Peg Leg

Kacy has had her cast off for 5 days now, and she is still walking like she has it on. I am getting a little concerned about it because the doctor said that she should be fine in a week or so. I keep trying to get her to focus on stepping down on her foot the right way, but the more she thinks about it, the worse it is. Oh well, her little muscle memory is all messed up. Hopefully it will straighten out soon! The worst part about it that her leg looks fine, so when she walks all crazy people just stare at her wondering what's wrong. Poor kid! I need to post a video of her walking around on it, so I can always remember all the craziness that we are going through right now :)

Brooke - 6 months

Little Brook Nicole was 6 months old this week. The time has gone by so fast! It always goes by quickly, but with all the drama and chaos that our life has been filled with since March - it seems to have gone by even faster than normal! This poor girl has absolutely NO routine. I never realized that it was my job to get my baby on a routine of sleeping/eating/etc. She is the first one that I have had at home past 12 weeks old. Daycare does a fantastic job of getting them on a schedule, so I just kind of went with whatever they were doing with Adilyn and Kacy. I am not sure that even if I thought about getting her into a routine that I would have been very successful doing it with all the changes that we have gone through, but it still would be nice to have some sort of schedule. She rarely naps anywhere but in the car, so if we actually get to stay in one place for the day she only sleeps when I am feeding her. I got her to sleep in her pack 'n play for two hours today, and that is a first! She doesn't hate the car as much as she used to, which is fantastic since we are in the car so much these days. If she does get upset in the car, Adilyn usually does a great job of entertaining her or distracting her. Kacy tries, but I think she just bugs her more than anything. :) Brooke loves to watch the girls. For some reason when they jump on the bed, she cracks up every single time! I took her on the trampoline at Shane and Dana's one day, and she absolutely loved it. She also loves when they are acting silly or dancing around. One of Brooke's talents is grabbing things. She is dead-on when she goes for something. It is very rare that she misses her target even once. Her favorite thing to grab is hair, and she can even grab hair with her toes...toe-tally talented like the rest of the girls in her family! She is getting really close to being able to sit up on her own, but she definitely tips over easily when she is grabbing for things. I started feeding her solid foods about 2 weeks ago, thinking it would help her sleep better at night, but it didn't. She is eating pretty well, and she hasn't rejected anything I have given her. We have tried cereal, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, and prunes. I usually just give her some solids when we eat dinner, but it's been a challenge here at Ryan's house because our high chair is in storage. I have put her in the Bumbo seat on the table to feed her, but it's a constant battle of trying to keep her in the Bumbo and away from everyone's drinks, plates, and anything else within grabbing range. She loves to talk and scream. For some reason, she loves to do this little high-pitched hoarse scream all the time. It's pretty cute, for now. :) She loves Ryan, and anytime he is around, she will just watch him until he talks to her. When strange men talk to her, she has started crying. I feel bad because they are usually just trying to be sweet and say hi, but for some reason, it completely freaks her out! One old man responded by saying, "Don't worry, I always have that affect on women." Silly old fella! I am so glad Brooke came into our life. She makes our family complete, and she makes me smile even when she is waking up at all hours of the night!

And The Cast is OFF!!!

Kacy's follow-up appointment was Thursday. I had been preparing her for the fact that it might be loud when they take her cast off. She kept saying, "Is it going to be super loud?" I kept saying, "No, just pretty loud." Then she would just say okay. I am not sure what the difference between "super" loud and "pretty" loud were, but whatever it was she seemed okay with it. She usually gets freaked out by loud noises, so I was a little concerned, but when we got in there she was fine. I could tell she was a little nervous on the table, but I kept talking to her and she did great. That girl is a trooper!
Her break was completely healed, and she was free to be out of a cast! She is still walking all peg leg and weird, but the doctor said that she should be fine in a week or so. It's strange to see her walking funny with no cast on because now it just looks like she has a messed up leg. She can't run or jump for a couple weeks, so she was still sad about that. I am sure that she will be back to her old self in no time. She couldn't do all the dance moves that she wanted to do today, so she laid on the ground and danced on the ground. Good improvising!

I Wish...

