It's like phantom leg syndrome, but my leg is still there.

My leg is HURTING! It started aching tonight and now my whole leg hurts! It's how I imagine it would feel if my leg was amputated and I was getting the ghost pains. I'm beginning to think I might be a hypochondriac, but then again, I think even thinking I could be a hypochondriac precludes me from actually being one.

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Thanks for the supply tips! I used fenugreek with Ava and hated the syrupy smell, but I think I'm going to try that first. You just increase the dose until you get the syrup smell, right?

Sleep is the number one thing I would like to do to get my supply up...one of those nursing vacations where you spend two whole days in bed just nursing the baby and sleeping and watching soap operas sounds like HEAVEN right now. If only I could farm out the other kids for a couple of days. Un. Likely.

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Seth had Physical Therapy this morning and while I thought he might graduate, alas, he did not. He's getting there, though. But the muscle tone in his neck, back, and abs is still low so we need to focus on sitting types of exercises now. We had been focusing on floor play and rolling, but he's doing well in those areas.

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Ava went ice skating for the first time EVER today. The rink at the mall has a homeschool day and when my mom offered to pick up Jace from school, I took her up on it and Ava got to go skating (In her HSM WildCats outfit, in case you were wondering). She just kind of pulled herself along the sides of the rink and got excited, then fell over. Then she'd get up and repeat it all again. Luckily I told her that you're supposed to fall a lot when you skate, so she didn't let it bother her at all. She fell backwards once and I thought she was done for, and everyone was surrounding her and someone offered her candy, which she accepted. Then she stood up, handed the candy to me (while tears were still running down her face), and said "I'll have to eat this later, after I try again." And she was off !

There was one portion of the rink that had about a ten foot expanse without a railing (It was the area the zamboni was stored in), and all the kids would get into a traffic jam there. At one point Ava gave up trying to skate across the gap and just sat down and scooted across on her bottom. It was hilarious and very creative! She was just rounding the last corner when the garage door opened and the zamboni made it's appearance...I've never seen a kid more freaked out in my life. She started screaming and trying to go fast, which just got her more off balance and more scared. I thought she was going to lose it before she made it off the ice, when some of the first graders from our school surrounded her and helped her skate in. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. They literally just gathered all around her from every angle and calmed her down and helped her in. Seeing things like that makes me so happy that we send her to a school that is interested in helping to mold both her spirit and her mind.

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I want to write about youth group but I have to stick to my pledge about getting more sleep! Tomorrow is a NO APPOINTMENT DAY, which we love, so I'll have a little more time. Oh, how I love days with no appointments!