Treasuring the blessings, one by one...

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Youch!

I can see now why they call them WISDOM teeth - because it would be much WISER to keep them in! On Saturday I went under the knife and got all four wisdom teeth removed. I refused to think about what was going to happen ahead of time, and good thing, too. If I had known how hard this resulting week was going to be, I would have been a ball of nerves! My pride told me I was going to be one of those 'tough cookies' that was eating steak the night after surgery. NOPE! Apparently 'Jacki' and 'tough cookie' are no longer synonymous (if they ever were). The picture above was taken the day of the surgery, when my swelling was still minor. I slept most of that day and night, as the anesthetic took a loooong time to wear off.

The following two days I blew up till my cheeks looked and felt like they were going to bust open. I seriously looked like some sort of alien creature, or in Rob's words, "Like you let loose for six months and only ate frosting." Hehe! Someone called our house on Monday and talked to Ellie, who told them mommy was resting at Nana's house because, "her cheeks blowed up." I refused to get my picture taken on those days, because every time I looked in a mirror I felt like crying (and sometimes did). Anyhow, I didn't actually write this post to complain. I'm now on day 4 and am still swollen, but mostly just bruised and sleepy and somewhat drugged up. So I haven't had the space of mind to blog. Excuse number two, in addition to our internet still being on the fritz!
Will post more updates on the cute ones in the family when my brain is off drugs!

Friday, May 15, 2009

The sun will come out tomorrow!! (we hope)


Sorry about the slackiness in blog posts lately...but our internet crashed. And we're not trying to fix it. Some days it drives me absolutely mental that I can't look up the weather forecast or see pictures of Lisa's gorgeous new baby....but mostly it's been wonderful. I didn't think I spent much time on the internet, but I'm truly getting a lot more done without it! Naptimes are actually more refreshing without Facebook! Huh! Who would have guessed! ANYHOW, I'm at my parents' place now, and I will continue to post from here every two weeks or so until we decide to get the computer problem fixed.
For today I've decided to post all our happiest memories from the last two weeks. If I were to post pictures of today there would be SNOWFLAKES - that's right - SNOWFLAKES in the picture! We are totally experiencing Manitoba at it's worst! But we have had some beautiful days and some beautiful fun. (p.s. I just noticed that Joshua is wearing the same thing in every photo. No, these aren't all taken on the same day! The child can walk, but chooses to crawl. His little track suit is saving the life of all his pants :) Just in case y'all were wondering!)
Enjoy!

A Saturday's grocery shopping trip for picnic food and a morning at the park!








Random fun:

The overwhelming enthusiasm of a little boy permitted to play with water!

What happens when Ellie combs her own hair. :)

Joshua + Sippy Cup = True Love

My favourite girl on this planet!
The messiest boy on this planet!

An evening at Southwood School park:




"Hey there. Like my soother?"


The perfect end to a great evening: Dairy Queen!


Mother's Day wiener roast in Sandilands:


Ellie making Nana eat her homemade pretend soup.

Doing 'guy stuff'.
My birthday pie!!! YUMMMMM!!!
Surprise, Nana!!
Writing out Nana's card.
These two are inseparable!
Quite pleased about the Dorito chips!
The adorable Drew!!


Ellie conning Auntie Dana into eating her homemade pretend soup.
Jon and Dexter.

Sweet cousins!