Kiley's Accident

I am sitting here in the recovery room, Kiley is sleeping (kinda) and I guess this is as good a time as any to make a post about the accident.

On the 8th of this month Kiley, his dad Kim and his brother Chip had all gone up Beaver Mountain to log. At around 3:30pm-ish that day I got a call from Chip. He told me that Kiley had been in an accident and that he had broken his leg.

 Kiley had rolled the skidder and as it rolled his foot got smashed underneath the roof of this big piece of heavy equipment. And yes, that is Kiley laying there by the skidder. Kim and Chip were very good at not rushing things too much and making sure that they did all that they could to take care of Kiley. So this picture was taken while they were trying to decide the best way to get him off of the mountain. And throughout this whole thing Kiley has been very insistent that we get documentation and pictures of everything, so I'm sure that this picture was taken at the urging of Kiley as well :)

 Once Kim and Chip drove him off the mountain they took him to the hospital in Beaver where they were able to get his boot off. There they told him that it was too bad of an injury for them to take care of and he'd have to go to Cedar City to get it fixed. I have to say that out of all of the pictures we've taken this picture might be my favorite. Only because of the doctor's face :) Other than that I hate this picture because Kiley is in so much pain. (It also kinda' looks like his leg was completely cut off, but it wasn't. The bones just came through the skin.)

 This is Kiley once he was in the Cedar City hospital. He was in so much pain :(

 Having the girls come and visit him seemed to be the best part of his day. He loved seeing his girls!

 This was a day after they operated on his leg. They had to re-wrap it so I was able to get this pic. He had an incision by his knee where they inserted a steel rod into his tibia, an incision by his knee and by his ankle where they put screws into the bone and rod, and another big cut where the bones had poked through. All in all, his leg looked pretty yucky :( During the operation on Kiley's leg the Doc took x-rays of his foot to see what damage had been done there. They found out that his foot had been pretty badly crushed and that we would have to go see a specialist up north in 2 weeks for surgery. 

 Kiley got a bit stir-crazy so we made a trip to the store with the girls one day. After this Kiley almost never went out because it was too painful and we had to keep his leg elevated. Azuree was super excited though that Daddy was going to ride in the back with her and Emri :)

 I moved the mattress downstairs so that Kiley wouldn't have to use the stairs. It's kinda fun having him hang out with the girls and me all day :) I just wish he wasn't in so much pain...

 It's just like one big sleep-over everyday at our house! Here's Daddy and Azuree playing a video game together :)

 2 weeks after the accident we went up north to have the specialist look at Kileys foot. I got some pretty nasty and painful looking pictures of Kiley's foot while they unwrapped and re-wrapped it. It made me sick to my stomach to see this. This was such a painful injury and I hated that Kiley was constantly in so much pain.

 The blood blisters were a result of the swelling. Ouch, ouch....

 Definitely not a pretty picture...

When the specialist took a look at Kiley's foot he said that it was way too swollen for him to operate on and that we'd have to wait another week at least for the swelling to go down. That was some of the hardest news to take. We did not want to go home without having that operation taken care of. But there was nothing we could do about it so we went home and Kiley spent another very painful week in bed. We tried our very hardest to keep it elevated so that the swelling would go down. Apparently our efforts and all of the prayers and help from our family and friends payed off because when we saw the specialist a week later he said that Kiley's foot looked one hundred times better! I wanted to cry when he told us Kiley was good to go for surgery. This surgery meant that we could move forward with our lives and work on recovering.

 This is Kiley after his final surgery! Yay!

 Happy, happy day! Even though there is still a long road ahead of us, it is so nice to know that Kiley is moving forward and getting better. He is still in a lot of pain and probably will be for a while as he heals. But it's ok because it feels like the worst is behind us. 

Words cannot express the gratitude and love that we feel for everyone who has helped and supported us through all of this. The doctor's, nurses and everyone in the hospitals have been so wonderful and so helpful. We have felt the prayers and love from all of our friends and family members and we know that they have worked miracles. We would not have been able to make it through this trial alone.

