Jenna hit a homer!

Jenna got an in park homer last night! There were two outs as there always is when she's up to bat. On a full count, she hit a sweet ball to the outfield and got home! So proud of my #16 love that girl!

The pic is from Shelly which she hit after Jenna came home and ran to the fence to talk to me. 💚💛💚💛

1st place in WV Agricultural Poster Contest

Jenna had to do a poster for school depicting farm life in WV. The posters were entered in a contest for all of Hardy County and she won 1st place!! She hasn't gotten the poster back so no picture of that her but here's her certificate...

Opening Day 2016

Today was opening day for East Hardy Little League. Jenna switched to softball this season and is playing for the Mathias Ruritans in kid/coach pitch. She's pitching again and getting used to that underhand pitching style. She even struck out a few girls.

The way it works in this league is if she throws 4 balls to the girl she is pitching to, our coach hops in and pitches and then our pitcher goes back for the next girl. Jenna is doing great and loves her team.

I don't have any pictures from the game but will get some from next weekend's game.

Go #16!

Jenna and the Science Fair

Jenna had to participate in the Science Fair, since 4th and 5th grade had to do it. She chose to freeze different kitchen liquids and predict how long each one would take. She did well with her predictions and did a great job on her board as well. She came in 3rd place for 4th and 5th grade for her category (Physical Science). We were so happy and excited since she had to present it too and she was so nervous about that part of it. She's already thinking up ideas for next year's science fair.

Jenna's birthday surprise

Oma and Opa surprised Jenna with a visit to the Lego store. I mean, talk about dreams coming true!

The moment she realized where she was going.....

I love the smile on Opa's face ~ he's pretty happy for her.

I didn't think she'd have trouble finding something...

It's safe to say she enjoyed her birthday weekend with Oma and Opa! Happy 10th Jenna!

First Day of School 2015

So proud of these kids ~ all smiles before going to a brand new school, not knowing a soul. Thankfully they know their bus driver - Mr. Ronnie aka Freedo aka Papa's best friend. So thankful he'll be their driver, knowing how long they are on that bus everyday. I'm pretty sure Ronnie thinks it's pretty neat to see Richard's grandkids get on his bus. They also all ride together. Jasmine's school (9th through 12th) is at the top of the hill and the rest of the kids go to the school at the bottom of the hill (not our hill, the school hill) where it's Pre-K through 8th.

Jasmine (9th grade), Jacob (6th grade), Jenna (4th grade) and Jaylynn (1st grade)

McAuliffe Winter Dance

The kiddos had a dance at school last night. These are some of the awesome photo booth pics that they got. Love these things.

The 3 not so littles

And the pin and cast is gone!

Finally! The pin and cast are goners! The pin coming out wasn't as bad as she thought. Jenna said it felt weird but didn't hurt. She was crying though just thinking about it. She's in a splint for the next two weeks when needed (playing outside, at school, etc). Finally!! All that milk she had this week really paid off. :)

The purple cast

We went in on March 30th to get her arm checked, hoping the pin would be pulled and back to a short arm cast. A quick x-ray showed that it wasn't ready yet. Darn.

We went back today and Dr. Raffo cut the cast off and x-ray'd it. He said even if the pin wasn't ready to come out, she could at least go to a short arm cast. Unfortunately, her arm just hasn't healed enough and the pin is still in there. She got a purple cast this time and has been downing milk ever since. She's never been a big milk drinker but Dr. Raffo she needed it and she listened. Hopefully when we go back on the 16th, the pin can come out and maybe, just maybe, a soft splint type thing.



Just a funny pic of her cast collection (and Jay's arm) thus far.


Oh and if your child has a pin sticking out of their arm, do not, I repeat, DO NOT, let them see it. Jenna almost passed out when she saw it. I almost did too but didn't let her see me squirm. 

Jenna's broken arm surgery

We had to be at Shady Grove at 6 am for Jenna's surgery. Thankfully it was nice and early since after midnight, she couldn't have anything. We are becoming pros at surgery. Here she is smiling for the camera, scared inside, holding tight onto her pillow pet from Favorite Aunt Janice and Uncle Tom.



We got all checked in and waited just a bit before they called back about 5 kids for surgery. We went back, got her changed while they did all the normal questions. A tech came and cut her cast off. Dr. Raffo came in and wrote YES on the correct arm, assured me that everything would go quickly.




 I went with Jenna to the OR, where I stayed until she went to sleep. So not fun for the mama. It was actually easier watching Jacob walk off with the nurse when it was his surgery day than watching Jenna's eyes roll back like that. But I wouldn't have been anywhere else. After a quick prayer and telling her I love her and a kiss, I was taken out.

