CAST FREE!!!

Huzzah! No more cast! Mom picked me up a little early from school to go get the cast off :) Surprisingly, they took us right in. That doesn't happen too often there! But I did get to see mom's physical therapist and she remembered me and asked what happened to my arm.

Mom told me the saw wouldn't hurt my arm, but that it would tickle. I bet her that it wouldn't tickle...

The saw looked a little intimidating!



But the tech showed me on her own arm that it wouldn't cut me. She also said that it would just tickle.



And it's off!



My wrist and elbow were a little stiff and my skin is VERY dry, but otherwise it felt great to have it off! They came in and took me for a follow up x-ray to make sure the bone is healed. A few minutes later, the doctor came in and said that it was all PERFECTLY healed! To the point that I don't even need a brace now!

He did have my cast cut down (so it covers my forearm only and not my elbow) and told me I had to wear it for my birthday party this weekend - no sense in falling and getting hurt again. They put tape around the edges so it's not sharp and gave us a bandage to wrap it with to keep it on. No jungle gyms, playgrounds, or bikes for a week, but then I should be ok :) I told mom that was ok - I could wait another week no big deal. I'm allowed to go to soccer class next week, though, so that's a good thing!

After the doctor, we went to the new Wegman's to get some cupcakes to take to school tomorrow :) It just opened on Sunday and has been too crowded, but mom figured at 3pm on a Thursday it wouldn't be so bad and she was right! We picked out the cupcakes and got food for dinner and then went home.

Mom had some more work to do, so I got to watch a TV show. She sat down with me and I rested my arm on my brother - I told her it was pretty comfy :)



After dinner, mom and dad let me open my birthday gifts from Aunt Terry - thought we might spread out the birthday festivities a little! I was SO excited!



An AWESOME decorate your own jewelry box! It's my favorite colors and has three of my favorite things - jewels, stickers, and glitter glue!



And a princess jewelry set! Mom even said that I could wear the earrings :)





I told mom I want to wear the ring to school tomorrow and she agreed (since it's for my birthday celebration and all).

I got to take a LONG bath in mom's tub tonight - we put some oatmeal stuff in the tub and I just soaked for a while. It felt really good on my arm and I was really glad to be able to get my arm wet again. After the bath, we covered my arm in lotion, so hopefully my skin won't be so dry in the morning.

Two more sleeps until I am FIVE!!! Can you tell I'm excited???

Last night with the cast!

Hooray! Tomorrow afternoon can't come soon enough :) I get my cast off and will get a removable brace. It's got to be better than the cast! Mom and I have a list of questions for the doctor - my only two are:

1. Can I play on the playground? and
2. Can I play in gym class?

I'm hoping he says yes! And mom said I can take a nice, long bath in the big tub tomorrow night. I do miss my regular baths!



Last weekend was fun - I had my second dance class and really enjoyed it. We start class with tap, then switch to ballet. I'm so glad mom finally found a class for me to take! And hopefully I can go back to soccer class next week as well (haven't been able to go with the cast on). After dance, we went to the DC United game. As always, we had a blast. DC tied the game, which isn't bad for them this season.



School is going well so far. We're a few weeks in and I'm enjoying it a lot. We started getting homework last week and I actually enjoy doing that, too. It's been pretty easy so far, but I have a feeling it will get more challenging as the year goes on.

I'm also really looking forward to my birthday on Saturday!!! I'm so excited to turn FIVE!

Thank you, Maureen, for the awesome games! They really are challenging and I've really enjoyed playing them!



Hopefully the next entry will be with a cast free left arm!

Big Sister Class

I was complaining that my cast was rough and was scratching me, so mom found some of my old baby leg warmers and used one to cover my cast. Perfect!!! I'm also loving wearing mommy's t-shirts to bed (they're easier to get over my arm / head than my pj's are). Pretty funny looking, huh?



Mommy and I went to a Big Sister class at the hospital tonight. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot! I'm definitely ready for my brother, but am being patient waiting for him to come.

We got to practice changing the baby's diaper (though I've already told mom and dad that I'll help them get diapers, but won't actually *change* a diaper). 

We talked a lot about things that babies do and how I can play with the baby.  I had a lot of good ideas for the class. We got to watch a fun movie about becoming an older sibling. We even got to color a picture for the new baby and the teacher gave us each a really nice teddy bear. Mom thinks it's supposed to be for me to give to the baby, but I told her that the teacher told us the bears were for the older siblings, so I'm sleeping with the bear tonight :) 

After the movie, we got to take a nice tour of the Mother Baby suites at the hospital. I got to see the room that mom will be in (or one like it, at least). We even learned that the rooms have DVD players, so when I go to visit mom, I can maybe watch a movie if we take one. I think it helped answer some of my questions to actually be able to see where my brother will be born (and where I was born, too!) Hopefully he'll be able to stay in the room with mom rather than going to the NICU! But I'm at least a little less apprehensive about mom being in the hospital now that I've had a chance to actually see where she'll be! 

Roughly 86 days to go (not that mom's counting or anything...).

After the class, we stopped for dinner at Cheeburger Cheeburger. I made a map of Treasure Island while we waited for our food. 

I even got an Oreo milkshake for dessert :) A good night indeed!

Visit to Grammy's

We had such a fun day on Saturday visiting with Grammy, Grampy, Aunt Laurie, Uncle Dan, and my cousin Kaylee! Daddy got back late Thursday after being at his sales meeting all week, so we had a little down time on Friday, then went to visit Grammy's Bay house on Saturday.

I of course couldn't go swimming, but I had a ton of fun anyway. Grammy had lots of toys for me to play with, including a play kitchen with all sorts of play food! I made everyone some yummy meals and desserts :) I also got to play frisbee with Kaylee and her friend Gavin. We also had some Dominoes, Jenga blocks, and little cars to play with. I definitely wasn't bored!

After lunch, we walked down to the water. The tide was up, so we couldn't walk too far along the beach, but we could stand and watch some of the boats and kids swimming.



Daddy taught me how to skip rocks, but it was difficult because the water was pretty rough.



I really enjoyed getting piggy back rides from Kaylee!



Aunt Laurie helped me try to build a Domino tower as tall as me. We didn't quite get it as tall as me, but we tried!



Cousins.



It was a HOT day and I got super duper sweaty and gross, but it was so much fun!

We left after dinner to drive home. I put on my pj's before we left and mom let me play with her iPad to keep me awake. With about a half hour to go, I handed it back to mom and fell asleep. Dad carried me in and put me right into bed. I slept pretty well for about half the night, but then got up and started itching - I had so many bug bites! I kept mom up, but we both took a nice nap on Sunday afternoon. I hate naps most days, but I didn't complain this time!