Day One of "no heavy lifting"

I realize this order from the doctor's office actually started yesterday, but I count today as Day One because it was the first full day. It wasn't easy.

What do you do when your 19-month-old son looks at you, holds his hands in the air and asks you to pick him up and you can't?

Well, I opted for kneeling down to his level and giving him big hugs whenever I could. A couple of times, Darrel picked him up for me and held him while I snuggled with him, so it was kind of like I'd picked him up. He's adjusting to crawling up into my lap. Twice today he had snuggle time with me in a chair in the living room and once we had some play time on our bed...the whole family...tickles all around! It was nice.

I probably didn't take things as easy as I should have today. I'm going to go in to work for a meeting in the morning and then I'll probably come home and take another day. Hopefully that will help. It's difficult to be someone who is constantly on the go and forced to slow down, but I'm doing the best I can and I'm getting a lot of support from my family. So, that's good. I only have a little over two weeks left at my current elementary school job and I would really like to spend some time doing what I do...educating children. I miss "my" kids. At the beginning of February, I'll be teaching another adult school class and I am really looking forward to starting that. Hopefully the transition will go smoothly.

I think I'm going to make waffles for dinner tomorrow with the waffle iron part of the 3-in-1. It shouldn't be too difficult. Maybe I could take a chair into the kitchen to sit on while I'm mixing the batter. Otherwise, I'll ask Darrel to make them. That's been my craving that I've only insisted on having once so far...waffles, and that was two weeks ago. It's time for waffles!

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. I will update again soon.