Dr. Raffo came out what seemed like 30 minutes later. He said it went great and we should be going home once she wakes up and is ready to go. Gave me pictures of the pin in her arm, which made my stomach turn and said for Jenna to come back in two weeks to get the pin pulled and shorter cast.


After surgery, in a yucky white full arm cast. The hospital only does white casts. :-/



Waking up. And puking. And puking. And puking. Poor kid didn't do well with the meds and had a very rough time. The nurse said just let her sleep until she wakes up and she'll probably feel better. She slept for about 3 hours and then woke up and was finally able to keep stuff down.



Smiling on the way home, even though she still wasn't feeling great. With her puke bucket and all.



Resting at home with her zoo of pillow pets.



A picture of the picture of the pin in her arm. :-S And her decorated cast, courtesy of Mommy and a bunch of nail polish. I mean really, do they expect a girl to go from a pink cast to plain, white cast??

 

The pink cast

So we had the visit with the orthopedic specialist today to get Jenna's arm in a cast. Can you see the break in her radius bone there?? Not bad, eh? Dr. Raffo said if she fell on a bigger stick, the bone would have been coming through her skin. Yeesh!

So not only does she have a broken arm, she needs surgery. Yup, surgery. Because when a Combs does something, we do it right! Surgery will be Monday morning to set the bone straight and put a pin in. The pin will help it heal better so that she has less of a chance of having joint issues in her wrist later on. :-/ And the poor kid had to be x-ray'd again because the hospital didn't put the pictures on the disk.

 

She picked out a pink cast, which will only be staying until Monday. Monday, she'll get a pin in her arm and then a full arm cast. All the neighborhood kids signed her cast and made her feel like a total rockstar.

  

Does anyone sell bubbles to put kids in?

Dumb Slide

It was such a gorgeous day for weather. Unusually warm for mid March so we were out front. James, Jacob and Jenna were over at the park. Me, Jazzi and Jay were in front of the house. Then I heard this scream. It was Jenna. Let me preface this by saying that Jenna tends to be a little dramatic when she has spills and falls. Like about to pass out when she skins a knee so I wasn't too worried but went over anyway.

I was carrying her home, figuring by the time we got home, she would be fine. But she was dazed and just not right. I took her in and showed Jamie who said she was fine. He tends to think they are OK and I tend to think they are about to die when they get a paper cut. So he told me to ice it. I grabbed our very heavily used ice pad and took her out on the porch, figuring that seeing the other kids playing would get her moving. Some of the neighborhood boys that were at the park told me she fell on a stick and I leaned over to see her arm in this shape....


Well something isn't quite right, huh? I took her back into Jamie and he said, yeah, took her if you want. He still didn't believe it was broken. Off we went to the emergency room around the corner....where they know us by name. OK, not really, but soon, I'm telling ya!

After waiting a bit, they x-ray'd her. That part was bad, especially when they had to turn her arm on the side.  But she was awesome through it all. The doctor came in shortly after that to let us know it was broken.



She said a nurse would be in soon to splint her up until she could get to the orthopedic specialist the next day. They brought her a popsicle too which helped her.



This was about an hour after we got home. Poor thing was tuckered out.

Jenna's car

Jenna loves to draw. Loves! And we love her pictures as much as she loves to draw. Here's another one of her adorable pictures.

Buzz and Woody

The girls were playing dress-up and they were too cute not to share.

SketchMe app

Found a neat app today that converts your pictures to look like a drawing.

Posing minus two toothers

Jenna just wanted to take a pretty picture showing off her two missing teeth. :-)

Another one!

And we lost another tooth today! Jenna lost her other bottom tooth today. The Tooth Fairy might as well park her Toothmobile out front and stay here if we keep this out. I'm so excited for her ~ it's a huge deal for a kid to lose their first tooth. Yet, I'm sad. It just means she's growing up and really a big kid now. She can't wait to go to school on Monday and show Mrs. Rosario and her friends.

And Bubba wanted to pose with her...

Jenna's first lost tooth

Yay! Finally! She has been waiting forever. She asked me if it was more loose and would fall out soon. When I checked, I popped it right out.

From The Combs Crew

Class Representative Jenna

I found out today that Jenna is her class' representative for the SGA (Student Government Association). She was voted by her class. Really proud of her. She went to her first meeting today and had to report back to her class to tell them all about it. She is super stoked to be it and I'm super proud of her! Go Jenna!