My Mangled Meanderings: Busy, Busy, Busy

I know that I begin every post by saying that I can't believe how long it has been since I posted, but, "I can't believe how long it has been since I posted!" It seems like we have been really busy lately. I'll try to get us up to date for those who are interested:

Lorne and I had our eighth anniversary on July 24th. The eighth anniversary gift is bronze. I got Lorne two bronze hanging baskets and he got me an Eiffel Tower from a souvenir shop in Paris! He ordered it online. It was a surprise, but when it was delivered to the porch it was pretty obvious what it was from the way it was wrapped. It also had a customs sticker that had "Eiffel Tower" written on it so that was a dead giveaway too. I thought that it was still a great gift!

We joined Lifetime Fitness recently. We had been talking about it since before Chloe was born and finally got around to enrolling. I know that if I am going to lose this fifty pounds I have to get off my tush and exercise. Lorne's company pays a subsidy based on salary so we will get a monthly reimbursement from them. I think that it will be a great place to work out if I can get Sawyer used to the childcare area. He wasn't too thrilled about it the first two times we went, but I know that it will take a while to acclimate him. I'm the only person he has been around during the day for pretty much his whole life, so I'm trying to be patient and not give up. One of the workers told me that it can take up to a month and then he will be getting sad when he has to leave. She also said that it is especially crazy during the summer and that it will quiet down considerably once school resumes. Chloe is so young that she does fine so I'm hoping that she just won't know any differently.

Denise's baby shower was on the 28th. Laura and I hosted it at the Into My Garden Tearoom in downtown Plano. It was so much fun and so nice to not have to clean my house or worry about what to do with Lorne and the kids during the shower. I also thought of the tearoom because we have attended so many baby showers recently and I wanted hers to be unique. I went with a rubber duck theme since that was what was on the invitations. I baked a rubber duck cake and made rubber duck candy for everyone to take home, but that was really fun and I started working on them on Wednesday so I had plenty of time and didn't feel rushed at all. I also had a door prize of some Bath & Body Works travel-size items wrapped in cellophane with a rubber duck. I placed a rubber duck sticker under one of the placemats to choose the winner. I think that Denise had a nice time too so it was all worth it. I have pictures, but the picture poster isn't cooperating so I will have to try again later.

Chloe had her four-month well-check on July 30th. She is in the 75th percentile for her weight and off the charts for her length! That is so hard to believe! She weighs fifteen pounds and is 26 3/4 inches long. Sawyer weighed 13.6 and was 24 inches at the same age! I keep wondering how two kids can be so different in size. She got four shots so that was tough, but I always bring Tylenol and give it to her to try and curb some of the pain.

I had my yearly appointment last week and I asked Dr. Watts about why I am only nursing at half capacity. She said that she didn't think that there was anything physically wrong, but she referred me to a breast surgeon for a second opinion. I was able to get an appointment for Friday while Larry and Velma were here so it worked out really well. She was unable to find anything upon an examination either, but said that she would order a sonogram to ease my mind. I am scheduled for the sono on August 16th. Even if they don't find anything I will feel better knowing that I did all that I could. The surgeon told me that decreased lactation doesn't necessarily indicate pathology so that made me feel better. We'll see what they find...

I'll close with some pictures of our babies: