One
month has by far my longest blogging hiatus. There are good reasons for my
absence though.
David
injured his knee at work at the end of Sept, which resulted in knee surgery the
first week in Oct. He spent several weeks on crutches and is still going to
physical therapy several times a week. I’m not sure when he’ll be going back to
work. He is meeting with the doctor this week to try to determine
that.
I have been so proud of him during this time. It
would have been so easy for him to slip into “man-mode” and lay around whining
and complaining. Instead, he was determined to get up and moving as quickly as
he could. He has been helping out around the house and cleaning up while I am at
work. The hardest part of this ordeal was the weeks that he was not able to
drive. He is now back behind the wheel and he feels like a new person.
The
other big thing that has prevented me from blogging the last few weeks was
finding out that
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!!!
We
found out at the beginning of September, but wanted to wait a few weeks before
we told everyone. According to the doctors, we should be welcoming our little
one into the world at the end of April.
I knew
it would be hard to blog and not spill the beans, plus I have had a tough couple
of weeks. I learned that “Morning Sickness” is a joke! It is not just for
mornings! Pregnant sickness is an ALL DAY thing! Add that on top of the lack of
energy, and I haven’t felt like doing ANYTHING, especially anything extra like
blogging. Sorry, folks, but that’s the honest truth!!
It has
been lots of fun going through this with Mir. Of course, she is several weeks
ahead of me, but it is fun to share stories and happenings with each other. They
recently found out that they are having a BOY which means that John Mark Adams
will be joining our family sometime around the beginning of March. I can’t wait
for our little babies to meet!
I
don’t know if the Chinese are as smart as they say that they are, but I thought
I’d give them a shot. It pulled up one of the Chinese Gender Charts online, just
to see what they had to say about our baby. If they are right (and I hope they
are!!), it looks like we may be having a boy of our own. David is still holding
out for a girl, but I’m pretty well convinced. I mean, those Chinese invented
fireworks! You have to be pretty smart for that, right?!
So,
there are my excuses. I’m hoping that this will not be a pattern for me. I
already feel a little better having put all of this in writing. After so long,
it seemed like a daunting task to pick back up, but I was wrong.
I’ll
keep you posted on the events of the pregnancy as much as I feel like you will
be interested. Some of this stuff is just not interesting to the average person,
and I get that.
My
parents will be coming home next week and will be here for a few weeks. I’m sure
I’ll have lots to post about their time here and hopefully some pics to share as
well.
