Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas everyone! As I am writing this, most of you are still sleeping.
Aaron and I attended Christmas eve service on base. It was really cute. They had the children's choir singing and we were impressed with how good they were! Then, this morning we woke up, unwrapped a few gifts and we are watching a classic Christmas cartoon marathon (Rudolph, little drummer boy, the grinch, frosty the snowman). I love the old-school cartoons! We also observed the Anderson family tradition of watching National Lampoon's Christmas vacation last night.
I am making a "thanksgiving" meal for Christmas. We made turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc when Hilary's family was here. But all the left overs mysteriously disappeared! We love you TOM! So, since Aaron did not get any left overs due to a certain person's midnight cravings....He wanted me to make it again for Christmas. I think we are having a few of our friends over as well.
We really wish we were home for Christmas, but will see most of you when we are home in about 4 weeks.
And, to the Nedved clan in SD...we are going to drive to Sioux Falls one of the days to see as many of you as we can. Let us know which dates work (Jan 28-Feb 2).

Now, I can not believe I am going to give Hillary Clinton any space on this blog, but in my Women's Health magazine, I came across this.....


Is that not the funniest nutcracker you have seen. It is only 24.95 from hillarynutcracker.com/completelynuts.html. In about 4-6 weeks we will be a proud owner! She is a real ball buster! I really hope she does not become president......

Week of being a housewife

Yesterday was a strange day....Aaron woke up to go to work and I got to stay home. Aside from weekends when he was working at the golf course and I was not on call, that has never happened. We are either both working or he is at home. He started his job yesterday at the post office on base. His first day went well, but since he has to do a lot of lifting of heavy packages, he complained of a sore back. I think he just enjoys getting out of the house; and, since the days are getting so short here, golf is getting to be a bit more of a challenge. The sun does not rise until 7:30 or so and then it starts to get dark at 3:30.

I want to thank everyone for their thoughts/prayers the past two weeks. I had the D&C on friday and everything went well. It was so strange to be on the "other side" of things. I operate every monday in the OR and have my routine of filling out the preoperative paperwork, verifying correct surgical site/pt..... It was "surreal" being on the other side and having people do their routine on me. My friend Jett is an anesthesiologist at the hospital...I knew him my first year of residency....and he did my anesthesia. He hooked me up. Just prior to rolling back, my OB had to rush to a delivery. He kept dosing me with Versed. "Instant 3 Margaritas" I don't remember much after that....except Aaron laughing at my drug induced euphoria! I came home and slept the rest of the day. Some of our friends, Liz and James (both are dentists with me), brought us over soup and pasta that first night. A thoughtful gesture that we were extremely grateful for.
Emotionally I am doing well. I felt "normal" the next day, which made me relieved. I had the D&C a week after we found out we lost the baby, so we did most of our grieving in that week. Aaron and I are hopeful that we will conceive again and know that it happened for a reason. I have also found great comfort in emails I have received after people found out we miscarried saying how they miscarried....often more than once. It is something you don't hear much about until it happens to you.
Plus, I am very focused on my boards, so I think having that as a "distraction" helps. I was given a week off of work and have been using the time to study...however, the more I am studying, the more freaked out I am getting about the test! So, today I am getting a massage! (although I think Aaron is the one that needs it....)