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Just for the record Cooper is having no problem getting around with his cast. He is crawling like a madman and walking along the furniture like nothing is wrong. He just won't take steps like before on his own.
His little personality has bloomed! He has also turned into a little Daddy's boy. He is our first child to be a daddy's boy instead of a momma's boy. He is constantly making us laugh, and has found that he loves the attention, and will find many new things to do to get it.
Here is one thing he started doing, and he knows he can get a laugh out of us anytime he does it. I am trying to get a few more on camera too, but he likes to grab the camera and so will stop what he is doing.
He is going to be a crazy little boy! Just wait till you see his "war cry"!

Cooper's misfortune

Wednesday night we heard Cooper start to scream and we ran to the living room and saw Malia running to hide behind the couch. She said she went to pick him up and he hit his head on the wall. We think she then must have dropped him. I was scared to pick him up because he was acting so weird screaming. Then we watched him for a little while thinking it was his head, and he wouldn't stop crying. He finally stopped after a while, and when I went to put him down I realized that he wouldn't put his leg down, he would just tuck it up and would not stand on it. Which is not normal because he has just started taking 3 or 4 steps by himself. So then the decision. Do we take him to the Dr. or not? It was about 7:00 by then and he was still whimpering so we just decided to have him checked out. He whimpered all the way to the hospital.
We waited in the room for a while.


Then they took some xrays. The tech couldn't see anything below the knee so they took some more of his hip.
By this time Cooper was not happy and so tired! He fell asleep waiting for the Dr. to come talk to us.

The Dr. showed me the xrays and said he couldn't see anything standing out, but he would have the Radiologist look at them.
So they sent us home.
Yesterday he didn't act like he was in pain at all, but he would not put any pressure on his foot, and wouldn't even stand up on it until I gave him ibuprofen, then he would try.
They told me to follow up with his pediatrician. Their office said they got the radiologist report and there was a suspicious spot, a possible hairline tibia fracture. So they told me to get into a Pediatric Orthopedic. So today they sqeezed us in. Cooper was standing up on his leg now, but acting like it hurt a little. The Dr. told us it is what they call a toddler fracture where you can't really see anything in the xray, but they won't put weight on it. He said he would put a cast on it, but I had the option of not putting one on too. He said the cast would not hurt anything, but he has seen cases where they didn't put on one and they came back in days later with it worse. So I decided to just play it safe and have them put one on.







It has not stopped him one bit. He has already figured out he can still crawl and he stands up on it a lot easier than without it. He has to have it on for 3 weeks, so we will see how long it takes him to get frustrated with it.
Big sister feels really bad, and I think she has learned her lesson why we kept telling her not to pick him up, it's just too bad she (and Cooper) had to learn the hard way.

Birthday Week

I had a great week last week. My birthday was on Saturday. My friends surprised me on Tues. by getting a babysitter for all our kids and taking me out to lunch at Red Robin. Love these girls!

On Friday my friends, with all our husbands, went out to eat at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary school and had a 5 course dinner. It was so fun and the food was fancy and great. Some of the things we tried on the menu were their tomato basil soup and chicken mushroom potato soup. For appetizers shrimp, and a rabbit terrine (interesting), then the best cesar salad we have ever had. They had 4 entrees, Salmon, Pork Loin, Duck, and a Beef tenderloin. Then for dessert lava cake, orange creme brule, root beer float, and haselnut moose.
On Saturday Ian let me sleep in while making this yummy score cake.


Then I got my hair cut and I openend my presents!







Yeah! Now my next projects are going to be easier! A new sander and jig saw!

That night we went to our stake Valentines Dance, then we left early and my friends and I went to Valentines Day in the theater. So much fun!
There's still more....
On Sunday we had a special Valentines lunch. Yes, I realize the smoothie is not so pink, but Malia wanted me to make her spinach shake, and I tried to make it pink but it made it off colored..it still tasted good.






After church we went to Ian's parents for a Valentines/Birthday/Chinese New Year/Presidents Day dinner. :)







I have to admit with my birthday and Valentines day one day apart, I sometimes feel gypped (sp?) This year has definately made up for it. I have the best husband and family and friends ever! Thanks everyone!

Skiing

Ian finally took me skiing here in Oregon. It has only been I think 6 years since I have been. We went night skiing/boarding at Skibowl with his little brothers. It was really fun, and I think I sort of remembered how, until we got to the last little hill down to the lift. For some reason they decided to make that a medium run, and you had to go down it to get to the lift. Let's just say I wasn't so in control on the way down. As long as we stayed on the easy runs, I did okay, and it was actually enjoyable, and after I went and traded my skiis for some shorter ones, I actually looked like I knew what I was doing most of the time. I really came to realize my body just isn't what it was 3 kids ago, and, so I didn't break another wrist, I stopped a little early, and sipped my hot appple cider in the Lodge while Ian went up to the black diamonds.

Scouts

Ian had his Scout Birthday Blue and Gold Dinner that we went to.

Prayer

We had a babysitter last night while Ian and I went to dinner with friends. They were telling us all about their night and Malia just started laughing uncontrollably.
This is what she finally told us, "I was helping Gunner with his prayers because he wanted help and I told him to say thank you for my body, and he said thank you for the potty!!!"
Apparently you had to be there, but she thought it was pretty hilarious!