Apparantly - I have a sports injury. I guess child birth is a sport. Who'da thunk it?
I've been feeling pain near my belly button every time I bend over or turn or pick up something heavy. Two doctor visits, 4 blood tests, and one ultrasound later - it turns out that I've torn an abdominal muscle! Ouch. The good news is - it will heal. The bad news is - I'm supposed to rest and not do anything that causes pain - yeah right.
The baby was soooo worth every bit of pain and sickness I endured over the past 9 months. I was looking forward to feeling better after I had her, but I guess I'm not done yet. What lesson am I supposed to learn with this one??
By the way, I read up on torn abdominal muscles and apparantly it can happen if you don't warm up and stretch properly before exercising. I didn't know I needed to warm up and stretch before pushing out a baby. Ha-ha. Seriously, I think my abdominal muscles were already stretched to capacity and being so sick during pregnancy made it virtually impossible to retain any muscle tone whatsoever. I'm getting too old for this!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Novella -
WARNING - You are about to read a seriously long post -
There is a story behind this picture. Elyssa is one week old here. Her big brother G is holding her for the first time! I told the kids at the hospital that they would need to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer if they wanted to hold their baby sister. Well, G has a serious aversion to hand sanitizer and the only time he'll use soap is if he is home and can use perfume free bar soap in his bathroom. If he even smells hand sanitizer he begins gagging and often throws up. He throws up every time I put on the sunscreen or the bug spray too. Anyway, G finally decided to get his chance at holding his new sister and washed his hands just to do so. Don't think that G only washes his hands once a week. I actually make sure he washes several times a day, it's just that it is a big ordeal for him. BABY STEPS -
The kids just finished a session of swimming lessons. They are all so excited because they each passed their swimming levels.
If you know where this is, you should get a prize! My DH went on sort of an adventure to find this rock made of black basalt. It is covered in petroglyphs. He's been uncovering clues to its' whereabouts for a couple of months. Now he has found the elusive rock!
The 4th of July!
There is a story behind this picture. Elyssa is one week old here. Her big brother G is holding her for the first time! I told the kids at the hospital that they would need to wash their hands or use hand sanitizer if they wanted to hold their baby sister. Well, G has a serious aversion to hand sanitizer and the only time he'll use soap is if he is home and can use perfume free bar soap in his bathroom. If he even smells hand sanitizer he begins gagging and often throws up. He throws up every time I put on the sunscreen or the bug spray too. Anyway, G finally decided to get his chance at holding his new sister and washed his hands just to do so. Don't think that G only washes his hands once a week. I actually make sure he washes several times a day, it's just that it is a big ordeal for him. BABY STEPS -
The kids just finished a session of swimming lessons. They are all so excited because they each passed their swimming levels.
If you know where this is, you should get a prize! My DH went on sort of an adventure to find this rock made of black basalt. It is covered in petroglyphs. He's been uncovering clues to its' whereabouts for a couple of months. Now he has found the elusive rock!
The 4th of July! *Thanks to our family who showed up on the 4th of July to paint and work on electrical! Next up - CARPET!
*Here's Grandma L holding Elyssa. The baby got lots of hugs and kisses from Grandma's, Aunt's, and Uncle's that day.
*For the 4th we had a BBQ with our neighbors and my brother. We played Bocce ball and Croquet. Then went to see the fireworks display in Grantsville. We had a blast!
5th of July -
*For the 4th we had a BBQ with our neighbors and my brother. We played Bocce ball and Croquet. Then went to see the fireworks display in Grantsville. We had a blast!
5th of July - Here's our latest attempt at getting a picture of our whole family.
Here are the sweetest pictures of Elyssa that I took yesterday. Isn't she adorable. Oh how I love babies! I can still say that after she kept me up half the night.
Here are the sweetest pictures of Elyssa that I took yesterday. Isn't she adorable. Oh how I love babies! I can still say that after she kept me up half the night.
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