Remembering December

This post is going to be a little recap of our month and probably my last post of this year.


Since my last post we have been busy with holiday activities and visitors and even a hospital stay for yours truly...

My last post was on the 9th, so I will start this one on the weekend of the 12th..


That weekend was my mom and dad's anniversary.  The girls were sick, but I still kept them together at our house and we did arts and crafts and homemade gifts and took some pictures and it all turned out okay until Jordan and I started to get sick.  By the end of the weekend I had decided I better get checked out in case I had strep throat or something similar that would require an antibiotic.  My strep test came back negative, but the doctor I saw still prescribed a zpack and promethazine.  I took my first doses and had a good night's sleep just in time for Jordan's family to arrive in town on the 16th.  They came by and picked us up and we headed to Smithfield for what was supposed to be a night of shopping and food.  I had a doctor's appointment that afternoon and it went really well, and things were going ok that night too.  We went to bed and I woke up at 3:30 am feeling like I was being stabbed in the back through my chest.  I fought the pain for two hours before finally going in to the hospital.  After being on the monitors in L&D and discovering that the baby was fine, I was sent to ER.  There I was diagnosed with gallstones.  The next day I followed up with my doctor and it was decided I would be induced or have a cesarean a week early to deliver Riley so that I could recover and my body could go back to normal and I will be having surgery to remove my gallbladder 3-6 weeks after Riley is born.  At that appointment it was also discovered that I was dehydrated, so I was admitted and did 24 hours in the hospital. Not fun.

After all that drama we had our family dinner with the Underwoods at Parker's on the 19th.  I didn't eat since I'm on a bland diet now and I was fresh out of the hospital, but it was still nice to see everyone.

The next week flew by with Christmas preparations and cleaning up.  Riley's furniture was also finally ready to be picked up and we worked on the nursery which is turning out great!   My mom and I spent all day Christmas Eve shopping and baking and wrapping and it was all a success.  We had a great Christmas.

Now I am addressing baby shower invites.  The shower is the second weekend in January and before we know it after that our baby will be here.  <3