Middle of May

Paige lost her first tooth the other day.  It's been loose for a while, and it developed an abcess underneath it, so I took her in to have it pulled.  She was so brave, she got 3 shots and didn't even flinch.  She's been so proud of her smile ever since!  She left the tooth fairy a nice little note under her pillow and even gave her one of her rings.  So sweet!

I had my first blood transfusion last week - at least I think it was my first.  My h/h was 7.4/24.8, which was pretty low.  Almost dangerously low.  The scary thing is how low it probably was before because for 3 or 4 days before getting my labs drawn I had been taking iron and eating iron-rich foods, so I wouldn't be surprised if my hemoglobin was below 7 for a while.  I was at work when my doctor called me so after my shift, I checked into the ICU for a few hours.  Not to give too much information, but I have terrible periods and that is the reason my levels were so low, I was just bleeding too much.  I was pretty tired for a few weeks and when several people at work told me I looked more pale than usual, I thought I should have my blood levels tested.  Good thing I did.  The biggest change I noticed after the transfusion was that the throbbing that I had in my head constantly over the past month went away!  So happy about that! 

It is baseball season again.  You have to admit, they play against a beautiful backdrop.  Kind of reminds me of Albuquerque.  Paige and Kevin are on coach-pitch this year with their cousin Caroline.  Derek is in the pee-wees. 

The garden is beginning to grow pretty good.  Here is an overview.

 These are my okra plants coming up.  I still need to thin them out.  Can't wait!

 Bush beans and zucchini

 Peter pan squash and I think some parsley might be coming up.

 Mint and yellow squash

These are remnants from last year, not sure what they are.  I'm thinking they are some type of pepper and maybe swiss chard?