My first family post

Well, since I've decided to use this as a means of keeping family updated, I guess I should start with Joey.

Joey decided to break his arm on August 27th. Yes, that's 3 days before his 7th birthday. He was in gym class, the P.E. teacher was testing the kids agility. He rolled a hula hoop past the children and they were to jump through the moving hoop. Well, he jumped and broke his left radius close to the elbow. When the doctor and nurses asked how he broke it, he tried to explain the situation. They looked to me for an explanation, to which I replied, "they were practicing to be circus seals". So he has been the school celebrity, having the first broken bone of the school year. Deaglan realized that he hadn't signed it and asked me if I would help him write his name on Joe's cast. Then they posed. I couldn't stop laughing!

Deaglan started soccer for the first time. He plays very well for a first timer. He was really good ball control for a 4 year old. (I think it's from practicing with his Bobo.) He took it upon himself to make sure when the ball went out of bounds that no one could kick it back into play until the ref/coach put it back in play. He dropped to the ground and fell onto the ball. I cried I was laughing so hard. The parents around me couldn't stop laughing either. He just kept going. There was no stopping him. His coach called him on it a few times. "Deaglan, you need to stop or you're not gonna be able to run anymore." "Bear, (that's our nickname for him, but I told coach he could use it because he kept pronouncing Deaglan's name wrong) slow down." I told him "Coach, there's no stopping him. He even moves in his sleep."

Padric (aka: Ricky) is doing just fine. We had a small scare back in June. He had a febrile seizure that got us a ride to the hospital in an ambulance, an IV, an overnight stay at the fabulous Hope Children's Hospital and a follow up EEG. He's fine there were no complications and we don't think it will happen again. It was by far the scariest thing that has happened to Chris or myself. I wasn't home when it happened Chris was. He called Ricky's name and Deggy said he was just shaking on the floor. Chris came in and found Ricky seizing on the front room floor and called 9-1-1. I pulled up right before the ambulance and was able to ride with him. He couldn't move. I was so scared. They gave him a nebulizer treatment in the ambulance and that helped bring his pulse ox up (his breathing was labored so there wasn't enough oxygen getting to his blood). They gave him an IV in the ER and that really helped. After about 2 hours of IV fluids he was talking and trying to move. He was absolutely adorable in the tiny hospital gown he had to wear!

Chris is still working for Verizon (if anyone needs a new phone or to renew their contract.... hint, hint) and doing well. I'm still working at the childcare center and that's about it.