Lawton, Oklahoma

We went to Lawton last Saturday.  It was rather cold that morning, and super windy.  But we had a great time.  We went to the top of a mountain, saw a holy city, wild buffloes, longhorns, prairie dogs, went for a hike, saw windmills, and had a really good time being together.  Here are a few photos.

The kids and me

It looks like the little princess put the older boys in jail.  :)

Standing on a hill

Windmills in the distance

A bridge

My toothless boy! :)

Next time, I have to remember to give Parker to a brother so he can be in more photos!

Up the side of a mountain

Little Parker in the car after lunch

All of them on a bridge

My Journey {10 Days Post Op}

10 days have come and gone now.  I am a little shocked that it has been 10 days already.  But I am glad that I am very tough or I would have died in the last ten days.  This has been the worst recovery ever for me.  And this was my 5th surgery.  I am still lovely shades of bruised, mainly black.  My incisions still hurt, especially when touched.  And laying down or getting up still hurts a lot.  Who knew how much you used your stomach muscles untill your stomach was jacked up.  But I am healing, at least physically.  Mentally, it is still rocky.  I am not sure I will heal mentally though.  We shall see.  I still have like ten more days till I see my doctor, and seeing my body makes me want to hurt him also.  The swelling has been crazy with this recovery.  In the morning, I look like I am 3 months pregnant, and by the end of the day I look 5 months pregnant, all from swelling.  It's crazy!  I guess that is normal?  I truly have no idea.  And I have a crappy nurse that doesn't tell me much of anything, so I am waiting to see.  And I am off of Motrin now too.  I was usppose to stay on pain pills for 1-2 months, that lasted 2 days.  And Motrin for about the same amount of time.  I guess having a high pain tolerance pays off at times.  But it probably would of been an easier recovery if I had taken the pain pills like I should of and rested more.  But life goes on and here's to ten more days of recovery..



Well a correction. I had glue bandages over the incisions. The glue has been coming off but now they are completely gone. And in two of my incisions I have a stitch hanging out of my body and the incisions are more open where the stitch is. I guess I ripped them or pulled it. I'm going to have a scar for sure. Now I'm upset again. I'm not sure what to do.

Back to School

Today is the last day of summer break... wait, what?  Summer is over?!?!?  How did that happen?  It seems like it was just May and we were just starting summer break.  Tomorrow morning 3 of my 4 school aged children will start school.  My little Kindergartener doesn't start till Monday, so I get a few extra days with him.  But I know there will be tears on Monday... and possibly tomorrow too.  I am not ready for them to go back to school.  I am not ready for alarm clocks, home work, bedtimes, and everything else that goes along with school.  I hope my little guys have a great year and learn a lot... now to count down to Christmas break!