Jessica Kelso

We’ve been experiencing some website issues, which seems to be the case when I actually go to blog! Things are almost fixed, with the exception of some pictures that Kevin is still working on. . . but hopefully it’ll be all better soon and I won’t be forced into making a blogger account or something crazy like that

This week brings some new changes for all of us. Thrasher starts daycare tomorrow, Kevin got his first injection today, and I will soon be on mama maternity leave. We found a wonderful daycare for T that is right down the road from us that he will be in for the next 4 months. Our agency agreed to cover the costs to help us out with the new addition that will soon grace our family. I have some feelings of guilt that I’m a stay at home mom and sending her boy to daycare, but this last trimester hasn’t been pleasant and I’m welcoming the much needed break with open arms. Although we’ve had him since he was 5 months old, I’ve yet to experience the newborn/breastfeeding/very little sleep phase. As much as I love spending my days with him, I think he gets bored with me. He loves people and other kids so I know he’s going to love the company that being at daycare will bring. We’ve been on a pretty set schedule for a long time though, so I hope he can adjust well. Breakfast and lunch -  not in a highchair but at a table! Naps – not in a crib! I don’t even want to think about it. . . but he’s definitely growing up and I can’t wait to see how he does. I’ve spent the last 10 months with him though, so I’m REALLY going to miss the little guy. Especially now, he’s started getting such a fun personality!

Kevin finally got an MRI so we could see what’s going on with his back. Turns out he has a severely herniated disc and may need surgery. His chiropractor referred him to a pain specialist who wanted to start out with a spinal injection first. That was done today, so we will know more in a couple of days. If that doesn’t work, he’ll be getting another one a month from now and if that still doesn’t work, we are most likely looking at surgery sometime before the end of the year. But we are believing that this will work and surgery won’t be needed. . . so please be praying for the same! Even though the medical bills keep pouring in, I couldn’t be anymore thankful for the good health we DO have. The past couple of weeks, I’ve really had to get a new perspective on things. Dwell on the bad that can’t be changed or only focus on the amazing things we’ve got going on in our family. I prayed and dreamed for this time, and now that it’s here it may not be everything I had imagined but I’m growing a healthy little girl and that’s all that really matters. We have a foster baby that we knew nothing about 1 year ago. We have no idea what his life was like before us and the fact that he’s been perfectly healthy since we’ve had him is a miracle in itself.

So part of me wonders if this next month is going to drag along since the house will be so quiet and I’ll have much more time in a day or if it’ll fly by with doing the last minute stuff I still need to do. I’m sure I’ll be blogging more, so you’ll most likely hear all about it!