life as i now know it...atleast for the next few weeks.

on september 9 i did have my foot surgery. dr. tollison did three procedures on my right foot. he went in through my heel to reconstruct my arch, he stretched my achilles tendon, and he moved my heel over a tad and finished it up with putting two screws through my heel. sound painful? it is. :) i did well throughout the procedure and have been doing good on my meds. i am now only taking my pain meds before bed and right when i wake up. that is when my foot hurts the most. i am feeling pretty well for the most part these days. as long as i have my foot propped up, it doesn't hurt too bad. if i crutch around for too long around the house it begins to hurt pretty badly.

since surgery my life on the couch has been pretty annoying. thank the good Lord for my mom and matt's mom who have been helping out with cadence. matt does a GREAT job taking care of the both of us when he is home from work. he has had to do some meals, take complete care of cadence, help me out, just everything you could think of. for better or for worse, right matty? i love you. when he is not at home i have to have someone with me at all times. since i live in a two story house i can't carry cady up or down the stairs, so someone has to be here to get her out of her crib. i cant prepare her meals b/c i ache too bad to stand for long enough to make her meals. i cant carry her or anything else b/c i only have two hands-which are preoccupied holding onto my crutches. i cant cook. i cant clean. i cant do laundry. i cant go to the grocery store. basically all i can do is lay on the couch and assist as best i know how.

i was dealing pretty fine for the first few days, but at this point i am about to go crazy. i HATE not being able to get cadence up from her naps (thats one of my favorite things to do). i hate having to slide up and down the stairs. i hate not being able to take care of my child or take care of my family. yea, it sucks. BUT my mom is absolutely amazing. ive always known how amazing she is, but holy cow she is going above and beyond. she does my grocery shopping, does my laundry, cleans my house, takes care of me and cady during the day, takes us out on outings (wow i love to ride around in the car these days), does my dishes, picks up here and there (b/c i hate having clutter), etc. etc. i cant tell you how much she does for us. if i mentioned everything she has done for us it would take forever. i am soooooo thankful and grateful and i hope you know how much i love and appreciate you, momma!! youre my best friend and lifesaver.

i gotta tell ya, i am getting spoiled having mom here every day. she gets here at 715-right before matt leaves for work-and stays until he gets home. we watch trash tv together, giggle, talk talk talk, have fun outings in the car and have so much fun together. it's like the good ole days, right, ma? :) gosh i love you.

as for cadence, she certainly hasn't slowed down any. she is now pulling up on EVERYTHING, crawling EVERYWHERE, investigating EVERYTHING, and just plain having a good time. she has this devilish laugh she does when she is doing something she knows she isn't suppose to do. she gives herself away and it cracks me up. just this past week she has really become fearless and taken on this new role as investigator/daredevil. it's so fun to see her grow and change and really become quite the fun, sweet little girl that she is. her personality is amazing. she is extremely laid back, loves to laugh, she's a ham and really enjoys having people watch her do things. she is definitely musical. any time she hears music she dances and claps her hands. she has rhythm already at such a young age. i guess her name does fit her, huh? :) she's just wonderful. i actually had tears fill my eyes the other day when we were at momma's and she stood by herself and held onto a walking toy. i can't believe my baby is growing up so fast. she will be 11 months the 28th of this month. where has all the time gone?

alright, i guess i'll end this now. i really will try to write more often. afterall, what do i do all day now? i just hang out on the couch watching matt or mom chase cady around. :) actually, i really wish i was able to follow her around. sidenote: the other evening matt was outside and cady crawled somewhere she wasn't suppose to go. i crutched over to her and had to "shoo" her away with my crutch. it didn't really work all that well because she grabbed my crutch and started jerking it while doing her devilish laugh. i couldn't really bend over to stop her and i couldnt crutch off with her attached to it. haha. i'm counting down the days. i go to the doc on friday of next week and get a new cast. i will be in that for a couple more weeks and then i'll get a walking boot. hopefully, when i get that boot i can get around better. im praying so anyway.