Caution - Human Anatomy

As some of you may know, I recently had a surgery due to an ectopic pregnancy. I found it very interesting when the doctor showed me pictures of my insides. I warn you - it might not be pretty, but if you like anatomy it's cool to see the female reproductive system.


The picture below shows the uterus. The dark liquid around it, is actually blood. Normally, it would not look like this - I had a lot of internal bleeding. This is what ultimately led me to the ER.



The next two pictures are of my Fallopian Tube. As you can see, it is very swolen and already starting to rupture. My doctor thought this was why I had so much internal bleeding.




Sadly this picture is after they took out the tube.




Last, but not least is a picture of my other side - the healthy side. The big ball in the middle is the uterus and the little circle to the left is the ovary - can you believe this small thing is what causes pain, and the tube connected to the uterus is the fallopian tube.



To all of you who have kept us in your prayers - THANK YOU!! Jason and I are doing great. This wasn't what we wanted, but we realize it happened for some reason and know that we have more chances in the future. We know this experience made us stronger as a couple and helped us realize how fragile life is.

Merry Chirstmas - 5 months later!!

First, let me explain why this is so late getting posted. The pictures from Christmas were on a different camera and we have not been able to get them onto the computer. Finally, we found some handy device that lets us plug our memory stick into the computer. Every year our family likes to do "gag" gifts. I have added pictures that show some of the gag gifts from Christmas 07.


I gave my mom fashionable noodle jewelry from "Tiffany & Co." I'm sure if she was to wear it out somewhere and get hungry - she could eat it.



My dad got this lovely speedo! We haven't seen it on him yet - and to be honest, hopefully we never will.

My parents gave Jason this traffic puzzle. They thought he could take it to work one day and show others in the office what the next traffic job would be.



Staci and Bacho gave Chuck this awesome shirt. We all know Chuck secretly loves the Boner Brothers - I mean the Jonas Brothers.



Chuck gave Bacho this "bowl". The color of the bowl was puke green and I believe had a face of a frog. It was very ugly!! Where is that gift now Bacho?

My o My, how time flys

I was scanning through some pictures, trying to find something we could add to our blog to make it a little more exciting and came across this picture. I believe this was 5 years ago. Jason and I had gone to San Diego to visit the Kipps and take some pictures for our wedding announcement. Somehow, this picture ended up on the roll. Colby and Cass have grown up like crazy!! I can't believe Colby will be 16 in 2 weeks. We love visiting the Kipps. We always have a fun time.