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Monday, September 27, 2010

Choo Choo's Coming Down the Line...

We've had a wonderful weekend. Keith had four days off and it was fabulous! It was the first time in weeks that we were able to get more than one day together. Due to our new heating and a/c system Keith has been pretty much working 6 days a week. Finally he got a break and we were able to have a great time as a family.

Thursday was the "big" day we had. We took Chris and visited daddy's work and got to ride the firetruck...we were a little hesitant at first, but by the end we loved it and didn't want to leave!






After that, we crossed the bridge over into Brunswick, MD to go and see the trains. Just FYI, our son is a choo choo addict and this was very exciting for him! We got to see three different trains that were all carrying coal. We were able to get really close and is was so funny to see how big Chris' eyes got. He couldn't believe how large they were. The only disappointment came when he couldn't ride them...we fixed that problem later...






Looking at all those trains built up quite an appetite so we decided to try a mom and pop joint recommended to us by the guys at the firehouse called King's. It was FABULOUS!!! If you want authentic New York pizza you must, must, must check this gem out! Chris had a great time here too. He made pals with the owner and helped mommy get their sauce recipe! :)





After lunch we headed to the Dulles mall and rode the choo choo they have, and then did a little shopping. We had to wave at everyone as we rode past them! Chris and mommy tried on different hats and had a ball making each other laugh. Chris became fascinated at the music station and daddy had to show him how to use it. Needless to say, he had a ball!








It was a very eventful day and boy were we tired! We made some great memories and had so much fun together!

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Pathetic Puppies..."Mommy you're so mean to us!"

I figured that I would kill two birds with one stone today as it was time to clean the bathroom again. After saying, "You stink!" to our pups for the past two weeks, they finally had bath time...and boy were they not happy!

Here they are lounging before the awfulness took place. Aren't they adorable?? I have to laugh because I can see the question marks popping up in their heads as to what is going on. I have very suspicious dogs!



I always do Little One first. She's pretty easy, except for lifting her up into the tub. She turns into a block of cement and you have to hoist this heavy, unmoving pain into the tub. Once she gets there she does quite well though. Look at those sad eyes...you'd think I took her favorite toy away...poor baby...





Me thinks she might be just a pinch embarrassed!



Diesel is a pain in the tush to get clean. He HATES getting wet. It doesn't matter how routine this has been since he was a puppy, he is going to make this as miserable as possible. Thankfully, he's a lot lighter than Little One and is easier to toss around (gently)! Poor fella, he shakes sooooo bad. I have no clue why. Something must have happened to him before we got him.








Both of their expressions do crack me up! Little One is all about the big ol' Bambi eyes and the loving up on you so you won't do this awful thing. Diesel just makes me giggle because he gets this look on his face, and I believe it makes him look constipated...needless to say, they're both just plain mad, and I'm a traitor to the cause.

Once it's over the fun begins. They tear it up in the backyard until they are pretty dry. I'm not sure if it's just our dogs or not. After bath time it's like they get the hubba-hubba's and lose their minds. Thankfully after many treats and sucking up I am back in their good graces...lol, and I'm happy cause they smell fabulous!! Just like their grape shampoo :)






Oh, and this is Little One thinking she's cute enough to be let back inside all wet...yeah right!

Monday, September 20, 2010

They Call Me Hopalong...

We had our post-op appointment today and things are looking good. This was the first time I got to "see" the actual inscision site...gag...I didn't realize how large of a cut this was. No wonder it is so tender! I will be in a soft cast for another week, and then I will get my stitches out next Monday and be back in comfy shoes!

My parents have been a huge help the past couple of weeks with this whole foot issue going on. Chris has been having a ball spending extra time with them. He got to stay over there on Friday and Saturday nights. I have to smile and do a fist pump on the inside when they tell me that he would wake up in the middle of the night and ask for mommy. That's my boy!! He was very disappointed that he didn't get to see "Ho Ho" on Sunday in my parent's ward at church. Apparently the Santa from Tyson's Corner is in the same ward. He's hystarical!

I got so spend some quality time with my mom today and it was fabulous! I always have such fun with her! She has been so kind taking me to all my Dr's appointments. We went around looking for a few things for us to take to Disney for Halloween this year. It's coming very soon and we can't wait!!

We also found out today after almost three weeks of waiting that the drunk driver that hit us a few weeks ago did indeed NOT have car insurance...I knew it! Talk about the runaround with the insurance companies. Thankfully there is a law in the state of Va that allows my insurance company to fix my cehicle with no charge to me. Thank goodness! Hopefully we will get that taken care of in the next week or two.

Well, hopefully things will continue to keep looking up...

Friday, September 17, 2010

Surgery

Well, I had my surgery on my foot this morning. Everything went pretty smoothly. I was pretty anxious about having this done. The past few days have been a little rough. I've been so worried that last night I called my Dad and had him come over to give me a father's blessing. That helped - I knew it would. I still didn't get very much sleep though. I know it's just my toe and it's not that big of a deal, but anything where I have to be put completely under gives me mad anxiety,

Every was fine though. They ended up not putting a pin in. Once they opened me up, she realized that it would be easier to just take out the piece of bone causing the problems. It ended up being more of a day event. I was there by 8:30am and didn't get back home until almost 2pm.

