Sunday, August 30, 2009

The End of an Era....

It's official, I am a stay-at-home mommy! I gave my notice to McGladrey & Pullen a few weeks ago. Although I can't imagine going to work after having the boys (and especially after the BIG health scare), I am really going to miss being out in the work force and working with my M&P peeps.
It's going to be an adjustment no longer being in public accounting, but I am thrilled to spend every moment I can with the boys.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Aisha's Wedding

My dear friend, Aisha, got married a few weeks ago. In her Pakistani culture, the weddings are celebrated for three days. The first day is called Mehndi and is a ceremony to dote over and prepare the bride for the wedding. The second day is the marriage ceremony and the third day is a reception thrown by the groom's family. The wedding was so much fun and Aisha's family was so gracious. Below are some pictures from the wedding.

Appetizers at Aisha's Mehndi...so good!
Aisha before the ceremony. She had to wait in a back room for her groom, Shaharyar, to arrive and make his entrance first.


Aisha's henna turned out so good! During the Mehndi ceremony, part of the tradition is to put henna on the bride. She had her henna put on in advance so during the ceremony, everyone was faking it.

Aisha and I laughing away. It was so great to spend some time with her before the whirlwind weekend she had. I think I was telling her she forgot to put her makeup on in this picture. She had to explain to me the whole purpose of the day's celebration and she wasn't supposed to wear makeup.
Shayarhar entering for the ceremony


Aisha entering for the ceremony


Here, Aisha's telling me what to do. I had to put henna on their hands (they had something in their hands so you really didn't put the ink on them), put oil in their hair, give them sweets, and then give them money.


The centerpieces at the wedding ceremony (held on second day)


Aisha's parents walking her in.


Look at Aisha's outfit. Isn't it so pretty? I just loved it and she looked so beautiful!

Here's Aisha on the third day that was a celebration held by Shayarhar's family. I couldn't go and really wish I had been able to. This dress is so gorgeous as well. What a handsome couple. Congratulations, Aisha and Shayarhar!

Taking Naps



Wednesday, August 5, 2009

This can't help but make you smile!

After changing Carter this morning, I was goofing around and dancing for him to get him to smile and I got this!

What we've been up to...

After my last hospital admission, Eric decided to take a 2 week vacation so he could study for the Step 2 of the boards. So, for the past two weeks, he's been studying hard (well, as hard as you can when you have two adorable little boys in the house who you have to love on all the time!). He started a two week anaesthesiology rotation this week that he really likes...good thing since that is what he wants to do!

We went to a baptism orientation at our church for the boys last week. We are so excited they will be baptized on September 13th. It should be a lovely service and we are having people over after at our house to celebrate.

I've been seeing my doctors on an out patient basis since I got out of the hospital. The pathology report from the D&C indicated I had chronic endometritis. Dr. McKernan was surprised as I didn't have symptoms for that, but by doing the D&C, he was covering all his bases to figure out what was wrong with me.

The week after I was discharged, my wbc was 4.4 (normal range is 4.1-10). We were so happy because it seemed that the D&C did the trick. By the end of that week, though, it was down to 2.9 and a week later, it was 2.7. My last appointment with the hemotologist was on Monday and my count was back up to 3.9.

According to the hemotologist, it seems like my wbc dips are cyclic and appear to be tapering off. I surely hope so! As aggravating as it is that no one knows why this is happening, I just want it to be gone! It really messes with your head when you're constantly worried about getting another fever and having to go back to the hospital.

The boys are growing and getting really chubby. They had their 2 month well baby check last week. Carter weighed 12.8 lbs and Brandt weighed 10.13. If we work really hard, we can get them to smile, but they are not smiling on their own yet. The dr said that they are a little behind developmentally, but are doing really well and normal for being premies. Although it makes me sad they are growing up, I can't wait for them to smile and laugh!