Man, has my little world been busy lately!

I've missed you.

Altogether, I think there are about 20 of you that read this. Not sure how often; I haven't checked out my audience lately.

Well, vacation was wonderful. The drive was AWFUL. Just because over 12 hours in a vehicle (riding or driving) through hills and mountains doesn't make for much fun. Never again, no matter how much stuff I'll have to mail.

My niece is beautiful. and quiet. and sleepy. It was difficult to leave.

My sis has managed to bounce back from having Brody less than six weeks ago. She wore a bikini to the beach. #&*!*#$%#! So jealous. Evidently, she's has my Mom's genetics when it comes to post partum recovery. Good for her.
Really.
Seriously, I mean that.
We can't all be fortunate enough to learn that breastfeeding DOES NOT melt off lbs., coming back to work 5 sizes bigger than you were before you got pregnant gets you comments like, "you're a mom; it's ok" or "you'll never look as good as you used to", and doing an hour of cardio 4 days a week is a wonderful way of being more aware of your body. I felt my back shake. My back.

But I WAS able to show her some of the things I learned by mothering Turner. That felt pretty cool.

I missed Tanner and Turner, but I didn't get homesick. Since this was my first trip away from home since Turner was born, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to be away from him for days at a time. Wrong. So, so wrong. It was a good break. I (we) certainly needed it.

Arriving home, however, was very difficult. Turner hugged me; then he hid from me and wouldn't let me me near him for a day. Then next day he had a total emotional breakdown and cried and rocked back and forth when he saw me. I held him for the rest of the night. For about a week if I turned my back to him or left the room, he broke into tears and fell to the floor. I felt terrible. Now, he's going through a phase where he doesn't want to be anywhere without BOTH Tanner and I. I think he's starting to get over it, but it's tough. For him and for us.

Last week, we sang Happy Birthday twice. Once for my sis and another time for Rex. Veronica is home for a few weeks and then onto Fort Bragg. She hasn't been home for more than 4 days in over 10 years. It's been nice having her around again.

I don't mention Rex much. If I would have started this blog pre-Turner; you would have thought he was a child. He's our dog we adopted from the humane society after we got married.
Summary: I adopted him, brought him home, he fell in love with Tanner, and now he's pretty much Tanner's dog.
Anyway, Rex turned 7 years old and we had to have a little party for him because last year (my bad) we forgot his birthday. I didn't remember it until over week later. Granted, he's a dog. He doesn't know when or what the hell his birthday is, but he is a part of our family and in my family we celebrate getting older whether you want to or not.

After the birthday festivities we continued through a normal week. On Saturday, we went to CedarPoint and hung out in Kiddie Kingdom and Planet/Camp Snoopy. First time being there as a parent, but it was pretty cool. Turner had a good time and I enjoyed seeing Tanner scrunch himself into the little rides and be spun around. It was awesome.

As you know, earlier this week Mom had her surgery. Everything went very good. They found a tumor on her uterus that they didn't see before so it was even more relieving to know that all that stuff is gone. She has a follow-up appointment next week to get the results of the tumor's biopsy, but she feels good and is getting around slowly, but says that she doesn't have alot of pain. You don't know how much better I feel. It feels like a weight was lifted off of me. It's amazing how you don't realize how much things are affecting you. I thought I was doing pretty good dealing with her surgery refusal, etc. But I can tell my attitude has changed over the course of the past couple of days. My thoughts are more clear and I'm alot happier. I feel good.

I still have alot of things I want to blog about, but I'm limited on time today. I'll be back tonight or tomorrow, but until then have a great day everyone!