Got Milk?

Well, this has been quite a week. It started off bad with me running a high fever over the weekend through Monday. Then it was a busy week with getting ready for Steph and Tom's wedding running back and forth from Indy, doing nails, having lunches, rehearsal and dinner, then finally the big day. Joe and I turned over Eli to the grandparents for 2 whole nights while we remained in Muncie for the wedding extravaganza! It was both stressful and wonderful not having Eli connected at my hip for 2 1/2 days. So I went to get ready for the wedding at the church, I pumped twice be fore going out for the ceremony and of course I begin leaking in the dress before we even walk out. Thankfully, it was not going all the way through so no one could tell but me! Sitting in a wet dress through the whole celebration, then pictures, then the first dance and cutting of the cake I finally ran to the bathroom to pump and change into another dress I had brought just in case. As I stand in the stall my batteries die so there was no pumping. I change clothes and within an hour I had leaked all the way through the new dress and it was more obvious then the last, but I couldn't do anything about it so I didn't. Lesson learned: ALWAYS BRING BACK UP BATTERIES!!!

So on Sunday we trucked it home to prepare for the dreaded surgery. Bright and early Monday morning we made our way to St. Vincent's and with Eli now in his 4th hour of not eating when he normally he eats every 2 he was a very unhappy camper. The crazy surgent came in and drew a smiley face on his hernia. Eli was in and out of surgery in about 30mins. When he was brought to us he was so sleepy from the anastesia we were doing everything to wake him, but had no luck for probably a good 10mins or so. So, now we are home just trying to heal and he is doing much better then we thought as far as being upset. Here is a picture of Eli with his St. V's bear and his battle wound!

Eli Update: 10 lbs!!!