We have been busy!

It has been a long time between posts - I know that and I'm sorry! I know that many people check for updates on a regular basis and I've been slacking - but busy!

Ok, so onto Brenna news, which is what you are all logging on for right? She is growing like crazy and becoming such a fun person to be around. She entertains us regularly and is learning new things all the time.

Some of the new things that Brenna has been working on: potty training (she has used her potty chair once to actually go potty, the rest of the time it is a seat or a stool - it converts to a stool); identifying people she knows from pictures; talking on the phone (she used to just stare at it and now will say "hi", "love you" and "bye-bye"); playing peek-a-boo with herself in the mirror (very cute by the way); telling mommy and daddy what she needs/wants when she is hungry or thirsty or needs a diaper change. She also really likes to dance and wants the music on anytime that she can - she even dances with the stars on tv!

With the warming weather, she got to enjoy the playgrounds more and more. She would see one and beg us to take her to it - she loves sliding the most, but eventually swinging became fun for her too. We got to enjoy some of the nice weather later in February when we got together with some extended family in Tempe. Brenna loved the playground at that park and it was fun for the adults to get to visit too.

Unfortunately, as some of you know, some of Brenna's playing came to a screeching halt a couple of weeks ago when she fell from some bleachers and broke her collarbone. A very scary moment for mommy (daddy wasn't with us where it happened, so he wasn't as frazzled right away). It wasn't clear right away that she'd broken anything - I had heard worse cries when a toy was taken away, so I wasn't sure that it was too serious. Needless to say, she was babying her arm a bit, so we went to urgent care the next morning and confirmed a broken bone - her first (and hopefully last). The UC doctor scared us into thinking that she might have to have surgery, so it was a stressful weekend of doing nothing and waiting to see a specialist on Monday. During that weekend, she had her arm in a sling that was slightly too big, so she also had an ace bandage wrapped around her torso to keep her from moving her arm. Luckily, when we saw the pediatric orthopedic specialist, he gave us a better brace for her (more like backpack straps that don't restrict her as much, but just enough to help with healing) and told us that surgery would not be necessary - thank goodness! So, her little body will regenerate new bone and she'll be as good as new, but will have to avoid playing on a playground and slides for about 6 weeks - poor baby! But she seems to be doing VERY well and went back to daycare after a week off with mommy, daddy and Aunt "Mamie". We were so relieved that she wasn't injured more severely and that surgery was not necessary - she's been through enough of that!