Let me take a moment to explain to you why I have been MIA from the blogging world. I'm 13 weeks pregnant. Normally I wouldn't be telling you this but it got leaked out on Facebook (of the devil) against my will and so pretty much everyone knows anyway. I'm sick. I keep thinking that the morning sickness wouldn't be half as bad if I could just get some sleep but my hips are causing major problems already. I don't know if you remember my post about my hip being dislocated but what it boils down to is that it hurts and I don't sleep much. Plus we have some other crazy stuff going on. We signed on our knew house last weds. Got the keys thursday night and started moving in about an hour later. The packing, unpacking, and cleaning is going to be the end of me... Or my children?.. I'm not sure which. The move has definitely triggered some naughtiness and I'm about at my end with it. That being said... I LOVE MY NEW HOUSE! (pics to come) I love the space. Both the literal space and the emotional space. Our new ward seems awesome and the neighbors we have met are awesome. Hopefully we can get AnDee enrolled in the preschool accross the street. That would make life a little easier.
The last crazy thing? (well at least the last big one. I can't even name all the little things that are making life crazy) Andrew has a brain tumor. Now don't go freaking out. It's not cancerous nor is it life threatening. It does however, make him fairly miserable. It has been the cause of all the headaches, the unexplained weight gain, the upsets stomachs, the hives, and the extreme fatigue ALL the time. It's on his pituitary gland which is the gland that controls all your hormones. He's pretty uncomfortable 100% of the time and has been for going on 4 years now. The good news is that a couple weeks ago they gave us his surgery date. September 12th. We are so excited but it's super scary. Brain surgery is always scary I think.
Life is nuts. I'm so behind on my blogging that I think I might forget what needs to be caught up on and just start fresh. But that will all have to wait until the house is in order and I don't have to do my blogging on my phone. This is ridiculous.
CHAN! oh my gosh. i cannot believe all of that. you guys are incredible. YAY for the baby and YAY for the new house and BOOOOOOOOOO for the brain tumor. lame. but it sounds like it's under control? you are super woman. seriously.
ReplyDeleteThey (some expert somewhere) say the top most stressful things in life are~ a death, a change in jobs, moving, pregnancy and health concerns. As usual you are an over achiever! Couldn't just do one or two stress bringer onners :) I'm excited for you to have your own home (sad it's so far away) Can't wait to see pictures of it! Andrew will be in prayers~ there is nothing worse than your hubby being sick and miserable:( especially since you feel like crud too. Keep us in formed of how surgery goes. Hang in there, I'm sure there is some fabulous lesson you are learning through all this! xoxoxox Better call Gayle once in a while, she's gonna go through some withdrawals :')
ReplyDeleteWow. Those are only a few stressful things. I'm glad that they found out what's wrong and are able to fix it though, and hopefully it'll make Andrew feel tons better! I'm thinking of you guys. Let me know if there's anything we can do.
ReplyDeleteHoly Moley, lady! Crazy is right! Prayers for you & Andrew coming your way. I hope that everything goes well with the surgery. And congratulations on the new house AND the baby on the way! Good luck!
ReplyDeletewhat a huge post! i'll be thinking about you guys, especially around the 12th. hope you all are feeling better soon. i also hope plenty of people are stopping by with yummy treats for your family. :)
ReplyDeletewow. my heart goes out to you! Good luck with everything!
ReplyDeleteBaby #3 - that's so exciting!! Mostly because you produce the cutest kids, so I'm happy there will be more. I hope your new house has lots of space for you to fill with a dozen little Naugles. Hopefully you start feeling better soon!
ReplyDeleteAs for the tumor, once you said no to worry I figured it was the pituitary type. They are still a pain in the butt to live with, so I think it's okay for people to worry. My sister has lived with one for most of her life so far and I've seen her go through the exhaustion and other symptoms you talked about. It's really tough, I'm sorry that he has to deal with that and that you have to see him deal with it. Lucky for him to have an awesomely supportive wife to help him.
I'm happy to see that things are going well and your positive outlook is so inspiring! We will keep you guys in our prayers during these stressful times of life.