Weekending...on the couch!

So we've had a bit of a setback this past weekend for our holiday plans. You may know I've had some pretty crazy hip and back troubles since my pregnancy. Well, it happened again. Last week I saw the chiropractor and found out my right hip was again out and not rotating causing all sorts of trouble in my lower back! I was doing well and then after my appointment on Friday morning I progressively felt worse. Saw the chiro again and woke up Saturday morning hardly able to walk. Ugh. So much for our trip to Worthington. All plans were cancelled and I rotated my behind from the couch to the chair all day hanging out with my new best friend the ice pack. Things have been so-so since Saturday. I saw the chiro again last night and he's hopeful that things will start moving again (Everything is clinched tight in what us back trauma regulars refer to as a "spasm." Good times....

A couple Ella-isms: 
- She continually is asking me "Mommy, is your back sore?" 
- When I get the ice pack out of the freezer, she wants one too, which she then proceeds to hold on her back while walking around, basically imitating me, which is hilariously cute
- I have an acupuncture mat I've been using to help relax the lower back muscles, and Ella has decided she needs a mat too (her mat is a liner out of a basket).  She lays on this "mat" and then tells us that her back feels better.  So funny.  

Anyway, we did get to attend the Best Buy holiday party on Thursday night, which was pre-back spasm. Here's our attempt to get a picture with Santa. You will notice that Jay is missing. So we're standing in line and we decided (WE DECIDED) we should all be in the picture and then maybe Ella wouldn't freak out and may even smile for the camera. So it comes to be our turn, they call us over, and Jay beelines it to stand by the cameraman. What?! Nerd! He didn't realize I meant all of us in the picture. Anyway, here it is. Maybe next year.....I love that my purse is in the shot.  Nice work cameraman!

So, Sunday afternoon my back was feeling tolerable due to the insane amounts of ibuprofen I've been taking and the ice pack regimen I've been following.  I HAD to get some Christmas baking done so Ella and I sat at the kitchen table to get our cookies together.  It was fun!  Jay got a few pictures of course on my other camera, so I'll have to share those later.

I do still have a few last minute gifts to finish...and it's probably going to be at the very last minute.  I'm praying that my back will be in better shape by Thursday/Friday so I can enjoy the long Christmas weekend! 

Stay tuned for more pictures soon....