Well it had to happen.  As the mom of four boys, I knew that sooner or later I would have a broken bone on my hands…. honestly, I’ve been counting my lucky stars up to now that we hadn’t had any broken bones yet!

Yesterday though our luck changed, the boys were all playing in the back yard, enjoying the first sunny day we’ve had in a while, and Owen came in crying (honestly, not that rare of an event in our back yard when it comes to three boys, in one yard there is lots of toy stealing/swing arguments… random “so and so said such and such” complaints.)  So I wasn’t too alarmed when my sensitive Owen came in in tears, he sat on the couch, said he’d fallen down, he told me through his tears that he’d been climbing one of the little play things in our back yard (its no more than maybe 4 feet off the ground) and he fell off, seemed like nothing to be too concerned over really….  But then he looked down at his arm, and went hysterical, I looked over and the poor boy’s forearm was bent all funky .  It was obviously broken!

Suddenly things got urgent.  I picked up the phone, called G, and told Gareth and Reece that we had to rush to the hospital (and after a momentary freak out they steeled themselves).  I was really proud of all of us as we got quickly into the van and headed straight to the hospital.  Owen was clearly in pain, and alternating between sobbing and shaking, but he was really amazing considering what he’d been through.

We got to the Hospital and they rushed my little sweetie to a room really pretty fast.  I had Tennyson on one hip,  and Gareth and Reece in tow as I stayed as close as possible to my little injured one.  A few times Gareth even held little Tennyson on his lap for me, because I had to help with Owen, it was really pretty hectic in that little er hospital room, but we managed, and g showed up soon to take #1, 3, and 4 off my hands so I could focus on O (but not before I had to leave a poor overwhelmed nurse with all three of them while I followed Owen to an x-ray).

In the end, we found out he’d broken both bones in his left forearm completely through, they set it last night (while brave and slightly overwhelmed mom held her breath and her little boys hand).  I was amazed with how good of a sport Owen was when they were doing all sorts of this that and the other thing to him, hospitals are scary and overwhelming and he was quite the little trooper.  He was so scared, “Mom this is just like a nightmare only a real one when I’m awake!” but he was still so brave, and so sweet even through it all.

We still have to see the orthopedist tomorrow and then I’ll know more about what the course of action for the future is, but wow, what a crazy day!

Cute story to end on, yesterday, after Owen had his temporary cast put on, and he was still a bit loopy from the meds, he looked at me. Tearing up, he said, “Mom! I’m not going to be able to HUG you with my cast on!”… Mommy’s heart could barely take that level of Owen brand sweetness, I promised him though, that we would definitely be able to figure out hugging when he was able to sit up better.  Today we tested it out…

sigh… suddenly Owen feels like my precious baby boy again, I love him so much!  I’m so so so glad he is ok.

March 4th, 2009: Smile!, originally uploaded by MyLittleScraps.

Today right before running out the door to pick up the kids from school I grabbed the camera and held it out for t and I, and I swear he totally smiled for the camera! He made that cute little grin right when I held up the camera, and then giggled when I showed him our picture…

Baby genius you ask?? perhaps he is…. but I’ll tell you one thing that is certain, he is completely adorable.

Well I know I’ve been quiet, I’m still here, just sort of making it day to day, so i haven’t been super “bloggy.”

I thought though since February is already over, I should probably recap it so that I don’t fall even further behind in blog land.

Probably the number one important thing that happened in February is that the baby in our family turned 1!  I can’t believe it!  Does time fly or what!?!  Tennyson is a pretty shy little creature, and so we decided to play it low key and just do cupcakes at home with the family, he actually totally loved it and got really excited when we all sang happy birthday to him.  It was a sweet little moment.  Here are some of my favorite cupcake pics:

Pretty unbelievable that our last little baby has hit the one year mark… it’s a little sad, but its exciting too, Tennyson has been such a sweet baby, and watching him grow has been such a treat this year.  I was determined to really enjoy his first year, and I feel like I really did soak it all in.  Now it is time for some new landmarks, first steps, learning to talk, time to watch my little baby grow into a little boy, and I’m excited about everything that is to come.

I was also pretty busy designing in February, I’ve been finding a lot of solace in creating new things, and I really appreciate that I get to make money off of a hobby that I really enjoy.  Working was actually a huge stress reliever for me in February.

Waiting for the rain is my favorite kit I have made to date, I’m just so so proud of it.  I love the way it turned out, and it was such a therapeutic project for me!

Here’s a page I made with it (my little baby boy, can you believe he is one already!):

My ct did some beautiful pages with it too, you can check out my gallery to see more.

I also made a few title packs, originally I made the one “precious” title for a typography challenge we had at sweet shoppe, and then I got a little carried away and made a few packs for sale, and I’m proud to say they were one of my best selling products to date!

and this little inexpensive package of acrylic tags:

I also had the chance to work on a few fun collabs, first I did this “all boy” project with Susan Bartolini and Libby Weifenbach:

Then Lauren and I got together last minute last week for this extra girly Shauren Collaboration:

(you can click on any of the above previews to see these products in the shoppe)

So aside from big birthday’s and lots of working, February was pretty much same old same old.  We’re STILL getting the house worked on, I swear that will never end!  The laundry keeps piling, the kids keep making messes… life just keeps going on doesn’t it?

I’m proud to say that I’ve totally kept my 365 up to date.  I love that I’ve got two months chronicled now, I can’t wait to have a full year’s worth of pictures!  You can always go check them out if you want to find out more about our February.  Other than that, I guess I’ll just be back when I can sneak in another second!

Till next time!