Last Thursday, Mathison was scheduled to have his cast changed. Many of you know that he was born with clubfeet, and although most of the correction was done in his first year, he has one foot that keeps trying to turn in again. The purpose of the cast is to stretch out a tight tendon, and we have to travel to Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City to have this done by a specialist. Well, the short cast didn't work as well as they'd hoped, so we went from this:
To this bad boy:
The poor kid wasn't very happy about it; and to tell you the truth - neither am I! It's made things like bathing and dressing soooo much harder. We head up to SLC in two weeks to have it changed yet again, with the hopes of getting it off permanently the middle of June.
Afterwards, I decided to brighten Mat's day by taking him to Jungle Jim's in Sandy. It's basically an indoor arcade/carnival for younger kids. Krissia was with us, as she was headed to Provo anyway for the State Track meet and decided to skip the bus ride. I'm so glad she opted to travel with us; it made for a much smoother ride and doctor's visit having another person along to help with Mathison!
Here is Mat riding in a rocket:
Here's Krissia riding the roller coaster with her little brother. She was such a good sport about it, even though her legs were sticking out the front:
In the bumper car; just look at that proud smile:
It was so funny to watch Mathison try and drive. He could reach the gas pedal, but just wasn't quite coordinated enough to push the gas and drive at the same time. As a result, he just turned around in circles the entire time!We dropped Krissia off in Provo on Thursday night, where she joined the track team. She had no races on Friday, so Mat and I had the entire day to ourselves. We decided to spend it at Hogle Zoo.
Mathison especially like the elephants (this mother had the cutest baby, but it's hiding behind her in this picture):
A tall giraffe:
And a very hungry leopard:
Let's just say I'm very glad we were separated from it by the glass; it seemed very interested in Mat!Here's an attempt at a self portrait; it took several tries to get us both in, and by this take Mathison was definitely finished with picture taking:
Mathison seemed as interested in the playground as much as anything. Where else could one ride a caterpillar:
Pretend one's a turtle:
Or ponder the all important question of which came first, the chicken or the egg?
I think these next photos speak for themselves:
Mathison certainly didn't let the new cast slow him down at all:
Near the entrance of the zoo, they have a giant sphere that's covered in water. I discovered it offered a way to capture some unique reflections:
Saturday afternoon, Mathison and I had the opportunity to support Krissia as she competed in the Utah State Track Meet. She was part of the 4x400m relay....which happened to be the very last event of the meet. After hours of waiting, it was finally time to watch her run. As I prepared to capture it on film, Mathison started ramming himself into my legs. Because of this distraction, this is the picture I shot:
No, this is not Krissia. I have no idea who this runner is. By the time I discovered my mistake, this was the best I could do:
Oh, well.
Krissia's relay team did very well, taking a whopping 6 seconds off of their time. Krissia also ran a personal best time on her leg, clocking in at a 1:03.20.
This sweet girl also celebrated her 17th birthday on Saturday:
I think it was a little bit of a letdown because there was no official celebration with us being at the track meet. However, DEl and I took her out to dinner the day before he left for China and gave her the birthday gifts at that time. Krissia also said she had dozens of texts on her birthday from family and friends, which helped to make it more special. She is such a sweet, special girl - and I couldn't ask for a better daughter. I feel so lucky and blessed to have her in our family!Well, that's it for now. Until next time....adieu.
4 comments:
Loved these pictures and the narration cracked me up! Your kids are growing up so fast:) Big hugs to your whole family...♥
Poor Mathison! I remember a similar cast on Leesha when she wasn't too much older than Mathison. Except her cast was for a broken leg. (Which of course, you'll never be able to forget.)
I really am impressed at how well he is able to get around with his cast! I feel bad I didn't say Happy b-day to Krissia last week, so, Happy birthday 6 days late!
Hopefully the cast thing won't become a common occurence for Mathison. Looks like you guys had a nice time at the zoo. I think Mom and Dad did the same thing a time or two at our track meets i.e. pictures of the wrong person. Except you wouldn't find out for a few weeks until you got the film developed.
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