Favorite Underwear?

I usually lay out clothes for Jaiden in the morning but she usually picks out something different. Well today when we got home from school she yelled to me from the bathroom "Mommy I have 2 pair of underwear on" I started laughing and she said "you picked out princess ones but the Hannah Montana ones are my favorite". Too funny!

My Foot Now

Here is what my foot looked like Monday at my appt.

It didn't take a real good picture. My feet are not the prettiest anyway but this picture it is REALLY not pretty. The incision is 2-3 inches long. Not as bad as I thought it would be. Eric made a funny when the doctor was telling us (before surgery) he wasn't sure how bad the scarring would be or how big the incision would be, he said "well there goes your modeling contract" :) I thought that was pretty good. My next appt is the 6th and I think the stitches come out but not for sure, so I will post again after they come out. By the way, I had to take all polish off before surgery and they put the red polish on my toe to make sure they were working on the correct foot. I usually don't let my polish get that bad. :)

I've Been Tagged

The rules go like this:
1. Post the rules on your blog.
2. Write 6 random things about yourself.
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post(or as many as you want)
4. If you are tagged, do it and pass the tag along.
5. Enjoy


1. I LOVE to have my hair brushed, played with, etc. (Jaiden and I play beauty shop a lot)

2. I have always said I would like to have 3 kids but with Jaiden turning 5 in December, I still don't feel ready for #2 yet. Huh?

3. If we had a chance to move closer to Newton, we would do it in a heartbeat. You don't realize how much you miss the little things until you move 6 hours away.

4. I start thinking and planning out what to buy for Christmas in August.

5. Anytime I make or order something with meat in it, I pick it out and do not eat it. examples- chicken Alfredo, I don't eat the chicken, spaghetti- I don't eat the hamburger, etc. But if I have a hamburger or chicken breast I can eat the meat? Weird I know.

6. My favorite TV show is CSI- I love the weekends spike has the marathons :)

I like Aubrey's idea from Just Me & My Boys. I am not going to tag anyone (your welcome Amber) I just want whoever reads to drop in and say hi.

You Have Got To Be Kidding Me!

This is our view this evening-

First snowfall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa- October 26th. CRAZY!

I am not ready for this weather.

I Can't Believe My Eyes!

I have been on the couch since Thursday and the house is spotless. Eric has kept the kitchen clean, the whole house (including the basement) has been vacuumed twice, he has Jaiden trained to pick up after herself- bedroom, toy room, and take her plates to the sink after eating, and today I watched Eric take the vacuum along the corners, ceiling, and baseboards getting the spiderwebs. I couldn't believe my eyes. I asked him to get me the camera so I could take his picture to put it on my blog and he gave me the most evil look and said "I don't think so". Wonder what he is so grouchy about :) No really he hasn't even complained once!

Tomorrow at 8 am is my follow-up with the doctor for my foot. We have the camera ready to take a pic of what it looks like. I have no idea the size of the incision or how many stitches there are. I know, I know, now you are on the edge of your seat and can't wait until tomorrow :)

Thanks For The Pretty's

I just wanted to tell everyone thanks for the calls, texts, emails, balloons, candy, flowers and fruit. They really do brighten up a room and make me feel a little better :)It has officially been 24 hours since I have been helpless. Eric has done a wonderful job cooking, cleaning, laundry, and helping me up and down to the bathroom and getting up in the middle of the night with me. He has done more in the last few days helping than he has the 7 1/2 years we have been married :) (now he has shown me that he can do it so I hope he is not expecting to stop when I get better). Here are some pics of the stuff I have got.

This is from my mom and dad and brothers wishing they could be here with me :) Now I hope I can keep it alive.

These balloons are from Eric's New Media Team at Yellowbook. In the bag was 10 full size candy bars :) They are the "coolest" ;)

And this is from Chris, Jessica, and Claire Collins. This is from Edible Arrangements. This is one of the coolest places I have seen. I love fruit!

Thanks Again Everyone!

My New Tread

This is my new boot that I will be wearing for the next 3-4 weeks. It is not very comfortable and it makes my foot sweat worse than it already does. Isn't it pretty? I am sure it will go well with my work clothes :)

OUCH!

Well I do not recommend this surgery to anyone! It was all fine and dandy until the numbness wore off about 8 last night. It was not a good night. I had to break down and take my pain meds. I have never taken pain meds before. They really are not affecting me at all. It seems like they are wearing off before it is time to take my next dose and then when I can take the next dose it takes an hour or so to kick in. I am not having fun at all. Although I do have a beautiful planter that my mom sent me and a bunch of balloons with a bunch of candy bars from Eric's team at work. Don't worry I will be posting pictures of both of these when I can get Eric to take a picture for me.

The surgery went well. It took about an hour in the OR and then about an hour in recovery. The doctor said that everything went back together perfectly. He was worried that the tendon would be stretched too far and have to put a piece of cadaver in my foot but luckily, it all went good and no cadaver in my foot :)

Some Bad News!

Well, I went to the foot doctor today thinking that they could re-open my wound and fix the tendon and they couldn't. So I am scheduled for surgery on Thursday morning. YUCK! I am not excited at all. The doctor said that the tendon is like a "rubber band" and since the tendon is in two, it went further up me foot and further down my toe and now he cannot just re-open the cut already there and fix it, he has to make a new incision (the opposite way) to re-attach it. So I am on the couch for 4 straight days. Again something I am not excited about. I should be able to go back to work on Monday. I have an appt and he will decide to release me or not then. So if anyone has any ideas what a person could do while laying on the couch for 4 days, let me know :)

When It Rains It Pours!

Well if you read my post before, this week Jaiden was sick Monday afternoon through Wednesday. I used most all of the personal time I had at work to stay home with her. She had high fever and puking. I made an appt for her to see the doctor Wednesday but we never made it. Reason being, I cut a tendon on the top of my foot that controls the movement in my big toe.

