Keepin' Up with the Olsons

Words By Which to Live

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
-Theodore Roosevelt

Thursday, April 10, 2008

yesterday i took zoe in to get her frenulum cut. that is the piece of skin that attaches the tongue to the bottom of the mouth. we had been told she was tongue tied and clipping that could possibly help the nursing to be less painful.

it was a horrible thing to watch. she was not happy about it at all but latched on right after and was able to nurse. it seems as though it did help, though it is hard to tell since i am still very sore. my prayer is that it solves our problem, otherwise that will feel pretty awful to know we put her through that for nothing.

here are a couple more photos...

just relaxing on the floor and getting ready for her first sponge bath at home.