Sprained Ankle

Lily had complained about an "boo-boo" on her ankle Memorial Day evening, but I thought it was the scratch I could see there. Tuesday morning she was limping, her ankle was swollen, and it was bruised behind the ankle bone. James was off work thankfully, and we took Lily to the doctor. We had to carry both girls so I was glad James was there!

Wrapped and stabilized until we left.

Listening to the iPod until we left.

At the doctor's.
Lily cried and was scared when the doctor came in.
I think she expected shots.

 The doctor said to get an x-ray to see if it is broken. Thankfully she sent us to the Santa Rosa Diagnostic Clinic instead of the Emergency Room. I was expecting to wait for two hours, but it was almost instant service. We finished our paperwork and were able to get the x-ray right away.

Waiting out the paperwork process.
Anna was asleep in the car and I vainly hoped
she would stay asleep under the cover. Nope!

Positioning for the x-rays

Lily was angelic during that process.
She held perfectly still.  I think she liked the pillow!

We won't know the results until the doctor calls us. They told us to wait a day.

UPDATE: They called and said it wasn't broken - just sprained.

Keeping her busy and seated was a chore!

 After returning home and the girl's naps, we tried to keep her still while applying herbal muscle oil to her ankle every once in a while. She got so fidgety by late evening that I let her walk around. She didn't limp at all or say she was in pain. It was no longer swollen, and there was no heat around the ankle. I am crediting the herbal oil for healing her muscles, but you may think what you like. :-D

We started the Country Church embroidery
tile scene yesterday afternoon. We are using
the biggest hoop we have and it is huge!

Anna played and chewed on everything while
we were entertaining Lily and embroidering.

Memorial Day

On Sunday we all went to morning church then James had to work Sunday evening.

Pigtails!

Lots of pinkness

James had Monday and Tuesday off so we were able to attend the Memorial Day picnic at church.

Lexie Jackson and Anna

Watching the baseball game

Baseball Game

Accidental Picture :-)

Playing with Becca Alexander.
Becca is only two weeks older than Anna.

Anna crawled on Becca to get her bottle!

The volleyball game

The audience

A six-player Catan Game

Lily helping with clean-up

The Last Few Days

Thursday morning James and I practiced a violin/cello duet most of the morning and then we had to hurry and get lunch before James had to leave for work. Sonic had 55 cent corn dogs so we went there for lunch.

I think she liked the breading best.

 After James left for work in his car, I took the girls to the Navy Boat Dock playground briefly. We played a little then waded in the water.  The rest of my afternoon was spent quilting.

Friday we went bike riding around our neighborhood.

Lily helped Daddy get ready for bike riding.

 The girls got to ride together in the bike trailer. It was Anna's first long ride! Anna is much smaller and falls into and behind Lily so that's why we had the pillow there.

We biked all the way up our road to the Shell station to get energy drinks. I needed energy at that point! The road there is uphill most of the way, I was pulling the girls, and I haven't been bike riding in awhile.

I finished quilting the quilt, cut out the binding, and sewed on the binding while the girls were napping. I think the biking exercise gave me energy!

Close-up of a block.

The machine sewing stitch

It looks like hand stitching somewhat.

The binding is sewn down and it is on our bed. One ten-year-old unfinished project done!

James played with the girls this morning.

 While I was sewing the binding on the quilt, I finally finished up the nativity scene too. James rigged two lengths of dowel rod together (using the cartridge of an ink pen) and hung it up. It looks big!

This morning we drove to Baker to Ruthie's Notions to buy thread for another tile scene - County Church. They were having a class about our sewing machine and I really wished we could have stayed longer to attend, but James had to work this afternoon.

Anna being cute just now

Quilting

Lily swinging while I watered the garden

 It was a quiet day so I had time to continue machine quilting my quilt. I pieced this quilt with Mrs. Parker's help about ten years ago. Through a very long string of events it is now back in my hands to quilt with my own machine. Mom Joyner helped me start quilting it at Thanksgiving during her visit, and it is being worked on again! She got the idea of using a stitch my fancy machine has. I am using invisible top thread and gold bobbin thread to create a hand-stitched look.

Made with Thimbleberries fabrics - which I love!

My sewing setup. I use all the tables to keep
from hefting the whole weight of the quilt.
The tablecloth helps it slide with more ease.

My girlies!

Anna's First Words and Visiting Aunt Emily's House

Anna said her first word yesterday - Da Da! Below is a video.

Lily enjoyed seeing the doggies at Aunt Emily's house last night. I went there for a ladies' get-together with Emily and Danielle since all of our husbands had to work last night.

Micah, Lily and Anna - cousin time!

I'm sure Anna is thinking, "Wait for me!"

My Garden Today

My garden is growing and here are some pictures taken today.

Lily loves to play with the hose. She has
learned how to water the garden and helps me.

James' Four-Day Weekend Part Five

Sunday we spent all day at church and got home that night at 10:30pm.

Anna has started this thing of pulling down
her crib bumper and chewing on the edge.

 Sunday School was a combined service and no buses were running. There are very few church kids left to teach with no bus kids, so we combined our three young classes into Mom Bryan's class. I stayed because I don't get to see Lily in her class usually and this was my chance. She was super fidgety during the lesson.

I put Lily's hair in a ponytail like Mom Joyner showed me.

I don't have pictures of the rest of the day, so I will just tell you about it.

We had morning church, then dinner on the grounds. After dinner I changed the girls and myself into casual clothes and settled Anna and Lily down to their naps. They both slept for three hours! I guess we had worn them out with our crazy schedule. It was amazing to have so much free time to play outside without being side-lined with baby care.

I waited out the baseball game, then I played two games of volleyball. I was pretty bad at the volleying part - I kept hitting it out of bounds. The second game was better since I was getting warmed up and volleyed with my fist instead of an open hand. That works much better for me.

At 5:30pm the Harmony Sextet (the young ladies' singing group that I am in) practiced. Then we had church at 6pm. I played my violin in the orchestra and my group sang a special in the service.

After church we had church fellowship downstairs to celebrate TBC's anniversary and Adam Mitchell's PCC graduation. After they ate, James and several others played more volleyball - until 10pm. I took the girls out there to watch for the last hour.