I swear, with all these sick or doctor posts you would think we should live in a bubble!! I had to go to my OBGYN today for a sonogram on my ovaries because I believe there is a cyst on one or both. Ugh! So since T is in China for another week, Wyatt got to go to Playcare. He did NOT want to let go of me. He is teething and is extra clingy right now. Usually I don't mind, cause it means extra snuggles for me (score!). But I pretty much had to dig his fingers out of my shirt to give him to the girl. And he scream. And he cried. And he saw some trains. And he was good to go.
So I head over to the doctors office, making it there about 5 minutes early (appt was at 11) after stopping at 7/11 to get a 24 oz bottle of water to down on my way. I got checked in, sat down and waited. And waited. And texted Brooke. And waited some more. By this time that 24 oz of H2O had made it through me and I felt like I was about to bust! After texting some more, playing online (yay for internet on phones!) I was finally called back, AT 11:56! I was sooooooo MAD! Anywho, I go in the room, and the tech tells me I can empty all that water out. THANK GOODNESS! I was about to pee on the floor I kid you not. (Oh and let me tell you, that sonogram is NOT like you see in the movies. No siree. Its a giant wand. And the best view is NOT from the top of your stomach). So I am laying there all awkward and vulnerable with the tech pushing that wand into my already tender and sore ovaries. Making me cringe in pain. Oh crud she says. WHAT? What is the crud for?! Oh uh I forgot to turn on the measurements. WTF?!! Your the damn tech, that ovary has already been tortured enough and now you have to do it again because you suck at life?! SUCK! Well, when she was finished I was allowed to wrap the giant paper sheet back around my butt and scuttle back into the bathroom to get dressed and go pay my $20.
Well, I had not heard about my bloodwork from my appt 2 weeks previous, so I ask about it. The receptionist was like well, our policy is no news is good news. I stare at her. So she adds, "well I will go double check just in case." In my polite voice, Oh thank you. As I continue to stare her down. A couple minutes later, umm Kendra, could you step into this room please? Like I am gonna say no. Psh. So the nurse tells me I have low thyroid and need to see an endocrinologist. No biggie. I figured what with the never ending sleepiness, lack of weight loss, and the hair laying all over the house that could make 4 wigs, I knew it was coming. Then the nurse says did we do a urine culture on you? Ummm yes, yes you did. In fact I went back after I paid LAST time to see what the dipstick had said (dipstick as in the actual stick you dip, not the idiot nurse who forgot to dip it before I went back), and it showed nothing, but was going to be sent off just in case. Well I also have a UTI. See that Doctor You Should Drink More Water? I DO have a UTI told ya so. Great. Jerk. Wish you had been right. So the nurse darts out of the room yelling TRACEY (who is the PA), and gets a Rx for the UTI. So I leave the doctor with sharp stabbing ovary pain, not knowing the reason as to why the pain is there, a Rx for some UTI meds, and a # for an endocrinologist. JOY.
Then while I am driving to get a quick lunch, the pediatrician calls. Hey can we change your son's 18 month appt? Sure why not, no big deal. Just 1 day. Then I grab some lunch, and head back to playcare. Wyatt is playing by the window and sees me as I walk up. He again starts screaming. As I wait for them to check out this other mom, Wyatt is wailing because I was there but am once again gone from sight. Such a horrible mommy, abandoning my child. But alas, he is returned to me and we go home and he naps and I call the endocrinologist. After losing connection 3 times, I finally make my appointment and am done with doctors for the day...after I call the OBGYN and have them fax the lab results. Ok NOW I am done with doctors for the day. YAY!
I should hear about the ovary thing within a week. Grrr! I have waited long enough! Just let me know already! GAH!
However, to lighten my day up, Wyatt decided to make me laugh tonight after putting him to bed. He woke up, and as I am waiting to see if he will go back to sleep, he apparently decides to undo the diaper, but leave the shorts on. So when I go to pick him up, his shorts are wet. Such a sweetheart. Thinking of ways to make mommy laugh when she has had a hard day. I am sure that was his intention the whole time, not to play with his winkie. Oy the joys of boys.

Wyatt had his 9 monthday appointment yesterday. He was 28 1/2 inches tall (57th percentile), his head was 18 inches around (50th percentile), but he was only 17 1/2 lbs, (5th percentile). He needs to gain some weight, so we are going to add protein to his diet now. The Dr was a bit concerned about his weight, but not too horribly much. He said that when you add solids this can sometimes happen, so just make sure he eats more.

