mandy and brittany, this is for you!
Name your favorite…
1. Candy: twix – always my first request after having a baby! (kinda like my “last meal”, only it’s my “first treat”!)
2. Cookie: oreo, followed closely by homemade chocolate chips outta the oven – and kristy’s hubby has THE best recipe
3. Donut: ick. i don’t really like any of ‘em. but if i have to choose – cake donuts, choc. covered, and anything from irish maid.
4. Cold Drink: cherry limeades from sonic, my hubby treated me today, in fact.
5. Hot Drink: coffee – any kind with international creamer, although, it’s hard to beat wassell (b. goldman’s mama’s recipe) at christmastime.
i, obviously, haven’t really posted in a while. i’ve discovered it’s hard for me to post when things aren’t going so well. i don’t want to complain, so i kinda have the “if you don’t have anything nice to say…” rule goin’ on.
complaints: my sciatica is about to send me over. that’s also another reason i haven’t posted – it’s hard to sit for any length of time, much less for the time it takes to post. my oldest is way sick. please pray for him. i’m kinda worried. and if you know me, i usually blow off sicknesses – it’s hard not to with 3 little ones someone’s always sick. but this is different. it just feels different, you know? i think we’ll be making our 2nd trip to the e.r. this weekend. we’re not leaving without answers this time. and it’s frustrating, because now we have to put him back through all the testing when we could’ve had the answers the first time if i’d known what to ask.
blessings: my big boy’s not sicker than he is. he is continuing to drink fluids, so that’s definitely a plus.
one of our hermit crabs reemerged from the sand today. yea! he’s not dead. i didn’t kill him. i am a good pet owner! the other one is still mia, but i’m sure he’ll resurface soon!
i’ve adjusted to no longer nursing. (at least emotionally) i still miss it, but i don’t think i’d ever be ready to wean. and my girl’s sleeping through the night for the first time in her life! to put it all in perspective, this is only the 3rd month that i have not been pregnant or nursing or both in 6 years!
updates: holding on the trying for parker4 until my hip is better, my oldest is better, job security situation is better, and basically until nature says my body is ready. (sorry, for all those guys out there reading. :) )
all that talk about candy, cookies, and hot drinks has my mouth wantin’ some good tastin’ stuff, must go rummage through cabinets. (oh, i made some homemade choc. chip muffins this mornin’ that absolutely rock!) (and, can i just say, i’m struggling with things not going so great + munchy mouth + comfort food + no nursing = weight gain… ugh! i’ll have to do something about that soon, just not tonight!)
quotes: “that’s bue and tasty” -my middlest, describing the gatorade that’s kept his older brother hydrated. “this boy’s not going to walmart tonight” -my oldest boy, after leaving the er we’d been sitting in for 3 hours. “mm-mm” -my girl, with emphatic head shaking when asked if she wants to quit swinging or go to bed, her 2 non-favorite things to do.
