Start to finish

Oh Man..It is SO nice.

Seriously..

7 weeks and 2 days later I

got to be “me”.

This sounds nuts I know.

I was able to start

something in the kitchen

and

finish it.

Like finish finish.

Our Friday nights are

pizza nights.

Homemade pizza

due too all the Boys

food issues

and

well, our budget too!

Think I ever used this much?

And I have to say it's pretty good

yeah..perhaps better than most.

Biased..sure I am,

over-confident?

No not really.

But it works for us.

Dry ingredients..

Resting

So, last week I made a double batch of pizza dough

for the first time in almost 2 months.

I baked the last half on Sunday evening.

(And I typically do only 1 batch at time.)

But that was as far as I got.

Tonight, oh tonight..

I decided not to use the extra's

from last week

and

keep them in stock

and

do another double batch.

I made all the crusts,

Andrew helped prep a few

of the whole made pizzas.

I prepped the sauce with our hidden

food in it.

Yeah..tried it last week and it worked.

Pizza sauce with raw spinach pureed into it.  

Last week I also found the way

to get D to eat pizza too.

Granted he get's his own

small size pizza

that only he eats.

(this could be another post on food issues..)

Tonight, I even cleaned up the

entire mess I made

and

did the nightly dishes of

sippy cup parts and straws.

Yes!

Make dinner from scratch,

cleaned it up

and

did the kitchen clean up.

Now, my Aunt cleaned up all

the Kid's toys.
Andrew got them into bed.

I did fold some towels too.

And I just finished painting

my toe nails for

my oldest Niece's

First Communion

tomorrow morning.

But yes, this is great!

A great night!

A night of a sense of

normalcy.

No nap today either.

Actually, I think only one nap this week.

It's been a long week.

Monday, a normal day.
(Edit: No, it wasn't.  Yes, memory fail.
Andrew had his MRI recheck done. So we were
waiting for another hospital to do it. Uggh..
Duke is WAAAAY better over Rex in that area.  The techs were awesome,
the other staff not so much. ))

Tuesday,

was my post-op check up

which left me on cloud nine.

It was nice to have the

professionals say I was doing well.

Family on the other hand are

more timid

and

still worried I will over do it.

No worries guys,

I am listening to myself.

I know what I can do

and

do indeed push myself to gain some

but

try not to over do it

and

if I do

then I make myself recover from it.

I make sure I slow down.

However, I am doing well.

I really am.

I know I am not ready for all I did before

but

really, I am working on it.

The only way to get better is to rest

and

I have

but to gain

you also must challenge yourself.

So, Tuesday afternoon was the typical Logan

OT appointment.

Wednesday, was a normal day

with some shopping in it.

Thursday, BUSY!

Aidan had his final

preschool field trip.

My Aunt kept the Littles

so I could take Aidan on his own.

Which was super awesome!

Get to only have “one” kid!

I usually take Logan so he gets the idea

of how to handle something like that

which is usually chasing him

as he is running away

and

getting into danger

and of course

tantruming due to not understanding

what the boundaries or expectations are.

I try but it's hard for him.

I usually have my Mom or Andrew

come and help

especially with D too.

It puts you in a position of people

watching or wondering

and

the last field trip I took them on

turned out people sitting down

questioning me.

It's hard.

Very hard.

But, we all have to learn and gain somehow right?!

Anyways, it was nice

and

an actual chance to talk to the other Mom's

there.

First time.
Of course he's almost done with preschool now.

I guess better late than never.

Right?

Then he and I went out to lunch

using a wonderful gift someone gave us.

I checked with Andrew and he thought

it was a good thing to do.

Then Aidan and I

searched for the gift I

wanted to get

my oldest Niece for her

First Communion.

Finally found it.

Picked up some things we needed for home

and then

made it home.

Then today was a normal Friday.

I picked up my youngest Niece from

preschool with Aidan

and

they got a play date together.

My Sister has been helping pick Aidan up from

school

so I mean it was the least I can do

and

Aidan and her are good buddies.

You know it's just nice to be “me” again.

Like I said I have a ways to go

and

know that

and

am OK with that.

Not sure how all of the Family is.

I know how Andrew is.
We talk.

We're good about that.

That is how we signed up for all of this.

If he thinks I need to stop

he will let me know

but he also

knows when I am building up.

We do pretty good.

We can yell.

We do

sometimes.

It happens.

We talk well sometimes

and

others not so much.

But, we figure it out together

and

a lot of the time

are on the same wave length.

We do pretty good.

You know coming up the day before

my next MRI will be 12 years

since our first kiss.

Yes, I remember the day/night.

August will be 12 years since we

“officially” became a couple.

Heck, in December

will be 16 years since we

first started being friends.

We've been married 8 years.

Yeah..like I said..

we know each other

and

work pretty well

together.

You know, I kinda like him.

I think he kinda likes me too.

Just a thought.  

Our Sweet Boys...just because.
Aidan and Logan's are from March before the craniotomy
Baby D's are more recent.