Our Weekend: Started Out Great Ended Up Bad

Well, as you can tell with our title, something happened but let at least share the good stuff first because let's face it. We all need something "Happy" to read on Monday. :o)

Friday Early-Evening: Ice Cream Social and Mummy & Son Date
Daddy and Mummy attended to Erik's school ice cream social. The school holds it once a year for all the parents but since it was right in the middle of summer, lots of parents and kiddies are on vacation (all 3 of our friends from the playgroup). It's still nice though. Daddy took "vacation time" in order to attend it and play with Erik at school. Its really special for Daddy to make the long 30-45 minute drive in rush hour so its always appreciated.

Then, for the next few weeks, Mummy will become a "single" mom on Friday evenings. Daddy has decided to take up a studio photography class. To be honest, I was really looking forward to this opportunity to be with my son. I don't have to share him with anybody. I don't have any distractions (i.e. work) on a Friday night so 100% of my attention is for him.

Erik was a treat! He is into the whiny "MINE" toddler stage. SIGH! However, when he chooses to be cute and cuddly, Mummy just melts. We got to read books when we rested a little bit at home. Then Mummy got to take him to the water park all by herself. We played chase around the water park. It was just wonderful!

Then, Mummy was a bit of a dare-devil (eh, in parenting terms at least). Mummy decided that she and Erik shall go out on a Mummy & Son date. Never too early to start such a tradition, right?! It was just Erik and Mummy, table for 2 at the local chain american restaurant. Erik behaved like a complete gentlemen. He scribbled his way with colors, shared the crayons (of course, he also yanked it out of Mummy's hands and said "MINE" "MINE" "MINE"), patient enough to wait for his food (i.e. 5 minutes).

We had great Mummy and Son conversations, like "where do you see a duck?" and Erik would point to a poster of Donald Duck LOL. Oh the mental connection was deep, the next topic was "where is a dog?" and Erik would point to a poster with 101 dalmations 2 tables behind us Hahhaah! We shared a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, French Fries, and even Parmesean Tilapia. This is one of the rare times where Erik was on an eating frenzy and was stuffing himself almost 1/2 basket of fries (YIKES! Junky Fastfood, I know!) but he also ate Tilapia (one of his preferred foods)...so its all about balance. We had a great Friday night!


Saturday: Visiting Our Blog Stalkers
This Saturday was one of the nice relaxing ones that Mummy and Daddy yearn for. Its not that we didn't do anything, quite the contrare, but the fact that it was spent with good company was well worth it. We shall title our Saturday as "Visits with our Blog Stalkers". You know who you are ;o) Hahahaha

Early Saturday morning, after feeding Erik, of courseDaddy had to pack up our 2 very old CRT monitors (you know, the ones that take up all your desk and is not as sleek nor cool as the flat panels you'd see in the latest gadget stores) for recycling. Mummy's work hosted a great electronic recycle day so we took that opportunity to get rid of "junk".

Afterwards, we headed out to the local BK (oh yeah, the greatest and trendiest hang outs for parents)...aka Burger King with a Playplace! Yeah, while we sipped on our BK Cup of Joe, Erik was head over heels in their outdoor play area. The signed distinctly said for children 48" and under but um...well, Mummy and Daddy followed Erik into the play area anyways Hahahah! Well, our excuse was he's a toddler...not a little kid yet..so we have to be safe!

Erik played in the blue plastic tunnel slide and in a little padded area with padded lightweight poles hanging on top of the very short ceiling. Mummy had to get in there and Erik was going crazy and wild. He'd touched every single pole and proclaimed that it was his. Sheesh! He'd "swing" from one pole to another thinking he was a monkey. He even pounded on the mesh fence when Daddy peered in from the outside LOL! Then it was Daddy's turn, Daddy did a chase inside the tunnel with Erik! Picture this please a 200+ lb guy of about 68-69" tall in a plastic playstructure! Daddy really was testing its weight limit! They even made it to the SECOND floor! YIKES! But Daddy and Erik had a blast!

Then, it was on our 30 minute drive to one of our oldest friends. It's Mummy's friends from way back in the college hay days. We shall call them "Blog Stalker Couple #1": Irma and Alonzo. We have not seen them for quite a while and they were one of the first set of friends to greet and meet Erik when he was born. Quite precious for Erik to visit all his fans, now, right?! We shared a lovely luncheon, caught up with our exciting lives, and Erik was pretty much wrecking their whole house. YIKES!

Erik would run from one sitting room to another. Mummy and Daddy's house doesn't have that much space (cuz of Erik's toys!) so Erik was exploring this new environment called "Organized Home" or "Clean Home" or "Extra Clean Home" LOL! It was great! Tio Alonzo had to run after Erik many times, including playing chase around and around the dining table. Erik actually got frustrated that he couldn't catch up to his more than 6' tall Tio...so Tia Irma had to tell Alonzo to stop and let Erik catch him. Hahahah! Afterwards, it was a round of High 5's for a job well done. :o) He was really lapping into all this attention he got. Tia Irma even washed strawberries and grapes for Erik to munch on!!

Then, it was off to the local IKEA store to check out some neat stuff for Erik. Basically play things for our already over-crowded living room. SIGH! There, Erik was running around even more in the children's section and we ran into another pair of our friends (non-stalkers). Their little girl of 10 months wanted to play with Erik, so cute! He checked on all the little beds and pretended to sleep in them. Erik even sat on their toddler version of an armchair. Erik ran in and out of the plastic strip "tunnel" thinking it was the greatest thing he ever saw. He was just full of energy still, can't believe it! Of course, after 20 minutes of "extreme" toddler play, Erik crashed and slept in Daddy's arms for the rest of the way.

