Life Updated...

Things are going well for us. We've pretty much settled into our new house and Mike is doing amazing in healing after his broken femur. We haven't been up to too much, but life is good. Michael is such a little character. When he's happy or flirting, he will give you a big cheesey smile. He has settled back into a bed time routine again too (thank goodness!). We had an embarrassing parenting moment a couple of weeks ago at a Dairy Queen. We were finishing up our dinner and Michael wanted to run around the dining room. It was dead so we let him play in the aisle while we finishd our food when all of a sudden he made a mad dash toward the counter. I jumped up immediately to chase him, but I wasn't fast enough. The silly little guy made it behind their counter, past their grill area, and clear back into their stockroom before I caught him. It was a little mortifying and needless to say, dinner was over immediately. Lol. Grandma and Grandpa have been coaching Michael's fine football skills on the days they watch him and they are working on "BSU", but so far he's got the "B" and "U". Another funny little thing about Michael is that he LOVES to dance. Anytime music comes on, he starts jamming. He knows the fist pump and he does this little move where he squats real low to the ground and bounces side to side. I was at the gas station last week before dropping him off at daycare and I pulled him out of the car to go inside to pay and they were playing music over the loud speaker at the pumps and he started full out dancing and fist pumping both fists. Lol. He's a doll. :) This weekend, we are going to start painting his room. Since he's a BSU football fan, he's getting a room decked out for the little MVP that he is. He'll have the field, goal post, score board, stadium lights, and locker room. Once it's all painted, we're going to put glow in the dark stars up in the "sky" so at night he's got quite the view. He sure is spoiled. :)

This is what you will see when you walk into Michael's room

This is the left side of his room where is crib is. (Between the locker room and goal post)

This is the wall you walk in beside going into his room, it's his closet. There will be a couple of pictures of Michael in his BSU football outfits with MVP and Player of the Year labeled around them too.

Michael and Trish's idea of shopping at Cabela's (the only good thing about that store is all the displys and the big fish tanks). Lol.

Michael trying on some cool new shades.

Shopping Baby Style!

Steph, Mike's sister, came into town today so we all went and spent a day shopping. Lucky for Michael and Karmen, we wound up at Babies R Us where they have this fun little ride. So they rode it 3 times and took turns driving it. :)

Discharge Day... Hopefully

Michael and Karmen Hugging :)

Michael on Daddy's DirtBike Sunday Morning

Today, we are hoping that Mike will be discharged from the hospital. He has been taken off the morphine and IV's and is doing amazing. I am so proud of how great he is doing in his progress! We have been given so much help and so much support from everyone and we appreciate everything that everyone is doing. We've even gotten calls in the morning asking if we need food or anything brought to us. Everyone has been so amazing and we are so grateful for all the help. It will be nice to be back home and enjoy our own beds and home.

This is how Michael spent his time in the ER and boy did he love it! It may be hard to hear, but as soon as we walked into the emergency room, Michael saw the Super Bowl on the TV and started yelling "Football" at it. He ran closer and as he watched the Super Bowl, he was glued and kept yelling "football" and "go, go, go" at the TV. It was hilarious!

Sad Event...

So on Superbowl Sunday, we spent the night at the ER at Saint Alphonsus. Mike went dirtbiking with a couple of his buddies and got thrown from his bike which then in turn landed on him. He broke his femur and had surgery at 11pm Sunday night. He had an 11mm rod placed through his femur from the hip to the knee and has 4 screws holding it all in place. He's in pain, but doing great and we've had some amazing support and help from everyone. He'll be in the hospital a few days, but has already started physical therapy and I know he will do well. He will be on crutches for about 6-8 weeks and it will take up to 9 months for a full recovery, but he's free of a cast and is doing what he can to speed his healing as fast as possible. We've had a lot of help from friends. Billy and Bryson were amazing in helping get Mike taken care of and to the hospital and being there with us through this and everyone has called or stopped by to check on him. We've had family visiting and helping take care of little Michael so we can focus on getting Mike taken care of and preparing him for his recovery and getting him home. Beyond that, his work and friends there are and always have been so supportive and helpful. He has been getting offers for donated time off so he will continue to get paid leave and we don't have to worry about losing his income (his friend Russel is going to donate and AMAZING 3 weeks of time off). We are so grateful for everyone and all the blessings we have through this.

Settling In

We've spent the week moving and unpacking into our new home and it's been so amazing! It's great to have a place to call home and know it's your home. It's our safe haven and a place to relax and be a family. We still have quite a few boxes in the garage to be unpacked this weekend, but other than that we have pretty much settled in. Michael is in a stable environment where he has all his toys, a crib to sleep in, and his own room full of things he enjoys that makes him feel home. We have a place to hang our pictures and enjoy our belongings and memories again. And we are once again a family. Life is great and full of unexpected blessings and that has held so true in our journey to where we stand today. In a process that seemed to hold no hope and be just a dead end, we have come out on top in a position where we are comfortable with, and in a place to call home.