Yesterday, Noah got his cast off!

His arm healed beautifully — you could see on the x-rays, the tiny line where the fracture was on one of the bones, and the new bone growth around it. It is amazing how fast toddlers grow and heal.
The actual experience of getting the cast off was a little traumatic. Noah did NOT like the saw one bit.

However, the silver lining to that few minutes was the delicious aftermath of spending several minutes with Noah and I saying back and forth, “I love you too Mommy” and “I love you too Noah.” We are in a wonderful affectionate phase where he spends a lot of time kissing me and laying his head on my chest.

The other evidence that it was on the traumatic side for him is that Noah fell asleep in the car about 5 minutes before we got to Miss Heather’s.

Normally, a 5-10 minute nap in the car is the death knell for naps for the day.

Instead, Noah didn’t even wake up when I took him out of the car and into the house. He opened his eyes briefly as I was putting him down on the cot, but went back to sleep. In his rain jacket (the only coat he wants to wear) and shoes. For 3 hours.

And instead of getting up at 5 am, he’s still sleeping at 7:04 am and we’re starting to wonder how we’re going to get him up and outta here so we can go to work.