Day 4

Today was fine pain-wise. I slept pretty well last night and woke feeling good. I rested a bit in the morning and then we took the kids out to lunch. J is off to Idaho for a week starting tomorrow, so we hit the grocery store for some supplies to get me through the week. Before lunch I wasn't feeling so hot, and at lunch nothing tasted right, so I took a much-needed nap when we came home. My foot feels ok. I can feel some mild discomfort when I walk (still with one crutch), but it's not too bad. I am really slow, but that's ok too. I'm just worried about my stomach. What's making me feel so crummy? Is it the pills I'm on? I thought it was the Lortab, but I'm not taking any of those anymore. Can the antibiotic and anti-inflammatory really do this to me? And the big question: Am I going to survive this next week without J? I guess we'll find out...

More from the Surgery Virgin

Today was a good day pain-wise. I only had 1/2 a Lortab this morning and haven't taken a pain killer since. I've walked around a bit with one crutch and experimented with putting more weight on my left foot. I should've spent the day reading my scriptures or Hamlet so my brain wouldn't fall out of my ears and turn to mush, but I didn't. What did I do between naps today? I watched "Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe" on Netflix. Yeah.

Old Friends

The first Saturday in January we headed up to Hyrum to attend the baptism of my friend Louise's second daughter. We were up about 1 1/2 years ago for her first daughter's baptism and decided that it was a good tradition to keep up.

Louise and I were roommates at BYU the year before we both got married. She is an amazing lady! She has a degree in Music Education, but is the Special Ed teacher at her daughters' charter school and is working on her Master's in Special Ed (I think. Is that right, Weaz?) Her husband Cordell is a police officer for Logan City and is my resource for the future when we get a dog.

When we pulled up to their house after the baptismal festivities were complete, O was scared that the police car belonged to someone who was going to arrest him. (Secret life of crime, O?) I spoke thusly to Cordell, "O is afraid of the police officer here. Will you reassure him that he is not a threat and there's nothing to be scared of?" Cordell replied, somewhat distractedly, "Uh huh," as he packed a handful of snow into a snowball to throw at a random dog running down the street. Thanks, Officer Hoth. Thanks a lot!


Me and Louise. We pretty much look the same as we did 12 years ago when we lived in that tiny apartment on University Ave. Good times.

Now she's out of kids to have baptized, but I've three coming up -- one this year. With the triathlon she's doing in American Fork and the Ragnar (which goes right through Hyrum) that I'm planning on doing again this year, we'll see each other again soon, I'm sure of it.

Happy Birthday, MaKayla!

On the first day of the New Year, we went sledding for our niece MaKayla's birthday.












The second we arrived at the park, O was off on the first hill he could find, grass and all!
















S was the only one brave enough to go down on the saucer. He caught some awesome air at the bottom again and again and again!











H and I made it down a couple of times, but he didn't like me braking with my feet -- it sprayed snow in our faces. I love his little half-excited, half-terrified smile in this picture!










J and O getting ready to race!













How're you doing, Good Lookin'?

















After we were all sledded out, we went to Pirate Island.












Aaarrrgh!

The Last Week of December

J had the last week of December off. During that week he helped O put together the model helicopter from Santa.

























He and S worked on the model airplane that S got from Santa.




























And H put his head on backwards:

Updates from the Surgery Virgin

Day 2 was not fun. Actually, starting at Day 1 1/2 was not fun, but Day 2 was really not fun. Thankfully I slept through most of it. The Lortab makes me feel nauseous, so there was a lot of laying very still so as not to vomit. Last night the pain subsided and I was able to make it through the night with no pain killer.

Now the fun begins...

It has been 50 hours or so since the surgery and now I need to start walking on it. I made two trips to the bathroom sans crutches and then decided to take half a Lortab. Now comes some holding still before I try walking again. Wish me luck!

A Judd (Brewer, Lundgren, Kim) Family Christmas

After our traditional Christmas Eve dinner by the tree, we all went to bed. Christmas morning dawned bright and not-too-early (my favorite kind) and we all ate breakfast before approaching the Christmas tree. Here is O with two Daniel Pinkwater books and a Tech Deck from Uncle Ernie. He's also wearing a watch from Auntie Eunice and holding a whistle-pop from Santa. Christmas doesn't get any better than that!

Grandpa and Grandma Lundgren brought over their gifts later which included a Playmobil castle for S, a set of foam disc guns for O, and construction toys for H.

When Grandpa and Grandma Kim arrived at night, the boys all had another Christmas celebration, complete with books, Legos, and finally...

the Leapster 2 that O had been quizzically receiving cartridges for all day. He was too tired to really appreciate it then, but it has become a favorite!