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I am extremely tired, so this post may end up incoherent...
Milford re-injured his leg yesterday and we were in a panic for the few hours we had to wait before the vet could see him. There's no way we could afford another surgery, so we were afraid that we'd have to put the poor thing down. Luckily an X-ray showed that he had just strained a tendon due to arthritis. I say luckily because it could have been a pin or his kneecap again, which would have required surgery. This just requires rest to heal. Unfortunately, he's not supposed to climb stairs or play with Henry. So now we have to keep them separated when we can't keep an eye on them *and* Ben has to carry him up and down the stairs. It's like we've got four kids instead of two.
Yesterday a cleaning service came over and scrubbed my house from top to bottom. We spent the morning picking up clutter and piling things on top of beds, tables, the couch, etc. I am looking forward to living in a bigger house with more storage space and a linen closet. Right now we have two three-drawer storage bins and one big tub in our bedroom along with the dresser and two closets. There's just no space for stuff anywhere else. Moving will be a good thing, even if it seems too sudden.
My mom watched Sage and Mae today while Ben and I drove around Westerville. It was nice to be alone and able to talk without interuption, even though we spent most of the time being silly and making fun of the houses we looked at. There are two neighborhoods that we're fond of. One is called Autumn Woods and is near Hoover Dam. The other is called Annehurst and is across from Sharon Woods on West Main. We have a realtor but we haven't set up a date to actually look at houses yet. I think we're meeting with her and my parents on Sunday to talk about what to do with our current home.
Mae isn't sleeping well, so neither am I. She's having trouble staying asleep, which I think has something to do with her tummy. She doesn't really cry unconsolably so much as fuss and fuss and fuss. If I don't pick her up, then the crying starts. So Ben and I spend most of the day holding her. But I can't hold her and sleep at the same time, so a good deal of the night is spent picking her up, consoling her, and putting her back down when she's drowsy. She'll fall asleep for maybe 15 minutes and then the whole thing starts over again. Eventually she falls asleep and stays asleep, but then she wakes to eat again an hour later. I'm getting maybe 6 hours sleep total, which would actually be good if I wasn't one of those people who doesn't function well without 8-10 hours. I'm hoping things get better as my iron supplements take effect.
I got to go to Target today all by myself. It was niiiiiiiice. I bought myself some jeans and some shirts, which reminds me that I still haven't bothered to get my pre-pregnancy clothes out of the basement. I also looked for a holiday outfit for Mae, but the selection was too formal. Hopefully I'll find something at either Once Upon a Child or Babies R Us. I loooooove shopping for ittybitty baby clothes!
Milford re-injured his leg yesterday and we were in a panic for the few hours we had to wait before the vet could see him. There's no way we could afford another surgery, so we were afraid that we'd have to put the poor thing down. Luckily an X-ray showed that he had just strained a tendon due to arthritis. I say luckily because it could have been a pin or his kneecap again, which would have required surgery. This just requires rest to heal. Unfortunately, he's not supposed to climb stairs or play with Henry. So now we have to keep them separated when we can't keep an eye on them *and* Ben has to carry him up and down the stairs. It's like we've got four kids instead of two.
Yesterday a cleaning service came over and scrubbed my house from top to bottom. We spent the morning picking up clutter and piling things on top of beds, tables, the couch, etc. I am looking forward to living in a bigger house with more storage space and a linen closet. Right now we have two three-drawer storage bins and one big tub in our bedroom along with the dresser and two closets. There's just no space for stuff anywhere else. Moving will be a good thing, even if it seems too sudden.
My mom watched Sage and Mae today while Ben and I drove around Westerville. It was nice to be alone and able to talk without interuption, even though we spent most of the time being silly and making fun of the houses we looked at. There are two neighborhoods that we're fond of. One is called Autumn Woods and is near Hoover Dam. The other is called Annehurst and is across from Sharon Woods on West Main. We have a realtor but we haven't set up a date to actually look at houses yet. I think we're meeting with her and my parents on Sunday to talk about what to do with our current home.
Mae isn't sleeping well, so neither am I. She's having trouble staying asleep, which I think has something to do with her tummy. She doesn't really cry unconsolably so much as fuss and fuss and fuss. If I don't pick her up, then the crying starts. So Ben and I spend most of the day holding her. But I can't hold her and sleep at the same time, so a good deal of the night is spent picking her up, consoling her, and putting her back down when she's drowsy. She'll fall asleep for maybe 15 minutes and then the whole thing starts over again. Eventually she falls asleep and stays asleep, but then she wakes to eat again an hour later. I'm getting maybe 6 hours sleep total, which would actually be good if I wasn't one of those people who doesn't function well without 8-10 hours. I'm hoping things get better as my iron supplements take effect.
I got to go to Target today all by myself. It was niiiiiiiice. I bought myself some jeans and some shirts, which reminds me that I still haven't bothered to get my pre-pregnancy clothes out of the basement. I also looked for a holiday outfit for Mae, but the selection was too formal. Hopefully I'll find something at either Once Upon a Child or Babies R Us. I loooooove shopping for ittybitty baby clothes!