Taking a breather

Its no big secret that we want more kids. We even started trying for #2 a few months ago...obviously it didn't work. So as I kept positive and had happy thoughts, my back pain got worse and worse. I even made a doctors appointment....the earliest one was 3 months out! Gotta love the military. Anyways, so I bought some ovulation predictor strips and we timed our baby dance PERFECTLY...and the day after my period showed I went in to urgent care and got xrays taken and put on some pain meds that are a no no for a babe. So Im kinda sad. I know that we dont have to wait more than a few months and I can now walk through the grocery store without having to stop and sit down mid-aisle because of my back pain and hopefully after my September appointment I can get on baby friendly drugs and start trying for a sibling for Alyssa! So the x-ray showed that I have what is called rotoscoliosis. Meaning the connection between L5 and S1 is deformed, its rotated in a way that pinches my sciatic nerve. So...I have no idea what that means. I may be able to get steroid shots or epidural shots to lessen the inflammation and not cause the pain but in the end they will have to fuse that joint in surgery. Obviously Im not in enough pain now to need the surgery, I think that after my c-section I lost all core body strength and with being 15lbs overweight still..its just too much for my back. So now I am trying to really take care of myself, get the weight off but more importantly get my muscles back in shape so I can support my back again without pain. SO hopefully that takes only 2 months and the doc says go ahead and try for that second kid...Well, wishful thinking :)

So I finally got Alyssa on a sippy cup! She still takes the baba before and after nap and bed time but I honestly think I can stop with that too. She started bringing me her sippy to tip it up right to drink from so one day when the 2 sippy cups she was using were getting sanitized and washed I put her milk in the sippy with a straw and she is a happy girl :) Also I can see 4 molars breaking through the skin! All at once, and no k9's yet...she is just skipping those and going straight to molars haha, and she cant do just one at a time, she gets 4!!

Ok...Im rambling...Ill add some pictures and then go do some more pushups cuz Im badass like that :)