To read Part I Click here. Again, this is a chronic pain post: feel free to skip this one if it’s not your cup of tea. I promise to not always blog about hip pain y’all… Now onto Part II of the saga. So where did we leave off? Oh, yes. I was lying on my bed, probably on a hot pad, staring at the ceiling, praying, and crying. I prayed for help. It came. God has always been so […]
» Read moreWhat I look like, every single time, right after giving birth: This was a few days after I had Caleb. I weighed about 170 pounds in this photo. And this is what I normally look like: That’s a 35 pound difference. (After all, a few pounds actually DO belong to the baby.) This is not my favorite topic: weight loss. I don’t like discussing it because it often makes us feel bad. Maybe it’s just me, but when […]
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***Too Excited to Sleep*** I have the worse pre-birth jitters ever!!! This is so crazy and ridiculous, but for about a week now I have been too excited to go to sleep at night!! I’ve been having to take naps when Dan does in order to finish out my day, but then when it’s time to go to bed, forget it. I’m not uncomfortable. I’m not one of these that makes constant trips to the facilities. I just lie there […]
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What. a. morning. Before I tell you this, you must first envision me 32 weeks pregnant. Okay, it looks a little like this: and that was actually a couple of weeks ago…. So each day is something of a work out anyway, but this morning was……..especially special…. 1st the walk to school was a little rough due to constant false labor contractions. Don’t worry, they don’t really hurt, and once I quit walking they were gone. It was “walk […]
» Read morePregnancy Brain: It is true that your brain cells compress during pregnancy. They straighten back out a few months after delivery. I kid you not. Google it. Anyway, I had a pregnancy brain incident yesterday. At the usual time to get the boys I shook myself from my nap, woke Daniel up from his nap, and set off, a little late, to pick the boys up from school. Once I arrived at the walker’s pick-up area, I was […]
» Read moreToday Alan went with me to my ob/gyn appointment. All is set for a June 19th c-section. My doctor was able to look it up and tell me which doctor would be doing my surgery, and we set up my next appointment with him so that I can meet him before the delivery. He has the longest service record of any soldier serving in the Army. JD will be delivered by the man who cuts the Army birthday cake each […]
» Read more29 weeks and 2 days in this photo. It literally looks like someone stuffed a soccer ball under my shirt. Week 29-30 was not too good to me. Our whole family got this horrible cold, and I have coughed SO HARD that I have actually hurt one of my ribs. I just hold my thumb over the offended spot whenever I have to cough. Caleb has now had it for two weeks and the so-called doctor (I think […]
» Read moreCaleb and me, about 2 days after his delivery. I was 26. Caleb: 9 lb 9oz, 21.5 inches. He was my largest newborn, and he has remained the largest at each age ever since. He can now share clothes with Joshua, who is 20 months older than Caleb. **Caleb’s Birth Story** originally written in my journal: Fri., June 29, 2007 Yay! Caleb is here! I checked into the hospital around 12:30am Wednesday for my scheduled pitocin induction of labor. […]
» Read moreToday’s Snow Day was pretty awesome, except that there was no snow to play in once the snowing stopped. It snowed for about 18 hours straight, and yet it was too warm for accumulation past 11am. This works out nicely though. Everyone got to stay home, and yet Alan was able to safely run errands. Plus tomorrow’s road conditions should be perfectly fine. Happy birthday to me! Ya’ll, today was thoroughly exhausting! It seems like everyday is exhausting lately. […]
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