The Dr tested Wyatt for anemia also. He was at a 10, and should be at 11. So Wyatt was Rx some iron drops he has to have 1/4 teaspoon a day until he turns 1, then they will check him again. Other than that, he is a happy healthy baby. I think introducing proteins to his diet will help him gain some of the weight he needs. He eats 2-3 servings of fruits and veggies a day. About 5 cubes of food for lunch and 5 for dinner. I am also going to add a breakfast to his schedule now too. I am thinking egg yolks or tofu with some fruits.

Wyatt, at 9 months, you can crawl like a pro. You can stand up on your own as long as you don't know you are standing! You love to walk around the furniture and think you are pretty big stuff when you do! I love the way your eyes light up when you see me or daddy come into the room. You say Dada all the time, and you are great at screaming Mama when you are angry. You are becoming an excellent climber, just like your Momma was. I was told this is called payback ha! You like to climb up the baby gates, and if you knew enough to throw your little legs over, I think you would be over those baby gates in a minute! You are a smart little boy and I think you are going to test your Daddy and me.

Now for more wedding pictures. Once again, I am participating in Kelly's Korner Show us Your Life Blog Carnival. This week its wedding pictures, save the reception.

I loved my wedding colors, they were Fuschia and Kiwi (BRIGHT pink and green)! They were so cheery.

Lighting our Unity Candle. I look so serious, I didn't was to drop wax on me or touch Trav's hand with the flame lol!Our Groomsmen and ringbearer. From Left to Right, Trav's dad Clint, my nephew Ethan, Trav's brother Adam, Travis, Travis' brother Josh, and my brother in law Jeff.Here is where we had our wedding/reception. The Chapel is on the far left, which is where the ceremoney was. And those big windows at the front of the Church, inside there is where our reception was, but we will get to that next week!
Here is a picture of our rings. I Love this picture!
My bridesmaids! L-R: My sister Regena, My best friend Corley, Travis, My maid of honor Brooke, my other sister Melissa.

This is my Great Grandma, Mrs. Alma Travis. She past away just over a year ago. I was so happy she was able to make it down from Nebraska for my wedding. I wished my Great Grandpa had been able too as well, but he was in a nursing home, he had advanced Alzheimers. He passed away 5 weeks after my Great Grandma. I miss them both dearly. They were such good people. 1915-2008, they had a great life and experienced so many things and got to see the rise of the 21st century! She is standing next to my Grandma (who is really more like my mom) Can you believe she was almost 70 in this picture!

My Guest Book and Pen. I searched 3 different Hobby Lobbies to find these. They matched my dress with the pearls and "diamonds" :)

The cutest flower girl and ring bearer EVER! The basket and pillow match the guest book and pen! My nephew insisted on having petals to throw too, so I stuck some under the ribbon on the pillow. I think they stole the show! They were almost 3 and 5 at the time.

I just love this picture!

My programs. I made each one of them...all 100! My fingers were soo tired of tying ribbon lol! I also decorated the basket. It too was from Hobby Lobby, it was light wood, i painted it white, and glued the ribbon on. Absolutely beautiful. If I ever have a daughter, this will be in her room!

My Grandpa giving me away! He was crying but he blamed it on the pink eye he had at the time. Too bad he had tears streaming down his face. He is such a silly man! I love him! You can also see how the church was decorated. The pews had pink and green tulle bows and white tulle along the ends of the pews, with candle holders on the tops.

Our flowers and closeups of the bridesmaid's dresses. The flowers were made by my mother in law's best friend Maggie. They turned out beautiful, even though it isn't exactly what I wanted. The dresses were bright pink with a darker green ribbon around the waist with a cute little bow on the front you can't really see here. They also had beautiful trains as well. That was kind of a theme for the dresses, they all had trains, including the flower girl!

I hoped you enjoyed, and come back next week for pictures of our reception, especially our awesome truck groom's cake!!

Today, Wyatt had his first playdate! Date is all capitalized in the title because it was him, and 3 girls, so it was kinda his first date lol. There was a 7 month old, Wyatt, who is 9 months today! (Happy Monthday little boy!), a 15 month old, and a 10 month old . They all had so much fun! We met up at the Wiggly Play Center. http://www.wigglyplaycenter.com/

Ever heard of the Wiggles? They are this Quartet from Australia that do all sorts of fun baby songs etc on TV and do performances and what not. Well, they also have a few Play Centers. Its is for little babies on up to probably 7 or 8 years old. This oversized McDonald's play place for the older kids. The baby room had padded floor, soft blocks, balls, some horsey rockers, and a table and benches. Wyatt LOVED the horsey rockers, I think we need to get him one!

