recovery.

surgery day has come and gone and thankfully i am now on the road to recovery. 
i don't remember much.  i remember sitting in the pre-op room with ryan and my parents trying to stay calm.  i remember fighting back the tears when my dad begin to pray over me and then being wheeled down to the operating room.  after that i was in the recovery room trying to take deep breaths and begging to please go see my family.  ryan stayed by my side the entire stay at the hospital and was able to talk with my doctor after surgery. 
the surgery went very well and i ended up not having any endomitriosis, instead they found that i had pelvic congestion syndrome.  i am told that its like having a bunch of vericose veins in your abdomen.  they also found the adenomoysis.  in other words my body was very much in need of this surgery.  the great news is i was able to keep one ovary...so no hormone replacements! 
it has been a difficult couple of days, but i am now at the coast and being well taken care of by my parents.  the pain is a bit overwhelming but it's already slowly getting better and hopefully the recovery will continue to go well.  i have had a lot of different emotions throughout this entire experience and i am just thankful to be past the surgery.  i have such wonderful family and friends supporting me through this and i am very thankful. 

first day.

Dropped our baby girl off at Pre-Kindergarten today!  She was so excited, not nervous or scared...just thrilled to be going to school!  Taylor popped right into her classroom and handed her teacher Mrs. Miles her little gift we had prepared (apple scented hand sanitizer with a cute little label that Tay wrote) and hung her Lallaloopsy backup under her name tag!  Then she was off.  No looking back, just see ya!  Ryder was a bit more concerned and kept saying "bye bye tay" and when we got to the car "where sissy".  Poor guy!  Taylor had told him before we left the house that she was going to leave her door open for him so he could play with her kitchen while she was gone (that is major for her). 
We were both very excited to pick her up after school and hear all about her first day!  She said her favorite part was learning the Pledge of Allegiance and playing with the doll house.  Proud of Taylor and can't believe it's already time for school.  What a big girl she has become and I love that she was so excited to go and learn!  When I asked her what she wants to be when she grows up she said "a teacher of course".  Then she paused and said...but also I might want to be a horse trainer.  When I asked her if I should write that on her sign she paused then said "well maybe not because I am actually kind of scared of horses, let's stick with teacher".  Ok Tay. Ok.  Just love this girl.