Life sure is crazy, and things happen in the tiniest fragments of seconds. On Friday, Ian fell off a chair while I was making lunch in the kitchen and fractured his leg. I was telling him to stop and running towards him when he fell. It's a scene that I've replayed over and over in my head countless times. If I just moved faster, if I was there just ONE second faster I could've caught him, why did I let him sit in that chair? What if we didn't go on an errand that day, then when we got home he maybe wouldn't have wanted to sit in that chair. And so on. But all this also makes me realize that anything can happen, and I thank my lucky stars it wasn't a tragic car accident, or a million other horrible things that could've happened to our little guy in a second based on other decisions made that day. Basically, the last few days have been unbelievably emotional for me, but if anything it's made me so grateful for what we DO have - which is a LOT - and mostly I am so grateful for our health. Seeing Ian not be able to move around much in his cast has been so difficult to watch as a mother, but on the flip side again, I am so grateful it's a simple fix and he WILL walk again very very soon.

He has an appointment (first available) with an Orthopedic Doctor on Wednesday where we will find out more information and he will receive a permanent cast. But fingers crossed he will only need a cast for about 3 weeks. He is SUCH a trooper and I really mean this. Through the whole thing, he barely cried. Only a few times (when he first fell and when the doctor tried to get him to walk when we brought him in). He was so good for everything, as you can see in the pictures. The lady putting on his cast had to use the saw to trim the tip of the cast, and he didn't even flinch. He's adjusted like a champ, sleeps through the night just fine like nothing happened. The first morning he was a bit frustrated because he couldn't walk or move around, but by the afternoon he totally accepted the fact he couldn't use his leg because of his "owie" and asks us for help when he needs it, has learned to scoot around and crawl when he needs to (from toy to toy) and is really good about sitting and playing with his toys for a much longer period than he ever did before. I love this guy with all my heart and need to thank him when he gets older for being so strong and agreeable to anything that is thrown his way.