Two and a Half Weeks

It's hard to believe that it's been two and a half weeks since my surgery.  Each day seems like I have more energy than the previous day.  I still tire easily and need naps though.  This week I drove for the first time.  It wasn't bad but I felt every bump go from the steering wheel, up through my arms and straight to my head.  That will take some getting used to.  I also started doing some light work around the house.  Mostly to quell my boredom and partly because I can :).  I'm still quilting and will post a picture when I get a good sized chunk done.

Another milestone was that I have been slowly walking farther each day.  This morning we walked about a mile.  We hear quails all the time out here in the country.  Today was no different.  We were talking about how you always hear them but you almost never see them when one flew across the road right in front of us.  I wished I had my camera with me although I suspect I would have been too slow on the draw to get him.  Maybe next time.

It's a Boy!

Twelve years ago today we had our first child.

We didn't know what we were having until the doctor said, "It's a boy!"

He's grown into quite the young man.

He wasn't excited about his birthday or anything... ;)

As you can see we went all out on the wrapping this year.

Actually, Amazon boxes are quite popular in the house.

Why is there a picture of a generator on Nolan's birthday post?

We had no power.

We had no power for over 13 hours.

The day before Nolan's birthday he helped me make an ice cream cake.

I hadn't made one in years and thought we'd try it since Connor can eat ice cream now.

It turned out really well... until the power went out.

It went out the night before because of the storms.

We figured it would come back sometime during the night.

We woke up in the morning still without power and

my first thought was of Nolan's cake.

I feared there would be a cake puddle in my freezer!

The face, a Minecraft creeper, is supposed to have square edges.

It had square edges until it softened a little.

So we hooked up the generator to cool down the freezers.

Eventually our power came back sometime in the early afternoon.

The cake still tasted great even though it looked a little odd.

I suppose you could say we had a droopy creeper cake.

Two Walks and a Nest

Recovery day 9.

I can honestly say I got bored today.

I suppose that's a good thing.

I did take two naps and two walks!

We wandered around the yard a bit today and discovered a mockingbird nest.

I can't tell you how excited I am to find this.

I love mockingbirds.

There are four eggs.

I tried very hard not to disturb the nest when I got this picture.

The nest is deep within one of our rose bushes.

We also toured our apple trees.

There's not many apples but at least they're there.

Overall it was a great day.  I am still very tired, thus the two naps.

I quilted some, spent several hours just sitting on the back porch and obviously got the camera out!

Praise God for the little things!