Kacy gets so sad when Adilyn gets to do things that she can't. She has mastered the statement, "I wish..." One of the funniest things that she is jealous of is that when I drop Adilyn off at school her teachers open the door for her to get out at the car rider line. Every single day, and I mean, every single day as we pull away, she says, "I wish my teachers open my door for me at my school."
Other thing she wishes for...
"I wish I could sit in a booster seat, like Addy."
"I wish I have a pretty dress like that girl."
"I wish I have long hair like you and Addy."
"I wish I could go to the beach everyday."
Sweet girl! It's good to have dreams. :)

The Cast - Day 11

Kacy has done great with her cast! Even though she has done well, I am so hoping that she gets it off this week. She doesn't really complain too much about it anymore, and it really only itched one day. I am so glad that this happened now and not in the summer. I think the fact that it hasn't been 100 degrees has really helped the itchy factor!
Funny moments:
She was stepping on Adilyn's foot on "accident", and Adilyn was screaming. Kacy said, "I sorry, this cast just soooooo crazy!"
We have to bathe her sitting on the toilet because otherwise the water drips into her cast. One day Cory got creative and held her by the feet and dipped her head in the water to wash her hair. She laughed hysterically the whole time!
She has learned how to get up the stairs at the playground pretty well. She says, "Up is gold shoe first, down is cast leg first!" ("gold shoe" because she wears her silly gold sparkly shoes 99% of her life)!
Her classmates thought her cast was pretty cool, and apparently they all got to touch it the first day she went back to school.
She always says things like, "I can't run with my cast. I can't play soccer with my cast. I can't wear princess shoes with my cast." She just lists things she can't do, even if she doesn't really want to do it at the present time.
I heard her struggling in the bedroom one night after bath. I went in to see what was wrong. She said, "I can't get my jammies over this big, huge leg!"
She gets stuck in certain positions sometimes, but she doesn't get too upset. She just yells for some help, and we unstick her!
Kacy is a trooper, and I am so glad that our first cast situation was with her!

Guilt of a Different Kind

I have had my share of "mommy guilt" throughout the last 5 years as a working mom. My heart broke more than a few times when I had to drop off my kids at daycare when they were extra tired, a little sick, or just plain needy. When I coached, I was so sad on my game nights when I knew that I wouldn't even see the kids before they went to bed. Now that I am a stay-at-home mom, I am still having guilt...just different guilt. I feel bad that Adilyn has to be at school everyday while Kacy, Brooke, and I are at home. Adilyn never got to stay home; she was in school from 11 weeks old until forever. I feel so bad that I don't even want to do anything fun with Kacy because I feel like I am betraying Adilyn. I know it's silly because it's not my fault that she is in Kindergarten, but I just feel bad that this is the first year that I am at home, and she can't be with me. Today was the worst! We had a birthday party today at Dewberry Farms, and Adilyn loves that place almost as much as she loves birthday parties! I tried to keep it from her, but of course it slipped out. I honest to goodness did not think that she was going to get out of the car this morning when I went to drop her off. Luckily, she did get out after I told her that the party was not going to be very much fun, and that there were going to be a lot of babies there! I just felt so bad for her. How bad would it suck to be the ONLY one that has to leave the house everyday?!? Even Cory stays home. He is working, but he is still home. Oh well, maybe I will get over feeling bad, and maybe I can finally work up the nerve to actually go do some fun activities with Kacy before she starts Kindergarten! :)
I plan to do a post on working vs. stay-at-home, but my life is in such chaos right now with moving and house stuff that I don't really feel like I am getting an accurate picture of being a stay-at-home mom. Maybe one day we will have some semblance of a routine, and I can feel like I am being productive and have a purpose!

Homeless Part 2 - The Bachelor Pad

We are working on our second week of being homeless, and we have changed venues. I was worried about wearing out our welcome in one single place, so I thought it was best to share the love of the Henderson crew. :) Ryan's house is very different from the Hrobars. The funniest thing that has happened was when I went to make rolls for dinner on night. I preheated the oven, and got the rolls out of the fridge...then, I couldn't find a cookie sheet! I asked him where it was, and he said that he was pretty sure he had one somewhere. Turns out, he didn't! Typical bachelor :) No cookie sheet, but he did have some pyrex, and it turns out that crescent rolls cook up pretty tasty in there, too! I also noticed that he had an excessive amount of tupperware containers, and I found that odd. Then, I remembered how many leftovers he must have had sent home with him over the years! The drive to Adilyn and Kacy's school is pretty easy from here, so that has been good. Kacy and Adilyn are sharing a room, and they are doing just fine. We set up a little playroom over here, and they have had fun playing dress-up, school, and doctor's office. Kacy was a little distressed one day about where our home was, so I tried to explain to her that wherever we are, that's our home. She seemed to be okay with that explanation. Poor kids! I think that they are doing okay with everything, but you never know. I think as long as we treat them as we always have treated them with love, kindness, and support they will be alright. We have 22 days (more or less) to go, and we will finally be in our own place. I must say, though, I am so grateful to have such great places to go while we are in transition! Both the Hrobars' and Ryan's house have been so comfortable and so relaxing. The last thing that I would want right now would be to feel uncomfortable, irritated, or out of place!