After his playdate, we went to see Dr. Leffler about Wyatt's eye. It was just a follow up. It cost us $20 to hear the Dr say oh his eye looks good. I already knew that for free! Oh well, it gave me an excuse to drive down South which gave me an excuse to set up a playdate!

The girls were talking about this grocery store called Sprouts. I am super excited for it when we move down there! It has fresh produce, that is cheaper than Kroger, and is really good! Fresh Dairy, fresh fruits, good prices, that is exactly what I want in a grocery store! http://sprouts.com/home.php?goto=departments

So this past weekend had the makings of a fantastic time with the fam. Trav and I loaded everyone up (everyone being Casey Jones and Wyatt) Thursday night and hit the road to Tulsey Town. We dropped the dog off at Trav's brother's house and continued on to my Grandparents house.

Early Friday morning (7am lol), we loaded up the G-rents, my sister, baby, husband, and I into our ridiculously large, horribly un-efficient, but comfortably spacey Suburban and headed for the oh-so-wonderful state of Nebraska. By the time everyone was loaded, we topped off our gas tank, got some drinks and hit the highway, it was a quarter til 9. We stopped for an hour for lunch in KS (the state I plan to turn into an ocean when I become President) and arrived in Kearney, Nebraska at 6:15. It was a boring drive, no one died of cholera or got exhaustion.

After having dinner with my grandpa's sister, we went swimming and went to bed.

Up again at 7 am to go see the ol' homestead. A year ago this past weekend, I found my Great Grandmother dead on her North porch. We had driven up for a funeral, and ended up having 2. Its an image I will never get out of my head. Well, we sold her old house (built in 1915, gorgeous details) for $10 as long as the lady would move it off the site, fill in the basement, and remove all the out buildings by August 1 this year. Well the house is moved, it looks pretty nice. She is adding a walk in basement under it. Grandmother would be happy to know her house is still being lived in and maintained.

After seeing the progress, we drove through the corn fields to show Travis the land that one day will be ours. Then off to see the Renter to make an agreement with him for the price of corn/bushel for this year. Then off to the Big O, yup Omaha. Woooo! Lol. The whole reason for our trip was the Travis Family Reunion (yes, I married a man whose name just so happened to fit perfectly in with my family ha)! We stayed the night in La Vista, NE, went swimming again, and ate at the Cracker Barrel. Sunday we all got up and went to the reunion. I saw my cousin Mandy's new lil daughter Hope. She has Polycystic Kidney Disease, but she is a beautiful little girl. Mandy also has 2 very ornery twin boys who are 4. They are just so fun!

About 3 pm we loaded back up in the Burb and headed for Beverly Hills...er...I mean Tulsa. We arrived home about midnight.

So over 4 days, we spent about 21.5 hours in the car. Well, Monday morning, Wyatt was sitting on the couch just to my left and playing with my glasses, they were his favorite toy. When all of a sudden BAM, (no more enthusiasm than Emeril), My glasses ear piece is in my ear. I have blood coming out of my ear, and Travis is FREAKING OUT! So we stick the baby with Aunt Lissa and high tail it to ErGent Care. My baby tore the bottom part of my ear drum! I now have a sore ear, a sore arm from the evil Tetanus shot (which honestly hurts worse than my ear!), am $85 poorer because between the co-pay and 3 Rx it cost an arm and a leg. Now I am praying that the ear drum will heal on its own, otherwise they will have to put a patch on it. I have been having a little trouble hearing, apparently I am talking louder, but everything is kinda muffled through my left ear. I think though it is because it is swollen due to the damage and it will get better. We will find out on August 3 when I go in for a follow up. Happy Birthday Trav, we get to go to the Dr. Woooooooo...

So that was my weekend. Now I am sitting at home with a napping baby, a pigsty of a house, drugged up on Loratabs for the pain, and wanting to clean but getting dizzy from moving around too much. Oy. At least the baby is napping for now. I love it when that child sleeps, he is so precious. My favorite pictures are of him sleeping, he really does look like an angel.

"He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." (Psalm 107:20)