The child will be the death of me!!!

So, fall is here and we love to enjoy "most" aspects of it as a family. On Friday evening we decided while it was still a little bit light out to put together a big leaf pile and let Jacob jump in it. All was going nicely until Jacob took his first official jump of fall and with a beautiful belly flop, came up crying. Ok, so sometimes this happens and its just he scared himself or bumped himself but something in his cry was different this time.....mom's just know.

He came out and his left arm was very limp and he couldn't even pick it up, panic, yes panic set in. But I did stay nice and calm and we took him inside and the child that never stops moving unless he is asleep, just wanted to lie around. We made him move his arm this way and that and it wasn't going over very well at all. After calling the Dr. and them having us hyper extend his arm, and the yelps that followed....off to the ER.

So thankfully it wasn't too packed on a Friday night in the ER.....got right in and then he was flexing his arm like nothing was wrong, although he did say it did "hurt still".....so off to the xray. Fun times wearing the lead coat trying to hold his on his lap....fun times! Long story short the Dr. suspected that he had sprained his elbow and something like nursemaids elbow may have occurred (basically bone pops out, then pops in) and he would be fine....so out we walked with Jacob and his little sling and who knows what kind of hospital bill to follow....sigh....that boy will kill me yet!

Election

Ok, so I know I will have to post pictures of Jacob and his super cool Triceratops costume....but I still have to download the pics so I thought I would post something else instead.....

Is anyone happy the election is over? I for one am, regardless of the outcome but for the fact I am tired of the ads and all the attacks and the she said, he said BS....its over and I voted. The thought of how much money they spent on ads, etc could have helped our economy makes me crazy. But whatever!

Who you might ask did I vote for, yes, I did vote for John McCain. And I have to say I wish the man that we saw that gave the concession speech on Tuesday night would have been the man we saw all through the election. I know people can get misguided and such but whoever was his campaign manager should be stoned. The man I saw on Tuesday night was the man I remember during the 2000 election and admired. Would the outcome been different had he stayed true to who he was, who knows, but I think it may have. Am I upset that Obama won? No, there is nothing I can do about it, I voted and did my peace but he got the most votes, simple as that. What I do know, is that no matter who got elected, they would have a very tough road to travel. Would I want that job? Absolutely not! So, now as we have survived 48 more hours without an election ad or pollsters calling I can for one say I am really looking forward to being able to watch TV without some "spin" being thrown into my face, well, for another 4 years....