Coleton is eight!

This was such a hard day for me! I can't quite put my finger on it what it was about this birthday that was different that any other but it was a tough day! We woke up bright and early to head off to the ortho doctor to get the low down on his wrist. Coleton sat oh so quietly in the back seat, not reading or playing with anything! I was worried at this point that we were in for one of those days but after thinking about it for a bit I finally asked him what the trouble was and he started talking all about how he was afraid that he was going to need and cast and how his friends we going to make fun of him when we picked them up later! That thought had never crossed my mind that he would be worried about that. I did something that I would tell everyone not to do and told him that he mostly likely would not need a cast and that they would most likely just put it back in the wrap....ok ok ok I know should have never said that but come on he could move it all around! So, on with the drive with a slightly happier little boy! Then we got to the office and the doctor spent less that 5 minutes with us pulled up the x-ray and quickly said you need a short arm cast! No bike riding, no tree climbing and no roller blading all of which are his favorite things to do....you should have seen the look he gave me! Ok, now that I was feeling oh so bad we proceed to the casting room! Oh, did I forget to mention that there was a prisoner waiting to be seen as well. When we were called back to the room they called the prisoner as well. He was cuffed hands and feet in the whole prisoner get up so we were walking back with our backs turned and you could just hear the cuffs rubbing together! Poor Coleton just grabs my hand and looks pretty scared and I just was praying that we didn't get attacked on his birthday! I mean really can't they treat them in the jail! So after that we went to the casting room and got our red cast! He did great and was really happy to tell people about his first present of the day....haha!

After that whole drama we headed out to get some stuff for the party! He had a good time doing that and getting a milky way for a morning snack! Then we headed to wal-mart and he saw his second grade teacher and was so excited that she was the first on who got to sign his cast....I was starting to see hope that the day was turning around! Then, off to Culvers for lunch! I am sure we looked really cute shoved into the tiny one person booth! He thought he needed to sit by me! I was so nice just the two of us hanging out! This was the point in the day when I looked at him, grown up teeth, his first cast and really about started to cry! I am happy that he was growing up to be such a great kid but also it is really hard to let go! I have always been there for him though every little thing and now I am starting to see that he is doing more and more on his own!

Aunt Lori came over for a little bit and brought the gift that mom and dad wouldn't buy for him, the prefect aunt present! A storm trooper helmet! He was so happy...he told everyone about this thing and he was so happy to finally open it that I think we could have said the day was over and he wouldn't of cared...well maybe not but close!

Then we were off to pick up his friends for the party! I will save that post for next time because I need to put up those pictures and for some reason blogger always does my pictures not quite right, it's blogger right couldn't be me! Anyhow, I will leave you with this thought five boys one van and one mom...sounds fun right:)