More Milestones and The Battle of the Chunks

I'm a proud Mama today.

My SIL called me around noon and said "Oh my God"!  She never really calls me at work so my first thought was "Crap. What's wrong"?

Christopher took his first steps!  He was standing at her back door playing with the shutters and she called him to come back to her.  Her turned around and took 4 steps without falling down!

Wait!  There's more!

About 5 minutes later, Kendall crawled for the first time!  She said, "Back off big brother!  I can show off too"!

I'm excited at their accomplishments and so, so proud of them!

I also started introducing 3rd and finger foods a few weeks ago.  Christopher took to it right away and can easily eat the Gerber Puffs, banana and basically anything I give him.

Kendall, on the other hand, has quite the gag reflex.  She'll take one bite and start gagging.  Sometimes throwing up.  Once she gags, she refuses to eat any more and either pushes the spoon away or clamps her mouth shut.  I've tried all different flavors of food of varying "chunkiness".  She gags every time.

She did fine with all of the pureed 2nd foods.  I always give them a few Puffs while I'm getting their food together for dinner.  She will pick them up and even puts them to her mouth.  But, as soon as it hits her tongue, she pushes it back out again.

Has anyone experienced this and did you find anything that helped?  I know she'll eventually outgrow it but I feel horrible for her every time. I don't want meal time to turn into a dramatic ordeal where she doesn't want to eat.

Any Possibility You Are Pregnant?

I went to an orthopedic doctor this morning.  My right shoulder has been killing me for the last 3 weeks.

I've been taking 400 mg ibuprofen twice/day since I hurt it and at the risk of developing a stomach ulcer, I decided it was time to have it looked at.

The nurse asked how I think I hurt it and embarassingly, I told her it was from lifting my kids in their car seats.  I'm not embarassed because of my kids - I'm embarassed because I'm so damn out of shape (or old?) that I hurt it lifting car seats.

In my defense, those little rascals are heavy!  Each kid is 20 lbs and the car seat is 20 lbs.  I'm no mathematician but that's 40 lbs x two!  That's a heavy load!

She said they wanted to take some x-rays and asked if there's any possibility that I'm pregnant.  I immediately said "no" without much thought and then I felt the sting.

I'll never be pregnant again.  Ever. 

I count my 2 little blessings every day and I'm so thankful for what I have.  But, I'll admit it does hurt a little.

The emergency hysterectomy during their delivery saved my life but it also took away any future ability to have more children.

DH & I knew that the IVF cycle where we conceived the twins was probably our last effort so either way,  our journey was over.  I guess what hurts is that I don't have the choice anymore.

Anyway, I was diagnosed with rotator cuff tendonitis and got a cortisone shot to alleviate some of the pain and inflammation.  The doctor didn't think any further treatment would be needed but said the next step would be an MRI if I didn't see any improvement in 2-3 weeks.  I also have to do some at-home physical therapy.  Like I really have time to do that?!