Long time no see, yeah yeah, I know. I just realized that it has been three weeks since I have made a post (excluding voicing my love for Cam Newton). Three weeks! I should be shot. Put down the guns, though, because I do have an excuse. My life has been quite boring.
Actually, it is still quite boring, which means this post will be quite boring, but I feel like I need to atleast give a couple of updates. Well, a few weeks ago I was hospitalized again for four nights due to the kidney stones. As it did during my pregnancy with Hayes, the pain gets much worse the larger I get (and baby I am LARGE) due to the baby pushing against my bladder and kidneys. When the pain gets to a certain level of intensity, I simply cannot keep my medicine or any fluids down, and that is when I have to be admitted. When I was finally released, I was put on complete bedrest for a week. I have never been on bedrest before with the stones and several people have asked me about it, so I am about to explain with the warning that it might be a little too much detail for some.
So, while I was in the hospital I started bleeding. That was one of the scariest moments of my life. I had a threatened miscarriage during my first trimester with this pregnancy, so immediately that is what I thought was happening, even though I was 19 weeks. Thank goodness for my sweet nurse, because I was hysterical and poor David ran to get her at the desk and basically carried her to our room. She reassured me that it just happens sometimes, but before she went to call the doctor, she immediately grabbed the doppler so I could hear the baby's heartbeat, and it was just a beating, so I felt better.
Anyway, I was put on complete bedrest for a week to see if the bleeding would stop and it did. Complete bedrest means only getting up to go to the bathroom, and I would normally cheat on something such as this, but I was determined to follow the doctor's orders for the health of the baby. With that said, I truly feel for people who are on bedrest for long periods of time, because it is pure misery! Sure lying around, watching t.v. sounds great, but au contraire! Of course, having a two-year-old didn't make it any easier. He would come home from the babysitter's and try to pull me out of bed, but eventually he just gave up and started avoiding me, which absolutely broke my heart. Between that and not being able to see the sunshine, I was getting pretty depressed and praying that I would be released from bedrest. Thankfully, after a week, I went back to have an ultrasound, the bleeding had stopped and she looked perfect. Finally off bedrest..yay!!
Speaking of that baby girl....she finally has a name!! Woohoo! Her name will be Ella Bailey Gardner, and we will call her Ella Bailey. I feel like we went through a trillion names and found a lot we liked, but in the end I just couldn't let go of Ella Bailey. It is just such a sentimental name for me, because my great-grandmother's name was Ella and obviously, Bailey is my maiden name. My only concern was it being too much of a mouthfull, but we will just make it work.
We are letting Hayes just call her Ella and that is his new favorite word! I know he doesn't really understand, but he is just precious kissing my belly and saying "I wuv you Elwa." If he accidently kicks my belly, he gets so worried and has to make sure she is ok, and of course he has to pray for her every night. So sweet! I am definately a little concerned how he will react when she actually gets here, but we will just take it one step at a time :)
Anyway, there are the updates and that is about as exciting as it has gotten around here lately. We have all been fighting stomach bugs and colds, so we have been hanging out indoors and watching a lot of movies. Besides a boring life and not blogging, I have also been severely lacking in the photography department lately, but that will all change next week. I have FINALLY ordered a Nikon D5000 and I seriously can't remember ever being so excited about a purchase. Needless to say, there will be a lot of picture taking going on in the Gardner house, which means lots of sharing and blogging, so get ready. Not to mention that we have all the family Thanksgiving and fun pre-Christmas festivities coming up! If I don't post again before going out of town for Thanksgiving, I hope you all have a wonderfully fun and safe Thanksgiving. I know that I will definately be counting all the amazing blessings that God has given me to be thankful for!!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Yes, I am blogging about Cam Newton
Remember me? Yes, I know it has been ages since I have blogged. I have been on complete bedrest for a week (details to follow in another post) and you would think that would mean that I would have had plenty of time to blog, but unfortunately I have been feeling pretty crappy. Well, today David is out of town on business, Hayes is at the babysitter's and I am feeling better...so brace yourselves, my friends, for plenty of posts today, because I am in "catch up mode."
I have lots of things to catch up on such as Halloween, the fact that our baby girl officially has a name, etc. However, first things first and I need to get a few things off my chest. I am pissed.
These allegations against Cam Newton are really driving me crazy. My days at Auburn were some of the best of my life and AU truly holds a special place in my heart. Ok, lets be honest...I bleed orange and blue. And while we are being honest, I will admit that winning football games feels good. Damn good. Yet, all of these allegations against Cam Newton and all the hoopla that is going on right now, goes way beyond the hopes of a winning record in my book.
