Recovery

In the past 48 hours I finally feel like I've rejoined the human race. The past 10 days have been incredibly hectic. I completed my last week of work, said goodbye to the daycare staff, had my wisdom teeth removed, suffered (well, nearly past tense) through dry socket, bought a minivan and am now loving my first week at home as a stay-at-home mom.

Saying goodbye at work was bittersweet to be sure. Over the past 5 years with the team I bought a house, got married and gave birth to 2 children. I was so incredibly lucky to have such a great support system at work during these major life changes. I'll be sad to miss out on seeing these folks on a regular basis. Although, as I hinted at in an earlier post, there have been big changes so there were certain aspects of my new role that I was happy to leave in the dust. Best to go out on top with happy memories of good friends!

The goodbye at WeeCare was rough. I trusted these people with my 2 most precious possessions the past year so it was difficult to say goodbye. Max, Mya and I brought in breakfast treats for the teachers along with individual cards and gifts to say our thanks. We're very grateful to the staff at WeeCare for taking such wonderful care of our kiddos!

I had my wisdom teeth removed and that was fine....until the dry socket pain hit. Awful, awful, awful. I have recovered from 2 c-sections and would happily recover from a 3rd instead of suffer through dry socket pain again. Dry socket happens when the wound doesn't properly clot over and the nerve remains exposed. It HURTS. I had to go in several times to have it packed with clove oil soaked gauze which is fabulous but delays the healing.

Alex and I bought a minivan the day after my surgery. I was in a Vicodin bliss and had no idea of the pain to come. Our road to a minivan was a long one but I will defend myself by saying it was never my plan to be a minivan mom. We're very happy with it so far. Max loves the DVD system and seems to be coming to terms with the fact that he can't have it on every time we get in the van.

The kids and I have been having a great week at home so far. Tomorrow I'm taking Max to Preschooler Day at Oaks Park. Maybe lunch at DQ afterwards? Thursday I'm taking Mya to a music class at the community center. A special thanks to my mom for making both of these adventures possible.

Okay, enough chit chat for now. That brings you up to speed in summary. More details to come...but pictures below for now!

Here we have Sherry and Mya. Sherry is the lead teacher in Mya's room.

This is Mya with her JoAnna. JoAnna is the float between the 2 baby rooms and has been with Mya since she first joined WeeCare at 4 months. JoAnna's nickname for Mya is "Squishy".

This is Karen with Max. Karen is the lead teacher in his room and is an absolute dream. She's the calmest person you ever met and is great with the kids. Max adores here and stuck closely by here side as he transitioned to WeeCare. I'm forever grateful to her!

Last but not least we have the new van. It's a Honda so we're hoping to have it in the family for many years to come. I have 90k on my Accord and it has been a great car. Our current plan is to keep my Accord and sell Alex's truck which gets awful gas mileage and is too big to park many places.