Time to catch up!!

Yes - it is 2012!  Yes - I am behind from posting many things for the end of 2011!  Yes - I need to do better!

Let's catch up shall we?

When we left off, Caden had just asked a friend of his to Homecoming!  About a week after he had asked her, I got a text from her asking if she could come decorate Caden's room.  He was just starting Fall Baseball so it worked out great that he would be gone after school.  We set up a day and she showed up, with her friend, to decorate his room.
I expected a full on trashing of his room but it was pretty tame!  Both of the girls were really cute and friendly!  They decorated it with balloons, streamers, and the glow in the dark stars that stick on the walls.  They put a sign on the front of his door and then the answer on the back of the door.  He was pretty surprised when he got home!

So, a few days later Caden was playing in his SECOND game of Fall ball.  He was playing First base, a ball was hit towards him from the Batter,  Caden scooped it off the ground and went back to First to tag the runner.  The runner hit into his gloved hand and somehow bent back Caden thumb on his right hand.  I took him to instaCare to have Xrays.  He ended up having a small hairline fracture along the base of his thumb on the inside of his hand.  No more Fall Baseball and just in time for his first dance! :( .  Because his hand was so swollen they wrapped it.  We were told to bring him back after a few days to put a cast on.

Dustin took him back to the doctor a few days later.  The doctor decided to not cast it.  Caden just needed to keep a brace on it for a few weeks to let it heal.

HOMECOMING!

     After Caden was given a "Yes" to Homecoming we had very little time to get the plans rolling.  We took him shopping for new clothes.  He was double dating with his friend Justin and his date.  They planned to take the girls to Boondocks for their day date, go home and change, pick up their dates, go to dinner and then the dance.  Since both boys couldn't drive yet, Justin's family would take and pick up for their day date and I would be driving that night.  Depending on the girl's curfews they would possibly end up back at our house to watch a movie after the dance.

     The day of the dance they headed off to Boondocks.  I told Caden to take pictures on his cell phone while they were there.  Do you think he did??? NO!  He didn't want to look stupid!  GEESH! (I told him I could be an embarrasing Mother and next time follow him around with my camera - You should have seen the look on his face - LOL).  AND wouldn't you know it some of his other friends had taken their dates to Boondocks too and were posting their pictures on FB later in the day.  Anyway, when he came home it seemed like he had a lot of fun.  He got changed for the dance and looked very handsome!

He grabbed the ticket and her corsage and off we went!  Her mother was very nice to let us come in and take pictures!  They all looked so great!

All the kids seemed nervous at first - it is a lot different to be on a date than talking to each other at school. I just laughed to myself.  When the night was over everyone agreed the dance had been awesome!

OUCH!!!

On April 1st - Yes April Fool's Day - Dustin took apart the kid's old portable basketball stand that had broke.  I was helping him move the base (it had most of the sand out of it but was still heavy!), I lost my grip and dropped my side on my left shin/foot.  Holy Crap did it hurt! 
I scraped skin off of my shin and my ankle/foot was bruised hard!  I could hardly walk on it.  After about 5 days almost my whole left foot had turned black and blue!  It freaked me out so I went to a podiatrist to have some x-rays taken but luckily I did not break anything.  I was told to keep taking Ibuprofen and he gave me some physical therapy exercises to do every night, at home.  These pictures are dark and don't show all of the bruising but it gives you an idea.

Now after a month my bruising is almost gone and the therapy has really helped.  I have been walking normal for almost a week!  We got the kid's a new portable basketball stand.  In case you were wondering, I stayed inside the house while Dustin and the kids put it together. :)