Finding Normal

There was only one child I could convince to get in the picture.

I have a fan base that’s begging for more photos. Here you go Mom. Somewhere in the last couple of weeks I have attempted to start a blog at least a half a dozen times and always forget to post it. It might have something to do with a 39 inch girl of 32 pounds running around with an 8 pound cast. I wish I was kidding. It comes off tomorrow to released scar tissue completed on Sidney’s right hand. This was the hand that was originally fused between two of her three fingers. Syndactyly can be tricky after the original surgery separating her tiny digits. After tomorrow she will be down to a splint for three weeks with our goal to have function back by kindergarten this fall.

At the end of the workday, he's mine! 

In the meantime, lots of things have been going on. You know the Nordic man who calls himself Tom? We’ve been seeing a lot more of him! It seems a benefit of moms work is dad no longer needing to run a side business. I’ll admit, learning to juggle part-time work of at least four hours a day has its challenges, however it is my hope to move this towards fulltime work when the kids are in school. It started with screwing around with some projects on El*nce and turned into something much more permanent. This seems to work MUCH better for our family.  

Despite the chaos, I was able to squeeze in watching S*omewhere In B*tween. I think it took me two days emotionally to recover from watching it. This was without watching the additional 45 minute bonus DVD. The flood gates were released. My heart breaks to think about the lack of choices a woman has in her life simply as a result of gender and socioeconomic status.

Okay, I will descend by peach box and update with new photos after the cast is removed. We are thinking there will be use of a thumb with the fingers enclosed if it’s like last time. The difference between having a thumb and not having a thumb is huge! As a side note and a something very sweet, Sidney’s teacher let me know her classmates have rallied around her in a cast assisting her with anything she is unable to do as a result of having one hand like opening milk.