Pretty Christmas Dress

Here are a few pictures of Faith in her pretty Christmas dress.

Attack of the Cereal!!!!

So today I thought I would feed Faith some cereal. She was acting hungry and it wasn't time for her bottle yet so I thought I would try cereal. She has no idea how to eat it. Poor thing kept trying to eat the spoon! I think she got some, not sure though...what do you think??

Recovery

Yesterday was a hard day for me. I was in a lot of pain, more than what I thought I would be in. I had a lot of help though so that was great. Today I'm doing a bit better. I am alone with Faith and so far things are going good. She's doing really well. She's liking it that her mommy is paying attention to her. Poor thing didn't get a lot of attention from me Tuesday or yesterday. It hurts to pick her up and hold her so I'm trying to do that as little as possible. Which is no fun for me. I'm still in pain today but I am dealing with it as best as I can. I plan on napping when she does, which is hopefully soon! I'm ready for a nap.

Surgery Today

Wanted to let everyone know that my surgery went well today. James and my mom took me. I am doing ok. I am in a lot of pain right now but am hoping that will go away soon! I have 4 small incisions on my stomach. We got home shortly after 5pm and I've just been taking it easy this evening. Hopefully tomorrow will go ok for me. One of my good friends is coming over to help out with Faith so that will be nice. Then I can just take care of myself and don't have to worry about Faith.
Thanks for everyone's prayers. They have meant a lot to me.

Tomorrow = Big Day

So tomorrow is my surgery. Am I nervous? Yes. Am I wanting it to be over with? Yes. I am not looking forward to having surgery but at the same time I am as I want this pain to be over with. And I know that I won't be pain free right away after surgery, but hopefully it will be a different type of pain that I'm dealing with and one that I can handle better. I am thankful for everyone who has stepped up to help us out during this time-those who have watched Faith for us while I was at the hospital, those who have brought me to the hospital, all the prayers everyone has offered, and also for the help that is to come-meals, more prayers, and also those who will be taking care of Faith and myself. I am hoping that after this ordeal, I won't visit the hospital for a very long time!

ER Visit #4

So last night around 11pm James brought me to the ER as I was having extreme pain and couldn't get it under control. ER did bloodwork and also another ultrasound which all came back normal. So they just gave me lots of pain meds and we came home about 4am. If the tests would've come back abnormal, they would've removed my gall bladder, which is what we were really hoping for. I'm so sick of being in pain! I just want this over with. Oh well, three more days until surgery.

Pictures from Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a busy but good day for us. We started out by going to church with James parents and then we visited with them for about an hour at their house before heading off to my side of the family for lunch and the rest of the day. Here are some pictures from the day.

Here is Faith with her Grandpy.

Faith and her Grandmie.
Faith and Pierce
Not too sure about this!
Faith and Grandma Overbeek and Great Grandma Bosma.
Faith sitting on Great Grandma Bosma's lap.
Faith, Grandpa and Grandma Overbeek, Great Grandma Bosma
Faith and her dad!
Faith and Uncle Kevin.