As if our day hasn't done enough visits, Mummy and Daddy decided to visit our friends, we'll call them "Blog Stalker #2": Shelby, Russ and their little girl Makena. Daddy had taken up some family portraits of them the other day and wanted to drop some prints off for them. Erik got to see Fins their little pup...just the cutest. The pup was locked in the sunroom and Erik was in the kitchen window peering out and he'd sign and say "DOG". He was a little scared but after warming up a bit, he'd run up to the window a little smooch on it, as if giving Fins a kiss LOL! Too Cute!

He was really making himself at home in their kitchen. Grabbing all the ride toys, standing up on them, pushing the walking cart here and there. Makena woke up from her nap and she smiled at Erik with those bright blue eyes and lovely blond curls! BUT what does our son do?! Nothing?! Not even a single flirt to offer her the toys he was playing on. Sheesh! Of course, then our son signed for "Food", as if we did not feed him! How embarrassing ;o) We do feed him, he ate so well that Mummy and Daddy couldn't believe it for the past 2 days! However, Shelby immediately offered Erik one of his all-time favorite treat: Banana! Mmmmm! Yummy!

Finally, after a whole day outside, we arrived home. Think we were going to rest?! Oh no, not at all. Mummy's parents came over for a visit! Grandma Wai and Grandpa Tik decided that they want to visit Erik and see how he is. They even made delicous home-made soup for our Erik, which he just lapped up of more than 2/3 cup, plus dinner! WOW! DOUBLE-WOW! Erik melted Grandma Wai's heart by calling her "Po Po" in Cantonese, which means Maternal Grandma :o) hee hee. Of course, Grandpa Tik had another motive for visiting, he dugged out one of our winter melon plants to take it home GASP! Must report to Grandpa Tom on this act!! Anyways, Erik really enjoyed their company, so much that when it was time for them to leave, Erik cried and didn't want to let go of Grandma Wai, he had to go outside the door and to see them off. Mummy had to explain that his grandparnets had to sit in the car and to drive home. He waved bye-bye to them and it was finally off to bed!! :o)

Sunday: Freak Accident On The Stairs
Alright, this is the BAD part of the weekend! Erik woke up way early on a Sunday morning around 7:00am. Daddy did all the usual morning routine with Erik like sitting on the "magic potty", brushing his teeth, washing Erik's face, etc. Then, Mummy was on her way with Erik downstairs for breakfast time. As if we were in a complete cartoon where the victim slips on a banana peel and ends up in a horrible tumble. Well, there were NO banana peel and Mummy still doesn't know what the hell happened!

We bounded down the stairs and in mid-way, Mummy just slipped!! Holding onto Erik tightly in her right hand, it was all downhill from there. No stopping! Mummy literally bounced 4-5 times before landing hard on her tailbone in our tile entry way! Erik screaming his head off in agony. Mummy didn't land on top of him but something was wrong. He didn't hit his head on the rails but still, something was wrong. Daddy immediately came running and found Mummy and Erik down. SIGH! It was horrible. Mummy tried nursing Erik but he wouldn't stop crying. We tried to console him and still not crying. After a good 30 minutes of just holding him, he had calm down. We ran down the list of areas that we Erik would've gotten hurt on and asked and signed, "where are you hurt?" "Does your head hurt?" "Does your neck hurt?" Nothing! Erik just wanted a lot of holding, of course, that's more logical.

Then, we tried to place him on his feet and Daddy saw it. It was Erik's left leg. He couldn't put any weight on it :o( WAH! WAH! Every time he did, he would cry in agony. Oh God! Horrible thoughts rushed through us...really Parenting is full of worries but its also full of PANICKING as well! We immediately drove Erik to his doctor's office since they had an after-hours/weekend on-call pediatrician.

We were hoping that by some miracle, Erik's leg would be okay by the time we got there but no such luck! The pediatrican examined him and found that his left leg/shin/ankle was a bit swollen and that he needed X-Rays of his entire left hip and downwards. Off to the next door hospital (where Erik was born) to their X-Ray lab. Got the X-Rays and waited for a dreadful 20 minutes for a Bone Doctor to read the charts to see if there were any broken bones or fractures! Mummy at this time feels like $#!T and guilt and like "WHAT the #@%! happened that made Mummy slip and fall?! Daddy was freaking emotional and worried to death about Erik. CALM was definitely NOT the word to describe us. The results came back NEGATIVE. WHEW! No broken bones!

However, Erik still can't put any pressure on his left leg yet! Called the pediatrician again, and basically Erik will have be on Motrin round the clock and let him guide his own activities. Don't even know where to ice him down. Is it a sprain?! Not even 16 months old yet, and he gets a sprain because of Mummy's clumsiness WAH!!!! WAH!!!! One of Daddy's friend was supposed to come visit and stay for part of the week, Tia Emily, but Daddy had to call and delay her arrival since our focus was all about Erik at that point.

For the rest of the Sunday, it was pretty much crappy! As an active toddler, he really wanted to walk and run and do all his boy stuff. But he couldn't. Every time he tried, he would wince in agony. Daddy would then move stuff in front of him and then Erik just wanted to sit down on big couch and watch TV instead. SIGH! We then tried to do "water therapy" by going to our friend's house to swim in their pool to see if that would brighten Erik up a little bit to be mobile yet not put any weight on his left leg. Pretty much the crappiest Sundays ever!! Mummy will be taking Erik into the doctor's office again for a 24-hour follow-up to see what else we can do or whether they need more XRays on the feet area instead.