On June 24 the little had her first surgery. She did really well through the whole day. The hospital, the staff, and most importantly her surgeon were all wonderful. It eased my anxiety, and the stress I was feeling just being surrounded by people who were so nice and helpful. They explained everything very thoroughly. We were called twice when she was in surgery, and twice when they were getting her ready for recovery to keep us updated. We were walked through the procedure, the surgeon explained what had been done, and then we were finally sent home with a pretty relaxed little girl. There were a lot of laughs that day which was unexpected, but very welcomed. It's been over two weeks now and she was given the green light to start being more active which she is super stoked about. We go back to the doctor next week so they can make sure everything is healed up nicely.
The fourth of July was pretty uneventful for us. I feel like we spent so much time with family when we were younger for pretty much every holiday that we've all become kind of burnt out. That or we've all just become a bunch of homebodies. So we don't really go "all out" anymore. We did attended the parade in the morning, and then had dinner at my parent's home. We skipped out of the fireworks show which the little was bummed about. But we bribed her with a movie, and popcorn so that disappointment quickly faded. Sometimes I feel bad that Emery hasn't been able to experience having those big family get together's like I did. Sadly, I'm the only one with a child right now, and the rest of the cousins who have kids live a good distance away. Then there's that nonsense about how my sister-in-law wants to wait until she finishes school before getting pregnant so they won't be having a kid anytime soon. You hear me, Kim? NONSENSE! I need you to have a baby, because it'll keep my baby fever at bay. PRETTY PLEASE?!?! Don't be so selfish. LOL! Pfft. Can you believe the responsibility and maturity those two are going by? I mean seriously who does that anymore?? Love you guys! :)
It's been about three weeks since I stopped exercising consistently. My anxiety has come back, and recently it feels like we've had one thing right after another go wrong. Car issues, financial issues, and work related things all have taken their jabs at me within the past month. That along with the stress, and the financial uncertainty we are currently facing, have caused me to gain about ten pounds. I'm one of two extremes: either I stress eat or I just don't eat at all. But now a nice portion of the issues have been somewhat resolved so I feel like I can breath a bit better. I've decided to ease back into things with 3-4 gym sessions a week. I want to do mainly cardio with a small amount of weight lifting. And then I really want to try out the kickboxing class that my gym holds every Thursday to mix things up. I've always felt guilty about how much time I'd be spending on me rather than on other things that need to be done around the house. But recently I decided that the house work can wait. And my daughter needs to see that exercise/physical activity should be a part of an every day routine. It helps to stay healthy, and to have energy for the day. So, I've been working on getting back into the swing of things. I went through all of my cabinets to get rid of the junk food too, and it's officially back to clean eating for me.
There are a few other things I'd like to talk about, but those will come later. For now I'm just updating on the basics. I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far! Talk to y'all soon.
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