Surgery

As many of you know from a few posts ago I have been battleing kidney stones. I discovered recently that I had one too big to pass and was rushed to the emergency room a little over a week ago. I also found out I have something called Sponge Kidney disease, but Ill tell you more about that later. I had to wait a few days before they could do surgery and so last friday I had surgery done. The surgery had some ups and downs and took several hours longer then expected. The stone was also much larger then they taught and they are pretty sure its been the same big stone that has been causing me problems since October and all the smaller ones I have been passing have just been pieces from it. Anyway 5 hours after returning home I was rushed to the emergency room again. Long story short I wound up staying there till Sunday night and have been home since, however I have had someone with me and the boys night and day. I can hardly move to take care of myself let alone the boys. I am so greatful for all the wonderful ladies in my ward (who are also friends) who have stepped up and just taken over my house and fixed us meals, brought flowers and goodies, taken care of my kids, stayed the night with me, put my kids to bed, helped me to the bathroom and up and down from bed. They have all been angels and I dont know how I would be doing it without them. Words can not express how much they all mean to me. It makes me sick to my stomach too look at the computer for too long, or to really think so I just wanted to update everyone and I will give more info when I am feeling better. Thank you to all of you who have helped me so far, you really are amazing women and I am so blessed to have you in my life, you have all demonstrated true christ like love and have taught me and given me so much. Thank you thank you thank you! I really would be lost without you.

First solo apple!

He was so funny to watch while he was eating his apple! Cracks me up, he would not put down the letter to eat the apple. And whenever he bit off a chunk I would take it from him so he did not chock and he would yell at me. He is so funny about food, when you take his food away he gets very fussy, dont mess with this kids food. He has started this new thing where he will fuss fakely as he moves his head towards whatever it is he is fussing for and moving his lips in an up and down puckering motion till he gets his mouth to what he wants and then he smiles. Crazy kid!

Just chillin!

Whenever I ask Landon what Braddoc is doing he always tells me, "Just chillin!" Which is so true because this boy is just so chill. He is so layed back and just hangs out all the time. He is just so sweet and calm. Tonight when I went in to check on him he was like this. I thought it was so cute! The chiller of all chillers, this kid is the king of chill! :O)

Just a few random thoughts from my mind today....its a scarey place to be!!

My split personality child!
Landons new thing: When he likes something or wants to do something he says "Oh Beautiful, I like that, me too!" or "I want to go on a walk, lets do it, me too!" or "Im tired, i want to take a nap, okay, me too!" Who knew a two and a half year old could have a split personality.

A weird quirky habit of mine:
I was eating M&Ms after dinner, well sneaking them so Landon would not see. (I know Im bad but my husbands gone and I can FINALLY eat chocolate, well sort of) anyway I realized that I eat my colored candy that comes out of a bag really weird. Now by colored candy I mean stuff like M&Ms, skittles, jelly beans, shock tarts, sweet tarts, you know stuff like that. Anyway I get them in my hand and in my mind I sort them out be color and narrow down into even groups. So say there are: 1 red, 2 blue, 3 green, 3 purple, 4 orange and 5 yellow I will eat them like this.... one yellow so there is:1,2,3,3,4,4 and then one orange and one yellow so there is : 1,2,3,3,3,3 and then one green, one purple, one orange and one yellow so there is: 1,2,2,2,2,2 and then: one blue, one red, one green, one purple, one orange, and one yellow so there is just one of everything left and then I eat all those. Totally weird right!!?? But I have to do it everytime, I cant remember the last time I did not eat them that way, and its not even something I think about its just something that I do, yeah Im weird!! Also if its the chocolate I have to pop off the outer chocolate shell first. :O)

When I tuck Landon into bed and leave the room I tell him "I Love you" he says "I love you too", and if I dont say "I love you too", back to him he just yells it until I say it again.

I cried today while watching a preview for Wolverine. Why you ask? Because I miss my husband. Anyone who has been to our house and "rented" one of our movies knows what big movie buffs we are. Thats our favorite thing to do on a date is go to the movie and then go and get ice cream afterwards and talk about the movie, stuff like "Could that really happen?" "What would you do if that happened to you." "Do you think the government really covers that kind of stuff up?" "Do you think stuff like that really goes on behind the scenes?" We love it because it gives us something more to talk about then our jobs, our house, our kids, our responsiblities, thats our pillow talk, so its nice to have something else to talk about. Not that I dont like to talk about that stuff, but when we are out on a date I want to just get away and be Aurie and Noah and not talk about our responsibilities, we talk about that enough at home. So anyway, I cried because Wolverine, Star Trek (im a closet star trek fan, oppps guess not anymore), Angles and Demons, and Harry Potter, are all coming out while Noah is in Iraq. All movies we have talked about forever, all movies we really want to see and would see if he was home( we love to go to the movie but are VERY selective of what we see. Its got to be full of action and adventure, something that is best seen on the big screen, like the movies I just talked about) and all movies that I am going to have to see without him. It made me cry, just thinking about all the little things I miss, and the little things I cherish, and often the things I take for granted. Like tonight sitting here watching a movie and being on here, its friday night I should be eating junk food and cuddling up with a movie and my husband, not a movie and a computer. :O( Ahhhh cant wait till he gets home.

Why does gum have to come in those little "boxes"? Didnt it work just fine in a wrapper? I mean come on $1.29 for a pack of gum, are you kidding me? Seriously what happened to good old $.60 packs of gum?

Mamma Mia!.....top 10

So I just watched the movie/musical "Mamma Mia!" To tell you the truth I was not really looking forward to it, I did not really know anything about it besides it was the theatrical adaption of the musical. I netflixed it about a month ago, (mostly because Pierce Brosnan was in it) and its just been sitting on my entertainment center since then. So today durning nap time I was just pooped from all I had been doing and decided to just sit down and watch it and I was pleasently surprise. I could not contain my smile through the whole thing. It was very cute. I probably mostly like it because it had three of my all time favorite things (well beside the obvious like our family, health, job, church) anyway 1) Pierce Brosnan (and that would be enough, okay there is my MAJOR celebrity crush, and yes Noah knows!) 2) Music/dancing 3) Greece!!! Ahhh all those add up to a good movie!!!

So since I listed those things I was thinking about something a friend had on her blog,

THE 10 THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I DIE!!! so here is my list in no particular order

1)See Greece in person

2) be in a real play/musical (not just high school or church stuff)

3) Visit Germany and see all the WWII stuff

4) Visit NY during christmas and new years

5) swim with sharks (this will probably be how I die) :O)

6) watch my kids get married in the temple to wonderful companions

7) Take professional cooking classes (Noah and I always talk about opening a resturant one day and him running it while I cook)

8) Learn true christ like love

9) see the Titanic up close (I have to of course get over my clastaphobia)

10) Serve a mission with my husband (hopefully somewhere forgien, so I can learn a new language too)