We love you all so much!

Azuree & Emri

 Emri turned 6 months on October 8th this year!! (Kiley also had his accident that afternoon, but that's a different story for a different post.) So on the morning of the 8th I decided to take Emri's 6 month pictures. I also took some of Azuree just for fun. Here they are! My sweet little girls :)

 Here's Azuree! I feel like she looks so grown up in these pictures. It makes me kinda' sad...

Azuree Update:

• Azuree is the sweetest girl ever! She is Mommy and Daddy's big helper and she loves her little sister. She will bring us diapers, help Emri drink her bottle, bring her toys, and try her hardest to make her little sister happy when she's sad.
• Azuree's hair is getting longer and longer. Mommy really enjoys fixing it and playing with it.
• Azuree has never been a picky eater! She will eat almost anything Mom puts in front of her. But Azuree especially loves fruit, fruit and more fruit. I haven't found a fruit that she won't eat. She also loves her veggie's (most of them anyways). I think some of her favorite meals are spaghetti, tuna fish sandwiches, hot dogs, green beans, oatmeal & peaches.
• I think Azuree's favorite thing to do is to be with others! She has never been shy and seems to be quite the little social butterfly! It doesn't matter who you are, if you give her attention she will love you :) But she especially loves being with other little kids and her cousins.
• Azuree does and probably always will love nursery. It's my only leverage I have to get her to sit still in sacrament meeting. "If you don't be reverent you won't be able to go to nursery!" That is quite a sad thought for her. She loves to go and play with her friends, have snacks and learn about Jesus.
• Azuree is speaking in full sentences now! She has been for a while, but it seems like everyday her vocabulary is expanding and she gets easier and easier to understand. And she NEVER STOPS TALKING! It's pretty fun actually :)
• Speaking of never stopping...Azuree just NEVER STOPS! She wakes up so happy and full of energy and that never seems to goes away. (Other than the happy part...she definitely has her grouchy times :)
• Azuree is the biggest copy-cat I have ever seen! It's great because she learns so much and is such a smart kid. But it kinda makes Mom & Dad nervous sometimes because we really have to watch what we say and do around her. (Not like we do anything really bad but...ya know what I'm saying :) She just seems to absorb anything and everything around her.

 And here's my little Emri!

Emri Update:

• Emri, Emri, Emri! What a little doll! I really think that she is the best baby ever. I know that when Heavenly Father sent her to us He had me in mind. She makes Mommy's life so easy! Well...as easy as it can get with a toddler and a baby :)
• Emri has always been a great sleeper.  I have never had a problem with getting her to sleep through the night. And she definitely loves her sleep! She still takes 3 (sometimes 4) naps a day. And then she sleeps through the night! Some days I wish I could sleep that much...
• She has been eating baby food for a while now and recently started eating things like soft crackers and those little baby puffs. She loves to eat! Gotta do something to keep up on all those adorable rolls :) 
• Speaking of rolls, Emri is rolling ALL OVER THE PLACE! Even though she's not quite crawling yet she has no problem getting around. She's at that point where she seems to get frustrated when she can't get around much so I know it won't be long until she's crawling!
• Emri is still pretty bald but has some blonde hair growing in and her eyes are still kind of that baby grey-blue color. I think she will have blue eyes when she gets older because it seemed like by this age Azuree's eyes had already begun to change a little bit to hazel . But Emri's eye's seem like they're just becoming more grey-blue.  
• Emri is a thumb sucker!! She's been a thumb sucker ever since she was really little and it hasn't stopped. From what I've heard there are quite a few thumb suckers in her family (including her mom) so I guess it was bound to happen.
• Talk about a smiley girl! Emri is always smiling! It sure makes Mommy and Daddy's day happy :)
• She is a Daddy's girl! At least he's the one who *always gets a smile from her and he's the best at getting her to laugh. She definitely loves her Daddy time :)

"Children are the past, the present, and the future all blended into one. They are consummately precious. Every time a child is born, the world is renewed in innocence." ~ Boyd K. Packer