WARNING

Our blog is basically my journal so I am about to vent about my terrible week last week! Please don't read on unless you want to join my pathetic pity party.

The week started with a case of mastitis...which was horrible and super painful! I was miserable for a few days (felt like I got hit by a truck!) but then I just had a really sore boob with an infected/plugged duct and my milk supply plummeted. My goal was to pump for six months - well we almost made it! I converted Mason to straight formula and he was actually doing great =) Then on Wednesday I had a doctor appointment in Longview - to get my episiotomy (which six months later still has not healed...) checked and figure out what they can do to "fix" it. I get told that I need to try topical treatments for another month and the next step will be steriod injections... At least I didn't have to get cut open (yet again!). However, this means I have to apply cream to my episiotomy site six times a day and take an antibiotic four times a day (on an emtpy stomach)...awesome! (Hope you can sense the sarcasm...) So after the doctor I decide to stock up on formula for little man. Its amazing how much he goes through these days! Long story short - seven stores later we can't find a single can of his formula. I now have to drive back into town (Astoria) and our Safeway has two cans. I come home and plan on ordering some online - only to find out that his formula got bought out by another company and is no longer being made. REALLY?! Now we have to start back at ground zero and try to find another formula his tummy will tolerate. Just not my week! Not to mention I had class on Saturday (Mason had his first sleepover Friday night...), a TON of homework to do and then Mason got a cold and was not sleeping (still isn't...I think he is trying to get a tooth?!).

In the end all is well...thank goodness. We easily found a different formula which turned out to be a blessing because it costs half as much. I have also officially finshed pumping. The black bag and I said our goodbyes on Sunday night! It is a relief to not be hooked to a pump every three hours! As far as the episiotomy only time will tell... I think #2 may be a c-section! I also survived school - barely! Remind me not to procrastinate...it really does make life much more stressful!!!

That's my sob story of the week. I know there may be TMI - but I wanted to have a record of this ridiculous week and that in the end I did survive (and in the grand scheme of things it really wasn't that bad!). And just to point out this of course all had to happen when my husband was on the boat...always seems to work out that way!

Dreaded Homework...

I need to be doing homework right now but I would rather be blogging (or really doing anything!) I feel like I am in high school again - read the chapter and answer the questions. Only now the chapters are longer, harder and about assessments not an actual subject! And you only have three weeks to read a 300 page book instead of the whole year! I already hate assessments just reading about them - I haven't even had to assess students! UGH...ready for Saturday to get here and be done. Then I can blog about exciting news and pumpkin carving =) Until then back to my book on assessments...=(

Enough with the pictures...

Seriously Mom...?!

I'm ignoring you...

If I could run away from you I would - for now I'll just pretend I am running away!

Cheese Factory

We took Kev's deer meat down to Tillamook to get the pepperoni made and made a stop at the cheese factory. It was mine and Mason's first time there. The best part was the ice cream - so many yummy flavors! I had such a hard time deciding - went with a scoop of Grandma's Cake Batter (YUMMY!) and a scoop of German Chocolate Cake (Good, but needed a BIG glass of milk!)!

We took this picture for Grandpa Andy - we were teaching Mason that the hay Grandpa makes feeds dairy cows. Even some dairy cows in Tillamook =)

Pumpkin Patch

My good friend Chelsey and I took our boys to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago. It was so much fun and so worth the trip! We can't wait til next year when our little guys will be running around and will probably enjoy it much more!

Trigg and Mason - our perfect pumpkins!

Mommy and Mason - I sure do love my sweet boy!

Mason's new hobby...(At least that is what dad is hoping for!)

Kev loves hunting! He shot a little three point last week. We are proud of him and YAY for meat. We're actually getting all 40 lbs made into pepperoni sticks =) YUMMY!

Family pic with the buck...Mason was quite fasinated!

I also have a Western Oregon blacktail tag so daddy wanted to take Mason out and "drive around." Mason was pretty happy bundled up in his camo...ready to look for a big buck!

I made Kev stop for some pictures...he wasn't too pleased. But Mason was happy to get outta the truck!

Love these two!

Mason sitting shotgun...he acually rode up front for awhile while I fed him. He loves looking out the windows and being outside! I am sure we are raising a future hunter...=)

Just Because...

I could take pictures of this sweet boy all day ... every day! Too bad he likes to quit smiling when I pull out the camera!