I feel this summer will be full of Monopoly for me and Jake. It seems to be the only game he actually likes and is willing to play. Definitely not a Robinson/Frazee. At least not yet. Give me time...
We finished a game last night. I ended up winning by forfeit. The math was going to be incredibly difficult and time consuming to sell houses/hotels and mortgage property, so Jake gave in.
Today, we sat down to play another game. He was doing ok, feeling defeated I think about last night, but hanging in there. He had a sour apple sucker and kept playing with it. I said "Jake, stop touching that, you're going to get all sticky and then the game's going to get sticky and then every time we play, we're going to have to play sticky monopoly." He then got up and started walking away. I asked where he was going and if he was serious and he said "yes, i'm serious. I'm going to go be sticky someplace else." And that was that. Here I am blogging.
Personally, he was looking for a way out :) He knew i'd dominate again.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Shoulder Update
Surgery was December 17th. I never thought i'd be able to use my arm again, much less throw. Who knew the doctor was right and it would take about 8 months to recover. Sunday, Christian and I were outside waiting for a guy to bring the Eos back after a test drive. I've been wanting to throw for a few weeks so we grabbed a tennis ball and went after it. It wasn't a far distance or a fast, strong throw, but it was a throw! We were about 20 feet apart and it felt pretty good. Of course I wanted to see what throwing at 100% would feel like, but after waiting since December I didn't want to risk injury. It's a step in the right direction. I was pretty excited. Next step is putting on our gloves and maybe using a baseball, since it's smaller. It seems that would put less strain on the shoulder. Although, in therapy, I was using a weighted ball. We'll see. With all of this baby nonsense (not really nonsense) I have put the shoulder thing on the back burner. Plus, it doesn't hurt every single day anymore during daily tasks so it's not often that I think about it.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Old Blog Posts - Reposted
May 16 - I forgot...
Jake's CF diagnosis has been removed!!!!! We are so incredibly relieved and happy. Now, to find out what has caused his minor lung damage.
May 16 -
It's time, time to sell the little Eos. With the lil' assassin growing at an alarming rate and the idea of wrestling with car seats going in and out of the back seat of this tiny convertible it only makes sense to sell it. It's a little bittersweet. Fortunately, I LOVE my truck and from the first day I bought it I told myself that one day i'd be hauling around my kids in it. It's actually coming true!
I loved the Eos. It was good times. It's difficult to drive it now with the top down because I get hot and then the nausea worsens and the horrific cycle begins. I'm ok with this. It's NOT a family car. Jake is old enough to know how to get in and out, but if I had to help him every single time it'd drive me crazy.
I will miss her.
May 10 -
Poor Christian has been working her ass off. Her (former) number one employee up and quit last week. It has created the greatest amount of turmoil I have ever been a part of. The greatest part of all of this is that I have never felt more confident with my relationship as I do now. We aren't married, but this is the better or worse they talk about I think. Although, this is not better or worse between us, just life's better or worse. We are both so incredibly stressed and yet at the end of the day we are together and ok.
I suppose it's safe to say now because the majority of the family knows. Today marks our 10th week of my pregnancy. We are so very excited and would be more excited if all of this nonsense wasn't happening throughout it all. I have had a headache for about two weeks. And the "morning" sickness has been in full force. Fortunately, there are meds for the nausea. Unfortunately, there aren't meds I can take for the sinus issues. So, here I am, barreling through. I'd do it all over again too just knowing the final result.
Last week we graduated from our cozy and comfy home of the Texas Fertility Center. Our Dr. was the absolute best doctor that I could've asked for. She was so sweet and thoughtful and caring. We loved her. It's sad that we are finished there. Tomorrow we meet with our new OB. We found out that the new OB and our old Dr. at TFC are incredibly great friends. This made things better.
I love my family. I love the new adventure that we're starting. I love knowing that our foundation is solid and even as crazy as life has gotten or will get in the future it's going to stay strong.
April 14 -
We are waiting for Jake to be taken back for his broncoscopy. He went to change and came back with too short pants, souvenir socks and his gown on backwards. He’s a funny kid.
April 11 -
We thought Jake had it easy and we didn’t tell him to do much until he started listing. “Go to bed, wake up, brush my teeth, take a bath, get dressed, go to school, do my homework & on and on.” I’d be frustrated too!
Jake's CF diagnosis has been removed!!!!! We are so incredibly relieved and happy. Now, to find out what has caused his minor lung damage.
May 16 -
It's time, time to sell the little Eos. With the lil' assassin growing at an alarming rate and the idea of wrestling with car seats going in and out of the back seat of this tiny convertible it only makes sense to sell it. It's a little bittersweet. Fortunately, I LOVE my truck and from the first day I bought it I told myself that one day i'd be hauling around my kids in it. It's actually coming true!
I loved the Eos. It was good times. It's difficult to drive it now with the top down because I get hot and then the nausea worsens and the horrific cycle begins. I'm ok with this. It's NOT a family car. Jake is old enough to know how to get in and out, but if I had to help him every single time it'd drive me crazy.
I will miss her.
May 10 -
Poor Christian has been working her ass off. Her (former) number one employee up and quit last week. It has created the greatest amount of turmoil I have ever been a part of. The greatest part of all of this is that I have never felt more confident with my relationship as I do now. We aren't married, but this is the better or worse they talk about I think. Although, this is not better or worse between us, just life's better or worse. We are both so incredibly stressed and yet at the end of the day we are together and ok.
I suppose it's safe to say now because the majority of the family knows. Today marks our 10th week of my pregnancy. We are so very excited and would be more excited if all of this nonsense wasn't happening throughout it all. I have had a headache for about two weeks. And the "morning" sickness has been in full force. Fortunately, there are meds for the nausea. Unfortunately, there aren't meds I can take for the sinus issues. So, here I am, barreling through. I'd do it all over again too just knowing the final result.
Last week we graduated from our cozy and comfy home of the Texas Fertility Center. Our Dr. was the absolute best doctor that I could've asked for. She was so sweet and thoughtful and caring. We loved her. It's sad that we are finished there. Tomorrow we meet with our new OB. We found out that the new OB and our old Dr. at TFC are incredibly great friends. This made things better.
I love my family. I love the new adventure that we're starting. I love knowing that our foundation is solid and even as crazy as life has gotten or will get in the future it's going to stay strong.
April 14 -
We are waiting for Jake to be taken back for his broncoscopy. He went to change and came back with too short pants, souvenir socks and his gown on backwards. He’s a funny kid.
April 11 -
We thought Jake had it easy and we didn’t tell him to do much until he started listing. “Go to bed, wake up, brush my teeth, take a bath, get dressed, go to school, do my homework & on and on.” I’d be frustrated too!
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