Not my kind of "cottage cheese"

I have had this on going "problem".  I pumped out more milk in my year of nursing than I ever thought possible. My body worked OVERTIME ...

In doing so, I had a little scare with a clogged milk duct, which expresses itself in the form of a lump. Yikes! Not fun when going through all the "worst case scenerios" in your mind for a year.

I have had ultrasounds, doctor appointments, and more doctors appointments waiting for it to GO AWAY... it never did and it came down to this recommendation for Dr. Gorey...

(isn't that a great name for a doctor??)

Dr. Gorey: "Jen, lets take it out!"

Jen: "Whatever you say."

Thinking that she was going to prick me with a needle, and suck out the milk clogged in the home it made for itself.

But no... this is what Dr. Gorey had in mind...

This is what I dealt with today:

Way to go green, with paper hospital bands, John Muir.

Pricked and pumped full of "gatorade". That is what the nurse called it, and because of the "gatorade" I have had to go to the bathroom NON STOP all day today.

The comfy room which I have no recollection of... Apparently I am a "lightweight" or so says the anesthesiologist who put me out. 

I am glad I don't remember this.

I did get to look mighty fine and fashionable in this get up.

 Haven't seen them yet because I have this huge spongy tape covering my upper half.

This is me the rest of the day. Laying on the couch reading all of your blogs, watching movies, sleeping, and trying to eat some food so I can take these

wonderful pain killers so I will be happy.

And you ask, What does any of this have to do with Cottage Cheese? Well apparently, the lump turned out to be a cyst called a lactiferous adenoma, full of curdled breast milk or as Dr. Gorey called it : Cottage Cheese.

I am not sad to see this part of my body gone, and I am really not sorry that I missed seeing my "cottage cheese", can you just imagine what 98.6 degrees and 1 year would do to cottage cheese... there is no way that cyst was sweet smelling!

And there you have it folks.

My day.

I did not neglect my children today. Tyson was super dad. He stayed home from HIS hospital to go to MY hospital with me. My good friend Jenny baby sat the twins for like 5 hours! Thanks a million Jenny!

Then Tyson took the kids on a run, a walk, went to get gas, packed some stuff while watching them, fed them, and put them to bed so I could recuperate.

Thanks Tys! I love you!

I wish we could "Take Two"

Saturday....what a day! So it started with a morning 5K run! Our stake had this women's fun run/walk. I bet there were 40 people there. Maybe that is too many, I don't know, but there were quite a few people there. Anyways, I went with my friend Jenny, and we ran the 3.2 miles. Jenny came in 3rd, I came in 5th. It was great fun! The best part was the juicy oranges at the end. 

MMM. 

Later that day, we went to the steam trains with the Heymans. 

Check here for a fun video of the kids reaction to the train moving. Every time the conductor let out the whistle, I thought Berkleigh was gonna jump off the train! It was hilarious! She is such a scaredy cat!

Just waiting for the train. Is there something wrong with where I'm sitting?

We also went to the Botanical Gardens, Lake Anza and then headed to Berkeley. It was fun to relax and be with friends... 

Tyson caught a lizard and put it on Merrick.

...until...(This is when I wish we could "Take Two")

We got lost on our way over the Berkeley Hills to get to our dinner destination. 

We were SO lost.

I all of a sudden was hit by this nasty stomach something or other. 

(Sometimes I imagine something like this running around in my body. Just cause it comes on so fast, not because I have tape worms.)

I had a head ache all day, but then my stomach got all quesy, and when finally pulling into the parking lot of our dinner destination, I had to throw up. 

I thought (which was pretty impressive when usually you only think about throwing up right before throw up) "Where should I throw up? Our car is to nice. Out the window? No, I have more dignity then that! In my make up bag? Sounds good." 

I barely had it unzipped when up it came, and came, and came, and came.

I felt a little better.

I didn't know what to do with my make up bag. I mean, all my make up was still in it, but I knew the potent smell of my prior lunch was going to stink up the car, but I thought I might want to try and salvage some make up.... so I put it under the front wheel of the car in hopes that I could do something about it after we ate.

We go to Barney's. It is this gourmet hamburger place.

Tyson and I have wanted to eat there the entire time we have lived here, so we thought we better go before we move.

We get in and the smell of hamburgers is making me sick again. We sit outside, and I immediately need to use the restroom.  They had one "unisex" bathroom, inside a urinal, toilet, sink, and baby changing station. Some guy had decided to put down the baby changing station and do his business there than in the toilet/urinal. That made me throw up.

I went back to sit down, couldn't order anything, every smell became unbearable! I got back up to go back to the bathroom. The door was locked. Oh great! I need to throw up. I go back outside (where there are people eating) and run to a corner, and throw up. 

