not as planned

Well I may have promised a baby post but a little something came up, so that post will be next.  Here's how last weekend went for us... basically, not as planned):

Friday night Ben and I went to dinner with some newly engaged friends and then went to another high school friend's Engagement Party!  It was a fun night but we had plans to go up to the Camp for the weekend for my Dad's Birthday so we left after the party and got there around midnight; much later than planned.  

Saturday morning we woke up at the Camp to a beautiful day.  The boys put 2 pigs on a homemade firepit/smoker... and were quite proud of their setup

These boys had quite a fun day rolling around in the dirt, swimming in the lake, and playing in the woods (Harper L, Steele R)

 Speaking of puppies... Rachel & Hollis get themselves a most precious little 8 week old Cocker Spaniel Puppy last weekend too... his name is Mosley and I can't wait to meet him and watch him play with the big pups

I decided to get some baby carrier practice and carried this adorable 4 month old around for a while

After a yummy lunch and a little lounging in the sun reading Hunger Games, I looked out on the lake to notice that Ben was going for a little ride in the John boat with Bennett.  I was holding Emory and brought her outside to ask Ben if we could join them!  

A few minutes later we were out on the lake.  There isn't a motor attached to the small boat so Ben & I took turns oaring the boat and Ben taught Bennett how to use an oar too.  

After a while the oaring became tiresome and we decided to move on to our next adventure off the boat.  We handed Emory off to Natalie, and then Bennett, Ben, & I got off the boat.  There is a rope tied to the front so that you can pull the boat out of the water onto the shore and Ben gave it a tug, but there was a problem.  First, he was wearing Crocs, and second, he didn't have good footing on the rocky and sandy steep incline... We both heard a pop and when I turned around I saw Ben on the ground.

Long story short: we knew it wasn't good... my dad came and assessed the situation, popped some bones back in place (ouch!), made a splint out of cardboard and duct tape for his probably broken ankle, and my brother-in-law Stephen rushed us back to Mobile and straight to the hospital.  My dad's coworker, and family friend for years, met us at the ER to be ready in case surgery was necessary...

Of course it was a broken Fibula (as you can see on the right side of the poor picture of an X-ray), and surgery was required.  They moved pretty quickly and got everything going (it was 8pm by now)

7 screws and a metal plate later, Ben's ankle is back to being held together.  Main problem- he can't put any weight on it for at least 6 weeks... a very long and painful 6 weeks he will be on crutches... and crutches are NOT fun.  Right now he has a splint cast and when we go for his checkup on Tuesday, we are hoping for a boot... 

It's been a long week already of so much pain for Ben, discomfort in sleeping or even moving an inch, inability to move around, and me helping him doing everything.  He has been a trooper and we have only thrown ourselves a couple of pity parties.  He is gradually getting better at moving around and even drove himself to work on Friday.  We're trying to remain positive and say that it could have been worse, or thank goodness this wasn't a few months ago (when I was super sick) or a couple of months from now (when the baby gets here).  We are hoping that he will be healed and healthy by the time baby boy gets here.  But in the meantime, the sleepless nights and constantly waiting on another human being are good practice for when the baby comes (looking at the positives here)!  


We planned to have a birthday celebration for my Dad on Sunday, but everyone ended up coming back home following the accident... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!    
We planned a pre-baby vacation to Las Vegas for the last weekend of April (next weekend)... but we went ahead and cancelled that since Ben can't walk, or swim, etc.  Ben says we can go on a nice post-baby-moon now :)  


Basically the weekend changed in a split second from a small misstep and now we don't have any choice but to work around the inconvenience.  We appreciate all the help and thoughts from our family and friends!