Ledger turns 1

Ledger celebrated his first year of life at the end of December. He is an amazing child! He has just started to walk and communicates with us fairly well already, although he doesn't say words as much as he squawks at us. When Cory or I get home from work or being gone he lights up and is sooo happy to see us. As to be expected with a boy, he gets into all the things he shouldn't. The dog food and under the desk with all the wires are his two favorite things to get into. At one he is happy and still smiles all the time. He is active and loves playing with or without his sister. No one makes him laugh quite like Winter. Ledger would never take a pacifier and quickly become a thumb sucker. He is so cute, he will find a soft blanket or his giggy (dog head/tiny blanket thing) and like an uncontrolled automatic response his thumb goes into his mouth. He will snuggle up with anything soft and loves to wrestle around in and under fuzzy blankets.
Mmmm cupcakes! We had a quiet night just the four of us. Cory's parents brought him his gift later that night and wished him a happy birthday.
I have a picture from when I turned one that looks just like this one below.
Happy Birthday Ledger, my sweet little love muffin.

Ledger also has had a hair cut since this post :)

Christmas 2009

It was a good Christmas. Winter was especially cute and loved everything about it this year.

Day Two of Ankle Injury

Photos just do not do justice to how painful and gross Cory's ankle really is these days. These are from Christmas day when he shared his injury with several nurses in the family. Everyone says ice, compression, and elevation.

This is the front view of his normal ankle compared to his extremely swollen one.

This is the inside of his ankle. Notice the internal bleeding and brusing just below the ankle bone.

And this is the outside of his ankle. This is the side he rolled on. It has lovely brusing all the way up the shin bone.

Sprained Ankle

Last night Cory was playing basketball. Toward the end of the game he ran down the court and planted his foot to get ready to receive a pass, but instead everything from him ankle up kept going. He said it felt like the bottom of his shin bone slid off his ankle and hit the ground. That about what it looked like too. With in seconds his whole ankle had swollen up and was a pale blue color. He put it up on a chair for awhile, iced it for a while, took some medicine, and went to bed. This is what it looks like the morning after. A lot better, but still swollen and still very painful.