Bryce Canyon

We took a trip up to Bryce Canyon. This is the Inn just before you enter the national park. We are going to go camping there as a family after Sara gets her cast off. You can rent a Teepee to stay in! It is super cool & the kids loved it.

There was some sort of chipmunk like animal that we saw that scared the heck out of us. It seems that it's used to people feeding it (which is a BIG no no for national parks, by the way) so it started to chase us down expecting a handout.

I haven't downloaded the pictures from my camera yet. This is from my friend's camera, so I will post more pictures soon.

ER pics

Mid-June update

Giampiero is off "profile" so he is now waiting for the paperwork to get processed to send him back into a training unit. We don't know when he'll graduate until he gets placed into training. He could be graduating at the end of August or mid-September. So there's a chance he may be back for the baby's birth or just after.

Sara is getting her cast off in a week, then she will start swim lessons. She is very excited.

Piero took a tumble and cut the back of his head open an inch. We made a trip to the ER and got it cleaned and stapled. Now he's back to reaping havoc wherever he goes.

I made my own trip to the hospital this week. I was having some sharp pains in my belly. They checked things out but didn't find the cause of this pain. They are going to do ultrasounds and tests on Monday. They don't seem to be too concerned because the baby appears very healthy and active.

Life is good. I look forward to seeing my husband again. I am very proud of him. I am very appy with my children and how they are growing.

The usual suspects

From left to right:

Loira, Zorro Blue, Fluffy, and the late Chewy. Chewy expired after the first day.

My sister picked up these ducklings a few days ago. The kids love them! I'm just happy our dog hasn't tried to eat them.

Phone call from my vampire husband

No, he's not Edward, but he's my sweety. Giampiero called last night. He is in the unit called the "vampires" right now. They are the people coming back from recovery, or waiting to be sent home. Luckily most of the guys he's with right now are pretty good peeps. They are not the deviants that are getting kicked out. If they are going home, it's for medical reasons. He's on "profile" which means he can't REALLY train because of medical restrictions. The drill sergeant said he needed to get the doctors to "fix" his profile so he can start training or he will have to wait until the next group. That would mean he would graduate in September instead of August. Well, luckily he's not going to risk his health. We'll see if the threat is real after he is done being on profile.

He's doing well otherwise. Doing light exercises, studying, and keeping busy. We are able to send and receive an e-mail once a week from a member of the church in his ward. Otherwise he said to send snail mail to his old address:

PVT. Scattolon, Giampiero M.

4th PLT

Bco 2-81 AR

3576 Wilson Road

Fort Knox, KY 40121-5728

or send an e-mail to me and I will mail it to him. (noelle@scattolon.com)

Thank you for all your prayers and support. I feel very fortunate and blessed.

My poor baby...

Sara fell down the stairs last night. We are so glad that nothing major happened. She fell from almost the top, so you can imagine the danger that poses. Luckily, all she got was a broken arm. She did really well. Everybody stayed really calm around her, so she was able to stay pretty calm for being in so much pain. Sorry if you are squeamish, but here are the photos.

We were able to see immediately that the arm was broken, so we rushed to the hospital, which is only 10 minutes drive.

My Dad happened to be in the hospital having just given a blessing to a man in our ward, so he and the other brother who was with him for the blessing, headed to Emergency and gave Sara a blessing before she went in.

She was admitted quickly. The wonderful staff of the ER made her very comfortable. She had an ice pack for her arm, TV, a packet of goodies (including play dough, lip gloss, stickers, books, and more) for her to keep. The only time she cried after we got to the hospital was when they put in the IV. The nurse was so good to her. He sang songs with us to help distract her. It was a long wait because we needed to wait for the X-rays, have the MD look at it and call in the Orthopedic Surgeon. She waited patiently and finally fell asleep about 20 minutes before wheeling her out to the bigger room for setting the bone.

She cried again a little when she found out that I wasn't going to be in the room while she they were fixing her bone, but once again Mr. Super Nurse (RN Nate) helped keep her calm by singing songs to her until she fell asleep. They sedated her so she could sleep while they set the bone. They used radiology to see the bone as they are setting it so they don't have to do surgery or "guess" if it is set right. Of course I wasn't allowed in there while setting the bone, but it took less than 15 minutes. All the medical staff was wonderful.

Catching up...

I have been a little behind on my blogging. I have enjoyed almost 4 weeks with Giampiero being home for his recovery so here are some of the pictures from that time. He should be graduating August 29th. We'll see if li'l America waits for her daddy.