You know what's so frustrating about me? I always want everything to be perfect. I'm a total control freak. I actually drive myself crazy when I realize what I'm up to. True story. So it has been with this little blog lately. I want to write the perfect post about Adam and his recovery and I even started one but it's not perfect so I just haven't been that excited to finish it and post it. See what I mean?
I guess the most you need to know right now is that Adam had some complications from the surgery that even his surgeons didn't anticipate. It resulted in more tests and another trip to Portland... blech. Basically they told us that nerves are "stupid" and take a long time to heal so things should get better in the next few months. Super annoying but like I told Adam, we should still be counting our blessings because it could be worse. The tumor could've been malignant and we could be going through chemo right now or worse, a man I have know almost since we moved to Great Falls when I was a teenager was diagnosed with a brain tumor the same week as Adam, had surgery within a couple of days to remove baseball-sized tumor and died the next week from complications. His funeral was during our very first trip to Portland for the consult.
So here's the good: We are living in our brand-new, beautiful house. I adore it. It is amazing to have seen it go from a dream that I spent hours designing on my computer to an actual place. Yes, it cost us a little more than we'd anticipated BUT we got our appraisal back today and it is worth more than we dreamed, like tens of thousands of dollars more than what we were hoping for. And we found out that our payment will be about the same as our last house. Pretty much the best day ever.
We are having a new baby. I think she's gonna be a feisty one. I could be wrong but from the very insistent feelings we both had for months that there was another baby ready to come to our family and come NOW to her constant beating me up on the inside, I just get that feeling. I have thought for a while and other people have said to me that she is going to be healing for our family after everything we've been through. I'm so excited (and nervous) for her to get here!
We have three amazing kids already! We just had parent teacher conferences. Paige is one smart cookie. It doesn't surprise us at all but it is amazing to see where she's at. I hope she always loves school like she does now! She inherited the perfectionism from me. It causes some problems for us because she often has a different version of perfect than we do but I also know that it's a great thing because once she decides that something is a certain way, she doesn't deviate. Porter adores preschool. He is so excited to learn. And he is such a sweet soul. Porter is defnitely the peacemaker in our family. He would much rather that everyone be loving and sweet all the time. His #1 reason for getting out of bed multiple times each night is that I need one more hug and kiss. Sarah is a joy, like 3 year olds are. She just had her birthday and she looked most forward to everyone singing "Happy Birthday to Sarah". She giggled the whole time everyone was singing to her at her party. It was adorable. She is super smart and finally potty trained. It is so nice to not have to change diapers for at least a few months!
That's it for now. I am going to try to update more regularly... I just have get over myself. :)
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