Surgery, blood clots, and Mom's TLC

As you can see, the left leg is a little larger than the right one. I believe I took this before I ever went to the Doctor. And that was after the swelling had gone way down, I had probably had it up for at least a couple of hours before I took the picture. Looks as if I could use some lotion on those legs! Then there is Mom "grooming" Paul - he finally got his little gauze thing off after surgery. There was this sticky glue stuff all over him and he was dirty. Poor guy couldn't shower for weeks until that thing was off. Guess he wasn't very good at sponge baths! Good thing Mom came to take care of us sicklings. And yes, she used Goo Gone to get the sticky stuff off Paul- LOL! Paul just stopped by the office to chat- he just finished his first therapy session and said it was very painful. He's been keeping busy too- has to drive tractor tonight starting at 1am. He seems anxious to get back to Minot and get back to work- I'm guessing he's more excited about moving into his apartment at the end of the month. I'll have to go to Minot and scope the place out.

SoOoO CuTe!

Here are the make n' takes we participated in! Some of them required standing in line forEVER, but it was fun and worth it. I loved the Christmas card, and am really into stamping now. Some of the companies gave out other great stuff while standing in line, which I thought was pretty impressive- Who doesn't love free stuff!?

Scrapfest!

Feast your eyes! This is quite possibly the only pregnancy picture you will ever see of me. Here I am in line to register at Scrapfest in the Mall of America. And we were EARLY! I had such a good time- definitely something I would do again! Sorry the pictures a little dark, but the one of Mom and I together isn't the best either- she's got goofy eyes in it.

Im alive!

Hello everyone! Just a little update- it has been way too long since my last post! Mom and I had a wonderful time in the cities- I learned a lot of different techniques and splurged on scrapbooking materials- but will soon be putting them to good use! I have less than 2 months to go and this baby will arrive, and since I know more than the Doctors, I will be having it earlier than planned. (We'll see) Justin finished potatoes last Friday- thank goodness since it rained all day Sunday and Monday. Now we have beans, corn, and sunflowers left. I'm sure you've all heard about my stupid leg- not too much has changed lately and it seems to be doing OK. I think it improved a lot at first and now is just maintaining. The shots aren't that bad either and I get to switch to pills after the baby is born, so that will be nice. Two of my girlfriends are throwing me a small shower on the 18Th, so Woo HOO! It will be nice to see the girls and stock up on some baby supplies. We do have a crib now- Justin had it all set up when I got home from the cities. Grama Jody and Justin's Aunt Julie and Grama Joan bought us the crib- very appreciated! Well, just wanted to give you a short update- I'll post some new pictures later! Hope all is well!