Torn, Tired, TMI, & Tentacles

WARNING: DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DONT LIKE TO HAVE TMI RUBBED IN YOUR EYES.

Today my amazing parents left and Zach went back to work. Today has been rough. Today, I'm exhausted. 

For some reason unknown to me Reef decided he wouldn't sleep from 1:30am-4am this morning and that everything I did would make him content and then highly upset. We played this game for two and a half hours. I know, newborns are fussy and unpredictable and yadda yadda yadda but DAMN I'm tired. I barely remember Zach leaving for work, did he kiss me goodbye or was that a dream? Who knows. BUT I'm very blessed. Before they left my mom held and rocked Reef so I could get in a quick nap since he wasn't into napping this morning either.

I'm also unbelievably sore. I, and here comes the TMI, tore in three different places- I tore down (perineum), inside (i have no idea what this is technically called), and I also tore up (labial tear). NOW, I feel slightly cheated and lied to in the fact that I read all the books, took the classes, and talked to my doctor but somehow NO ONE & NO BOOK mentions Labial Tearing- bitches. Even finding credible information on the internet on Labial tears isn't easy. And, since I was so overwhelmed with the birth of my son I didn't really ask my doctor about the tears while she was stitching me up- big mistake on my part.

I can't sit right and I can't stand or walk for anything more than five minutes. It's seriously ridiculous. I also have no idea to what degree I tore either. Ibuprofen and tylenol are my two best friends in the world, I take those suckers every six hours and that relieves some of the pain- thank good god.

Did anyone else have these kinds of tears? I hate to get all "open" with you guys but after giving birth I really have no shame anymore. Sad but true.

And, lastly, here's a photo Zach took of my dad playing with an octopus out at a dive spot called Fire House on the North Shore of Oahu.

Carpe Dive

My husband has an awesome scuba diving blog...It'll be updated with more and more photos soon, especially since he got a new camera! Go check out Carpe Dive even if you aren't into scuba diving it's got some rad ocean-tastic-ness!

rain::hotmamas::childbirthing classes::

The weather has been yuck yuck yuck...BUT it was perfect for a Mother's Day nice long sleep in while Zach finished up his advanced open water diver course- so awesome. Once he got home we watched Pretty In Pink and The Breakfast Club and just chilled & got all cabin fever loopy. We headed down to the beach for a bit when it stopped raining and it was dark and beautiful.

On another note- Happy Mother's Day to all of you hot mama's and future hot mama's. I hope you had a fabulous day!

Also- I'm trying to schedule child birthing classes since I'm STILL having nightmares. Anyone have suggestions or what their favorite class(es) are/were?! I'm looking for all of the input I can get.

kissing eels

I've been doing beach patrol since I found out Reef was going to be debuting in August but Zach still dives about every weekend and is training to do his Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver certifications this weekend [can't lie, i'm slightly jealous just because the rescue diver test seems epically fun...I mean, navigating underwater, recovering a diver, swimming them back to shore while removing their gear and doing cpr?! HECK YES...I love doing open water rescues...can't help it, its the beach lifeguard in me].

In remembrance of my epically awesome diving days....here's a youtube of us in Kona at Manta Heaven diving with Manta Rays and Frank The Eel...at about 16 seconds he decides to make out with me...its awesome. He's really docile and I've been lucky enough to dive with him since I was 15 :)

Happy Monday...