Lights, Rides, but no Luka

We went to the carnival today.  Had quite a bit of fun, but I forgot my camera :(  We went with Kim, Donald, her 4 kiddos, her 2 sisters, and 3 of their kids (plus 2 neighbor kids, AND Alex's brother and his kid..real crowd..LOL).  I felt so bad while I was there, hard to enjoy anything.  Lot of back pain and cramping on one side (wasn't something I thought was m/c related, tho...will talk about that in a sec).  I made a HUGE breakthrough today--I held the babies!  I saw one of them was waking up...and I leaned over and asked Kim if I could hold him.  She kinda looked shocked, asked if I was sure I wanted to, I said sure.  So, I held him..and fed him.  Held the other little man after that.  It was surprising, because it didn't depress me at all...they're so precious.  I'm a little saddened now, thinking back on it...but I know my little ones were there with me, helping me to enjoy my time with them.  Above is a pic of Kaitlynne's face painting-it was so cool out today I got it for her cuz I knew it wouldn't melt.  I wish I had had the camera...get some more pics of everyone later, tho.

Anywho, the pain I've been having...all kind of off and on for a few weeks now, but this pain in the side...it stayed for 3 days.  Alex and I finally decided to go to the ER (I wasn't sure if I was just..uhm.."backed up"..gross, sorry..a very high threshold to pain prevented me from thinking too much of it until then..I was concerned, but not enough to go.), which was right next to the carnival..  When I get back there, I tell them I think it might be a UTI or something.  The symptoms were SO different then I've ever had, but it was all I could think of to cause that kind of cramping and lower back pain.  So, they tested my urine first.  4+ for protein..severe UTI.  So, they gave me a shot of antibiotics in my rearend (the padding didn't stop that from hurting a little bit..LOL), and a script for pills (same pills I was on for the last 4 months of my pregnancy w/ Marissa to prevent getting these things).  I'm hopin to feel good as new soon.  When we were leavin, we saw ambulances and cops everywhere in the parking lot we were in...we asked a cop what happened, he said some woman (found out later diabetic) lost control of her car, it came down backwards from the incline at the ER, across the street backwards, and into the parking lot, finally crashing into a minivan that was parked there.  Thank GOD no one was walking across the street-never would have seen her coming.  She was ok, probably a sore back/neck.  Guy came out from the ER to see his van-think your day's going bad enough then that!  We had to sit and watch for awhile cuz we were blocked in the parking lot.

Anywho, guess that's about it.  Homeschooling Kait, so far, is going pretty well.  I'm still scared and doubting myself so much-but I try to keep in mind WHY I'm doing it-it's all for her.  Tomorrow, all public/private schools are closed due to Wilma heading this way..told Kait she still has school, tho..LOL.