Week of Pictures: I Shot My Wife In the Butt

I like pictures and since my wife documents every second of our life with her camera I thought I'd dedicate a week to them...

Yesterdays post was titled "Now I Have A Machine Gun Ho-Ho-Ho." Two interesting things about that post...

1. It's just an observation, but it must have been a guy type post because the females stayed away from leaving comments.
2. It would be understandable for one to come to the conclusion that the title of this post, "I Shot My Wife In the Butt," is related to yesterdays post. It's not.

This past Friday my wife and I had a little scare with our pregnancy.  After Monica woke up we called the Dr. and she said that we should come in for an emergency ultrasound.  She is 7 weeks pregnant and it was around this same point that we lost our first baby three years ago.  We both were silent as we drove to the hospital. I'm normally optimistic, but we both prepared ourselves for the worst. 

During the ultrasound the Dr. quickly told us that everything looked great with both our babies.  In response to the Dr. my exact quote was, "can you repeat that please." She then went on to say that everything looked really good with both babies. She even said that she could see a flicker which is an early sign of a heartbeat.  Monica and I both cried after hearing her words. We were prepared for the worst and received an early surprise. Praise God! This Friday we go in for the official ultra sound to hear the heartbeats. We would appreciate the prayers.

Because it's twins the Dr. put Monica on a a new medication. It's a stronger version of what she was on. The medication is a thick oil and it has to be given through a shot every night for the next five weeks.  Monica has had plenty of experience giving herself a shot, but neither of us were prepared for what the Dr. said next.  She told us that I have to give Monica the shot and that it's in her butt.  DO WHAT? The needle for this shot is gigantor. I'm not going to lie I was a little scared to give her the first shot. I'm also not going to lie for her, she was really scared for me to give her the first shot.  We both survived and lived to take a picture of the first needle.

Pictured Above: The medication, a very large needle, and a cotton swab. At this point Monica was really nervous.

Pictured Above: Rob right before giving Monica a shot in the butt. At this point I was really nervous.