Go Tigers! C-L-E-M-S-O-N!!!

Got to go to another game; I think the boys enjoyed it more this time. We stayed longer and both boys were clapping, cheering and fist-pumping! It was really cute to watch.

Halloween Horse and Gorilla

Luckily Branson still got to go trick-or-treating; wearing his collar bone splint/brace under his costume. He didn't seem to miss a step keeping up with his brother Holden and their friend Anna Katherine!

Later that night (around 4:30am) we got thrown for a loop when our two boys were flying high from what we think was a Sugar-High. It was craaaaaazzzzzy! We were up, wide awake, and eating cereal at 5am in the kitchen and they were WILD. It lasted for about an hour then we put them back to bed - they went willingly believe it or not. Halloween=fun... Sugar=bad.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. (Let's get back to business!)

Poor unsuspecting Holden loves the Green Monster Milkshake I made him. He kept asking for more and more! It had spinach, some Greens+ (a green powdery substance will all kinds of good stuff in it), 1/2 banana, a splash of apple juice and maybe one or two other healthy things??? I made him a Purple Monster Milkshake the other night (spinach and blueberries with other stuff) and he LOVED IT! I'm so pleased with myself, hee hee hee. Now if I can only trick my stubborn, no-veggie-eating first born Branson! I'll keep thinking on it.



Merry Go Round, Farm Animals and lots of yummy Junk Food at the SC State Fair! We had a good time!

I take it back....

Not a good day today for little B man. He fell several, and I mean several, times today. At least 3 being a direct hit on the poor collar bone. That thing is never gonna heal if this keeps up! It's hard to keep a 2 year old from running; I may have to borrow Gracie's leash to use on him tomorrow.

Branson is doing better each day!

He is moving around much better, and with less pain. It's amazing how quickly kids rebound. He still has pain and his collar bone area is black/blue and yellow due to bruising, but he is progressing nicely. Now... if I can keep him from re-injuring it!!

These pictures are from the day after his accident. The bed picture is of him looking pathetic in the morning...but once he started moving around he did feel better later in the afternoon. Moving right along!

What Happened?!

On the way home - the patient requested a "blue" Icee. Who could refuse?

No medical expertise needed to read this Xray.

A foreshadow of what was coming... see wild man in the background behind the swing.

They both LOVE swinging in the bungee swing!! or should I say LOVED... it will be a while until we return to gymnastics class. :(

So, it started out last Thursday (October 29th) as a fun morning playing in gymnastics class. At the end of the class Mrs. Jeanna, their teacher, offered to let them swing in the bungee swing. Luckily, the week before I had taken pictures of them having a blast in the swing. But as you can see in one of the pictures, Branson is running around almost behing Holden when he is in the swing. He was doing this again after it was his turn and we kept telling him to move out of the way. He likes to "crash" sometimes with his brother, thinking it's funny. Well, we kept telling him to move and he would smile and move closer into the crash zone... so I was playfully trying to chase him; saying I'm gonna get you. I caught and tickled him a couple times, but the last time he ended up falling on the springy gymnastics mat and just landed funny on his shoulder. He cried and cried, poor little guy. I knew something was not right. We went immediately to the doctor's office and the rest is history. He has been an outstanding patient thankfully; the drugs probably help some too.

He has been sleeping in our "big bed" downstairs since Thursday... I fear we have created a monster. We tried to get him to sleep in his bed last night and Ashley lost that battle - luckily I was putting Holden to bed at the time. We will try again tonight. Keeping my fingers crossed.