BOYS!!! (and other news)

Hello to all and thank you so much for your prayers during my recovery. I haven't posted much as my life has been, well, boring. I don't do much but sit in front of the TV or computer, read, sleep and eat. I am getting out some but quickly tire...this is all usual.

First I want to share why I titled this post BOYS!!! All of you know that I have a "wild child" for a son...he seems to be fearless unless something knocks him down. Even then, he might be calmer for a few hours or a day but then gets right back to whatever he was doing. I keep waiting for some type of injury and we have had none so far....until Tuesday night. Not a bike injury but one in the shower! Just a little background...Jacob's two front teeth grew in kind of weird. One of them grew in in front of his baby tooth and we had to have the baby tooth removed at the dentist. This adult tooth has been kind of crooked and I knew someday would need braces as it goes in front of the other tooth somewhat. Well, at least it used to. Here is how the conversation went as Jacob was drying himself off in the shower and I was in his room making his bed:

Me: Jacob, are you jumping in the shower?
Jacob: No, Mommy. I would never do that (yeah, right)
Me: Do you know what can happen if you jump in the shower? You could fall and bust your head open and DIE!
Jacob: Really?
Me: Jacob, why are you taking so long to dry off? You should already be in your room and getting dressed (Do you sense a little frustration here?)
Jacob: (About a minute later) Mommy, my tooth is cracked?
Me: Where is it?
Jacob: I threw it down the drain!

This of course led to me lecturing Jacob on the importance of 1)minding me by getting out of the shower when I say to 2)taking care of our teeth, especially our permanent teeth 3)explaining what bonding is and how he will have to deal with it the rest of his life and 4)never throwing important things, like teeth, down the drain.

I was upset. He was upset. The part of the tooth that was ovelapping the other front tooth and then some is now gone. It doesn't look too bad, maybe even better, I don't know. But, the bottom of that tooth is much smaller than the other one.

Other news:

Last Friday night, Shane and I went to the Chris Tomlin concert. It was awesome and very loud! I think I have sensitive ears. It didn't help that we were in the 5th row. Israel Houghton and New Breed opened up and they were awesome too. Chris Tomlin has written some amazing music and I just can't get enough of his new CD, Hello Love. Shane jumping here to tell everyone they need to buy this album. If you haven't seen Chris Tomlin in concert before... go. You will not regret it.

Saturday night we drove to Pearland with our friends, the Hughes, so the boys could practice on the track. This Saturday we are going to the state race at the Pearland track. There are only about 6 tracks in Texas so the state races are big events. We should be there all day. This is Jacob's last state race as a 7 year old so we are hoping he does well. Jacob is 7 intermediate and lately he has had to race 8 year intermediates but he has done great. He placed 3rd in the main last Saturday. He had to race the 8 girls state champion again who took 1st, of course. He even beat out another 8i rider to get into the main, again Jacob is 7I. We are hoping the weather holds out. I will try to get a video of him racing this time.

Adoption news: None. I have to admit my patience is wearing thin. Sorry God but I am ready for our new baby...so are Shane and Jacob. We are ready for the next chapter in our lives to begin. Please pray that the wait will be short and that we (especially me) will remember that this will happen in God's timing, not ours.

That's all I can think of right now! Take care, all!

What's Up?

It has been a while since I last posted. My surgery was 10 or so days ago. Just to update you on what happened during surgery, I was under anesthesia for about 5 hours which is a really long time and I AM feeling it. They removed my uterus, tubes, ovaries, appendix and cervix. They had to do some pretty extensive work on my bladder as it was attached to my uterus. They did not have to do a colon resection...Praise God! But, they did have to operate on my colon and intestines which means lots of cutting and stitching and I AM feeling it, too. Basically, I am tired and it feels like someone beat my abdomen with a bat. I can get up and do things, which I should. But, I can't do any lifting or too much bending. We are so fortunate to have had many friends bring us meals as I am just not up to cooking yet.

I stayed in the hospital for 3 nights. The day of and after surgery, I was doing real well...just some pain that was alleviated from the pain pump. I was feeling so well in fact that I sent Shane home to sleep in his own bed. Wouldn't you know that a couple of hours later, I started getting nauseous and running a fever and spent the night vomiting. They hooked me up with some good IV nausea meds but it took a while for the vomiting to stop. It was not easy to get up as I was still hooked up to the IV and had a catheter in me. I had the night nurse earning her pay that night. Shane came the next morning (he was not happy with me that I had not called him during the night). The nausea stayed very strong for a good 24+ hours. As soon as it went away on Sunday morning, I started working on solid food. By 2pm that afternoon I was asking to be released. Hospitals are the most horrible place to be...about the time you finally fall asleep they come in your room to give you meds, check your temp, etc. I think Shane slept better than I did. I was worried about leaving early but I just wanted to get home into my own bed.

Am I getting restless??? Yes!!! I am not a big TV watcher so I am getting bored. With all that anesthesia, it is still hard to concentrate while reading but I have managed to read a few magazines. My hope is to get out some this weekend. I would love to watch Jacob race on Saturday. I will have to see how I am doing. Today was not a good day but tomorrow may be better. My brain is only half functioning (common with that much anesthesia). Hopefully, that won't last too long. I have taxes to start working on!

Thank you for all your prayers! I really felt it as I was going into surgery. I had no anxiety and was very calm up until the point that I went under. Only then did I have to start calming myself down.

I will update everyone on everything else that is going on in our lives later. God bless!