Recovery

So I thought I'd give a little update.  I've had many people asking how surgery went and how I'm doing now.

Like it says...you do very much feel like a gutted fish!  Surgery itself went well I believe it lasted about 2.5 hours.  There were a few tricky areas due to the amount of adhesions I had, which wasn't all that surprising.  With my history we knew it would be like that. The good news, which I'm pretty certain I asked my recovery nurse at least 10 times was "Did they have to open me up?" And thankfully the answer was No!!  I was so happy!!!  So mine was considered a LAVH and I will spare you details feel free to google that term on your own. 

This has pretty much been me since being home.  The recovery is much slower than I thought it would be.  You hear "6 week recovery" and think yeah, but I'll be better by week 2 or 3, hahaha!!!!  Nope at almost 2 weeks I'm pretty certain they mean the ENTIRE 6 weeks!

I will try and do small things around the house and soon after I'm usually in a good bit of pain.  I hate pain meds so I try not to take them unless absolutely necessary. Unfortunately my mom wasn't able to be here, she is recovering from knee surgery, but we have had amazing friends and family help out. We couldn't have done this without them.  From taking the kids to bringing dinner or lunch or just simply coming for a visit.  I haven't left my house since coming home from the hospital on the 20th, I'm pretty close to loosing my mind so having visitors has been wonderful!

I've had the best and cutest little helper in town.  When I first got home from the hospital he didn't leave my side.  Always wanting to help me in anyway he can.  That enthusiasm has dropped off a bit but he's still a great helper when I need him. Charlotte has just been go with the flow.  They've had LOTS of play dates, spending the nights out, babysitter fun, really they are having a blast.

It's going to take a while to fully recovery and I just have to keep reminding myself of that. Everyone needs to take time to slow down, rest and push the reset button sometimes.  God knows when we need this and sometimes it may take something like a major surgery for Him to get our attention!  I'm pretty sure He is working on my patience in this process!   This is one of the best parts of a very cute movie, Evan Almighty, if you haven't seen it you should!  I adore Morgan Freeman and for those of you who haven't seen the movie he is actually playing the role of God and I just love this message.   Have a great Day!

Adenomyosis

This Friday will be a big day for me.  I am scheduled for a full hysterectomy which includes removal of uterus, tubes, and cervix.  I have a long history of endometriosis, and now have developed what is called Adenomyosis.  Many people have asked what exactly this is so I thought I'd share so those asking would have a better understanding.  Unfortunately it is extremely painful and truly runs your life.  Just over the past 6-9 months I've gone from pain 1 to 2 weeks out of the month to pain occuring daily.  Even tasks as simple as just running a few errands causes a great deal of pain.  While I am very sad with the idea that there will be no more biological babies in my future, I am very much ready to have my life back and be pain free.   The link below should help give some understanding.

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adenomyosis/basics/definition/con-20024740

These made me laugh!  Funny yet very true!  Have to keep a sense of humor these days!

What's for Dinner?

So I love, love, love trying new recipes!  Friends will often ask for suggestions and I think it's because I don't mind being the guinea pig to try things out and luckily we only have one little girl who is picky, but she's learning she at least has to try things.  I'm not going to force my kids to eat every bite, but I do require they take at least one "no thank you" bite.  If they don't like it they can say "no thank you" and guess what...more often than not they like it!

This is one of our favorites and it was one of our dinners this week.  It's so easy and yummy!  I love Mix and Match Mama and her recipes are great so be sure to check them out! Click the picture below for the recipe!  Enjoy!

I'm Back and Charlotte turns 4!

So after going back and forth on returning to my blog I've decided to give it a go! I follow many blogs that I just love so I decided to pull ours up. After reading back through ours I saw SO many things I had completely forgotten about until I read through old posts. Let me tell you I am SO glad I have these memories. They may have been simple day to day things like boring trips to the grocery, but there were also milestone moments with Bo. Now...I'm have terrible mommy guilt for not keeping up with the blog when Charlotte was born, Like really bad kicking myself every time I think about it mommy guilt. Kind of goes along with the sweet little pink baby book upstairs that has ummmm, one entry in it. It was the typical baby #2 arrives, daddy works looooooong hours with crazy commute, also lots of travel I think I was just in survival mode. So here we go starting fresh! Hope you enjoy following our family along the way!

So I thought Charlotte's 4th birthday would be a great place to start! The child you really won't find anything about, yep...she's 4! A few weeks ago we had Charlotte's 4th birthday party here at the house. When we asked her what kind of party she said she wanted a water slide! Simple enough! I decided to make it a "Sunshine" party because that's kind of our thing. Every night I sing her "You Are My Sunshine" and when I say every night I mean EVERY. SINGLE. NIGHT! She won't let daddy sing it to her, it has to be me and if for some reason I'm not able to, there are many times at 2:00am I've woken up to "you didn't sing me the sunshine song" and I have to sing it before I can go back to sleep. This girl and her routine. Whew!!!!  We had a great time, lots of friends and family it was wonderful!  The weather couldn't have been more perfect, it was probably one of my favorite parties.  Kept things very simple with it being at 2:00pm just a few snacks and cake.  I didn't get a ton of pics because honestly I was just enjoying the party and spending time with our friends.  Still cannot believe our baby is 4!!!  We love you Charlotte bug!

These 3 girls love each other so much!!!  Charli, McKenzie, and Charlotte!!  Oh my goodness I wish you could see them together in person, it's just precious!!!

Make sure to check back!  Lots of fun things planned for the blog!

Charlotte's 3rd Birthday