So here we go...

I have never thought myself to be the blogging type, but I really enjoy following other people's blogs, so I decided to step into uncharted territory and give this whole blogging thing a whirl, so here we go! I'll probably need to warn you that the majority of these postings will be related to my sweet but oh so naughty 21 month old daughter, Adalyn, for the simple reason that I spend 99.9% of my time with her as a stay at home mom. I have been very blessed to have the opportunity to be at home with Adalyn for the past year. It was most definitely a tough decision, but this is by far the most rewarding "job" and the toughest I've ever had. She is at the age where she picks up on everything and by everything I mean EVERYTHING! I am known to have a wide variety of facial expressions, which apparently my sponge of a daughter had picked up on. Here is an example....She makes this face at least ten times a day, and the funny part is that she usually isn't mad when she does it. She thinks it's funny and will laugh immediately after! So this is pretty much a glimpse of what she sees when I'm telling her no! Oh my! She had also become a little rule enforcer in our home. If she sees me sitting on the coffee table, standing on a chair, or accidentally dropping food on the floor (all things she gets in trouble for) she has no problem telling me "No Ma'am"! Oh boy am I in trouble or what! lol

In other less exciting news, I finally get to have an MRI done on Friday morning! For those who don't know I had surgery in September to remove an ovarian cyst on my left ovary that was the size of a grapefruit! During the surgery, the doctor removed my left ovary and fallopian tube, but also discovered that instead of having a normal sized uterus I have two small uteruses. Yes I'm aware how crazy that is! So currently I have two uteruses, one ovary, and one kidney! Talk about backwards! During the surgery. he also found endometriosis (when uterine lining grows in other places beside the uterus)! Since about the beginning of last year I have been in quite a lot of pain on my left lower abdomen and back usually lasting around 2 weeks out of the month... NOT FUN! Pain medicines, heat, etc., nothing could even damper the pain I was feeling! So in the late summer, when the doctor discovered The Grapefruit, I could not wait to have it out and to get my life back! After the surgery, I was feeling pretty good, still had some pain (probably from the endometriosis), but nothing compared to what it was. Unfortunately, the past two or three months that awful pain is back, pretty much leaving my life up to how much pain I'm in that particular day. Sooo back to the doctor I go, and he pretty much has no idea what's going on, so we both concluded that an MRI should show us what is causing my pain. I get my MRI results on Monday afternoon, so I will keep you posted on the results! Please keep me in your prays that it's nothing too serious :)

Anyway, Adalyn and I spent the afternoon at the park with a group of friends from our church. We had an awesome time, even though it got a little chilly when the sun went behind the clouds and a bunch of unruly daycare kids basically took over the play ground :( We all were very grateful that we were able to stay home with our kiddos and not placed in this particular daycare.... what a nightmare! Well I think that wraps up my first posting, but there should be more to come so stay tuned ;)