here and there...

so, I will be visiting my midwife again this evening to get a check up, and I now have an appointment with the specialist....unfortunately not until we get back from the lake, but that's okay, at least things are happening.

And, it's going to be so great to go to the lake! I know it's going to be different from last time, it has to be, but I am excited none the less. Even if I still have to lay down all the time, at least there's a change in scenery, and we'll be with family.

I guess my grandma is going to be there, too, which is cool. I've never really spent more than a day with her, so it will be nice to have some more time.

Update

So, I had a check up last night, and while I am healing, I am not done yet, so more bedrest for me. Two more weeks on my back. Ick.
Charlotte did suggest that I get in touch with a pelvic floor specialist (I didn't even know there was such a thing!) and see if they can give me a more definite diagnoses and treatment plan.
I think I would like to do this. Anything to get me back to normal, vertical life again, LOL.
As my check up also included David and my 6 week check, we found out that David weighs 11 pounds now! The little porker!!!! I was surprised, but shouldn't have been, considering how much he wants to eat, LOL.
Please keep us in prayer. Thanks.

Bedrest For Me

On Wednesday, the 16th, I had a partial prolapse. I am not going to go into a detailed explaination of what that is, basic to say my body had not healed enough before I started doing housework again, and now I am flat on my back with my bum elevated to try and get everything to go back where its supposed to be and my muscles to heal enough to hold it there.
Total bedrest for at least two weeks. I am not supposed to be vertical at all! I have to CRAWL to the bathroom and back for heavens sake! It is all terrible insane, what a nightmare.
Thankfully, I was able to go to my parents house for the first week and a half. My mom is doing such an awesome job of taking care of me and my boys, I am so grateful.
Thankfully, I'm almost done with the first week, and I am praying that I wont have to be on total bedrest after the two weeks are over. (It COULD take as much as 3 months! YIKES!!!!!)
I'm going to need people to come take care of me and my boys when I go back home. This is something I am worried about, because people have lives and I can't expect them to just drop everything to take care of us. I am hoping to get some sort of schedule made up so people wont have to be at my house all day long, but take shifts.
It is all so overwhelming, but as much as I wish this had never happened, I am trying not to feel sorry for myself.
Please keep me and my family in your thoughts and prayers.
And, if you want to take a shift and take care of me and my boys, let me know and I'll give you more details.
Thanks for reading.

recent life

Liam reading to David.
Kisses for baby
First bath...and this is how he was the whole time. Complete opposite from Liam's first bath, Liam screamed through the whole thing! Maybe I wont have the bath time issues with David that I still have with Liam! That would be a relief!
Brothers

family and David

just a few photos

David Nathaniel...June 18th, 10:59pm...8lb, 6oz.

Life Lately

Liam took this one, he's still learning to operate a camera!
May 30th
Hair cut
Another Liam special, but a good view of the baby belly.

Lots of Liam

Liam loves motorcycles....they just can be a bit loud!
Staring at the rainy day
Giving mommy kisses

Being silly for the camera
Riding his bike on one of our few sunny May days
Posing with his dinasour
Playing in the sprinkler at grandma and grandpas
Playing dead

Menu Planning

I have started planning a menu for the week. I've tried before with little success, but I think part of my failure was attempting too much all at once---before I tried to plan out a whole months worth of dinners and it got overwhelming. Too much changes in that amount of time.
Well, I got the idea for weekly menus while looking at this site: http://orgjunkie.com/
I was looking at the site because I want to try to be more organized in my life and home (it would really help with so much!) and my mom had emailed me the link.
Anyway, this is my second week of menu planning and it seems to be going well. Now I just have to discipline myself to only buy what I need for the week, and not tons more. LOL.
The link to my menu-planning blog is in the left bar, or you can just view my profile and click on "The Eatery", if you want to see it of course. ;-)