Back to the ER....two Sunday's in a row!

Well today was interesting, we had to go back to the Independence ER again today. Mom stopped by on her way up to watch Avery play in his ALL-star game in Minneapolis and asked Mack if he wanted to show her how he rode his bike without training wheels. He, of course was game and strapped his helmet, elbow and knee pads on and down the drive way he started. He had a hard time getting his balance so left one foot down, once he got his balance he lifted his leg to the pedal but moved his handle bars back n forth too quickly and went down...face first! He immediately started screaming, I ran to pick him up and he had blood gushing from his forehead again....it was deja-vu from last Sunday. He had a bandaid on it so I wanted to try and get it off to assess the damage. After mom and I calmed him down and cleaned him up we were able to get it off without him really noticing. Almost losing "my cookies", I knew we were headed back to the ER. He had a little hole in his forehead the size of a pea. I literally got sick to my stomach, sweaty and had to sat down it was so nasty. Poor Mack! Good thing my mom was there because I am pretty sure I would have passed out if I hadn't sat down. Later at the ER, good news, bad news....they were able re-glue (Dermabond) his forehead and not stitch it, his cut had shrunk from last week, now 2.5 cm from 4 cm. Bad news...the doc thought it would leave a scar on his cute lil face:( I guess his modeling career is over....JUST KIDDING!!! He is doing well and as you can see by the pics the nurse and doc cheered him up by giving him the same blue gloves as the doc used (so he wasn't scared of them) and 4 stickers- CARS Mater, Sally, Scooby-Doo and smiley faces. We try not to go for a 3-peat!!

DB State Baseball Game in Des Moines

Chris, Mack and I went down to state baseball in DM at the Iowa Cubs field with Jeff and Jake Bradley. As you can see the boys had a great time....they got a little goofy towards the end of the ride. DB lost in the finals against North Kossuth HS 6-1.

Mack Learned How to Ride his Bike without Training Wheels BUT had to go to the ER!!

On July 20th, Mack Daddy learned how to ride his bike without training wheels! We were so proud of him. To give you some background....Most of the neighbor kids are older than Mack so he has been wanting to hang with the "big boys" for awhile now so he has been taking the training wheels off himself for about 2 mths now! He has attempted but each time he's tried but would get scared, so we'd put them back on. Anyhoo, this past Sunday, they were taken off and within minutes, he was OFF! It was so cute, you could tell how proud he was of himself. Chris and I were of course thinkin that was pretty sweet too.....UNTIL.......later that evening I am in the back/side yard watering our landscaping/Chris ran to Jesup to get some things for detasseling and take Brian's saw back to him when I hear my neighbor, Ron, yelling my name. I could not hear him right away because the sprinkler was quite loud. As they got closer, I hear Mack bawling and he is laid out in Ron's arms with blood completely covering his face. I didn't know what was wrong and where with all the blood everywhere. I took him inside, tried to calm him and immediately called Chris to see if he was close. He was thankfully so I cleaned Mack up and put dry clothes on (they were swimming in the pool)and calmed him down finally so he stopped crying. After cleaning the blood off, he ended up having a huge gash on his forehead, fat lip and scrape on his nose but I knew that we were going to need to take him in to the ER. As soon as Chris got home, we were out the door to the Independence ER. We got there and as I am giving them our info, Mack and Chris were shown the room and immediately I hear Mack crying (he had done so well until then) and when I got to the room he says to me "I...don't....want....to....sit...on ...that...white...bed, Mom!..." We told him he didn't have to and wow, immediately he was all better! Anyhoo, the nurse and doc came in and decided that they thought he could get away with glueing it shut. Thank god, don't know if I could handle the stitches...it was worse for me, I think! It was a 4cm gash and within a few minutes they glued it and we were off to Dairy Queen.....that is where Mack wanted to go. Funny, huh!? As you can see, he is now in great spirits (his goofy personality was not injured!) and wanted to get back on his bike that next night but we said NO!....not until his forehead heals at least and we wrap a few rolls of Charmin around him and a helmet! LOL!

Lesley's 5K Debut at G'ville Days

Well I was convinced that I could run in a 5K after I ran at home in Maq with my sister-in-law, Traci when I ran 2.6 or 2.8 miles with her. G'ville Days this past weekend was the one 5K (3.2 miles)I was willing to try and I wanted the challenge. So I showed up down at Don Bosco (start of the race and registration) at 7:30am on July 19th, paid my money and strapped on my running shoes! My goal was to run the whole way and finish.....you must all know that I am not a runner! I do kickboxing but running is not something I do nor enjoy. I did it...here is my runner #r just for proof! I finished 25th out of 55 runners in 30 min and 40 some seconds. I completed my goal...I ran the whole way and actually think I would do one again. It wasn't that bad. Towards the end though, I did start to get chilled so I was glad the end was near.

Mack Falling Asleep in our Bed Watching Cartoons

I thought I would post these on here cuz I thought they were pretty hilarious! Rough Day!

July 10-12 Jesup Farmer's Day

Mack enjoyed the petting zoo. He got to feed and pet numerous animals. Chris and I also took Mack to the tractor/truck pull. He thought that was pretty cool...especially the John Deere tractors and FORD trucks....imagine that! Mack got to ride on Kevin's shoulders throughout the day and really enjoyed the view "from above". Farmer's Day also had an area for children of ages. Each station was broken out in different age groups and had age appropriate games for the kids to play. Mack and Brant had a great time playing in that area.

4th of July 2008

On the 4th this year, we gathered with the Ortner's at the Independence parade in the morning and then had a picnic and fishing outing at Fontana Park afterwards. It was a great time and all the kids had a blast seeing the animals, playing on the play ground equipment and fishing with their uncles/fathers and Grandpa Dick. That night we hung out with the Korsi's (our next door neighbors-Shannon, Kolin, Shaye a.k.a. Mack's girlfriend, and Kade). We went to Pizza Hut in Independence followed by the fireworks. They were awesome! I was very impressed and didn't remember them being so impressive the last time we went their on the 4th. All in all, a beautiful day and tons of fun:)

Mack "The Ringbearer" In Jolynn & Adam's Wedding

Mack had a great time in the wedding. He was a little shy at first as usual but once he warmed up, WATCH OUT!! He was big buds with all the girls and especially, Kiki, she and Mack were adorable. She kept calling him "Maxxie" and was feeding him bread at the reception. TOO cute!