I really haven't been able to figure out why this is all bothering me so much. When I read these allegations and all the media stories, my blood starts boiling and I get straight-up livid! As much as I love the AU family and love AU football, I haven't been able to figure out why all of this is upsetting me so much....until today.
Today, I was watching the video of Gene Chizik emotionally discussing the allegations and my mind drifted off to Hayes. Suddenly, I realized that the reason I am so emotionally charged about all of these allegations, is because I am looking at them through a mother's eyes. I then realized that a couple of hours before, while I had re-watched the youtube video of Cam mentoring the young boys in Auburn, I had also been viewing that through a mother's eyes.
Cam Newton has a God-given athletic ability that any mother would be proud of. However, if I had watched the youtube video of MY son truly changing the lives of young people in the way Cam is doing, I know that at that moment I would have truly felt that I had succeeded as a mother. As parents, we do the best we can to train up our children, and then sit back and watch (and pray) that they will rightly handle the situations that come their way.
Cam Newton has been thrust into the spotlight and has faced the highest of times and the lowest of times in a month, more than most 21-year-old kids have dealt with in their entire lifetime. I mean, seriously....do you remember what you were doing at 21?? Which brings me back to the youtube video. With all of this on top of the rigorous schedule of being a student and college quarterback, Cam has devoted himself to making a difference in these childrens' lives. As a mother, the first thing I noticed was the excitement and true amazement on the childrens' faces as they looked at Cam Newton. But, what touched me more than that was the look of pure joy on Cam's face when he looked at these children. I can't think of many things that would bring me more contentment as a mother, than knowing I had succeeded in raising my child to realize that the purest of inner joy we will ever have in life, is that which we feel when we are helping others.
Of course, I think about all the negativity going on right now and think about how I would feel if Hayes had succeeded already in the many ways that Cam has, and is now facing all of these accusations. Yet, I truly believe that there is no education like adversity and no matter what happens, Cam Newton has already proven his character and strength. I know that Cam is making his mama proud and I, personally, have never had more pride in being part of the AU family. War Eagle!!
I have lots of things to catch up on such as Halloween, the fact that our baby girl officially has a name, etc. However, first things first and I need to get a few things off my chest. I am pissed.
These allegations against Cam Newton are really driving me crazy. My days at Auburn were some of the best of my life and AU truly holds a special place in my heart. Ok, lets be honest...I bleed orange and blue. And while we are being honest, I will admit that winning football games feels good. Damn good. Yet, all of these allegations against Cam Newton and all the hoopla that is going on right now, goes way beyond the hopes of a winning record in my book.
I really haven't been able to figure out why this is all bothering me so much. When I read these allegations and all the media stories, my blood starts boiling and I get straight-up livid! As much as I love the AU family and love AU football, I haven't been able to figure out why all of this is upsetting me so much....until today.
Today, I was watching the video of Gene Chizik emotionally discussing the allegations and my mind drifted off to Hayes. Suddenly, I realized that the reason I am so emotionally charged about all of these allegations, is because I am looking at them through a mother's eyes. I then realized that a couple of hours before, while I had re-watched the youtube video of Cam mentoring the young boys in Auburn, I had also been viewing that through a mother's eyes.
Cam Newton has a God-given athletic ability that any mother would be proud of. However, if I had watched the youtube video of MY son truly changing the lives of young people in the way Cam is doing, I know that at that moment I would have truly felt that I had succeeded as a mother. As parents, we do the best we can to train up our children, and then sit back and watch (and pray) that they will rightly handle the situations that come their way.
Cam Newton has been thrust into the spotlight and has faced the highest of times and the lowest of times in a month, more than most 21-year-old kids have dealt with in their entire lifetime. I mean, seriously....do you remember what you were doing at 21?? Which brings me back to the youtube video. With all of this on top of the rigorous schedule of being a student and college quarterback, Cam has devoted himself to making a difference in these childrens' lives. As a mother, the first thing I noticed was the excitement and true amazement on the childrens' faces as they looked at Cam Newton. But, what touched me more than that was the look of pure joy on Cam's face when he looked at these children. I can't think of many things that would bring me more contentment as a mother, than knowing I had succeeded in raising my child to realize that the purest of inner joy we will ever have in life, is that which we feel when we are helping others.
Of course, I think about all the negativity going on right now and think about how I would feel if Hayes had succeeded already in the many ways that Cam has, and is now facing all of these accusations. Yet, I truly believe that there is no education like adversity and no matter what happens, Cam Newton has already proven his character and strength. I know that Cam is making his mama proud and I, personally, have never had more pride in being part of the AU family. War Eagle!!
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