The first week back home

First I just want to say... AT HOME BEST REST IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN HOSPITAL BED REST!!!!!!!!!  It has been soooo good to be home this week.  My mom came out for the week :)  and Jared's been working like crazy to try and catch up with all the time he took off to spend at the hospital last week so it's been sooooooooooo nice that I've had her here.  She's not only kept me company but she voluntarily made a ton of freezer dinners - like 2 months worth {I bet the R.S. loves that, lol}, she weeded my flowers, cleaned my house, did laundry, painted the nursery, took me for a walk in my wheelchair... she's been freaking awesome. 

She left yesterday.  It was too soon. :(  It was kind of weird actually.... it's like, my mom being here with me made everything seem okay.  Because parents are the ones who always make things better right?  And then she wasn't here anymore and I felt vulnerable... so I cried.  A lot.  I realized that I wasn't going to have her here to take care of me and make sure everything was perfect.  I think that maybe the reality of everything started to set in or something... I don't know.  But she said she's going to come back in a month or so :)  I can't wait!

My SIL Wendy is coming out tonight and she's going to help me until Friday.  I think it's awesome that I have and married into such amazing families.  I love that they are here for whoever needs them whenever they are needed.

I have 2 weeks of bedrest (BR) down... 20 weeks to go.  I've heard that the first 3-4 weeks of BR are the hardest, and then you fall into a routine and it's not AS bad.  My first 10 days of BR was in the hospital and the past 5 days have been at home.  These past 2 weeks feel like they've gone really fast, but I think that's because there has been so much going on.  It'll be interesting to see how things go when I'm home by myself.

So far my days have been spent laying in bed or laying on the couch.  I've sat on the couch and I've sat at the kitchen table.  My legs feel weird because I haven't been able to use them like I used to.  I'm just really glad that Jared got a chair for the tub so that I can take long showers as opposed to a quick 5 minute one.  I've been on babycenter.com a lot.  There is a group that I joined on there for moms on BR.  It's nice to read the different suggestions on types of food to eat and things to do to help the time pass by.  It's really important that I eat healthy since I don't get to move around.  It's hard to not gain a million pounds when you're on BR.  I've actually lost 5 lbs. since I last weighed myself 3 weeks ago, but under the circumstances it makes sense.

Lastly, I just wanted to say that children are amazing.  I have friends who's children pray for baby Wyatt every night.  It's tender that the children think to pray for him.  My niece Ashley asked about the babies this morning.  She came over and saw the nursery and then asked where the other baby was going to stay.  So I told her that he was in Heaven because Heavenly Father needed him more than I did.  She thought that was funny.  Her mom had told her and her brothers that one of the babies had come too early.  I don't think she fully understood that meant that he had died, but her innocence and curiosity about the whole situation was sweet.  Her and her brothers wanted to know when Wyatt was going to be here and why couldn't he come out of my belly yet.  I love kids :)  They are very excited to meet their new cousin, but they are just going to have to wait 20 more weeks! lol