Presto's "buckle fracture"

The day before 4th of July Presto climbed out of his crib during his nap and fractured his wrist. The orthopedic surgeon said he most likely landed straight on this thumb and it fractured his wrist.   He's the toughest kid we know so when he was wincing in pain we knew something was really wrong.  I came home from work immediately and saw that his wrist was already swollen and just sort of "hanging".  He was crying and saying "I just want to be haaaaaappppy"...wahhhh.  This was the only time he cried.  He was more scared of going to the doctor(the unknown!)  He didn't cry at the ER when they took xrays or when they put the cast on him.  The day after the 4th we took him to get his permanent cast and he was a hit with the nurses:)  He only has to wear the hard cast for 2 weeks and actually gets it off the day before Phia's 4th b-day party!! Wohooo....just in time for the pool!  He hasn't complained about it once nor has he skipped a beat(we still can't keep him off his "birthday bike"!!)

This was definitely the most quiet we've ever seen him.  He just sat on daddy's lap the whole time and didn't say a word at the ER.

Taddda!!!I mean look at this kid!Such a breath of fresh air you are Presto...we laaaa you!!!

Some random photos of the kiddos...

Peek-a-boo!! This guy is such a giggle monkey.  We LOVE  his laugh and thankfully we get to hear it a LOT!!

Presto loves his trucks.  LOVES!! He also likes to talk about his trucks and sleep with his trucks.  He talks mostly about his "black" truck(he has at least 10 black trucks so he covers a lot of trucks when he says "My black truck").  He's DEFINITELY allll boy!

Mommy view

Our bear loves Marta!! She came for a visit last weekend and she went with mama to the movies! 

And these 2 pretty much think she's the bees knees

Presto loves hugging.  His new thing is to tell us all that he loves us.  It's really the sweetest thing to hear.  "Mama?", "yes Presto?"..."I laaaa you"....wow...mama turns to mush 

Our 2 boys...love

Here's our attempt at all 3...haaaaaa

And Presto practically choking poor bear!

The Wiggles!

Soooo excited!!!

When Presto walked into the theatre he said "OH MY GOSH"!!

The kids were over the moon when we told them mama was taking them to see the Wiggles with our neighbor Jen and her twin girls(who the kids have named "twin babies"...neither of them have names LOL)! Phia ran around the house saying "We're gonna see the REAL Wiggles!!"  Nana stayed home with bear and Daddy had a long standing golf date planned with Jen's husband Chad:)  They played at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts which is right around the corner from us so there was no traffic or commute to contend with(mama loved this).  We had excellent seats(first row in the mezaanine so no one in front of us for the kids to harass...ha!

TWIN BABIES!!

Phia concentrating very hard:)

Presto entertaining Presley and Jensen

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"I drive the big red, I drive the big red, I drive the big red car!!!"

I mean...seriously so cute!

All done!! Mommy was so proud of these 2(Presto even went pee in the potty at the show!!)

4th of July 2012

What an amazing 4th!  This is the kind of 4th I always pictured and this day reminded us how blessed we are.   11 kids 5 and under and to be fair it was 10 kids 4 and under with just one 5 year old but who's counting right??!! The kids were all so good.  It was 80 degrees so we fired up the bbq(BT made his famous turkey burgers and they did NOT disappoint), stuffed our faces and ended the day with a dip in the pool! Oh yeah, and there was a bounce house involved as well:) We bought a bounce house which has been awesome this summer and we figure it'll be even more awesome in the winter when it's too cold to go outside! It's big enough for 5 or 6 kids but small enough to inflate in our garage...pefecto! It's a great way for the kids to burn off energy that's for sure.