slippery ice

A horrible thing happened to me on friday night - well stepping out of our truck my right foot hit a patch of ice and down I went - breaking 3 bones in my ankle. So since then I'm on my second temporary cast and waiting for the call saying "come and get surgery". Keep your fingers crossed for me that I'll get the call sometime this week. I get 3 metal plates and quite a few screws put in and then a cast for 7 weeks - yes that's right 7 weeks! We had a Edmonton trip planned for the end of March as we're not going away this winter and now because of me we have to cancel! As you can tell I'm a little bummed about all of this. It's amazing how many things I took for granted - just getting up off the couch is a 5 minute job with Chris standing beside me making sure I get into the wheelchair okay. I never really thought of myself as a super independent person but now I'm completely dependent on Chris - anything I want I have to ask for and it's quite demeaning to my self confidence. It makes things really hard with Madison only being 3 months old and Zander being a 2 year old doesn't quite understand why I can't go on the floor and play with him or why I can't get him a drink when he wants it. Madison is a quite demanding little baby who doesn't want to be put down and wants to eat constantly! Chris is taking a couple days off work to help me get situated and hopefully after the surgery my ankle won't hurt quite so much. So onto the subject of kids - Madison and Zander are both doing great, they are growing like weeds. Madison is smiling like crazy and Zander loves holding her, talking to her and singing to her. At Madison's 2 months check up she weighed 10 pounds 3 ounces, she is super long and growing out of all of her clothes! We will keep you updated on how the ankle is coming and how the kids are helping me cope.