Thankful for Pain Meds

December 7, 2015 ~ Girlmom ~ 3 Comments

This year we had our first Friendsgiving! I was looking forward to sharing the day with our friends and spending the day in the kitchen, instead I spent the morning in the ER. The week before I had a constant backache that continually got worse. I ended up going to my Dr. on Wednesday since it was going to be a long Holiday weekend. My Dr. said it was probably sciatica and gave me some meds and I went on my way. The pain meds helped and that afternoon I felt a bit better. But by the next morning the pain was unbearable, blinding pain, I couldn’t think straight. I told Shane I needed to go to the Emergency room. I spent the morning in the ER. Luckily I wasn’t there too long, the DR. gave me stronger meds and sent me on my way once again. I made it through the weekend, the pain tolerable thanks to the pills but my left leg from the knee down was numb, tingly and aching. Monday morning I went back to my Dr, he then scheduled me for a CT scan. Turns out I have a herniated disc and it’s putting pressure on my vertebrae causing the numbness. Awesome huh? So now I am going to get epidural steroid injections to hopefully reduce the swelling and the pain. That’s going to be super fun…said no one ever. I will let you know how that works out.

Back to Friendsgiving…Luckily I had prepped everything the night before and made the dough for the rolls. Shane ended up cooking everything and watching the kids, he did an amazing job and the food was great. The rolls weren’t the best but that was my fault, I left out a couple ingredients. I blame my pain.

We got our lights up and the tree decorated the next day. We also did our Christmas card photo shoot that weekend.

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I am managing with a bad back and a numb foot, thanks to the pain meds. I am also more into the Holiday spirit this year because Kaili is so excited about everything. This is when it starts to get really fun!

Painting Hands, Feet, Knees and Toes

December 20, 2013 ~ Girlmom ~ 2 Comments

One of the great reasons for having kids is we get to make them do stuff, right? “I can’t wait until they can do the dishes.” “I can’t wait until they are old enough so I can go to Disneyland.” Well I am glad I can finally use Kaili’s extremities for all my cool art projects I have stored up. Now she is old enough to “help” and she even said “thank you” after I showed her the final products.

I did let her free paint in between using her hands and feet for my own satisfaction, I mean it’s all about balance.

Art in our house usually requires a bath afterwards. But look how cute my her art came out.

I also can’t wait until she can do the the dishes and we can go to Disneyland, vacuuming will be helpful too.

Not So Merry

December 4, 2013 ~ Girlmom ~ 1 Comment

This whole “Santa’s watching” threat is turning out to be a genius idea. Hopefully Elf on the Shelf is still a thing next year because I will be all over that sh*t.

Yesterday was the first day that I have felt like crud the entire day. If I could have stayed under layers of blankets and slept sun up to sun down I would have. I mustered up enough energy to take K to see Santa. We had talked about it, we have been reading books about Christmas and she knows he is watching her…kind of spooky actually. She was pretty excited about it until he started walking toward us waiting at his “cottage.” She stiffened up, grabbed ahold of me and jumped into her stroller. Scary Santa was on his way and she wasn’t digging it. It’s a lot harder to not pick her up than one might imagine. Our time came for pictures and she walked up to him holding my hand but when it was picture time she about lost it. She was trying hard not to cry, which came close to breaking my heart but once her feet were safely planted on the ground she was fine and breaking into his stash of candy canes.

This one is my favorite.

After that exhausting morning we went home for a much needed nap. Hours later I peeled myself off the bed to grab a few things at Target. Wandering around dizzy and nauseous I realized somewhere along the way K had taken off her shoes and apparently chucked one to Never Never Land because it’s gone. I walked all over that damn store and checked with customer service and no one had seen one lonely shoe laying in an aisle. Who knows, she probably put it on the shelf next to the Chips Ahoy when she was dropping boxes of cookies into the cart.

Happy December

December 2, 2013 ~ Girlmom ~ 1 Comment

Hey December, what’s the rush? Wasn’t it just Thanksgiving 4 days ago?

We had a laid back day that didn’t involve turkey but gluttony may have been a factor.

It was delightful.

Shane didn’t waste any time moving onto Christmas, the next day we were rocking the lights and a 10 foot Mickey Mouse.

When he deflates Kaili gets concerned that “Mickey fell down.”

We spent the beautiful weekend lazily lounging around. We got some shopping done down at Seaport Village.

This is where you will end up if you don't listen to your parents. — This is where you will end up if you don’t listen to your parents.

You can’t leave the Village without hitting up the Carousel . I have memories of riding these same fake horses, cause who rides the ostriches.. when I was a child.

Our tree is up, decorated and there are even wrapped presents underneath. Now I get to spend the next 23 days telling K to not touch the ornaments and hands off the presents. How much do you want to bet that one of the two will have a casualty by the end of the week?

Happy December.

Let’s Give Thanks

November 28, 2013 ~ Girlmom ~ Leave a comment

I am having more side effects this time around. My face seems to break out more and more each day, I don’t know if it’s the pregnancy or the 6 birth control patches on my stomach…or both. I am ready to be done with them. I am super itchy and sneezy, part of me wonders if I have a mild allergy to something I am taking. I am not sleeping great but can’t seem to keep my eyes open past 9:00pm. I visit the bathroom 2-5 times a night already and get really thirsty out of the blue so I must have water within reach at all times.

Ok, enough with my whining…whine= wine..which I would like a glass of….

Tuesday I picked up my in-laws at John Wayne airport. After some Thanksgiving day grocery shopping we took them to Sushi Deli down the road for some non-Walla Walla food. Kaili devoured the entire bowl of garlic edamame, ate the crust off the calamari and dove head first into the rice. She just discovered soy sauce and would probably drink it if we allowed her to.

We spent part of yesterday morning at SeaWorld, we all had passes so we didn’t feeling guilty once we saw what we wanted and split. AKA 2 hours later. They have the Christmas season going on complete with Santa and his reindeer.

Kaili was happy to see Penny Penguin…

But when Shamu creeped up on her she was over it and ran away.

After a big lunch we took a walk to the store to pick up all things forgetten from yesterdays trip. I spent the evening baking. The amount of food we will have tomorrow is nauseating. But eating until we make ourselves sick and then killing someone over a T.V. on black Friday is what the USA is all about, am I right?

I am thankful for our baby maker Dr. Garzo, without him our hearts and home would be empty. I am thankful for my husband who works so hard to give us a nice life and pays the good doctor the big bucks to knock me up. I am thankful for my daughter who has shown me what true love really is and makes me smile every time I look at her.

Except when she is being a little brat.

What are you thankful for?

Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving!

Off Duty Reindeer

December 26, 2012December 26, 2012 ~ Girlmom ~ Leave a comment

Sunday we spent some time with Shane’s step-brother and family. It was a short visit but we always have a good time with them. All three of their kiddos were great with Kaili and she loved them right back.

K Bear and Andrew's self portrait — K Bear and Andrew’s self portrait

What's the best kind of work? Teamwork! — What’s the best kind of work? Teamwork!

We got out of the house for a few minutes to show the kids the Reindeer at Klickers. Santa must not need the extra help this year.

At the end of the day we all gathered around the TV to watch Seattle send a message to the Niners, the house was a’rockin.

Christmas eve and Christmas day were spent in pajamas. Presents were opened, food and wine were consumed and we got to play in the snow, well for a little while