Wowza...almost 2 months...where do I even begin? How about at the beginning?
The past few weeks and months our lives have been consumed with the following things....
1. We attended the baby blessing of our dear friends, Andy and Danielle's, baby. Baby Miles. What a cutie. And I was just so proud of Andy for giving him a blessing.
While at said baby blessing, Daren was helping put away chairs and basically dead lifted about 6 of them and got a major owie...which leads me to...
2. Surgery! The way he was lifting them caused his bicep tendon to snap and roll up his arm. So gross I know...Anywho. Originally we thought it was just a dislocated elbow. After an attempt to put it back in (by his friends) and a trip to the Instacare...it was discovered it was not his elbow but the tendon. That was a Saturday night. By Monday morning we were in the Orthopedic surgeon's office discussing surgery. Daren was not too thrilled but really had no choice. We was scheduled for surgery that Thursday before we left the office.
The surgery went very well. The recovery was not as well...The narcotics the doc gave him were too strong which caused Daren to have a mild overdose. It was kind of scary but we got it under control. The side effects of the meds were crappy. I think it made the situation worse for sure. We was in a hard cast for a few days and now he is in a robo cop brace for about month. He can't lift anything heavier than a water bottle for about 3 months. It's been a bit challenging for him mentally but he is a tough cookie and will make it through! I am incredibly proud of him and the progress he has made!
I'm not going to lie, it was pretty scary to watch him be wheeled back to surgery. He has never had major surgery so nobody knew how he would react to anesthesia or anything. The unknown is very scary. It made me quite emotional. Kind of embarrassing...
3. Trees. One of the major projects we wanted to do before winter hit was trim back all the neighbors trees that were hanging over the house. We worked with the neighbors and a guy in our ward to rent a giant bucket lift for the job. This was all planned before Daren hurt himself. But it was decided to go on with the plans. Luckily, we have some really amazing ward members, family, and friends. It was a serious and huge projects. It was a very long day but we got done what we wanted to! Daren and I were both so thankful that so many people were willing to set in and help. I didn't take any before or really any after pictures...just some in betweeners..
People were watching both of us like hawks that day. They didn't want Daren using his arm and they didn't want me lifting anything heavy. Why???
4. BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A BABY!! Yep! You heard it. Mama is preggo! Holy moly, it is cra and we have been a hot mess over here! HA! We are SO excited! I am due April 11. We find out in 2 weeks if it's a boy or girl. I have been feeling pretty good! No morning sickness...nausea in the afternoons more. Always tired but that is getting better. I am 18 weeks right now. My clothes still fit...although I am getting very anxious about them NOT fitting and not having anything to wear.
It's still pretty crazy to think about. We have been trying for so long. We finally had to have a little help and on a month that I was told the medicine didn't work...well it did! HA! What a surprise to us! And the doc! But a happy surprise!
Our lives have been crazy...and exhausting with all of this happening. Halloween came and went. We didn't dress up, carve pumpkins, or even see the kiddos in their Halloween costumes. We did pass out candy. I guess that is good. Oh well. Next year we will be back in full force!
Life is busy. But life is wonderful. And we are blessed.
Until next time!
