Good as New - in 3 Months

I finally got my stitches out. The doctor says the scar will just blend into my ear. The swelling is almost all gone. Only dime sized spots near my ears are still numb. ANd that should go away soon. My hair is also growing back. THank goodness. But it will look a little odd for a while. The only sad thing is my diet. The doctor told me at my surgery to not chew anything for two weeks. Needless to say smushy food gets a little boring. Unfortunately, he meant that I can not chew anything until my jaw is fully healed - in 3 months!!! ARRGHHH. I am very tired of smoothies, yogurt, pudding, soup and mashed potatoes. It is difficult to have a well rounded diet when you can't chew anything. I guess this will help me lose some more weight. At least I can still eat ice cream!!

Families are Forever

We were sad to see everyone go. But everyone had a great time.

Family Fun

My kids loved having Maddy and Axel around to play with. I'm not sure that Maddy and Axel enjoyed their enthusiasm early in the mornings though. Isaac would get up first and wake up everyone to play.

Texas Tourist

So with Mom and Dad and Maddy and Axel here visiting we did a little sight seeing. We went to San Antonio and went to the temple, visited Mike and Mindy and saw the Alamo and the Riverwalk. I took Maddy to visit the University of Texas campus. We took a walking tour. I was very impressed. I'd never visited campus before. It made me want to go back to school. Hook 'em Horns!!
We also went out to Fredericksburg to visit the Wildseed Farms.


Lastly we went downtown to watch the Congress Avenue bats emerge from under the bridge. This colony is the largest urban bat colony in the world. There are millions of bats living under the bridge. There are so many that they show up on the weather radar. It takes 30 - 45 minutes for them all to emerge. It is very cool to watch.

Hazel is getting to be so much fun. She is a very happy girl in the morning and wakes up smiling. A friend sent her the cute dress. Thanks Anne.

some new pics

Just some typical sunday resting!

Resting on the Sabbath

We were busy all weekend cleaning the garage, doing yardwork, cleaning the carpets and dejunking everything. (Still more to do on that front). But we definitely deserved our day of rest today. Sundays around our house are pretty laid back. Toby reads, Nate sometimes cooks, (although today was just left overs), sometimes sleeps, (because of working so hard yesterday), Aspen and Isaac play, Betsy takes care of Hazel or plans the week, but mostly we just hang out as a family. Hazel is getting bigger and starting to interact with anyone that will look her way. My face is looking better. Most of the swelling has gone down and only a little numbness left. I am getting really tired of mashed potatoes and soup though. I have discovered that mac and cheese can pretty much just be swallowed...it doesn't require a lot of chewing and there is always ice cream! The good thing to come from this enforced diet is I've lost weight and can get back into about half of my old clothes!! yea!! I'm going to start running and I think things will got even faster. THe doctor says it will be about 3 months before my diet is back to what it was before the surgery. (I wouldn't recommend this as a dieting option though). Anyway, not much is going on here. It is 100 degrees and pretty humid. Mom and Dad and Maddy and Axel will be here on Tuesday. We are excited about that!! Hope everyone has enjoyed their day of rest!!