I feel a little bit bad. I spend time checking everyone's blogs but I don't make the time to update mine. I have a TON of pictures of Blaikley to post!! She is getting SO big now!! She WALKS EVERYWHERE!! She talks up a storm. She eats everything. She giggles all the time, just to make everyone around her laugh She is so sweet and cuddly, I definitely have been blessed with the best baby. We got a new computer and as soon as I can figure out how to load all of my pictures to the external hard drive I will get pictures edited and posted, but for now here is a quick update on the last update :)
- I hate my Copaxone. I stopped taking it for a little while, found a new and wonderful doctor now at the U of U hospital and started on it again, so the drive there kind of sucks, but I do not see double anymore so I can drive myself for now!! And the shot itself really isn't that bad, it's the terrible burning, stinging pain aftward that sucks, but if it'll help slow the progression, then I'll do it!!
- I had double vision all during Disneyland. When you see double, you need a steady, solid point to stare at while walking to help steady and balance yourself, but when you are in a big crowd, it's pretty impossible to find such a spot. I was so unbalanced that I ended up needing a wheelchair a majority of the time. People really studied and stared and looked at me like "you don't look handicapped, stop being lazy" and it kind of sucked, but the best about a wheelchair is that you can usually get to the rides faster!! That REALLY irritated people, but that's the way MS goes. It's an invisible disease. Sometime it would be easier if I had cancer and just needed a limb amputated, (okay, not really, THAT would really suck, but at least I would be able to get over faster :) ) just something for people to see that I am not lazy, I have something wrong with me. Trust me, no 23 year old wants to spend anytime in a wheelchair, but they especially don't want to be in one in public looking perfectly normal. But I try and deal with it the best I can, with the best attitude I can. We had such a wonderful time in D-Land and I hope I can find a way to go back again, just so I have something to look forward too. But honestly, what more do I have to look forward then being with my family. Not just my amazing parents, grandparents, brothers, in-laws, but my husband and my daughter. There is nothing more amazing and reward then watching your child grow, seeing her learn and develop and having her be such a sweet and amazing child already. I am truly blessing and I thank the Lord everyday for the chance I have to raise my daughter, and any future child he might see us fit to raise. I always wanted like, seven kids, but now I pray for even three and the strength to raise them to be wonderful, kind people.
- We were able to find wonderful homes for all of Lacie's puppies!! And we get to see/keep tabs on three of them! They all turned out so cute and smart and lovey!! We are very pleased to know that they all get time to work cows and be outside and using their talents.
- We traded in Jed's truck for a smaller F-150, gad, auto transmission so I have a pretty easy time driving it, even when my leg is numb (which the left one has been for about 3 1/2 weeks but I've been able to drive the pick-up to Parma and also all the way home from Park Valley. I usually had to stop in Snowville and trade Jed because I didn't feel safe driving on the free way when my leg/legs were numb so it has been so nice to have this new pickup!). Yeah, we really like it. It's a Lariat, leather, and has a camper shell on it, which was so nice when we went to see my family this past weekend (the after the 4th weekend.) It was raining when we left Logan but the dogs, the luggage and the saddle were all kept dry! (*Side note, when we were home this weekend, Jed, my brother Denton and his good buddy Trevor rode in the Vale, OR Rodeo in the Stock Saddle/Ranch Bronc and Jed tied for second place!! Denton took 5th place and Trevor had the horse fall on her side with him so he walked away unhurt and that's huge. Good job Cowboys!!)
- Our lead levels were low enough not to worry about moving out right way. Bittersweet. Jed's raise from work was suppose to be to us between the end of the year and the first of February, but we are now being told that it will be here tomorrow. Hopefully it'll be a good enough raise for us to GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE!! Between the HUGE spider (see my facebook page for the picture) and the snakes and the skunks and the traffic and the paint peeling and the mildew on the windows and the roof needing to be replaced and the windows and doors leaking air, I am DONE living here :) It has been a good enough house, I am grateful for the roof over our heads and the protection from the weather this house has provided. I am grateful for the memories made here and the opportunity to make it feel like home, but really, I think our time is up here and we need to find a new home. Hopefully that'll happen sooner than later.
- And we are just praying that Jed's raise will be enough for him to feel like he can just keep working where he's working and stop job searching. If that's the case and it all works out, we'll find a low priced house to purchase and get him going in school again and have him keep going in the direction he's going for now. Hopefully I'll be able to start selling Paparazzi soon to help out or find a few days a week babysitting job or be able to start selling furniture that I've re-done. I have two projects to start on and once they're done, hopefully I'll be able to sell them and get some new pieces and just go go go with it. It's hard in the summer time for me to be out in the garage working on the pieces, it's just too dang hot. So I pray we'll get a early fall and a wonderful cold, snowy winter
**This weekend my family all when to Owyhee Reservoir to spend the day out on the boat. It was a wonderful day, I love Owyhee, but man was it hot. I was on the tub with my mom and just got so hot that I felt really nauseous and sick. And I didn't drink enough water. I feel asleep on the way home and during my nap and after I woke up, I was really confused and disoriented and wasn't making sense when I talked. I only vaguley remember all that happened, but Jed has to take me into the bathroom and give me an ice cold shower before I came out of it. I guess it was kind of scary, and really I was close to needing to go to the hospital, but thanks to my wonderful hubby, I came out of it okay. We think that the heat of the day combine with MS was a big factor (MSers really don't handle heat well AT ALL) and maybe even a little heat stroke. So thanks to that, we decided it would be better if I didn't help move cows to the top of the mountain with the Pugsley on Wednesday, which really bummed me out but Blaikley and I had a wonderful day with Sally. Also this weekend on the Owyhee, my dad didn't see a huge wake a big boat threw too close to the tube dad was pulling and the kids on the tube got thrown really high, really hard.. My brother Robert had both bones in his left arm broken, my brother Travis had a friend with us and she got a ruptured eardrum and my brother Scott's girlfriend got the wind knocked out of her and my brother Denton got a possible concession. He got whipped last pretty hard on his Bronc ride and then baled off the tube and hit forehead first. So while we all had a great time in Owyhee, it was a little rough. Hopefully we'll get to go back one more time and we'll just have to be a little more careful next time :)
Hope you are all doing well!! Thanks for taking the time to read this and hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures posted next week. With rodeo season getting into full swing, life will be a little busy for a bit, I'll check in!
Lots of Love <3 !
