Bye Bye, Wisdom Teeth

I got my wisdom teeth taken out on Thursday morning. Ouch, ouch and more ouch.
The surgery went better than I had planned. I was beyond scared of the anesthesia but it wasnt as bad as I had anticipated. I remember hearing some of the things they were saying while they were taking out my wisdom teeth but it felt like it all happened within a matter of 2 minutes.
After getting them out, I was in no position to see my kids yet. My mom had them at her house and Davey suggested we go home and he would go pick up my medication and anything I needed at the store. I freaked out and told him I wanted to go to his aunt's house so that I wouldnt have to be alone at all.
Luckily, she was nice enough to let me stay there all day long while Davey was coming and going and doing things for me. He picked up the kids around 4pm and brought them to her house to see me.
Hayley has been such a doll and knows to be gentle around me. She tells everyone I had surgery on my mouth and they took my teeth out. Andersen doesnt quite understand the word "gentle" so I just have to watch what he's doing when he's around me. I slept from 11pm to 3am (waking up every hour in between then) the first night. It was horrible. My body would relax and I'd feel myself trying to fall asleep but my mind wouldnt shut off completely. I think I took this picture at 4am on Friday. I must've been pretty loopy to start taking pictures of my swollen face and post them straight to Facebook. :)

Davey's cousin, Kaitlyn, spent the night at our house Thurs-Friday so she could take Hayley to her summer movie for me. I was so thankful that she was willing to do that for me. It was such a huge help having her there. We ended up going back to their house for all of Friday because Davey had a bunch of homework and I was still in no shape to take care of my kids.

Last night, I actually slept for 10 hours, which was good and horrible. I'm glad I got a lot of sleep but when I woke up, I was in so much pain from not having any medication in my system.

Luckily, Friday-Saturday, Davey's other cousin, Gracie, spent the night with us to help out. I dont know what I would've done without her. Davey had left early to go golfing for Father's Day and I was in so much pain that I couldnt get up off the couch to feed my kids or get them ready. Gracie really saved me this morning. Davey's Aunt Ginger picked Gracie, the kids and I up around lunch time and we headed out to the Maughan's house for a BBQ after the boys were done golfing.

It was hard to watch everyone eating such yummy looking food but after a while, I got brave and munched on small chips and even ate half a hot dog. Tonight, I even went 8 hours in between my Hydrocodone, instead of the regular 4 hours. I know the healing is happening, it is just taking time and soon enough, Ill be back to normal.

I am so grateful to have such wonderful family nearby. Davey's Aunt Ginger is one of the most amazing people I know. She is always willing to help out when she can and my kids love her and her family so much.

I am so grateful for everyone who hs helped and continues to help with my recovery.

Davey's mom was such a help today in getting me anything I needed to eat during the BBQ. I will say that I don't always like to be waited on because I feel helpless and slightly dumb but she really made me feel cared for today. Thank you, Annette. And thank you to my mom and Ginger. We feel so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives who are always there for us.

Arizona Museum for Youth

On Tuesday, I went with my friends to the AZ Museum for Youth. I happened to be watching my brother so he got to come along also. Andersen loved these little screens that colored pictures when you touch them. Each screen had a different design it would make.

Does anybody else remember Light Brights? They had a giant one that the kids could play with and make designs.

My favorite part of the museum is the kids section. They have such a fun little place for kids 4 and under where you can build with these soft blocks...

...play in the dress up room (this was right before story time was held so they were getting ready to sit down and listen), and they also have a cool kitchen and garden section for the kids to play with (all fake, of course).

Here are the kids, all crammed into this little bubble window.

Mary cracks me up all the time. Look at all that personality in that little girl!

Afterward, we went home and played some more with Will.

Isnt he just adorable?

We had so much fun at the museum. I am so grateful to have wonderful friends who invite us to do such fun things. It's a great way to get the kids out of the house during this summer heat.

Swim Lessons

I signed Hayley up for a 2 week swim class through City of Mesa this summer. It was something fun to get us out of the house and it helped her feel more comfortable with the water.She did great on Day 1 and didnt cry until they made her lay back and try to float in the water.
Day 2 was horrible. She cried the entire 35 minutes but I stayed positive and got her excited to go back the next day.

After that, she did just fine. She got to take the class with her friend, David.

Here she is, happy to be at swim lessons.

They made up a song to "Ring Around the Rosie" that ended with, "Splashes, splashes, we all go under!" Hayley never was brave enough to go under with the rest of the kids but she really liked the song.

She loved her swim teachers, Ryan and Tyler. I think this was the last day of her lessons.

Concentrating and NOT crying. :)

It was a successful two week program. They didnt teach her how to swim but I got what I paid for. :) Within the past week, Ive been working with Hayley in my parents' pool and she is already swimming on her own. She isnt very good at it yet but she is getting better each day.

So proud of my girly and all of the things she is learning and doing!

Craft Day with the Newmans!

The next craft day was held at our house a couple weeks ago. First, just a cute picture of my Andy Bubba with his favorite thing in the entire world...his blankey! He is SO attached to this thing.

For our craft day, I let the big girls go out on the trampoline and spray each other with the hose.

They had such a blast!

Brookie's therapist actually ended up coming over and doing therapy since there was a mix up with the dates. It was so fun to be able to watch her in action, learning and getting strong.

We finished the countdown blocks for Christmas...

...and for Halloween! I think they turned out adorable. And that bottom piece of wood has Chrristmas on one side and Halloween on the other so they are interchangeable.

Craft Day with Newmans!

Davey's sister, Juli, and I have been trying to get together once a week to work on tons of craft projects we have been wanting to do. A couple weeks ago, we met at Home Depot to get all of our wood cut out for our projects.

Silly Hayley kept putting her feet up like this...

...so Annalie decided to join her. :)

Then we stopped by Michaels. Juli took the big girls to the potty and the little kids waited patiently with me.

When we got to their house, Andersen went down for a nap and the girlies all got a popsicle.

The big girls made a mess with cereal so they cleaned it up together.

And here is proof that we got a lot of stuff done. We sanded and painted tons of our blocks for probably 4 different projects.

Juli, hard at work.

At the end of the day, the kids all got to sit on a blanket and watch a movie while eating their dinner.