WWF at the Bryner Home

There was weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth! An arm was pulled out of socket, a hand was smashed in a door, a tooth went flying, and in the end they were all best friends again. :) No, we didn't have a knock-down drag-out fight between the lovely Bryner sisters. There sure is a lot going on to keep me on my toes though!

On Friday evening, J ran up to me to tell me that her tooth was really loose. I figured she meant the one that's been getting looser for about 3 weeks but it was one of her center bottom ones and it was barely hanging on! I wanted to get my camera to take a picture of my little beauty's last baby tooth smile but before I could get it, out the tooth came! She was SO excited. She put the tooth under her pillow that night and the tooth fairy left her a one dollar bill! I was actually checking on the kids before I went to bed and saw her start to roll over and put her hand under the pillow. She pulled out the strange feeling material and looked at it and realized the tooth fairy had come! What a fun moment to witness! The tooth right next to that one has been hanging on my a thread since Friday and I just know it's going to come out any minute now!

On Monday morning we went to the park to play with our good friends Mer & Syd and as we were leaving J hopped in the front seat of the van (something I was experimenting with for short rides because she likes being big stuff) and shut the door but didn't notice little M had tried to climb in with her and got her hand stuck in the door. I got to her in about 10 seconds and amazingly her hand was fine but J got a big lecture and will NOT be sitting in the front seat anymore for a long while. It's just too much temptation to play with the vents, buttons, mirrors, etc. There's a good reason kids are safer in the back!

Later that evening the kiddos were watching Scooby Doo and M was laying on the floor right in front of the tv. Bossy big sis J told her she needed to scoot back (I was vacuuming in the next room or I would have told her to as well!) but she wouldn't move, so J took matters into her own hands and grabbed M's hands and pulled her back. The screaming ensued. I wasn't sure if she was just a little hurt and a lot mad but when she stopped using the arm completely, I knew something was wrong. I wasn't sure if it was a dislocated elbow or a wrist sprain but she told me it hurt from her wrist to her elbow. We got her through the night with some pain meds and then this morning we took her to the doctor (who I swore to that we were REALLY moving and I PROMISED we wouldn't come see him again! -- I've done this 4 times and my kids keep getting sick or injured!) and he said I was absolutely right about the elbow dislocation and he told me to hug her and he lifted her arm up above her head and pop! She cried for a minute because he had touched that hurt arm but then she realized it didn't hurt anymore! Hooray! We love you Doctor Scott! She is about ten times happier than normal right now because she has use of both arms again!

One cute thing happened as I was putting her in the van after the appointment. She looked over at the medical building and said, "B-A-Y-L-O-R R-E-G-I-O-N-A-L M-E-D-I-C-A-L C-E-N-T-E-R." It still amazes me when that little girl just starts spouting off things as if she's known them forever but the really cute thing is that I remember J doing the EXACT same thing at the same age when I was pregnant with M and leaving my OB appointment. But J also said, "That spells doctor!" :) I can't believe how fast time flies!

N managed to stay out of the fray thankfully!

So we are all doing ok but I do NOT, repeat, do NOT like being a single mom right now! I don't know how people do this all the time! I need support and assistance sometimes and there's no one right there! Of course, I have great friends and that REALLY helps!

So, we're closing on our house in two weeks from today and I still have a lot of packing to do that I'm trying to just put off until the last minute. :) Not really, I'm going to get started on it today, I promise! :)