Tackle

Here is Lukie playing with Mack his cousin. Luke is 2 and Mack is 7. Now Mack is just playing and not trying his hardest but you get an idea of what Luke can do. He knows how to use his weight to his advantage.

After the tackle Luke says, "I got you. I got you down." I love it.

The Cast is Off

After three weeks of a cast Rachel is finally free! After they took it off, she grabbed at her foot for a minute. That seemed to be her way of saying, "Hey where'd that thing go?" Surprisingly her leg and cast didn't smell too bad. But I was so happy to give her a normal bath. You just can't get as clean with a wet washcloth! She really seemed to enjoy being in the water again.

I just think her little cast is so cute. It is the same size as a spoon! Too bad she had to break her ankle to get one!

The bone is healing well enough to get the cast off but it isn't 100% yet. So the doc said to be careful with her. So, does that mean we shouldn't put her on the counter for another few months and then it is ok? ;) Just kidding!

My Dancing Baby

Our little lady loves to dance to music...

My Poor Little Lady

We had a little trauma on Saturday night. Jonny, Rachel, and I returned from the adult session of Stake Conference and Abby and I took the babysitter home. I walked in the door after dropping off the sitter to find a screaming and inconsolable Rachel. She had fallen from the counter. No one saw her fall except Lukie but he is only 2 and didn't have much to say when we asked him except a cute "I don't know". So, we didn't know how she landed and therefore what exactly to be concerned about. There wasn't anything obvious like a huge bump on her head. I started to loose it after I tried to feed her, which always calms her down, but it didn't work this time. Then I noticed her little foot looked red and felt warm. I pulled and twisted her ankle a bit and she screamed in pain even louder. Jonny and I were both convinced there was a problem and I was off to the ER.

The car ride calmed her down so much that she was asleep when we got there and I considered going back home. However, I got her out of the car and expected the screaming to start again but it didn't. She was happy and baby talking the whole time we were waiting and while the nurses looked at her. Again I thought I should just go home because she seemed to be just fine. The doc finally saw her and we got some X-rays of her ankle. And sure enough...the tibia was broken right at the ankle. We then had to endure full body X-rays and a CAT scan because the doc was concerned that if she fell with enough force to break her ankle then something else maybe broken also.

The whole event was pretty traumatic for Rachel. She was so tired the whole time and was often awaken right after dosing off. She was striped down to her diaper in a cold X-ray room and was forced in different positions for 30 minutes. She yelled the entire time and mama cried a bit too. I couldn't handle the look she was giving me that said "Why aren't you stopping them!!!"

We were happy to be leaving at 2 am with a little splint on her leg.

We got a little pink cast on Monday. Doc says it should heal in 2 weeks.

It is so little and cute. I think it mostly protects her leg from Luke and Abby!

You'd expect her to be miserable and cranky but honestly I can't tell a difference in her behaviour. She is just as happy and sweet as she always is. And I can't hold and love her enough my poor little lady.

Wilford Family Reunion - August 2010

We had a Wilford Family Reunion this past August and we celebrated Jonny's parents 50th wedding anniversary. It was great to have the entire family together for the first time in almost 10 years. I finally got to meet everyone! The thing Jonny's mom wanted more then anything was a picture of the entire family. While we were at it we got some pictures of just our family too.

The Elmer & Winelle Wilford Family

Our little family

Luke

Val and Jonny

Abby

Rachel

Halloween

Well I just got done reading all my sister's and sister-in-law's Halloween blog posts and now I'm inspired. Abby was a princess again this year. We didn't even have to get her a different costume. She was content with the ones she plays with every day! I was perfectly ok with that. Luke's favorite thing lately are horses with cowboys being a close second. So, he was a little cowboy for Halloween. He was so adorable and loved shooting his gun at everyone. I didn't really have a plan for Rachel and a friend had a little purple sparkly dress so she became Baby Sparkles.

For kids this age, Halloween is one of the best holidays of the year. I think it almost beats Christmas. Costumes and candy are just about as good as it gets! They loved trick-or-treating but Luke was done half way through. He just hunched down on the ground and moaned....translation....I'm done walking. So, Jonny carried him on his shoulders back home. Once at home it was CANDY CANDY CANDY.

Before and After the Haircut

I let Luke's hair get long and it got pretty curly. Especially in the back. I loved the way it looked right after a bath and for about an hour after that. Then it got a little frizzy and Jonny thought he looked like a girl. I must say it was pretty easy to put a ponytail in! But oh what a cute boy!

So, while we were in Ontario while Jonny was in New Zealand I had grandma feed Luke while I did the buzzing. He got done and Abby said, "He looks like Anson." And from the back he really did. They have the same head shape. After Luke's bath when he was looking in the mirror I ask him who that boy was. He looked at himself in the mirror and said, "Jonas". So he looks a bit like his Bernard cousins. My cute little man! Especially with his new horse and cowboy.