One door slammed - one finger missing a chunk

Doesn't she look so calm? Suckers help and so does Grandma. 

Alexis slammed the bedroom door shut and Madison's finger happened to be on the metal latch when the door shut. Madison lost a chunk of her finger. If you don't like bloody pictures then you should not continue to look at pictures, they're graphic! On the way to the Dr's office Madison was able to talk to Grandma JoAnn which helped her to not think about the pain, so she didn't cry for most of the ride to the Dr's office. Luckily we had some friends over who were willing to stay with the other three kids while John and I took her to get her finger fixed. We didn't find her finger until after the Dr's office so it did not get sewed back on. Her finger will forever be 2-3 mm shorter than it used to be.

Madison had to get three or four shots in her finger for a finger block. We didn't want her to feel all the Dr stuff that was about to happen. She didn't cry until the third shot! It didn't last long - she was being so brave!

The Dr tried to pull out the small piece of nail that was left but it wasn't coming so he left it in hopes that he could attach the skin to it as a firm anchoring point. This didn't work either.

Because there was so much blood he tried to cauterize her finger. Yes, she's watching him cauterize her finger and she's very interested.

Since the cauterizing didn't work he put a stitch in, which you can see in the picture. It ended up popping and another one had to be put in.

He was unable to anchor the skin to the fingernail because it was too thick. He ended up anchoring the skin to the skin above where her fingernail should've been. She didn't cry again until it was time to wrap her finger up. It took an hour to get her all sewed up and I think combined with the late hour, 10:30, and all the excitement she was completely exhausted and ready to be done.

There was blood everywhere. She decided to wear the underskirt underneath her sundress and a pair of pants underneath both of those. It took a little more than 32 oz of peroxide to get it all out - yes, I got it all out!

We found this chunk of her finger when we got home. The worst part - two earwigs were crawling on it. I couldn't handle it, John had to go get it. He couldn't bring himself to throw it away so it's in the freezer - yes, the freezer. The kids think it's cool. Madison looked at it a few days after the accident. She looked at it very intently for about 30 seconds and then she looked at her bandaged finger and back to the missing piece. I think she was trying to figure out how it was going to be put back. 

She's healing up nicely, she should be able to get her stitches out in the next week! To be honest I'm not looking forward to it, I know it's going to be painful since it's starting to scab over the stitches already.

Cookie overload

The kids decided they wanted cookies last Sunday. They each wanted a different type of cookie. To appease all the wishes of the munchkins we made three different types of cookies: chocolate chip, peanut butter and our favorite - snickerdoodle! They then went and invited the neighbors to come share with them! 

Raspberry fun

We have some raspberry bushes in our backyard that the kids love to go eat from. They each take their own bucket and go find their raspberries. Very few make it in the house and if they do they don't last longer than an additional minute!

Alexis' shark teeth

In anticipation of Shark Week on Discovery Channel, Alexis started to grow a second row of teeth!

Unfortunately the dentist didn't think this was as cool as we did and he pulled the baby tooth that was in the way.

She was such a trooper, no crying. In fact she was so happy with how it went that she wants me to just take her to the dentist when her tooth gets loose so he can pull it and she doesn't have to deal with it! She thought that the numb lip was great fun and the fact that she got a prize plus a tooth fairy gift was great!

Little Jocelyn

Jocelyn is a bundle of joy and attitude. If she doesn't like what you're doing she'll push your face away while yelling at you - I'm not joking! 

For her first year check-up she was in the 46% for height coming in at 20 inches. She was in the 3% for weight coming in at 17.8 pounds. Her head was in the 35%.  She's a cute tiny little woman.

She walks all the time and loves to carry a baby while she does so. She loves showers and baths and hoses and pools, so basically water. She has two teeth - the fastest any of our babies have ever gotten teeth! She got her third tooth on Aug. 9th. On that day she also said NO for the first time! I'm not sure we're ready for this. Thankfully she was saying it to the dog and not to us. She loves otter pops and fruit snacks - yes, I let her eat those! She is such a cute cuddle bug. We love having her!

Happy 1st Birthday Jocelyn

Starting with one finger swipes of frosting.

Getting a little bolder, fist fulls work well.

Jocelyn loved eating her cake or should I say her icing? She loved to pick up the purple icing and then she moved on to the other parts. 

The kids had fun dressing up in Grandma JoAnn's clothes and running around in the back yard. They were all so sad when it started getting dark and it was time for them to all go to bed.

10K "run"

Beth still looks good - she would've had a better time if I hadn't been so slow. Maybe next time - ha - I'll do some training. (I did NO training whatsoever!) I finished in 1:15 which equals 12 minute miles! Not to bad for someone who hasn't ran in nearly a decade! I felt slightly worse when I realized that 70 year old people had finished well ahead of me and the fastest runners had finished in half an hour, yes, half an hour!

Yes, that's the finish line ahead! I barely made it. 

Isn't she so cute? She was so excited to have mommy back, she's not used to having me gone during the morning routine.

After the run we watched the parade. Aunt Angie got to ride on a float this year! She rode with her graduating class - she doesn't seem old enough to be able to do that though.

Only here in Utah

Notice anything funny about this spoiler? Yes it's a snowboard. 

Fiesta Days part 2

After we played at the library park we went to Jumpin' Jacks to play with John and Jessica Mills and kids. (I forgot to take pictures before they left.) The kids loved it and didn't want to leave, they asked to go back over and over again.

After we played at Jumpin' Jacks we went with the Paulks to ride in the Rzr and have fun. The kids loved it, especially the part where they found a dead something that had part fur part bones.

Then we ditched the kids and went to play with John's high school friends John Mills and Christian Ward and wives. We had a taste test of rootbeers followed by a rousing three hour game of Phase 10. (We may never play Phase 10 again.) The winners of the rootbeer taste test were: A&W followed by Howies. The worst was Dad's, it tasted like soap, most of us spit it out.

This day was crazy busy, but it was so fun!

Sunday we went to John's parents church and John got to teach Gospel Doctrine - yes, while on vacation! He did a great job!

Fiesta Days

At the rodeo. The kids were so excited to see the bulls. They weren't so excited to wait until the end. The entertainment was amazing this time, they had a lady who stood on the back of horses and did all sorts of tricks around the ring. This was a favorite this year as well.

Monday we went to the city Library park to play and have fun. Steph and Ikani played with us and then Cheryl and her family came to play too. Ikani was a great jungle gym for the kids - all the kids at the same time!