Back Pain is for the Birds!

I don't think I have ever hurt this bad in my back...EVER! It hurts to sit, stand, bend, stoop, twist...MOVE! I swear it literally feels like someone has socked me with a baseball bat in my back! I am so tired of feeling this pain.

I was out of work half a day yesterday and all day today. I slept most of the day yesterday and took a nap when Cam did. Today I have just moped around hoping that the meds would take the pain away eventually but nope. It's still there.

Oh and never ever ever again will I agree to have a cortisone shot. I will just deal with the pain. Not only was the needle a weird feeling needle but the liquid itself burned. I immediately felt a burning sensation traveling through my hips and down and out into my leg and upper back. Then all the feeling started to leave my right leg. I felt like I couldn't walk right because I couldn't feel it as good. Then hours later my left leg started going numb and then sensation returned with this dull achy feeling. I hated it!

I slept okay last night and woke up feeling no pain....until I stooped down to change Cam's diaper. Whoa! I almost fell over.

This has been going on for about two weeks now and I think it's over-stayed it's welcome.

Just ready to feel normal again and be able to play with my kids and do stuff around the house without pain.

On a good note though I have seen my friend Jacklyn two days in a row and plan on having a "date" with her tomorrow. Hehe. She said it. :)

Our Week/Weekend

We've been quite busy this week but slowed down a bit by the weekend. My back is still hurting pretty bad so I wasn't able to get much done.

We had a great weekend though to say the least. Friday and Saturday night we grilled out and had our friends over, we rode around on the 4-wheeler(until I realized I couldn't do it), Karli had her friend Emily spend the night Friday, played in the water on the trampoline(my kids' favorite thing to do), helped daddy cut down some trees/weeds and I had a photo session with my friend Keree`s little boy.

Here are a few pictures to sum up the last week.

Camden and his sister sharing a special moment. I LOVE this.


Cam is in love with trains, dinosaurs, his blankie and books. He usually has to sleep with these trains too.


He now uses his toys for leverage. This is a pretty high cabinet. I really think he's the next Spiderman.


Karli and her friend sitting on the couch watching tv. Nevermind the clothes on the end. My back was more important than moving the clothes. My OCD about killed me though.


Picture with Sissy.


Koltbug! Our Saturday afternoon session was a great but HOT one!


Cam helping his daddy cut down some trees. Well he helped by saving the seat. Keiser was barking and he was telling him to "HUSH!"


He loves watching his daddy ride the motorcycle.


Pushing his limits for sure. All I know is he better not mess of that new arm since having surgery.


I just love him. He was watching his daddy ride all over the yard.

What you talkin bout Willis?! Back to bloggin

I had all kinds of stuff ready to be written..well typed... tonight but got a little side tracked and now I'm just tired..trying to hold my eyes open. There are still some things on this blog that I have to go back and fix like my signature at the bottom. My SIL(who made this template for me) is working on that. She's great! ;)

Wondering how I got side tracked?! Well as I was getting out of the shower I could hear Cam screaming. I thought....he's just wanting his momma to come and rock him. So I hurried in there and after shuffling around in the dark trying to adjust my eyes and use the little bit of green light coming from his Twilight Turtle I grabbed him. He wouldn't budge. Uh oh. So I turned on his lamp and notice his leg, his chunky leg was stuck in the slats of his crib! He was screaming for me to help him and all I could do was think about the last time this happened. It wasn't an easy fix.

So there I was trying to calm him, crouched down and easing his leg as much as I could in and up through the slats...only I was getting anywhere. He just screamed louder and louder. I was starting to freak out but remain calm at the same time. So I scream "Babe" calling out to Bobby who was knocked out on the living room couch! Cam in utter despair yells, "Babe" through agonizing screams. Oh man that was awful. I wanted to cry. How in the heck was I gonna get his leg out? Oh yeah it's just a bed I will break one of the slats off. Heck Cam had already done that and we had to screw it back in(we really did).

So I just said to myself, I WILL get his leg out. So I kept pushing and squeezing all the baby fat in a little at a time. Kinda reminded me of those Chinese handcuffs that you can put on your fingers but can't pull them out unless you know the trick...well that was me and Cam.

So eventually his leg was freed. I rubbed it and patted and soothed him. Telling him how much I loved him and that he was a big boy(waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh). He pulled his blankie over his head and rolled over.

Man that was hard. I just hope he doesn't do it again. Those little legs aren't that little anymore and next time we may be removing a slat!

Sing Along

I had to come over and post a blog post about something Cam did Saturday and again today. We were on our way to Wild Adventures Saturday and the song Magic(1974) by Pilot came on the radio. There's a catchy phrase in the song "Ho Ho Ho, It's magic, You know, Never believe, it's not so, It's magic" and so on and so on...well me and Karli were singing it and looking at Cam at the same time and all of a sudden he starts to sing it too! I was so excited that I started clapping and saying, "Yay!" LOL. Karli thought it was quite cute too. It was so funny hearing him try and keep the tune and saying "Magic, ho ho ho."

