Catch-up, Agian!

I feel like all I do these days is play catch-up.  But we have been very busy with end of the school year stuff.  Not to mention Dr. appointments. 

X-man is now up to 13lbs.  This is not with out a lot of work.  The GI doc has me nursing 6-7 times a day 20-30 min. each time.  He also gets formula mixed xtra strong with cereal( he refuses the bottle) three times a day.  So that comes out to about every two hours during the day and up twice at night.  What we won't do for our children.

The hubby's surgery will be on Wed.  The surgeon switched days on us.  He also changed it from a local anestic to complete sedation.  Oh, and it will be at the hospital, instead of the clinic.  Down side is that Abby's b-day and our 11th anniversary is on Thursday.  How fast will he recover?

I spent most of last week working on his gift.  I made him a good old fashioned patchwork quilt.  He said around Christmas that he wanted one.  We started looking and found that most of them in the store were not real patchwork, but fabric printed to look like it.  I had also heard that the quality of those quilts was some what lacking.  So here comes Supermom.  Of course I thought that I could do better and save a ton of money by doing it myself.  I  knew Granny had a fabric stash that I could raid and so I did.  I bought one fabric and a blanket for the fill.  I spent  forty dollars total.  I won't tell you how many hours I spent cutting, pinning and sewing.  Much to my dismay I ran into a little trouble.  Granny to the rescue!  Sat.  she helped me set it straight and tie it off.  Now I have only to wash and wrap it.  I will give it to him a day early, so he can have it snuggle in after the surgery.

Ran a half marathon last Sunday in Green Bay.  It was a blast.  Went  for the fun and to help the neighbor run her first.  We did not make good time, but all made it the finish.  Lily's cast will come off on Friday and X will see the GI and Speech patholigist on Tuesday.  I am sure I will be bored this week, there simply isn't a thing to do!

Here are a few pics from Easter, May crowning and just to update.  X is now 6 mo. old. 

the 4-1-1

I have been having a very hard time over the last two monthes.  Much has happened and my body is not very happy with me.  Let me see if I can recap quickly to catch you up.

I have a new niece and nephew.  My brother had a little girl Cecelia  and my sister-in-law had a little boy three weeks early named Malachi.  Both are beautiful and healthy.

The X-man is still not gaining weight.  We did blood workand urine samples.  First round came back with low white blood cells.  We freaked out a little.  Repeated the blood work two weeks later and all was normal.  Tomorrow he will see a G.I. specialists to make sure that there is  nothing else we should be doing.  He hates the formula and when we give him cereal with it mixed in he takes it, but it makes him spit up more and he is very gassy.

Lily broke her arm on Holy Saturday.  The cast will come off the 27th. 


Abigail fell and hit her chin on a cement post leaving a lump.  After two months we area going to see a plastic surgeon on June 2nd.  Girls going into to puberty have enough to deal with, they shouldn't have to worry about getting a zit on the tip of a lump on her chin.

The hubby will have surgery on the 20th.  He has a couple of painful lumps on his back that have been bothering him.  Right now we don't know what they are, they will simply remove them and some surrounding tissue to make sure it is all gone. 

My depression went from bad to worse, and just now seems to be leveling out.  I will be racing this weekend in Green Bay.  Just a half, but the training has been key in my depression lifting.

Currently the boys bothhave colds.  Max's seems to be hanging on.  Upside is that he likes to cuddle more and is a bit more mellow.  The X-man is still asleep and I think that perhaps I should go check if he is still breathing.  That should hold you over for a little while.  Life carries on, but they are far from "Super".