Cael almost made it to two years old without breaking a bone (or two). Joel's mom was watching him on a Saturday while Joel and I were at Power 45. She took the boys to the park where Cael apparently fell off a ladder leading to a slide. She said he cried for about a minute and it looked like he had bumped his head. He was pretty quiet when we got home and seemed sleepy, but wasn't crying and didn't seem upset. After taking a long nap he seemed okay. The rest of the week he seemed a bit cranky, but we had all been sick, as well as Cael, so figured it was that. Also, sometimes when I put his arm into a shirt or buckled him into his carseat he would let out a little cry. Nine days after he fell at the park I called the doctors office because he still had a temperature and loose stools. I also was going to have him look at Cael's arm while we were there. The doctor checked his arm, and he didn't make a peep, but he sent us to get an x-ray just in case. Imagine my surprise when we came back to see the results and Cael's wrist was broken (two different bones). I felt so terrible not knowing it was broken, but the doctor said he wouldn't have thought to even have it checked out if Cael was his son (as he watched Cael climbing up and down off chairs and opening and closing cupboard doors with his broken wrist arm. It didn't seem to bother him one bit.) The doctor said he must have a high tolerance for pain, and was one of the toughest little boys he had ever seen. He said to watch out when he's older and playing football. :) He did really well with his cast and only seemed bothered by it for a few minutes when he threw a crying fit trying to get it off when we got home from the doctor. He had to keep it on for four weeks, and has it off now. It never slowed him down at all!
My little helper, even with his cast!
Cael getting his big brother back for all the times he has been picked on by Ayden.
Cael is obsessed with the ISU horses. We stop to visit them when I go on my Friday morning run while Ayden is at preschool.
We took the boys to see the circus that came to Des Moines. They really liked it!
Love these goofballs!
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