Two Teeth Missing and Happy Birthday

Noah lost his first two teeth within 12 hours of each other. He pulled the first one out on his own and then excitedly asked Daddy to pull the other out with pliers the next morning. I love his little smile without those teeth. Suddenly, he looks a bit older to me. He was so excited and cheering and smiling. We were all cheering right along with him. He happened to be sick at home that week and wasn't able to share the news with his class until the next week. I'm guessing the tooth fairy's large monetary payoff corrected any sadness associated with having to stay home sick. He made $1 off of the first tooth. The tooth fairy apparently received a notice that Griff and Isaac had received $5 for their very first lost teeth and then $1 for subsequent loses. So..........the second lost tooth received a $5 payout with the reasoning that Noah experienced it in a bit scarier way via pliers.

It all cracks me up!

Thursday our Noah will be 7 years old! I can't believe it! 7!!! I didn't even think he would live to see 2 years. Seven is a miracle and I'm so glad he is still here. He is one of the brightest stars in my life! He has an unconditional love for others that is amazing to be around. Such a gem!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy NoAh!!!

It's Not A Tumor!

It's not a tumor just a minor set back...

Recently I've been struggling through some serious foot pain. Ok, I will admit that my threshold for pain is low but this pain is over the top. I've run when I shouldn't have been running thinking that I would just run through it. Instead, it just made it worse.

In the mornings, I feel like just cutting off my feet. It hurst so badly. I hobble around and it looks super lame. I've been wearing my Adidas with my orthodics. No high heels, no tight toe boxed shoes. Bare footin' it is painful because I don't having any padding on my feet. Sometimes the balls of my feet feel really puffy and ready to burst even though they don't look puffy at all. The strange thing is that my feet feel better when they are resting but as soon as I step back onto the floor...........they kill just as badly as they kill each morning. Craziness!

With Bry's urging, and a few friends, I went to our amazing Family Practice Doctor. Here is what he thinks;

If you sometimes feel that you are "walking on a marble," and you have persistent pain in the ball of your foot, you may have a condition called Morton's neuroma. A neuroma is a benign tumor of a nerve. Morton's neuroma is not actually a tumor, but a thickening of the tissue that surrounds the digital nerve leading to the toes.
Morton's neuroma occurs as the nerve passes under the ligament connecting the toe bones (metatarsals) in the forefoot. Symptoms

• Normally, there are no outward signs, such as a lump, because this is not really a tumor.
• Burning pain in the ball of the foot that may radiate into the toes. The pain generally intensifies with activity or wearing shoes. Night pain is rare.
• There may also be numbness in the toes, or an unpleasant feeling in the toes.

Runners may feel pain as they push off from the starting block. High-heeled shoes, which put the foot in a similar position to the push-off, can also aggravate the condition. Tight, narrow shoes also aggravate this condition by compressing the toe bones and pinching the nerve

I will be okay. I'm resting it for a few days and then I'll be ready to spin or cycle.