Monthly Archives: December 2009

Update on my Stumble

December 7, 2009

This is a post-doctor visit update to part of yesterday’s post where I mentioned falling down the stairs…. As I Twittered and Facebooked about this morning, my body is finally feeling the damage that I did to it by falling down the basement stairs Saturday morning. When I first hit the bottom of the stairs I laid there for a minute getting my bearings. After my head stopped whirling and I could see straight I just kept going with my laundry. My head hurt, so I took a dose of Tylenol and went on with our plans for the day. The baby had started kicking and squirming like normal not long after the fall, so I wasn’t worried about him. Yesterday I felt fine aside from the scrape on the side of my back being pretty tender. Baby moved as normal, so I still wasn’t worried. However, as I sat up watching tv after putting Jeremy to bed I had what felt like a horrible migraine. I dosed myself with the sugar and caffeine which help with that when my usual solution of Imitrex isn’t possible during pregnancy. It worked for a while, but as I tucked myself into...

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When it rains, it pours…

December 6, 2009

So, it took us longer than expected to return our DirecTV receivers, leading them to automatically debit $500 from our checking account until the receivers get to them. I shipped them last Tuesday via FedEx, but have yet to see my money returned. We are not so well off that we can live comfortably with $500 coming out of our account without having first been carefully budgeted. Then, Jason had to go away to school for a couple of weeks. I can absolutely take care of things around here for two weeks without him, right? Riiiight, except when life turns me on my head… literally. Yesterday I was taking a load of laundry down the stairs to the washer in the basement. I’ve done it tons of times in the few months we’ve lived in this house. I turned around at the top of the stairs to close the door behind me so that Rusty and Jeremy wouldn’t follow me down, lost my balance and fell all the way to the bottom. I have NEVER fallen down stairs before. I mostly slid and bumped down on my back and side, but whacked my head pretty well on the banister...

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Baking With My Baby

December 1, 2009
Baking With My Baby

My three-year old son has recently become really REALLY interested in helping me in the kitchen. Ever since he could stand up he’s been intrigued by what goes on in there, but only wanted to either make a mess of my cupboards or bang the pots together. This new shift to actually wanting to watch me work and help me is so neat. Here we are ready to get started. I’ve told him that it’s hard for me to let him help when I’m trying to get dinner on the table, but he does like to help me with breakfast and lunches. However, his very favorite time is when we each tie on our aprons (“so we can be chefs”) and bake together. He is most enthralled with cupcakes and muffins because we always make some mini-sized especially for him. I measure it, he pours it in the bowl. When he gets a little more steady-handed, I’ll start using this time to teach him measurements and fractions. Is it done mixing yet? Jeremy showing “Jason’s mom” (that’s what he’s chosen to call her) the cupcake batter. Getting our just rewards. Until recently I have been so frustrated when Jeremy...

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