This and That

We partcipated in Bible Across America this morning! see http://www.bibleacrossamerica.com/home.php
Our choices were Chronicles, Mark or John. We both chose Mark- we finished up Chapter 5. Rick got 42 and I got 43.

Aidan finally wears his Elmo slippers!

My dad's 60th Birthday!

This is the best cereal ever!

I had high hopes of running 20 miles last week but settled for 15. I told Rick we should do a 6 mile run tomorrow and he just cracked up like I was from Mars or actually Venus right? Men are from Mars? We are going to family swim tonight. Abby is struggling a bit in this new class- and I think the teacher has a lot do with it. For the FIRST time ever she said she didn't want to go last week :-(

Can anyone out there recommend a house painter?? We need our trim re-painted and would like referrals.

Introducing...Stella

Aidan's love interest.

Potty Training 101 By Aidan

seriously... I am amazed daily. Having a boy is like nothing I've ever known- he is constantly full of surprises. What a blessing he is.

Abby before school today

Wrist

looking good!!! feels even better!! My range of motion is getting better although it still feels like someone is squeezing my wrist. I cannot put pressure on it- like doing a push up (yes believe it or not I do push ups- quit laughing).

Thank you God...

The kids attend a private Christian school and before meals they have a meal prayer with sign language:
Thank you God, for this food, for this food, many many blessings, many many blessings, Amen.
Tonight I start singing it to see how much Aidan knows because he's been really into singing lately. He sings, Thank you God, for this spoon, for this spoon.... it just cracks me up.
And another milestone he reached... asking why. why. why. Abby didn't do this until around three so I was quite surprised when he kept dropping that on me this evening.
What a huge difference being able to run again is for my mental state. I am blessed.

Wednesday Happenings

Stitches are out and oh mama did it hurt. YEOW. Steri strips on now until they fall off. 4 week check in February. I don't know if I mentioned but I had the thing drained twice and it came back. They said that happens 50% of the time. With surgery it comes back 30%. When I woke up from surgery, my dr says, "you know they can come back." Today the lady who took out my stitches walks in and says, "you know they can come back." Ok people. I get it. Have some faith.
I made The Best Lasagna this morning (really it's called that). So all I had to do was pop it in the oven this afternoon and get on the treadmill after TWO WEEKS.
My mom called around 4pm and offered to take us out to dinner- um... no brainer. The kids love seeing Grammy (as do we). I'm not one to turn down a free meal, and have a night off from cooking (well it gets me out of cooking tomorrow night since dinner is already made). And eating out is a BIG deal after you have kids (little kids) because you RARELY do it. I love to cook but I also like not having to cook.
Treadmill didn't happen and I KNOW that will help me out of my gloominess.
oh and we got free lattes at Starbucks today :-) Yes, I did reduce the amount of time I go there- basically it's just Sundays and every other Wednesday. Except when gift cards are involved.

I love him...

he is just the best husband and most amazing father. So selfless, has the patience of a turtle and just TAKES CARE OF US. I know he was a little bent out of shape, me having another surgery, and not being able to 'run the house' and then I got that stomach bug and he was inconvenienced by missing work to care for the children. But to be quite honest, I truly relish that time that I could just be off. down. lazy. He just steps up and boy has he. He makes a GREAT house husband. Do you know that every Tuesday is just him and Aidan- all day. For for the past 3 weeks they have gone to Home Depot and McDonald's. The kid is in daddy heaven and wants nothing to do with me when I get home.

side note- Abby does NOT like hot chocolate. see previous post.

So I have you tell y'all that I haven't felt like blogging. I've been in a blue mood for quite some time and it's to the point where it's really consuming me and I couldn't shake it. There are changes at my work- good changes- but nonetheless there have been ongoing issues that have me just...disheartened- even in the midst of being told where they want to place me (which is a really great place by the way) and I question myself- thinking I should be happy about this but why am I not? I'm not going to go into all the long, boring, drawn out details but I came home in tears Monday- I needed a good cry. So much that it carried over into today. I've just been questioning where my heart is at. I am struggling with some real conflicting emotions that I wake up at 2am consumed by it. What do I want to do when I grow up mid life crisis type thing... and I cannot quiet the noise in my head to hear a reply. So I'm waiting and praying for guidance. I tell you this, I am TRULY blessed to have a job right now. I think of all these folks around us getting laid off...
I get my stitches out tomorrow. CAN'T WAIT... and can't wait to get back to running. Aidan calls my incision a bug because it looks like a centipede. Our little miss Abby is now sick with a fever/cold :-(

What an amazing historical day...

Firsts

Remember when Rick took it upon himself to take the kids to visit the ice cream truck man for their VERY FIRST TIME without me? How could you forget- they probably had such looks of wonder and awe over such a truck that is all souped up and plays music let alone carries the mother load of ice cream goodies??? I could probably still shed tears if I think about it too long. Well… it’s only natural then that I, her mother, experience her FIRST Starbucks (hot chocolate). Her first hot chocolate ever in fact.
He probably won’t cry over it or be upset, I’ll just get that look. You know, THAT look. The one that says, you’re crazy woman. Or the I cannot believe I am legally bound to you look.
But… he might feel a tiny bit bad knowing that the ice cream truck visit was way cooler than Starbucks. Oh here we go again… more tears. How can you possibly take away a mother’s FIRST ice cream truck visit??? And it’s not like I can take them this summer and pretend like it didn’t happen- Abby remembers everything- from the time of birth. Just ask her.
So… here she is- her FIRST Starbucks, trying to pretend it’s just as great as ice cream.

My Friday

has been spent in bed. In fact I have been laying down or hugging the toilet since 5pm yesterday. (and no I'm not pregnant. I know what you are thinking- with the ice cream cake and all). Now my husband just called to inform me that the verizon man is going to be here in 20 minutes which forced me up out of my sick bed to put on something decent and cover my matted hair with a hat.

new color that is going up

My mom changed my cast and dressing



Our jingle bell race photos at the link below:
http://www.finishshots.com/racerresults3.php?raceid=586&bibnumber=909