did ya miss me?

i admit, i have been a bad blogger lately. it's been several days since my last post, i know, and i'm sorry. things have been a little difficult around here for the last week. as i mentioned previously, russ had his wisdom teeth removed and what we thought would be a "simple" weekend long recovery, turned out to be A WEEK AND A HALF LONG nightmare. he re-visited the dr. 4 times since his surgery, only to be told that there is no infection, possibly a little dry socket, but the pain was just coming from the way his body was healing, having to do with his age and the severity of the impacted wisdom teeth. they were bad. and the doc said that russ' surgery wasn't an easy one. so russ just had to sweat it out, even with the pain meds (including 2 refills) and lots and lots of ibuprofen. meanwhile, he was having to go to work and only managing to work half-days. Most of his time at home was spent in bed with the exception of him trying to brave a couple of outings with us.

as a result of russ being "out of commission" i was feeling very much alone with taking care of the kids, and not being able to hang out with my very best friend and companion. that alone will put anyone in a slump. and on top of that, i was feeling so bad that he was in so much pain and there was nothing i could do about it.

i do, however, have some good news: as of today, russ is feeling about 75% better and hasn't taken a pain pill yet. i believe we are now on the road to recovery and i hope things can be normal again!!!

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UPDATES:

- last tuesday we visited with the diggs for a playdate. baby lauren is so precious and might just be the best baby i have ever seen! she is so mild mannered and easy going, i KNOW heather couldn't be happier :) what a cute little family of four they are now!

- last thursday we had a meeting with "child find", the program we entered to get some additional help for russell's speech delays. we found out that russell was qualified for the developmental delayed program (NOT speech therapy, which is what i thought he needed). what this means is that he will be attending a pre-school-like class at our nearest elementary school where there will be about 15 students total, all of which have some sort of developmental delay. the class is a full school day, from 8:00 to 3:30, from monday through friday. i am VERY leary of sending him off, however i think we will move forward with this opportunity, because i do not want to turn any help down. natalie will also be started pre-k-4 next year and her class is only a half day. i am so not ready for BOTH of my kids to start school, especially to be sending my youngest child off so early and for such a long day! not to mention, what am i going to do with my time!!!! (that was a rhetorical question, by the way...haha)

- MOTHER'S DAY: we hosted a lovely brunch at my house for russ's parents, his aunt and her son who was visiting from NY. afterwards we relaxed outside with the kid's summer pool set up. russ was feeling pretty bad that day, so we didn't do much else. i got some great gifts from my mom (the week before) and sis, but i really appreciated the one from russ who barely had any time to do any shopping with being "sick" and all, and he still managed to get me something so thoughtful: a little picture book box for our wedding pictures. we just bought all of the proofs from our wedding photographer and i have been so excited to FINALLY, after 5 years, have these in our possession. now, i get to work on making my very own wedding album! maybe i'll have it ready for our 5th anniversary which is coming up in july. that is my goal, at least :)

- this week we are laying low, trying to relax from a stressful past week and also i will be helping on a church retreat this weekend, so i will be gone the entire time. i've just been trying to enjoy my time with the kids and get things ready for my absence. my brave husband will be holding down the fort!


no time to post pictures today, but i will try to get some up soon!

i hope everyone is doing fantastic!!! no doubt my parents are -- IN HAWAII!!!

p.s. it's good to be back :)