Words to Live By

'Tis a lesson you should heed, If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear, For if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear Try, try again; Once or twice, though you should fail, If you would at last prevail, Try, try again; If we strive, 'tis no disgrace Though we do not win the race; What should you do in the case? Try, try again If you find your task is hard, Time will bring you your reward, Try, try again All that other folks can do, Why, with patience, should not you? Only keep this rule in view: Try, try again. -T.H. Palmer

Copy Cat

Cora is turning into a copy cat. I stick my tongue out at her, she sticks hers out at me. I make noises with my tongue...she does the same. It is the funniest thing ever. When I have my camera cord I will have to put up a video. Also she is rolling and getting better at sitting. We are in for some trouble because I have a feeling she will be crawling soon. She is just such a sweet little thing. Today, since I can't really get up, she cuddled with me, we watched an episode of Baby Einsteins three times in a row (yes, its the only episode we have) and then she fell asleep with me in the middle of All Dogs Go To Heaven. She is learning new tricks everyday. I guess I better be careful what I do around her because she may end up learning some bad habits since she is such a good copycat.

A Little Miracle

My foot is still numb! The medicine was supposed to wear off after six hours. It has now been over 12 hours and I am relatively pain free still. Such a blessing as I do not handle pain very well at all. I am such a lucky girl to have so many people to help take care of me. Some friends from church brought me some delicious dinner and ice

cream! :) Best of all--Ben brought me flowers, my favorite kind pink gerber daisies!

Surgery...

went well. I am a little drowsy and my foot is still uncomfortably numb, in fact it has been asleep for 6 hours now. Talk about tingly. It feels like an elephant has sat on my foot. Soon the the medicine will be wearing off and then I will probably wish I was back to this state of numbness. Oh well.

Anyone that wants to know about the surgery:

Surgery was at 7:30 this morning. When we got to the hospital we had to do the routine things like paperwork and whatnot. I got ready in a sweet hospital gown, hosptial socks, and my favorite--blue paper shorts. They were big enough to fit me and another whole person. They were AWESOME. My nurses were really nice. They even numbed my hand before they put in my IV, which usually is the worst part for me. I had a shared room but my roomate wasn't in until after I had already left for surgery. I have only had one other surgery...to remove my gallbladder. This was totally different. The plan was to keep me barely under, once I was asleep they would numb my foot, and when they were done they would send me to my room, skipping recovery to be with Ben. When they came to take me to the operating room, they gave me some sleeping medicine, before the hardcore anethesia, all I remember is being wheeled out the door of my room and I was out. The doctor had to shave off part of the bone joint which had an extra growth, cut my 1st metarsal bone in half and repositioned it with a pin, then lengthened some tendons and shortened others. When I woke up, I was in the recovery room and Ben was no where to be found! I was SO mad. Apparently I threw up all over before surgery so they had to put me completely under and put a tube down my throat helping me to breathe. Not exactly as planned but it wasn't too bad. I was in recovery for about an hour before I was able to go back to my room. I was ready to go home then but I had to wait about an hour. When they took me back to my room my abs were so sore. Apparently when I was trying to wake up, I kept freaking out trying to get off the bed and doing sit up like movements. I tell you that stuff makes me crazy!

Anyway, the surgery seems successful so far. I have a sweet boot that goes all the way up to my knee that I have to wear anytime I walk or stand. That will be in affect for six weeks, meaning I wont be able to drive myself for at least that long. In fact, if I am caught driving, they will give me a DUI! Ha. That would be a pretty funny way to get a DUI but I am not planning on testing this out. All I know is that my house is going to get pretty boring. And right now I have to be babysat since walking is nearly impossible and I can't get up to help Cora.

This Week...

Let's see...

Tomorrow: Shop, shop, shop! We need groceries. For 6 weeks.

Tuesday: Surgery, ugh. Won't be walking for at least a week or so and can't drive for six weeks. This is going to be fun.

Rest of the Week: VEG OUT.

Hopefully I won't be posting much this week. I will be on some pain medicine and I am kinda a freak with things like those.

Sleeping Beauty

Cora sleeps like an angel. Which is exactly the kind of baby that I need. I LOVE my sleep. Like I am super scared to ever have another baby because they won't be as good of a sleeper as this little girl. When we decided we wanted to have a baby, I wasn't really prepared for the whole not sleeping thing. I mean I never had baby siblings (well Kristen, but doesn't really count because we are less than a year and a half apart!) I didn't realize that babies liked to poop and pee, and cry and eat, and be held all the time. When I was pregnant, people definitely started warning me of what I had gotten myself into. But as far as I know, they were all crazy! This "demon" baby they described to me is nothing like Cora. She is easily entertained (most of the time she entertains herself), she hardly ever cries (and when she does she just wants to be held close), and she SLEEPS like and angel.

Cora conked out at 10 pm

Still thinking she needs her beauty sleep at 10 am!

Kayson's Blanket

So I got brave and made Baby Kayson's quilt. Luckily I think it turned out great. The picture doesn't even do it justice. Now I really want to make Cora one. She is such a spoiled girl! :)