An Update & Day 12 - Hands

Hands...ha. That's a funny one. I sure have my hands full!! The outpouring of help and support is greatly appreciated

Chip wasn't able to join us for dinner. Madi and I met mom, dad, Todd and Ezzie at the Mansion. It was a wonderful meal and nice distraction it kept Madi's Easter as normal as possible.

The swelling seems to have leveled off. The bruising has increased. Poor guy I feel so helpless. I am still very thankful. It could have been much much worse.

Anyway the picture challenge. Hands. This is just chillin for a little while with Lucky. Perhaps a quick "dog nap" too... I also got some down time to get outside, enjoy the nice weather and take some photos. It was overall a better day.

Here's some photos of the day and the photo challenge. Yep, breaking the rules again.

(PS - there is no logic to the order these pictures post. They are:

Madi's Shirley Temple
a spring bulb from the yard
My Cosmo
a daffodil
A basket for Madi from Gramma - clay stuff. Yay!!
Chocolate creme brûlée
Madi walking in to meet everyone
an ant on a dandelion
"HAND" photo challenge photo
Madi on the way
Easter morning collage
Madi at dinner...lunch??
Madi again
Entrance to the Mansion
Peppercorn crusted ham with mashed potatoes and roasted veggies
wine list
blackberry butter
carrot soup
The Mansion
Random tree

Tree 2 - Chip 0

It happened again. The boys went got their usual dirt bike ride across the street. I heard then out there doing the normal lap times and then Dennis was suddenly back at the house. I just knew it, he didn't have to tell me anything. Chip had crashed right? Yes he had and I again needed to call 911 and try to explain where he is out in the woods somewhere. Dennis waited for the fire department to arrive so he could take them to Chip. Suddenly, there he was. He had somehow managed to walk out of the woods (a thing I would remember back to over the course of the day).

As hard as it was to deal with this situation when Madi was 8 weeks old, it was much easier from an emotional point of view. She was having a hard time with him being hurt, the sirens and the chaos.

He was put on a backboard and taken to Day Kimball hospital. I met them there after sending Madi to Tim and Amy's. There I found him with a lovely space in the hallway.

He had CAT scans done initially of his neck and spine. It took FOREVER to get the results which were good news and bad news. Good news was his neck was fine. Bad news that his face wasn't a lucky. So back for a CAT scan of the head. And again we waited....and waited....

As suspected his face is broken. The sinus area cage was smushed but very swollen. After about 7 hours in the ER, he has to follow up with a specialist to figure out how to put Chippy together again.

He is resting now and peaceful. Let's hope it lasts. I suspect there may be a long road ahead. I am just content my man is, big picture-wise, going to be okay. A face you can fix. Brains are not so easy.

His helmet took the hit pretty darn well and saved his brains. For that I am thankful!

Day 11 - What You Wore

Let's just say that what I wore today had little to do with choice or fashion and everything to do with speed and necessity.

Chip went out for his regular Saturday ride across the street today. All seemed fine until his friend Dennis came back to the house. He was the preverbial bearer of bad news. Chip had crashed his dirt bike in the woods. Again. Flashback to 11 years & 1 week ago when he had his last big crash. I was about to get reedy to go dye Easter eggs for the day and instead threw on the closest clothes I could find, brushed my teeth and put my hair up then met the ambulance at the hospital. So this is what I wore today. Stylin huh?

Day 10 - Trees

Madi has softball practice tonight. It is SO cold I ended up sitting in the car with my butt warmer set to high! The sun was setting over the field and the contrast of the trees was so cool!

Day 9 - Black & White

As usual, I am breaking the "rules" of a game I'm playing for and by myself! Cheater cheater pumpkin eater...whatever!!

The "rules" are that the picture is to be taken the day of each topic. Well, I took this picture at dinner the other night and love it. To try to comply I did take other B&W's today but there were none I like as much as this so I'm going with it.

Day 8 - Water

Whoops I forgot my post yesterday. My bad. Does this count as another fail in the challenge? Oh well. I've never been so good with abiding by the rules.

Water was the theme for "today". What I'd really prefer to post is ocean water which is my #1 but it's supposed to be a photo taken on the day of the challenge. Being as I'm not close to the ocean (dagabit) I had to use what was available which is the
pond down the street.

This was taken on the fly, driving by the pond with camera (aka phone) out the sunroof. A little lopsided but I got it! Whoot!!

Madis Sculpey Fun

Some way, some how Madi discovered mamegoma which is some type of Japanese character. She creates all sorts of Sculpey clay creations. Not just of mamegoma but all sorts of stuff. She blows my mind with the stuff she creates and how precise she is. I am so impressed with her creativity.

This batch was mostly mamegoma related charms. I am told one scene is a sweets factory with unruly mamegoma. The other has a chubby mamegoma eating marshmallows. Isn't it just incredible!!

Day 7 - Silhouette

Well this one doesn't require a whole lot of discussion. As silhouette was the word, I interpreted it as shadow and went with that. So.....taaaa daaaaaa....here it is!

Day 6 - Sunset

Well I power napped yesterday during my window of opportunity for this challenge. I guess that means I failed the challenge huh?? Oh well I'm picking up where I left off. The sun setting atop Day Street....

A new Higgins

My little baby cousin Adam is someone's husband - well, he has been since last summer, nothing new there. The news is that he and his adorable wife Erika are expecting a baby so we went to her baby shower yesterday.

Adam is my cousin on my dad's side of the family.  They live about 2 hours away in Limerock out on the western side of the state.  For reasons none of us are able to understand, we don't see each other all that often - except lately with all of the showers and weddings they have going on! Its quite fantastic.

I can't say that I was overly thrilled to hear they were forecasting 3-4" of snow this morning.  Ya, all set with that!  The ironic part is that Adam's sister Melissa's wedding was on the freak October blizzard.  I think this family needs to stop planning family events, they seem to make it snow!  As it turns out, the forecast was wrong. GASP!!!  I know, shocking right? There was some snow, but nothing of any significance.

The shower was very nice and it was a great opportunity to see the family.  The ride out there is so beautiful.  Between the bright colors of the baby green leaves and the snow in the mountains the views are just breathtaking.

 

 

 

 

 Here is a link to my full album of photos of the shower....


https://picasaweb.google.com/ciaran.wilcox/ErikaSBabyShower?authuser=0&feat=directlink


It was a great day and I am very happy to have a new baby Higgins join the family!  Congratulations to Adam and Erika!