Chubby Foot!

I went to the doctor this morning to see how my ankle is doing. The doctor said that it hasn't moved anymore which is a really good sign. He wanted to see how the ankle looked and he wanted to put on a tighter cast so they took the old one off. In the picture you can't see the rest of my leg but it looks like a stick, with my foot being the club. It was kinda funny and really wonderful to have the cast off for a little bit of time!

Look mommy...

So I was walking into my doctors appointment today and there was a little girl probably about 8 or 9 years old standing out front with her mom. As I hobbled closer (I was on my crutches) she stops talking to her mom, stretches out her arm, points at me and says "look mommy". While I can appreciate the fact that she may have been pointing at the beauty of my hot pink cast, or the genuine "glow" of a pregnant woman, doesn't she know that it's not polite to point!!!! Come on little girl!! I know I look funny moving all slowly on the crutches! I wouldn't move that slow if I wasn't pregnant! I was pretty speechless. What I wanted to say to her was..."you know how I got this cast?? I crushed a little girl about your age with the power of my foot!" But I thought that might traumatize her for life! So I kept my mouth shut and hobbled on.

Just a little venting...

Let's talk briefly about the accommodations made for persons of physical disabilities. It is 2008 and I used to believe that this meant we understood what modifications needed to be made to accommodate people with a physical handicap. But apparently not! I realize that I am not confined to a wheelchair 24/7, I also realize that I have only been in this situation for 2 and a half weeks, but this experience has shown me a lot. Such as...doors. If their not an automatic door they suck! They are hard to open, close, their heavy and the door handle is too high. Next... bathrooms. I visited my favorite restaurant for my birthday The Yardhouse and was sad to find that their bathrooms were not at all handicap friendly. The entrance to the bathroom had this horrible rubber bumber on the ground that you had to get a rolling start to go over! The actual bathroom was spacious, however when you got to the sink the faucet was too far back and the soap dispenser was too high. I am a tall girl, with long limbs so if I say something was too high or too far back you know it's true. Lastly, curbs. They are the worst invention ever! I think everything should be level with the street. Curbs are horrible! Thank you for listening to my venting. I realize that this experience will pass, but for right now I am learning a lot!

What a week!!

Well this week has been quite busy especially for someone who can't drive themselves anywhere! First, my sweet friend Candice Stephens came over this week to paint the babies room. She is the art teacher at Sunnyslope High School and she is AMAZING!!! Matt and I are so grateful to her. She made the babies room real!! Secondly...My mom and my sister threw me a beautiful baby shower. We had a lot of fun and this little baby will not be in any need of clothes until she's 30! It was a wonderful and tiring week. Who knew that having a baby and being broken could take so much out of a person!

It's a learning experience!

A very wise woman told me the other day that I should keep a journal during this time of my life. I realized that journals are only fun if other people can read them...so starts my blogging! I am almost 32 weeks pregnant and 2 weeks ago I broke my ankle. The right ankle to be exact so no driving and absolutely no pressure or walking on it! I have always considered my self a fairly independent person so this creates a little problem. I am completely dependent on other people for everything from meals to transportation. The past two weeks have been full of emotion, some days are harder than others. I am sure that a lot of the emotion has to do with the fact that I have a small person growing inside me and my body is full of hormones! The days are made easier with the help of my wonderful husband, family and friends! I couldn't survive without them! My mom comes over everyday that Matt is at work to make me lunch and clean my floor. My sister has set up a wonderful schedule for people to bring us meals twice a week and my husband listens in the middle of the night when I am in pain and all I can do is complain and cry. I have wonderful help and I know they help because they love me, but WOW it is really hard to take the help sometimes. I am not used to having people do everything for me. I know God is teaching me something, but some days I wish he could have just sent a note saying " Jeannette, you need to learn how to let people love and help you. That's it. No big drama, just read about it or something." That would have been really nice! But I know that it doesn't work that way. In the mean time I will be posting often as there is not a lot going on right now.