Broken Arm

Temporary Cast Showing off his cast

Talmadge with a few silly faces

On May 17th Talmadge broke his arm while acting like a "tiger". He was crawling across the top of our loveseat and as he was climbing down to the arm he lost his balance and fell. At first we didn't know if he broke his arm or not since it wasn't obvious but he keep crying and his arm started to have red splotches. So just to be on the safe side, Cameron took him down to the Ogden Clinic. It did end up being broke. In fact he broke both his radius and ulna. One was broke completely across while the other was just slightly fractured. It was so small that I would have never noticed until the doctor pointed it out. Since Talmadge broke his arm on a Saturday they wanted him to go to an orthopedic surgeon to make sure there wasn't any possibly worse things going on with his arm. So for the weekend Talmadge had a temporary cast. We went to the surgeon on Monday and they didn't see anything out of the ordinary so they put a cast on him. While we were waiting, I asked Talmadge what color of cast he wanted since they had all the colors out on a board. He immediately said, "green". I wanted to make sure that was the color he wanted so I asked if he wanted blue or black. He told me, "no, green". So when the doctor's assistant came in to put the cast on he asked Talmadge what color he wanted. I prompted Talmadge to let him know what color cast he wanted and Talmadge said, "pink". Silly boy!! Cameron would have died and to tell you the truth, I would have been a bit embarrassed. So for now it looks like he will have it on for at least 4 weeks but no more than 6 as long as he heals well. Talmadge is doing really well with it. The first day you could tell it really hurt but now he moves around without any problems. You wouldn't know he had a broken arm if it weren't for the bright green cast. The same day that Talmadge broke his arm we found out that he had pink eye. We had to put drops in his eyes which he hated and probably made him feel more uncomfortable. Now he is also getting his 2 year molars so he has a runny nose and has been waking up every night in pain for the last week. This past week has been a bit hectic but now the broken arm is the least of our worries. He seems to be healing just fine. It is funny to listen to Talmadge tell other kids what happened to his arm because he points up his cast and tells them he broke his arm but the doctor made him feel better. It makes laugh because he is so serious and acts so grown up when he talks about it.

Pullman, WA-day 1 (the drive up)

Talmadge and his favorite toy at the park

Look Mom, I did it!

Talmadge and Jairden taking a bath

We wanted to leave at 5am but Cameron knew I was tired so he let me sleep in a bit and we got on the road at about 6:30am. This actually was just fine because we made great timing and made it to Shari's in time for dinner. Talmadge did an awesome job in the car. I sat next to him the entire time while we read books, played games, and watched "Brother Bear"...Talmadge's new favorite movie. The only time Talmadge got upset was when I fell asleep but then, I was told, he fell asleep right after. We stopped at a place called Horseshoe Bend, ID for lunch. There they had a fun little park to play at. Talmadge was more interested in playing than eating...of course but that is fine because he was able to stretch for a bit. His favorite toy was a horse on a big metal spring. He thought that was the greatest! When we got to Shari's house, she was just finishing up a hair cut so we got settled in while we waited. As soon as she was done we received the grand tour of the house since we hadn't seen the house before. They built a new house and we haven't had a chance to get up to WA before now. Their house was beautiful. Shari did a great job decorating. Cameron kept saying, "it would be nice to have a place like this". We would love to get out of an apartment, especially with a little one on the way but if not right now, someday.

Pullman, WA-day 2

Today, Shari took us up on campus to their dairy. There we watched them make their famous "Cougar Gold". This cheese is cured for a year and then can last forever as long as it is not opened. It is pretty sharp cheese but really good. We then bought a can of Cougar Gold along with some cheese curds (which where were delic), and ice cream...of course. Later that day we went up to Brady's work, Decagon and received a small tour. Decagon seems like a really relaxed place to work. They had daily potluck lunches, basketball games, and they even had a race car station that Cameron had fun with. We also had Shari give us haircuts. Talmadge hated it. He was screaming but after awhile we were able to calm him down and distract him a bit. I guess we need to buzz his hair more often so he gets use to it. I didn't have any pictures from this day so I posted a few pictures of Talmadge and Jairden playing since they absolutely loved playing together. When Talmadge would wake up, the first thing he would ask was, "where are my friends".

