Goodbye Gallbladder!

(Jimmy attempted to sleep on this little love seat!!!)

So it was finally time to say good bye to my Gallbladder! Something I have been expecting for a few years now has finally happened.

Two weeks ago during dinner with Jimmy I started having some chest pains that I would describe as a "heart attack" turns out it was my Pancreas. That was being "bothered" by my gallbladder that wasn't working correctly. After a few days in the hospital and every test under the sun, they finally decided to take my gallbladder out. I was a little nervous about the surgery, but Jimmy never left my side...and everyone and their dog in my family has had this surgery and they all seem fine, so with a little help from some "good drugs" I made it out okay.

Turns out, this problem with my gallbladder has been making me tired and sick for awhile now, but it came on so slowly I didn't realize that there was a problem untill they took it out. I feel so-o much better. I have all of my energy back and I don't feel like sitting on the couch all day. I just wish I had figured out what was going on a while ago...I have wasted 3 months feeling like a couch potatoe not knowing what was making me feel so yucky.

A HUGE THANKS to my mom and my mother in law for taking over with Rowdy while I was in the hospital...I have no idea what I would have done with out you! Also a big thanks to Jimmy for staying by my side the entire time, constantly reminding me everything would be okay...I love you babe! (Even though you told me I just had heart burn when I told you I was having a heart attack ;)

So onto bigger and better things... hopefully there won't be anymore stays in the hospital in the near future!!!

Rowdy...16 months old!

Growing Growing Gone!

Rowdy is growing up way to fast! Yesterday I took him to the doctor for a check up, and his doctor told me I could switch him to a tottler bed anytime in the next couple of months! It freaked me out! How could my little sweet baby be ready for a tottler bed! It made me just want to hold on to him and give him kisses the rest of the day. Which I did...much to his dismay!
It's amazing how fast these little ones grow. It doesn't seem that long ago, I was lugging him around in my belly :) If anyone has a way to stop the growth let me know!!!

July...

Happy 4th of July

Hope everyone has a wonderful time celebrating today! We are lucky to be in the land of the free! Happy 4th of July! And for anyone who is not in Arizona...light up a few sparklers for me, would ya???

Red Robin!

Friday Rowdy and I spend the day with Jimmys mom and his sisters, we went to the beauty supply store, Norstroms Rack, and Red Robin. It was a lot of fun, and something I should do more often. When I was pregnant with Rowdy so where 5 of Jimmys sisters, and we where all due with in 3 months of each other pinning Rowdy right in the middle. It is always so fun to see all of them interact together now that they are old enough to play with each other. It's always fun to walk into a restaurant together and ask for 6 high chairs and all of us with a one year old in our arms.
Rowdy is normally a pretty good baby when we take him out, luckily he wasn't any different on Friday. If I could have just kept him from eating the coasters, it would have been a perfect meal!

Fun in the sun!

Rowdy has taken a little while to warm up to the idea that he is going to be a little sun baby! He really had no choice on the matter...mommy loves the sun...baby has too! So after many attempts at taking him swimming in big pools and having him bear hug me to death the entire time. We finally purchased a baby pool for him! I am pleased to say he loves it!!!

The hand pump I used to pump his new pool up with! Never again will I go cheap and buy a hand pump instead of an eletric one! My arms are still like butter!


Rowdy had as much fun watching me blow it up, as he did swimming in it! He was like a crazy person trying to figure out what I was blowing up in our front room, it was too cute!






Once he figured out he could stand up and sit down with out going under he went crazy splashing and playing!





I am keeping my fingers crossed that a few more times in the his pool will prepare him for the BIG pool! Either way we had a ton of fun in the sun!