Last Saturday - Garden - 3/21

Daddy's little helper!

WOW, how things have just POPPED! Although these were taken a little bit ago, I JUST got them posted.

Ezra's 2nd Birthday

Ezra's birthday was really quite nice, considering I had just has surgery less than 24 hours before! :) I rested most of the day, but we played and enjoyed our day together VERY MUCH! It was the biggest blessing too, as a friend of mine, graciously brought our family a meal so we wouldn't starve :) and it was the yummiest, most delicious "day after surgery/birthday meal" I could've ever have asked for! WOW! And to top it all off, she brought CUPCAKES as she knew it was Ezra's birthday and knew I couldn't bake a cake! WOW! Now THAT'S what I call FRIENDS! THANK YOU SO MUCH, Patty! No words to express my gratitude.

The weather was amazing and we all sat out on our patio to have a picnic dinner!

See my new birthday plate I just did!? :) SO FUN!
Yes, that is a tea light candle. How tacky is that!? BAD MOM! I didn't realize I didn't have any birthday candles, so we "ad libbed." :)

Make a wish, precious!

Mmmm, this is SO YUMMY! Isn't he HANDSOME!?

Maticulous just like at his first birthday! :) For those of you who couldn't make it or don't remember, I made Ezra his very own birthday cake that he could "dive in to" and I had colorful stars around the bottom of the cake to make a border and instead of usual, grab a fist full of cake and stuff it in the mouth move, he took his tiny pincher fingers and took one tiny little star and ate it ONE AT A TIME around the bottom of the cake! We were all laughing! He's my particular one! Has to buckle the buckle on his high chair EVERY TIME he gets out of his high chair and has to make sure he pushes it in. Crazy kid! Not sure who he gets that from! :)

Sugar dazed after all that heap of frosting!

Week since Surgery!

Well, I'm back again! Lots has happened since last Thursday this time! I'm awake, that's one thing! :) Had my follow up with my doctors' office this morning. They said the incision actually looks good like it's healing. At this point, I'm still very unable to do much of anything. Typing is slow, but at least I can with one hand! :) My pain level on a scale from 0-10 is still at about a 7. Not sure why, but that's the way it is. My hand, too, is SO WEAK. At this point, I can't even clinch my hand into a fist. My fingers don't move, so slow going, but getting there. There is still numbness!!!!! That's my biggest concern! Quite a bit actually! They say 70% patients that have had this surgery get immediate relief day after surgery. Another 20% gradually get it back over 6 months or so after surgery, and the other 10% the surgery never heals as there is permanent nerve damage. I'm optimistic and believe I will be of the 20%!!! :)

So there you have it! :) Thanks for your continued prayers as I continue healing!!

Happy Birthday Ezra BALTZLY!!!!

Today is Ezra's birthday! Wow! Two years has FLOWN by! Shew! This is his first birthday with OUR last name!! Thank You, JESUS!!! We're so thankful!

We too are remembering our sweet Loren Walter! Today would've been his birthday also!

Surgery!

BEFORE

Post surgery recovery!

You can see my fingers very swollen! They are better today.

Several are asking for an update from surgery! I've decided to post one handed! :)

It went well. A little trouble with respiratory at the beginning of anesthesia, but all turned out alright! Benjamin just got real worried when he sat in the waiting room for me and about 5 minutes after they rolled me away he heard over the loud speaker, "Dr Erickson (my dr) to OR #5 STAT for respitory! STAT to OR#5." That was me! Everything else went smooothly!

Today, I'm pretty uncomfortable, although that's to be expected! Running a low grade fever, so praying hard that goes away and no infection at incision site!! I get to take original dressing off tomorrow. Am very curious to see!

Thank you for your continued prayers! There is still tingly numbness in fingers as before, but hopefully that goes away. They said 70% of the patients that have this surgery will have immediate day after surgery relief or feeling back! Not me quite yet, but hopefully soon!

I'll post later!

Big Day

Tomorrow is the big day! Phew! As I write, the house is quiet. Two of my kids are spending the night tonight instead of getting up at 4:30 in the morning to get all loaded up and dropped off at three different homes! Shew! But I'm WIPED! That wasn't originally the plan. The hospital doesn't call you until the night before to tell you what time you have to be there. So, I didn't find out it was so early until tonight at 6:00 PM. NICE! :) Luckily, Laine & Ezra are situated, and now it will just be Chavalah we have to drop off so early in the morning!!! It's been reported Laine is asleep, and Ezra was asleep before I left. I wanted to make sure he wasn't going to cry awhile when he was not in his own bed. He went right down! :) So nice!

Good night! Other than the possibility of Benjamin posting for me, it may be a bit before you see another post! JUST WARNING YOU, you blog regulars!!! :) I actually LOVE it that you so faithfully read my blog! And that you so faithfully pray for our family!

Hugs!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!!!!!!!

Best baby EVER! Happy all the time and smiley all the time! :)

This is her new silly thing. She sucks her bottom lip and squeaks it.

Here's our little sweetie on St Patrick's Day!!! :) Do you see now, why I can't quit squeezing her!?!?

Also, Happy Birthday Annika, my sweet cousins' baby (not anymore). And Happy Birthday Isabella, my dear friends little girl!!!