Our Crazy Mornings & a Lyme Update

Mornings around our house are crazy. We have three full bathrooms and yet everyone congregates in our bathroom while I'm trying to get ready. Things would go so much more smoothly if we would get up 15 minutes earlier, but I guess we'll never learn that lesson. I usually work out two or three days a week from 5-6am which puts us behind, but there are no excuses for the other days.

We have recently learned that Miles needs to get up when we get up rather than letting him sleep an extra half hour. He gets up without much trouble, but he likes to get ready at his own pace. He likes to listen to music on his Echo dot and dance around his room :)

Carson is completely unpredictable in the morning. Happy one morning and grumpy the next. Darrin gets him ready most days. Some days I try to give Darrin a break and Carson just won't have it. This morning he rolled, kicked, and cried in his bed saying, "No momma...want daddy". I agreed with him. Peace out, Carson.

I love the view of our backyard on a pretty fall morning. There's never any time to enjoy it but it's there as we are racing around the house.

These two trees in our front yard are so pretty this year.

I thought I'd write a little Lyme update since it's been so long since I've talked about it. I'm happy to report that it's more under control than I ever thought it would be. I function normally and it doesn't keep me from anything. I still have headaches every now and then but I have found that if I take my weekly vials for Borrelia & Epstein Barr strictly on schedule, that keeps the headaches away. I missed my Epstein Barr vial last week and I had headaches for 3 days. As soon as I took the vial, they were better the next day. Sometimes when I'm working out, I hit a wall and have to take things easier than I want. It just becomes physically impossible but that's not often. I had some fatigue and weakness issues a couple weeks ago. We had to run sprints at the end of our work out. I've never quit on these before, but I had to that day. I literally just laid on the floor to recover while everyone finished. It's not like me to quit, but I had nothing left. At times like that, I know it's a Lyme problem and not just a matter of being tired. The only other issue that comes every now and then is muscle pain and knots in my shoulders. It's hard to explain, but I feel like I need the deepest massage possible to relieve the pressure. Aleve, hot baths, and rolling my shoulders on a tennis ball are the only answers for this. 

I haven't seem my Lyme doctor in a long time. I feel like I should schedule an appointment to stay in touch, but it's hard to pay that money and spend time going when there's really nothing to talk about. I am so thankful to have those hard days behind me. If you found this blog by searching for info on Lyme disease, I highly recommend that you find a doctor you trust and then stick with it. It take consistent treatment over time to suppress Lyme. If you are in the Nashville area, or anywhere close, go see Dr. Bernui. He will absolutely help you!

Weekend Wrap Up

Our weekend started Friday morning with Carson deciding he loved Miles' Build a Bear, Rumpelstilskein. He carried him all through the house, gave him milk from his sippy cup, and wanted his shoes on and off. 

Miles' teacher sent this picture at the end of the day. Yay for the weekend!

So, my Halloween costume for work earned us second place in the company! We have over 2,000 employees, so we were pretty proud. 

We got Carson's school picture proof back. I think he looks adorable, but Darrin and I agree that something about it doesn't look like him. I think it's something to do with his head or hair. I don't know?? Cute nonetheless and we will be ordering some.

Friday night, Stephanie watched him while we went to Darrin's volleyball game. I think Carson was excited about it. 

Granny & Pa spent the night on Friday night so they could go to Darrin's games on Friday & Saturday night. 

Carson was so excited to have them here. He talks about all Granny, Pa, and Marmee everyday. 

We had a lazy Saturday morning around the house. The boys enjoyed being home.

Granny & Pa stayed home with the boys while Darrin and I went to senior day for his two seniors. In the past, we have had a dinner at our house, but the team and the participation of the parents has grown in four years, so we couldn't accommodate everyone. 80 people RSVP'd! We had an afternoon tailgate. It was perfect weather.   

It was a really nice day and I hope the seniors and their parents felt honored. Playing for four years is a huge accomplishment that many don't achieve. We will miss these girls on and off the court. 

They played their last game of the season on Saturday night. After the game, Miles was crying b/c he was so tired. I felt like I needed to say bye to several of the parents b/c we won't see them until next fall, but I finally just had to leave b/c he was literally falling apart. I honestly felt like I could cry with him b/c I was so tired. I just wanted to go home and sleep for days.

Since sleeping for days wasn't an option, we got up and went to church. The kids sang in the service. That's always Miles least favorite thing. I think if he remembered it before church he would ask to sit with us so he could avoid it, but he never does. 

Miles had a birthday party this afternoon for one of his baseball teammates. He was so excited he could hardly contain himself. 

It was at a place that has an outside park with tons of things to hide around. The owner plays all kinds of games with the Nerf gun wars. Miles was in heaven. 

Now, it's about time to get Carson in bed, so we can work on a jigsaw puzzle, which is our favorite post volleyball activity. We are ready to have some downtime with Darrin. I still feel like I could sleep for days. I think all four of us could. Hopefully this week will bring some rest. 

More Baseball Pics

As I've mentioned before, we have two baseball moms that take pictures during the game. They provide us with so many great shots. I want to keep these, so forgive me for the picture overload. 

Ready to get the day started. You can tell this is the start of the day b/c of how clean their uniforms are.

Safe!

Playing short stop.

This was after he made the third out of a triple play. I've never seen his coaches so happy.

More triple play celebration.

This was after they won the championship. It was a little anticlimactic b/c we weren't sure if the umps were going to start another inning or call the game due to time. When they called the game, the excitement had passed a little.

Playing third. He seems to rotate between third, short stop, and catcher the most depending on who's pitching.

Catching makes me nervous. He likes it though.

Catching for his buddy Tyler. They've been great friends since kindergarten.

A little pre-inning pep talk with the pitcher. This time it was Chaning.

Still struggling a little with hitting. He still gets on base lot from walks.

His favorite part of the weekend.

This looked really dicey from the stands, but he caught it. Whew!

He was so happy after he pitched his inning and they won the game. This is the look of satisfaction.

Praying with the other team after the championship game. Miles said they were nice. They won a really big game to get into the championship game, so I think they already felt like winners.

It was a good weekend. I missed time with Carson, but loved some one on one time with Miles and family time with Darrin. On to basketball now!