Pullman, WA-day 3

Jace and his kindergarten class

Snake at the science center

Digging for dinosaur bones

Talmadge found a dinosaur...instead of the bones

Me and Shannon

Josh, Talmadge, Jairden, Jace

Buddies

Cameron goofing around

Our family overlooking Pullman

Today we started the day by attending Jace's musical performance with his kindergarten class. It was cute to watch them sing and do actions with the songs. They were really good. Pullman might have the next American Idol! We then went to the science center. This was a really fun place were they have small animals and a lot of touch and feel discovery toys. Talmadge really like digging for the dinosaur bones. In the evening we had a picnic at Kamiak Butte. At first it was chilly with the wind but then we went on a little hike that warmed us right up. The funnest part was to watch Talmadge having fun with his cousins. They loved holding hands while they were hiking. How adorable!!

Pullman, WA-day 4

Cameron's Aunt Debbie & Aunt Joann

Cameron's Great Uncle Ivan's grave site

Yep, you are reading that road sign correctly.

Dinner at a Thai Restaurant in Pullman

What is a family get together without a "friendly" game of Nerts?

Right before Cameron and I were planning on going up to Washington to visit, Cameron's great uncle Ivan passed away. Ivan lived about 2 hours away from Shari's so we were able to attend his funeral. Cameron's parents drove up with his cousin Kim, aunt Joann, aunt Debbie, and Grandma Sommers. Since the funeral was towards the end of our trip we asked Cameron's parents to stay another day to visit with Shannon and Shari's family. After the funeral we all went and had a delicious Thai dinner at their local Thai restaurant. It really made me miss Noi's cooking. She is such a good cook!! Before bed we all got rallied up with Nerts. Cameron's family loves playing this game whenever we all get together. I didn't do so swell but just as I was getting better, Kim joined in and that was the end of me. She is super fast and really good at Nerts!

Pullman, WA-day 5

Guys and Cars

Talmadge and Jairden relaxing while watching a movie

"Here Shari, I'll help you up!"

Water...so tempting

WSU cougar statue

We started the day at Chipman & Taylor's car show. It was fun to see the locals with their show cars. Even though they didn't have Cameron's '67 GTO, it was fun to see all the other cars. They even had a VW Passat that was an all electric car. I thought that was a pretty cool car even though you couldn't go on road trips with it since it could only go about 70 miles before needing another charge. In the afternoon we relaxed and Shannon got a great picture of Talmadge and Jairden on Brady and Shari's bed while watching a movie. They had to cover themselves up while they were on the bed. Too cute! For dinner we had a BBQ inside since it was sprinkling outside here and there. Finally it cleared up and we went on a walk along a river that has a beautiful path. Then he went and had some ice cream at a little shop called "Licks".

"Cheese"

The caption captures this moment but just as a story behind this picture I'll explain. I found Talmadge sitting in his stuffed toy basket playing with his stuffed animals. He sure loves animals! So I hurried and grabbed my camera and took this picture. I'm really surprised he stood still for this picture since he normally wants to see the pictures on the camera before I take them. (Kiss)

Eating...YUCK!

For awhile, I was having a hard time trying to think of something to eat because nothing sounded good to me. I would get hunger pains and when I get those I don't have time to cook anything. One day I decided to treat Talmadge and me to a hamburger at the local fast food joint. While we were waiting I started taking pictures of Talmadge and thought they were pretty cute.

This face looks like how I feel a lot of times when I think about food.

Half "cheese" smile

Our little Rascal!!

**BuBbLeS**

We finally had a nice and semi-warm day a few weeks ago so we decided to go outside and blow bubbles with Talmadge. It was hilarious to watch Talmadge because he would blow so hard but no bubbles would come out. So he thought if he put the wand on his lips that would change the situation. Nope! So Cameron just blew bubbles while Talmadge chased them. Talmadge makes me laugh because he wants to be so big and do everything that we do. "Don't worry cutie, you will grow up fast enough."

The Mudrow Gang

This post is for my Mom since she doesn't get to see us all together very often. I met my brothers and Dad in Salt Lake to spend the afternoon with them. It was fun to be with them since we don't get to do much together. We went to Chuck-a-Rama. My Dad's fav since you can eat all you can stuff into your stomach in one sitting. You won't know it by looking at my Dad but he sure can pack it in. He has an incredible metabolism that I wasn't lucky enough to inherit. Dang! After dinner we were going to go to a movie but it was getting late and I needed to get Talmadge home before he started to get too tired to enjoy our visit. It was a blast to be with my brothers and Dad. We really need to get together more often!!