Then this morning we were laying on the couch watching Nick Jr. and the song Groove with Me came on by Signing Times. He immediately started singing it and doing the motions. Wait a minute...this literally happened overnight! He's been learning so many new things this past week that I want to write it all down and remember it ALL!

Oh and he can do a really good split too! I will have to capture that on video one day.

I'm waiting on a video to load and am tired so excuse any typos as I'm not going to proofread this.

Love my little bugs.

Our weekend

We've had a great weekend. We woke the kids up and surprised them Saturday by taking them to Wild Adventures. We met up with my cousin Sheena and her family. It was hot really really HOT but it was tons of fun. Cam was able to enjoy himself since he was older than the last time he went. We drank lots of water and slushes. We stood in on the bridge when the boat came down so we could get wet, we got our two oldest kids on the Twisted Typhoon(big mistake for me), we rode the Choo Choo Train(Cam's in love with trains) and saw lots of animals and we rode several other rides including the Ferris Wheel. The older I get the more I realize I do not like heights anymore.

Cam loved the rides. I can't say the same for Karli and Hunter when they were on the Twisted Typhoon. My glasses were knocked off my face and my neck popped. Hunter insisted on riding in the front so we were in the 3rd and 4th cars.

(These pictures are snappies uploaded through the blog so excuse the flat, pixely look).

We came home later that afternoon and Cam took his usual 2-3 hour nap. We had my SIL, Candy and BIL, David came over for grilled steaks. We all sat outside around the grill and talked(I love this).

Tonight(Sunday) we went to my Grandma and Grandaddy Cook's house for a going away get together for my Aunt. We had LOTS of food. Good food! My Aunt Rhonda can make some good salads! The kids had lots of fun and it was good to see my family. We came home around 3 for Cam to nap and then we went to our friends, Keree' and Russell's house for steaks. The kids love going over there. They rode on the golf cart after they were done eating for a few and then we came home. We got home and Cam took him a bath and went to bed. Karli has been cleaning her room and we're in the living room watching some tv and I'm doing this blog.

We have a tropical storm coming in a got a bit of rain today. I think we may be getting a little more.

Yay It's Friday!

I love Fridays and I'm glad that it's the weekend. As usual it will fly by but I hope to make the best of it. We have a surprise for the kids in the morning and I know they're both gonna flip!!

Today was Karli's last day of 4th grade. I was sitting in the bathtub a few minutes ago and I was thinking that next school year she's gonna be one grade closer to middle school. Then I thought about me when I was her age and I almost started crying! How have the years gone by so fast that my first baby is now(in less than two months) gonna be considered a tween! Huh?! Really? Where's the pause button at?

She has grown it seems overnight and has learned so much. She's got one heck of a memory like her momma and she reminds me so much of me when I was little. Even though she's a few years ahead at her age than I was. I was still playing with baby dolls at her age and her favorite thing to do is play games on the computer(or hack my Facebook account). Momma loves you Karlibug!

Cam's in the bed(probably already fast asleep with his "bankie"), Karli is on the computer in our room and I'm in the living room on the couch watching LMN and loading some pictures off of my cameras(yes I still have pictures on my old one). I need to charge my battery too so I will have lots of pictures from tomorrow. Oh that reminds me, I need to put my camera strap on this new camera. LOL. I need to finish editing pictures for my SIL too. I also have this idea I've been playing with in my mind. I want to make a book for Karli and Cam about the things I love about them and have pictures to go with each one. Sounds fun and lots of work. I seem to always think of things I want to do and never let myself rest. I want them to have lots and lots and lots of memories of their childhood and pictures to remember them by.

Okay pictures are loaded off one camera. Good night.

Pee pee

How appropriate for a title huh? LOL! This was Cam today. He went behind the couch and stripped his diaper off and then when I went to put the diaper back on him he said "Pee Pee" and pushed me away. Off to the bathroom we went and after "booshin" the toilet about 4 5 times he pee peed!!!! This boy is getting so good about telling us he has to go potty. On Monday(Candy correct me if I'm wrong) he told his Aunt Candy he had to "tink" and after she put him in there and walked off he did it!! Yay and you wanna know the kicker?? We're not even trying to potty train him. So different than our potty training experience with Karli. ;) Maybe I shouldn't have named the title what I did and then talk about Karli PASSING what she needed to in order to go to the 5th grade!!!!! Oh yeah talking about stressful stuff. I don't think I ate much during the whole week of the CRCT tests. I worried for her. See I never had problems taking tests...matter of fact I never actually studied anything and always did good! So it's hard for me to help her prepare for tests. It's just hard for me to go over stuff and hope she's absorbing it because it just always came to me. She has had one of the best teachers ever this year and I'm truly gonna miss Mrs. McCard and her encouraging words to my daughter. She has always had a positive attitude and Karli has never said a bad word about her. She loves her. I just hope we're/she's as lucky next year. 

So here we are..me and Karli sitting in the living room talking about anniversaries and watching American Idol. She's funny. I love her so much! She's not a little girl anymore but she will always be my baby. I love you Karlibug! Cam is in his bed snoozing away and Keiser is sitting next to me on a pillow licking everything on his body as he always does. Bwahaha. I had to put that. Good night.