D-Day and a little Deadliest Catch

UPDATE: The trip to the neurosurgeon didn't go so well. She wants to treat me aggressively because she was shocked that after 3 weeks of this I still have to take pain meds and I still have no strength in my triceps. (all left arm) I was told I have 2 options- surgery or injection into the spine. I also learned that all the discs of my neck are degenerating. Not good news considering my age (I turn 30 on Monday) and I'm already showing signs of arthritis. It's all very scary and I have no idea what I plan to do. So for now, I'll pray for wisdom and healing.


So, today is D-day. I'm leaving in about 40 minutues to take Ella and Luke to get their hair cut and then heading to Greenville to see the neurosurgeon. At this point, I am pretty sure that surgery is not in my near future due to a phone call the neurosurgeon made about my MRI to my friend who referred me. I am, however, more than ready to learn what I can and cannot do. I haven't been able to pick up Luke for 3 weeks now and it is killing me! I have to have someone come over anytime I need to go somewhere to put him in his carseat for me and then I have to have someone take him out. Do you know what an inconvenience that is? I can't just pick up and go! I'm beyond over this. I haven't been able to workout since we were at the beach and I have a gut feeling it's going to be a long time before I do anything more than walk- I pray I'm wrong. I'm also ready to be able to feel my fingers again and I am more than ready for my arm to stop tingling/burning.
Ok, enough complaining.

I now present to you the Deadliest Catch of Garden City. (I told you I would bombard you with beach pictures!) Michael had the great idea to catch crabs at the pier while we were at the beach. We started first with ice cream on the pier.

Check out that face!

Waiting on daddy to catch a crab

Michael in action. We met some very interesting people on the pier while we were waiting on daddy to catch a crab in his net thing. We were at the end of the Garden City pier, which most of you should know is where the bar/band is located.
Proof that I was at the beach. I'm never in pictures since I'm always behind that camera!

Our first catch- the tiniest hermit crab to ever walk the face of the earth.

Inspecting daddy's first catch.

After what seemed like an eternity, we finalluy caught one crab. I was so happy for Michael. All he wanted was to show it to the kids. They thought it was the greatest thing ever. Daddy was a hero and we laughed while the crab walked on the pier sideways.

This was definitely one of those beach nights I'll never forget!