Well, I survived my first day back at work last week, and realized I needed to be more restful when I could if I want to recover soon!
On Friday I had the kids to myself for the first time in almost two weeks. I missed them terribly while I was in my initial recovery so I was pleased. Unfortunately I had two therapy sessions scheduled for Emma, so I had to take them out in the car! To their credit they were awesome, and got into their seats quite quickly. (I am very glad I have a car they can get into and out by themselves or life would be tough!!)
We had physical therapy first. Emma goes weekly, but Pops takes her, so I only go on occasion. I was amazed at the progress she has made and videoed some of her feats. (Toby also enjoys going and seems quite at home playing in the background!)
Toby helps a lot because Emma will try things she sees him doing, the daredevil!
Onto Speech, and her half hour session per month is really just to check-in and make sure she's keeping up on her pronunciation. She always gives us a good laugh at the very mature comments she makes, so cute coming from a little girl. Toby has started to use the same vocabulary as Emma, which is funny. The other day I said "Oh my gosh!" Toby corrected me and said "No mommy, you should say "Oh my goodness!", as Emma often tells me! (People who say "Oh my God" get told they shouldn't say that, immediately.)
Then Scott's cousin Bevin brought Lainey and Paige over to play. All 4 kids disappear upstairs and play together, giving us a break.
That is until the girls come and tell us that Toby is punching/tackling/jumping on the bed, etc. I lost track of the number of times I had to tell him if he wanted to play with the girls, he would have to play gently. He can, he and Emma often play quietly together, but the boy in him wanted to show-off and fight!
We went bowling with Christina and Jeremy, and the boys, after dinner. It was a lot of fun. I enjoyed watching since I could not play - and because I was a little sore, I also opted out of chasing the kids down! (FYI: painkillers do not dull the pain, the just make you happier despite it. That was not what I wanted!!)
On Saturday Scott was working again. Did I mention he's been working every Saturday for ages and other overtime? He really is awesome, and tired! When the kids go to bed (after he wrestles them through dinner and bedtime) he collapses. Thankfully the kids were pretty easy on me again and even played together upstairs so I could watch some Olympics (my latest obsession!).
Then, Scott and I went to see the new Batman movie with friends. It was awesome. I wouldn't consider it a date movie, unless you are married with kids and want to totally get sucked into another world for a short time. No lulls in action to worry about who might not be in bed yet (Emma!).
So, I'm slowly getting better. I can cough and sneeze now without much concern. I can browse in a store for a few minutes without pain, and driving today was much better.
I'm excited to say that at no time in the past two weeks have I felt angry at God or "why me?" about having gotten sick. (And I shouldn't, this was minor compared to all that my baby girl has gone through!) In fact I feel very blessed to have been relatively not sick, and had so many people help with my recovery. My one regret is I didn't ask for a tummy tuck!! ;)
On Friday I had the kids to myself for the first time in almost two weeks. I missed them terribly while I was in my initial recovery so I was pleased. Unfortunately I had two therapy sessions scheduled for Emma, so I had to take them out in the car! To their credit they were awesome, and got into their seats quite quickly. (I am very glad I have a car they can get into and out by themselves or life would be tough!!)
We had physical therapy first. Emma goes weekly, but Pops takes her, so I only go on occasion. I was amazed at the progress she has made and videoed some of her feats. (Toby also enjoys going and seems quite at home playing in the background!)
Toby helps a lot because Emma will try things she sees him doing, the daredevil!
Onto Speech, and her half hour session per month is really just to check-in and make sure she's keeping up on her pronunciation. She always gives us a good laugh at the very mature comments she makes, so cute coming from a little girl. Toby has started to use the same vocabulary as Emma, which is funny. The other day I said "Oh my gosh!" Toby corrected me and said "No mommy, you should say "Oh my goodness!", as Emma often tells me! (People who say "Oh my God" get told they shouldn't say that, immediately.)
Then Scott's cousin Bevin brought Lainey and Paige over to play. All 4 kids disappear upstairs and play together, giving us a break.
We went bowling with Christina and Jeremy, and the boys, after dinner. It was a lot of fun. I enjoyed watching since I could not play - and because I was a little sore, I also opted out of chasing the kids down! (FYI: painkillers do not dull the pain, the just make you happier despite it. That was not what I wanted!!)
On Saturday Scott was working again. Did I mention he's been working every Saturday for ages and other overtime? He really is awesome, and tired! When the kids go to bed (after he wrestles them through dinner and bedtime) he collapses. Thankfully the kids were pretty easy on me again and even played together upstairs so I could watch some Olympics (my latest obsession!).
Then, Scott and I went to see the new Batman movie with friends. It was awesome. I wouldn't consider it a date movie, unless you are married with kids and want to totally get sucked into another world for a short time. No lulls in action to worry about who might not be in bed yet (Emma!).
So, I'm slowly getting better. I can cough and sneeze now without much concern. I can browse in a store for a few minutes without pain, and driving today was much better.
I'm excited to say that at no time in the past two weeks have I felt angry at God or "why me?" about having gotten sick. (And I shouldn't, this was minor compared to all that my baby girl has gone through!) In fact I feel very blessed to have been relatively not sick, and had so many people help with my recovery. My one regret is I didn't ask for a tummy tuck!! ;)
Here's a couple of other cute kid pics for you...
Toby tries something Emma would never do... (yes, it's secured to the wall!)
The kids take it easy, making it easy on me!
Right before bedtime, the kids are still hyper and ask me to take pictures of their crazy poses!
Before bowling we had some time to kill, so Scott won the kids a couple of toys in the arcade.
Emma and Toby play "horse" at PT. Emma was the horse until we said she couldn't pull the hoop with her neck!!
Emma's been on a creative bent lately. This is her and her friends...
This is Rapunzel and Flynn Rider...
And this was a self-portrait, I think!
Toby tries something Emma would never do... (yes, it's secured to the wall!)
The kids take it easy, making it easy on me!
Right before bedtime, the kids are still hyper and ask me to take pictures of their crazy poses!
Before bowling we had some time to kill, so Scott won the kids a couple of toys in the arcade.
Emma and Toby play "horse" at PT. Emma was the horse until we said she couldn't pull the hoop with her neck!!
Emma's been on a creative bent lately. This is her and her friends...
This is Rapunzel and Flynn Rider...
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