She is a dancing queen...

Savannah started dance last month and she loves it!  From getting on her leotard to walking in the door with just a kiss from mommy (this is HUGE!) she enjoys her entire time at dance.  A few weeks ago I snapped these shots (not professional in the least, so don't pay attention to that...) before dance, mostly because we had time to kill.  She was such a ham!  I wish I would've had the video camera out instead.  You can still get the idea though.  You can tell she was dancing and singing.  LOL!

       

Second (and last) surgery scheduled

I had a good talk with God, and it seems as though He's going to use the doctor one more time.  I have my second, and last, surgery scheduled for the middle of March.  The doc will go in and remove the remainder of the scarring in the top of my uterus.  After that, God and I (with the help of my homeopath) will work on building my endo-lining.

 I'm very excited to get this surgery done, and basically over with!  I know that this part of the journey is about to end, but I also know that a whole new journey is about to begin.

 Thanks for all of your support and prayers.  They mean the world to me!

Much love,

Tami

Soooo Waldorf!

Savannah and I made homemade pretzels yesterday.  Although she had fun, I have to say they were a pain in the butt!  I'd never baked with live yeast before, so that was an experience.  Luckily one of my bestfriends, Natalie bakes a lot so she was able to help me. 

 Getting the space ready was easy.  I let Savannah do it all by herself.  She was great and so neat when spreading flour over the countertop.



Savannah and I kneaded the dough...







  ...we put it upstairs in her bedroom where it was nice and warm.  But not warm enough, because it took forever for the dough to rise.  So, using Natalie's help, we turned the oven on to 100 degrees and kept it open a crack and put the dough in there to rise.  So much better!

Now the hard part came.  Savannah tried to help, but she got frusterated.  Rolling the dough into long ropes to make the pretzel.  The first two were too thick.  The last five were ok, but my arms were so sore by the end!

 Unfortunetly, I didn't take pictures of the final project.  But trust me.  They weren't anything to behold.  They were tasty though!  I made half with salt and half with cinnamon and sugar.  Did I mention they were tasty!  :D

Out of the mouths...

On the drive to Grammie and Papa's house today, it was raining.  Savannah asked why it was raining and I told her it was because God needed to water the plants and trees.  A little later there was snow on the mountains.  Savannah said, "Did God make that snow?"  I told her that he did.  She said, "I bet Jesus helped Him."  I love my daughter...  <3

 Oh. And while at Grammie's house, Savannah proceeded to tell her that her stomach looked "distinguished." *snort*

What a wonderful day!

Today was amazing! The first half of our day was spent at Wayne's sister's house. His entire family was there to celebrate mine and our nephew Chris' birthday. It's always fun getting together with his family. They have been such a blessing to us. Unfortunately, for the first few years of our marriage, we didn't have much contact with them. Wayne recently "reconciled" with them and now we are great friends! Praise God.

Then, when we came home, we headed to Heather's house (just Savannah and I) for fellowship and coffee with a wonderful group of Christian women. I'm so blessed to have Heather right next door. And God has really blessed me with the new church they He led me too. I had the awesome opportunity to spend some time with the pastor's wife. She is a hoot! I love her, and can't wait to get to know her better.

Like I said. Today was wonderful. It was definitely a God blessed day!

I'm so horrible at blogging!

It's been forever, I know. I'm sure most of you have even stopped checking! :O

Anyway, here is an update. I went in for another HSG which showed the condition of my uterus post-op. Praise be to God, my tubes were open! My doctor said I still need one more surgery though, because the top of my uterus is still pretty scarred and needs to be cleaned up a bit. But, I have faith the this is my last surgery. I believe that it's in God's plan for me to get pregnant this year. :D

So, that's it for now. I'm just waiting to hear from the doctor on when he wants to/can do the surgery.

Long time, no post!

Sorry! It's been so hectic around here, between surgeries, the holidays, and life that I've neglected this blog. My bad!

I had my surgery and all went well. I will copy and paste what I posted on SheKnows:

There are three stages of AS. Mild, moderate, and severe. I have severe. 90-95%
of my uterus was scarred. He was able to remove it all, but he said (and I'm
using his terms here) that the top and bottom of my uterus are now "raw" and
that there will be "oozing." So, I go back in a week and a half for an in-office
hysteroscopy. He'll go in a break up the "ooz" so to speak. Then, I don't think
he'll do anything more until after the initial 60 days of hormone therapy is
done.

God has really given me a sense of peace. I do fret at times about it,
but I have to remind myself (actually one of my best friends who is an AWESOME
Christian reminded me) that I just need to nail it to the cross and leave it
there. God has it in his hands. So, when I begin to worry, I just look at the
cross and see it hanging there and I feel peace again. God is so good!

So, I went back in on the Monday after Thanksgiving so he could break up the ooz. When he got in, he said that there was no oozing, but that the top of my uterus had re-scarred a bit. The bottom and middle look great though and there is even some endometrium growing! WooHoo! My tubal openings are blocked due to scaring as of now. He wants to see how the rest of my uterus is going to do before attempting to remove that scar tissue to reveal the openings. He mentioned IVF if he's not able to open the tubes, but that's not an option due to money. I'm not too concerned though because I know God has a plan for me and my womb. If He wants me to have another child, He'll get those tubes cleared one way or another!

I have a feeling that my faith will be tested through this whole ordeal, but I've nailed it to the cross, so I have faith in myself that I will remain strong in Christ. He is, after all, the greatest of Healers.

God bless you all for following my story. I await the day that this will no longer define my every action, and I will be holding a child in my arms.

Much Love,

Tami

PS. I'll try to update more regularly, on every part of my life so that this doesn't define my every action!