Last Saturday evening we did an early celebration for Poppy's 72nd birthday (we didn't have those numbered candles so we got creative hence the 64+8). Grams got an ice cream cake that had vanilla and chocolate ice cream so we had to scrape off the chocolate for him. Grams had thought it would have cake in it but it didn't so we ended up buying a vanilla cake to go with the ice cream cake. It was a funny way to do cake and ice cream.
Sunday morning my doctor called with some pretty big news. After looking over my MRI and ultrasound he discovered that I have a cesarean scar defect (also known as an Isthmocele). This means that I have a pouch between my cesarean scar and my uterus and that is where my blood clot actually is. Since the blood clot is not actually in my uterus, another d and c would have been pretty ineffective so the doctor cancelled it. This discovery shined a lot of light on all my problems. It explained why the previous d and c didn't work and it also explained why it took me so long to get pregnant with Isaac. This defect can cause infertility. There is a surgery that can repair this defect but most doctors have not done it. My doctor has given me a reference for another doctor in Michigan that has performed it before and I will be meeting with this doctor in a couple weeks.
Sunday after church Zoom meetings and our own little sacrament Tyler, Poppy and me went to The Prehistoric Forest. This is an abandoned miniature golf course that was dinosaur themed. It had no trespassing signs all over the place but Poppy and I decided to be rebellious and trespass while Tyler waited in the car for a quick getaway if needed. (Don't worry we had a good cover story too, in case we were caught. We would tell them that Poppy had went to this park as a child with his parents.) We had some fun exploring and di not get caught. Although Tyler told me a cop car had driven by while we were there. Most of the statues were pretty destroyed but there were still a few good ones to get pictures with. This would definitely be an eerie place to visit at night.
We also discovered a "dead body" which Poppy of course had to tell all the children about.
Since I was supposed to have surgery on Monday I didn't really make any plans for the day. Poppy actually spent his final morning with us helping Tyler massacre the bushes in our yard. Through their hacking we discovered a bird's nest in one of the bushes. The nest is right outside the window and the kids have loved being able to watch the birds and see them grow. They have grown a lot in just a matter of this week! The kids tend to get concerned that the mama bird is often missing from the nest. They have hypothesized that maybe she is out hanging with her friends a lot.
That night we went out for a final dinner with Poppy at Culver's and then a little walk in the neighborhood. It was a nice final hurrah. He left us on Tuesday and it was sad to say goodbye to him but we are grateful that Grams is still here.
Tuesday afternoon I did a beach day with friends while Steven went to Milford with Grams and picked up our favorite orange cranberry muffin at the bakery. I hate that Steven has become to cool for the beach but I am glad that Grams is here and they can spend time together.
Wednesday we went to the Toledo Zoo. We are excited it's open again but there are some new policies- like they are limited to how many people can come into the zoo and then how many people can be in the buildings at a time and of course, masks must be worn in any of the indoor places. Knowing all these regulations we got there when it opened and then headed to the back of the zoo where we did the petting zoo (which had really cute lambs and crowing roosters) and the aquarium (the kids petted sting rays there). After the aquarium the girls and Ben cooled off at the splash pad. I think our plan worked perfectly because as we were leaving the splash pad the Petting Zoo and Aquarium had started to get lines to get inside- we had not had to wait in any lines. Next we saw the orangutans and the baby one had a little tea cup and was scooping up mud with it and drinking it- this was cute and gross all at the same time. Then Tyler bought us all frozen treats which we enjoyed while we strolled the rest of the zoo. On our way home we picked up Chick-Fil-A because that's a Toledo tradition and the kids had some fun with cow masks they got there.
Wednesday evening we had an "emergency" ward council to make plans for going back to church. In the midst of it I had some super fun texts with a mom of one of my young women that thinks we are not following proper state guidelines by returning to in person activities next week. Doing it outside, in groups less than 15, wearing masks, everyone bringing own drinks and snack, wiping things down, washing hands and trying to stay 6 feet apart is not enough. She sent an email with even more crazy regulations we should follow. She's nuts. And she was so exhausting to deal with.
Friday morning Grams and I did some shopping. Masks kind of kill the fun of shopping but it was still nice to get out with no kids for a bit. Then that evening Grams and I walked down to the beach with the girls and let them play in the water a bit. I sure love my neighborhood beach.
For the fourth I was not really gung ho to make plans but Corinne wanted to get together and somehow I ended up hosting. Then I decided to invite the Schneider's and then my friend Melissa basically invited herself, ha ha. So much for doing nothing. I am keeping it simple though. We're just going to have hot dogs, fruit, chips and Popsicle's and the kids can play in the sprinklers. We are actually pretty hot here for Michigan- 90's- so we'll see how it ends up going. I have a feeling my house is going to be a hot mess at the end of today.
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