I haven't written in a little while and today is definetly one of those days. Renee and Eli are in Chicago with family and I'm in SC working and enduring the heat. The plan was to spend the next couple weeks running and resting and looking forward to them coming back with Renee starting her career in nursing... plans have changed.
Back in February Renee was hospitalized due to pain and we found a cyst on her pancrease. In hindsight I don't see any way we would have known about it beside the pain and resulting MRI. Well after talked to a top surgeon the plan is now for Renee to go under the knife and rest up for about a month, me to drive up in two days to be with her and Renee and both of us to trust God's planning in all of this. I am so very glad Renee is a nurse and understands some of the medical stuff but suffice it to say the doc thinks we don't need to worry but we do need to have it removed.
Sitting here typing I am now realizing this will be one of the first stories I will ask the Lord about in heaven. The story will not be over until Renee is back home, but there are three or four parts of this story that have either been ordained by God or as Susan Collins would say, "The odds are ever in our favor," I have faith in the former.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
Settle for a slow down
A lot has changed in these past few weeks.
1. Eli is now a month old...and definitely out of newborn clothes. Hello growing boy.
2. My mom came and stayed for a week. She conquered organizing our apartment, cooked and cleaned for us. Huge blessing.
3. Eli laughed for the first time and had huge smiles.
4. I passed my nursing boards!
As Errik mentioned, it has seemed like the world around us continues to go on while we are in our own little worlds. I am completely okay with that. Ever since coming home from the hospital, I have tried spending most of Eli's sleeping moments studying for my nursing boards...completely sleep deprived and really just wanting to stare at my beautiful baby boy. My mom allowed me to put a little more focus into my exam and was a huge help! Those next 2 days after taking it were the most stressful days of my life. Once I learned that I passed, weight was lifted off and I finally felt like I could enjoy being with my baby boy. I didn't have a care in the world. I was able to play, laugh and hold Eli without feeling like I had get back to studying as soon as I could.
Eli seems to be getting the hang of this thing called life. He even sleeps for 4-5 hours through the night! (Thanks Eli!) He absolutely loves being outside although time is limited due to increasing temps. I look forward to heading to Chicago in a few weeks and just continuing to hang out with my little man who seems to bring me so much more joy than I have ever could imagine.
1. Eli is now a month old...and definitely out of newborn clothes. Hello growing boy.
2. My mom came and stayed for a week. She conquered organizing our apartment, cooked and cleaned for us. Huge blessing.
3. Eli laughed for the first time and had huge smiles.
4. I passed my nursing boards!
As Errik mentioned, it has seemed like the world around us continues to go on while we are in our own little worlds. I am completely okay with that. Ever since coming home from the hospital, I have tried spending most of Eli's sleeping moments studying for my nursing boards...completely sleep deprived and really just wanting to stare at my beautiful baby boy. My mom allowed me to put a little more focus into my exam and was a huge help! Those next 2 days after taking it were the most stressful days of my life. Once I learned that I passed, weight was lifted off and I finally felt like I could enjoy being with my baby boy. I didn't have a care in the world. I was able to play, laugh and hold Eli without feeling like I had get back to studying as soon as I could.
Eli seems to be getting the hang of this thing called life. He even sleeps for 4-5 hours through the night! (Thanks Eli!) He absolutely loves being outside although time is limited due to increasing temps. I look forward to heading to Chicago in a few weeks and just continuing to hang out with my little man who seems to bring me so much more joy than I have ever could imagine.
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