ouch II and baby shower!

i had my little surgery last thursday. it was one of the more painful experiences i've had. turns out i had this lovely little bump pop up, called a mucocele. it sorta looks like this, but mine was about twice the size and in the corner of my upper lip. anyways, big scissors came at my face and i was thrilled. i'm kind of a bleeder, so it took the doc quite awhile to stop the bleeding. in the end, half my mouth (top and bottom) and part of the face skin around the corner of my mouth was cauterized with silver nitrate. that's some painful shit.

the doctor said that while people get these things for other reasons, that mine was most likely a very rare side effect of pregnancy. thanks, baby! in a few months when you're getting your vaccinations and i start to feel bad, i will simply remember that i had to go through oral surgery without anesthesia for you and feel better. but i'll still give you an extra hug. lol.

so yeah, in addition to the loveliness of the procedure, i also couldn't take pain killers afterwards. it's been about a week now, and the pain is just now going away. it still hurts if i bump the exact spot where the funky scab is (it's white. mouths are gross), but the surrounding area is finally back to normal. my next wish is to eat with a spoon and brush my teeth without pain. :-)

anyways, the day after my face was removed, most of the black, dead, cauterized skin came off. i wasn't able to smile or laugh and eating was pretty tough. more came off on saturday, and aside from my crooked smile and a bit of pain, i appeared to be normal. which is good because my baby shower was that afternoon!

funny side story: amos and i totally though the baby shower was on sunday, not saturday. so we had about a 3 hour warning to be there. normally plenty of time, but i was trying to make my face look normal so i panicked. lol.

the baby shower was great! we had it at my in-law's house and had several friends and family there. baby madelyn was given all sorts of awesome gifts and we can't wait to use all of them. we received lots of useful supplies like diapers and baby wipes, but also plenty of super cute clothes. my mom also passed down a lot of my baby things which will be great to use.

because of the move, everything is still at the in-law's house. i'm sad. i REALLY want to get the nursery ready. it's driving me mad. i think i would totally be nesting right now if i could. but i'm going to stop talking about the move before i scream. the best we've been able to do so far is set up the diaper bag for when we go to the hospital, and we installed the car seat. everything else is in the storage unit or at the in-law's. sigh.

hopefully my next update will be about moving. like actually moving... or at least closing... sigh