WHITTACRE FAMILY BLOG

His hernia as a baby...it improved quite considerably since then.  But it still needed surgery. Before surgery Well our little "goose" had hernia surgery.  I know many of you have already heard. Some were not thrilled I never said anything. Frankly, I was hesitant and really wasn't sure I was going to go through with it until the day before. I went through all the motions but letting my 2 year old go through surgery for something that essentially in MY mind was completely cosmetic I just wasn't convinced it was necessary. Bored waiting, waiting and more waiting... That being said, Nathan gave him a blessing the night before his surgery and I felt more at peace about going through with it and I am glad I did. We found out after the surgery that he had to MAJOR hernias in his groin as well. Since he was born he has always complained when I changed his diaper. Sometimes it would be worse than others but I often found myself looking where the diaper ...

As I was cleaning up the kitchen tonight and prepping to exercise. My mind wandered to my earlier married years when cleaning the kitchen, washing down the table and counters, emptying and starting the dishwasher was virtually impossible for me to complete by the end of the day. I was lucky if all the food got put away and the dishes at least got rinsed and set on the side of the sink. How far I have come with my health. Even before having kids I struggled completing some of the simplest tasks. Today I managed to haul in 10 large totes full of clothes while moving two major jumbo totes full of camping equipment around in the garage. Sorting through all of them, rearranging them to make more sense and  more room in the garage, wash two loads of clothes, clean the kitchen, make dinner, play with the kids, help prepare and implement Family Home Evening and manage to clean the kitchen and exercise for 30 minutes doing a dance video which for a long time was difficult for me to comp...