to go mom!

[elaine]

I haven't been here for a while. I'm sorry about your little guy's ordeal but I'm glad he's doing better. What a trooper!

[sarah]

Oh my goodness, I've been out of the blog loop for a bit and look what I missed! I'm so sad about your poor Henry's arm, but it sounds like he is a very brave boy :) What an adventure that all must have been! I'm offering happy thoughts for Henry even though they are very late! Boys will definitely be boys!