I am hurting a little bit. They had to give me some meds for nausea. I was so sick when they pulled me out of it. Talk about the room spinning. They gave me some delaudid to take the edge off and that did help thankfully. I've had to create a time sheet for my meds so I can keep track of when I take them because I am out of my mind!! I have never been this loopy!

Well, here's to 3 days of rest and relaxation. Gonna sit back and put the feet up...literally. :)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Family Prayer

Last night little Chris made us smile from ear to ear. Religion is very important to our family and every night we try to get together to have family prayer. The way we wind down our evening is as follows...

"Chris, it's time for bed..." - enter huge crocodile tears...

Hugs all around and we go take a bath, brush our teeth etc...

We pick a book and Chris decides who he wants to read it...that is usually followed by, "I need one more..." as he holds up one finger...

We read one more book and then say, "Chris, who do you want to say prayer?" Normally he will say either Daddy or myself and we proceed. Last night he piped right up with, "Me!". This was a first for us and oh so cute. I helped him and he got about 85% of what I said correct. We were so proud of him...absolutely precious!!

Friday, September 10, 2010

Life Update

It has been ages since I posted and the little voice in the back of my head would no longer allow me to avoid it. I figured that since I'm pretty much immobile for awhile it would give me a good opportunity to catch up.

The saying goes that bad things come in three's and we have finally had our third.

It all started several weeks ago with the first. We had planned our very first party in our "new" home. We'd been living there almost a year and figured that a housewarming was in order however late it may be. The night before, our air conditioning unit completely died. Man was it hot! Thankfully we had a friend that was willing to come out on a Saturday and check it out for us. Unfortunately, it was going to be a major repair. We could either buy the part or get a new unit. Either way, we were looking anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000. Talk about crushing...Fortunately, we were blessed that my Dad had a buddy that he's known for years and we were able to get a new unit for the cost of the bad part. Granted, it's still $3,000, but definitely worth it. Finally after three weeks we will finally have air conditioning this coming Saturday. Believe me, we are counting down the days!

In dealing with having no a/c we invested in a lot of fans to help us survive and for the most part, it has worked marvelously! Unfortunately, last Thursday morning around 12:30am, our town had a big power outage and we lost the fans too. It was unbearable! Finally, I called my folks to see if we could come stay down with them. Of course they said yes...hooray!! Keith decided that since it was already 1:00am that he would go ahead to the firehouse since he had to be up there at 5:30am anyway. Mom, Chris, and myself piled into the truck and made our way down to my parent's. On our way we realized that the power outage was bigger than we thought. A light on Route 7 (three lane highway) was out and it was very dark. There were about 10 cops out there with flares making sure everyone made it through ok. As we were about to go through the light, where all the cops are standing, we are suddenly sideswiped by a car. I immediately pull over...and the person who hit me KEEPS GOING!!! The phrase that kept shouting over and over in my head was "They're getting away you fools". Some sort of variation from the phrase in Meet the Robinson's. LOL. Needless to say, the cops went after this person. I was disappointed in the fact that, if you are actually going to attempt to "flee the scene", go above 40 miles per hour. Especially when the speed limit is 55. They caught the kid. He was driving under a suspended license and was drunk. Not his first DUI...oh, and he was a minor. That shocked me a bit. The truck got scraped up pretty good, but thankfully he had insurance. And we were all very blessed that night as none of us were hurt.

And finally we have our third. This past Tuesday I really got in the zone and was working around the house as the weather was finally decent and my house was relatively cool. I did really well. The last thing I had to do was take the laundry downstairs before I could start dinner. We were having the missionaries over this particular night and I was super excited about making burritos. Anyway, I had a big ol' basket of laundry and I made it down the first flight and onto the landing. As I took my third step going down the second flight I came down squarely on one of Chris' toy tractors. Everything went in slow motion at this point. I started careening head first down the steps, but my toes got stuck at a funny angle. The rest of my foot kept going and I knew I was in deep trouble when the tops of three of my toes touched the top of my foot. Thank goodness Chris was asleep because he did not have to hear me screaming. Mom came running and after a few minutes I hobbled back upstairs to call Keith and figure out what to do. I ended up calling 911 because the pain was just excruciating. I think I gave the medic and assistants a good laugh. When I am in a lot of pain I tend to get slap happy. Our quick ambulance ride to the ER was quite fun...especially after the drugs were administered. After x-rays it was determined that I had indeed broken my big toe. Unfortunately I broke it right along the joint so I ended up have to go and see a podiatrist yesterday. I am going to need to get surgery asap and will be laid up for about a month. I loved this doctor though. She (and all the other staff) had a great personality and were so nice. If anyone needs a good podiatrist, I can offer a great one!

That has been our life this past month. I will try to do better on getting on here. We will just have to see where the future takes us. At this point, the only way to go it up! :)