I decide I can't be in the restaurant, so I go back to the car and sleep until everyone else is done.  We are driving out of the parking lot, and we run over my make up bag that we forgot was under the tire. It bursts open, and there is throw up everywhere. 

Get home, and I throw up again, and again, and again in the sink. 

It was a yucky day! I wish we could do it over again. Sorry Heymans for ruining the fun day. Thanks for being super nice about it!

Mother's Day

We are lucky to have the two best moms in the world. Sorry everyone reading this... but there is no contest. If you didn't grow up with Grandma Rae or Grandma Jackie than you missed out! 

We love you! I am glad you have been such great examples to me, so I will know how to be a better mom! 

*the one thing I haven't mastered is getting the presents to you on time, you will die when you get them though* 

(Sorry it is taking so long)

Happy Mother's Day!

My Mother's Day was great!

 (besides being sick, but for those fun stories you will have to read further...)

I woke up after sleeping for 13 hours straight (because I was sick) to a quiet house!

Tyson was out of bed, and I just snuggled up with my down pillow and relaxed (because I was sick). 

Then Tyson brought me breakfast in bed. An omelet, OJ, sausage, and blueberry muffins. It LOOKED so good, but I could only eat a muffin (because I was sick).

Then Tyson cleaned up the kitchen, let me read in bed for a little bit, and put the twins down for their nap (because I was sick).

I came down stairs and there were flowers, 4 of my favorite candy-bar,

and a card made by Merrick and Berkleigh with the feet and hand-prints all over it.

After church we went to our friends, the Hiatts to have a BBQ and to play games. We had a ton of fun. It was a good Mother's Day! I did eat my hamburger because I was getting better.

Sorry I didn't get any pictures (because I was sick).

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Neck-ed!

It has been getting hotter here, and with the twins napping upstairs (heat rises) I thought I would just let them sleep in their diapers. I went to get Merrick up from his nap and this is what I saw! I am very lucky though, cause he may have taken off his diaper, but he did not produce ANY bodily liquids or solids while asleep. I caught him "neck-ed" and before he could do any real damage he had a fresh clean diaper on and I didn't have to clean up a mess!

Look at those sleep eyes! And the Pack n Play acts as a good censoring device!

I hope there isn't a next time because I doubt I will be so lucky!

Cinco De Mayo

Our friends, the Heymans, had a Cinco de Mayo party last night. So Tyson and I decided we needed to dress the part...

Tyson in his "Corona Supermercado" shirt and his Honduras hat.

Merrick in his little "Mexican Burro" shirt and yellow socks.

Berkleigh in a green shirt, white skirt, and red tights.

(Like the Mexican flag! I was going to print this 

off of the computer and pin it to her skirt, but I ran out of time.

I dressed like Berkleigh in red, green, and white.

We had such a fiesta!

 Comemos tacos con carne y pollo, y galletas con helado. MMM!

  (That is me trying to remember some of my spanish. uh... i should practice)

Translation: We ate tacos with meat and chicken, and cookies with icecream.

We had fun dancing on the tables to the Macarena and Shakira's My Hips Don't Lie.

Thanks Heymans for having us all over and Happy Birthday Jenny! And Jessica, we are so glad you are back and HEALTHY! We have to hang out TONS before we all leave.

Crazy Climber Man

aka: Merrick

Here he is climbing in our friends pantry last night!

Here he is climbing into the stroller!

Here he is climbing onto our boxes of stuff to sell at the garage sale!

Here he is climbing up the rocking horse to get to glass votives!

 

Here he is trying to climb the goat at the petting zoo!

Here he is climbing up the chairs onto the table to play with a knife!

(At least it was a butter knife!)

Here he is climbing the stairs and onto the little outlook!

 (There is about a 4 foot drop below him.)

Here he is climbing into the closed jogger stroller. 

If you notice his feet you can see that he is totally stuck!

Here he is climbing on one of those sit and spin things, and then up onto the rocking chair.

Here he is climbing up the handles of the rocking chair.

Here he is climbing up his old carseat to get to the stroller!

Where are you summer?

where are those fireflies,

where are the hot dogs, hamburgers, and bbqs,

where are the warm nights,

where are the peaches, nectarines, and strawberries,

where are the fireworks,

where are the ice cream runs and the 7-11 slurpees,

where are the good books and the smell of sunscreen

where are the kites on the beach

where are the lazy afternoons for laying out

where is the smell of the ocean

where are the flip flops and running across hot pavement

where are the picnics and running through the sprinklers

Where is summer? 

Well WE are waiting right here ...

(ok, so I know where all that stuff is...I just want it all right now!)