Wednesday recap- I got up at 4:30 a.m to get to work as early as I could because I could only work until 11 a.m. because Eric HAD to go in to work. He had managers from other offices there and an interviewee coming in. So I was up early (and I am not a morning person) to get some hours in because I didn't have enough hours to take. If you take unpaid time off you will get written up at work. Came home and after a couple hours Jaiden was feeling fine. I was a little irritated because again I am at home taking what little sick time I have when she probably could have gone to daycare. So I thought while I was home I would make a good supper (for once). I ended up baking a ham all afternoon, making cheesy potatoes, sweet potato casserole, corn, and even baked an Oreo cake for dessert. Well I took the ham out of the oven put it on a platter to cut and carried the casserole dish to pour out the juices and when putting the glass casserole dish back on the counter it broke. It fell right on top on my foot and sliced it open. Eric is not home yet and I am bleeding everywhere. I soaked 4 washcloths. I yelled for Jaiden to bring me my phone and more towels. I told her not to come in the kitchen because there was glass and blood everywhere. Of course she had to look. She did really well, she just kept saying ouch really slow and staring at it. I called Eric and he was still about 20 minutes away. I hobbled to the bathroom and because I think ahead, shaved the bottom portion of my leg because I knew my pant leg would be pulled up and well let's just say it had been a while since I had shaved. While doing that I realized that I could not move my big toe. I though great, knowing I was in for more than just stitches. So I get to the ER and wait and wait. They try to get a hold of a foot doctor and wouldn't you know it, they were all in Des Moines for conferences. So they went ahead and stitched it up and made me an appt for Monday with the foot doc. I am not real excited about this. On Monday, 5 days after the cut healing, they are going to have to take out my stitches and re-open my wound to fix the tendon. So really I have to re-live the experience from Wednesday night. Anyway, after getting home at 1 a.m from the ER I went to bed and had to get up and go to work in the morning because as you read above- I used all my personal time staying home with Jaiden. Below is a picture of my cut after they cleaned it out and waiting for someone to come in to give me stitches. I am so glad Eric thought to take a picture of it.

Jaiden spent the whole evening with us because the neighbors were not home when we left and we do not know (or trust) anyone else to watch her. She was wide eyed and watched the whole thing. She was perfect. When they asked what happened I told them I dropped a casserole dish on it and she pipes in and says "yep no more casseroles in our house", then when they said they would stitch it up she looked and me with big eyes and says "mom, you know there going to use a needle to put stitches in". I am just glad that the weekend is here and I can catch up on my rest. Eric has been wonderful and has cooked and cleaned since it happened. Jaiden thinks from now on I need to wear shoes in the kitchen when I cook and told me I should cook with paper plates from now on too :)

Disney Playhouse Live

Finally time to post pictures of Disney. I think Jaiden had a good time although her favorite part was the snacks. She had popcorn, nachos and a pop and she wanted more. We had to cut her off.

Sick Day

I hate it when kids are sick. I picked Jaiden up from daycare at 1:30 yesterday afternoon and she has been sleeping ever since. She says the only thing that hurts is her head. She always says her head hurts when she has a fever and then when she gets a high fever she pukes. So I have no idea what is wrong with her. It is 8:30 a.m. now (and still sleeping) and she had gotten up about 7 times for about 10 minutes each to puke or poop and then says she is tired and going back to bed. Even when she is sick she is a sharp thinker. Since she has had fever I have been trying to keep Tylenol in her. I gave her a dose in one of the 10 minutes "breaks" that she was up and she went to the living room. I walked in and she was laying with her head hanging over the couch upside down and whining that her head hurt so bad. I told her to sit up because laying like that is making it hurt worse. She sat up and looked at me and said how else am I supposed to get the medicine to my head. She went on to inform me that when she takes her medicine it goes to her belly and her belly does not hurt it is her head that hurts and laying like that would make the medicine go to her head :)

Maybe since I am home with her today I can get caught up on housework and get some Disney Live posted.

Popcorn

We have popcorn probably 3-4 times a week for our evening snack. The whole family loves it, even the cat. When he smells the popcorn popping he comes running. This is the only food that he begs for. I have to make him a pile of his own or he attacks us while we eat it. Tonight he was sound asleep with Jaiden and I popped some and here he came running for his share.

Jaiden's Baby

Yet another reason why I love this cat. Jaiden can do anything to him and he doesn't care. Here she is treating him like her baby. She put a diaper on him and dressed him up.

Ooops!

Ooops! Forgot about watering the cat :) This is how the cat tells us he needs water.

For those of you who know me know that I am not a real animal lover. I like animals but they really do get on my nerves. But for some reason I am really getting attached to this little guy.

Band-Aids

I think every kid goes through the band-aid stage, so it is just natural reaction that when Jaiden says she needs a band-aid I just get her one and don't ask what happened or where she needs it. The other day she said she needed one so I gave her one and a few minutes later I went to check in on her and this is what I found.

I asked her why she had a band-aid on her nose and her words exactly were " The inside of my nose really hurts and the band-aid wouldn't fit inside" she said this did make it feel better. I am sure it did :)

1 Week From Friday

Next Friday Oct 10 Disney Playhouse Live is coming to Cedar Rapids and we are going. I haven't told Jaiden yet because I want to keep my sanity but she is going to be sooooo excited when we go. She is at the age where when you tell her we are going to do something she likes to know how many minutes until we get to do it and I don't feel like telling her a week's worth of minutes until time. I will probably tell her Thursday evening. This will be her first time to see something like this and I can't wait for her reaction. Jaiden's friend Madison and her mom and dad are going so she will have someone to share the "little kid" excitement with while they watch.