Monday, December 31, 2007
Pictures??
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Christmas
How Silently, how silently
The wonderous gift is giv’n!
So God impoarts to human hearts
The blessings of his heav’n.
No ear may hear His coming;
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him, still
The dear Christ enters in.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Only girl with 3 big brothers Vs. Hila, queen of the house and boss of 2 brothers and a sister
I was fixing my neice Opal and Hila some chocolate milk this morning. The chocolate syrup is almost gone so it made *that* sound. Opal laughs and says, “Ha. It farted!” Hila said quickly, “It tooted.”
Opal, “It farted, farty fart fart!”
Hila talking over her cousin loudly, “It tooted! It tooted! Toot!”
Then Hila got frustrated that Opal wasn’t taking the hint. “No! Opal, it tooted!”
Opal, “Oh. It tooted.”
Chocolate milk in hands, they went off to play dolls.
Merry Christmas
I'm old
BJay and I were asked to be Mary and Joseph for our ward Christmas party. Hannah played Baby Jesus. She is a terrific actress. I laid her down in that scratchy hay and wire halo and she didn't make a fuss. I was thinking about how old Mary must have been and it made me feel really old. Technically I think I could play Mary's mother. If she was around 15 when she was married. Strange. I thought BJay was a very cool looking Joseph in the Kurta Pajama I got him in India. Well its probably the first and last time we ever get to be a nativity!
Friday, December 14, 2007
The real flips
Saturday, December 8, 2007
New lights!
Friday, December 7, 2007
Nuclear Medicine and a Christmas Party
Last night was also the office Christmas party. BJay was in charge of the arrangements and he doesn’t ever want to do it again! LOL. He decided against a really fancy resturant for the adults and went with a cheaper one so everyone’s families could be invited. I thought it was fun. We ate way too much pizza though. The party was at a resturant I used to work at as a teenager. I was suprised the owner actually remembered me. And the food was as good as I remembered. Hannah slept through the whole thing. She’s getting over a cold I think. I will be posting pictures soon.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
My Gabers
Gabe turned 2 today. Well, technically yesterday, but only by 48 minutes. I just love him like crazy. He has so much personality already at two. We got him a Radio Flyer trike and some balls and a puzzle. All he needed was the bike. He couldn’t even wait for the seat to be fastened on. Its one of those cool ones with a long handle that I can push and steer with. I’ll post pictures later. We threw him a little party with his nursery buddies. It was a good day.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Hila-ism
Serious face
“Mom, the story of us is not going to be over for a long, long time!”
When asked to close her eyes during family prayer
“But when I close my eyes, its too dark!”
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Pathology report II
Monday, November 26, 2007
Kick-off to Christmas
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Thanksgiving in Kindergarten
I am thankful (in no particular order)
1. The four most beautiful, sweet, well behaved children ever.
2. My husband of almost 10 years who gets better every year.
3. Having more than one place to share Thanksgiving day with family.
4. That BJay was able to fix our busted water line and we didn't have to call a plumber...except for Donovaughn at 8pm last night. Thanks D!
5. For the blessing of living near a lot of our family.
6. For the blessing of having my children grow up near most of their cousins, both sets of grandparents, one set of great grandparents, 6 aunts, and 5 uncles.
7. For really good health insurance!!!!!
8. That BJay's employers are paying for our great insurance.
9. For two nights of dinner brought in. Thanks Paige and Cyndi!
10. For Black Friday sales...and sisters to shop with!
11. That my body is able to heal so easily.
12. That the bill for my surgery wasn't as astronomical as I was expecting it to be!
13. For awesome friends both near and far!
14. That my mom gave me the sewing machine she won when I was 12 that she's secretly wished she kept.
15. That cooking a turkey is optional for me.
16. For people who don't even know me who have prayed for me.
17. That we bought this house we're fixing up even though I have done nothing but complain about it.
18. That I get to stay home with my awesome children.
19. For only having made 1 trip to the ER in almost 6 years of being a parent. *knock on wood*
20. For the extra joy that having children during the Holidays.
21. That I can put up the Christmas tree in our new house soon.
22. That my mom has just about finished knitting stockings for all of my children that match the one I had as a kid.
23. That my husband doesn't care so much that dinner is almost never on the table for him when he comes home as long as breakfast is there when he wakes up.
24. That my pediatrican told me I should eat as much as I want since I'm breastfeeding a 13 pound baby.
25. For the blessing of living at a time where amazing support and advice can come from support groups on the internet!
26. For my son's Kindergarden teachers who want him to improve and succeed.
27. For all the things I've learned from TLC's "What not to wear" that I'm not doing.
28. For the "thankful turkey" on my fridge that lists the blessings my children are thankful for.
29. For the blessing of being able to share what we have, not matter how much we have.
30. That I've made it to 30 and learned that my true sucesses and most treasured blessings are not what I thought they would be when I was 20.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Second time is twice the fun
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Fun night
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Pathology report
So we got the pathology report back. It wasn’t what I was hoping, but about what I was expecting. There were two tumors and two different types of thyroid cancers. Both are highly treatable, highly survivable cancers. The smaller tumor was papillary, which is the most common, most curable type of thyroid cancer. The larger tumor was follicular, which is also very curable but less common. The treatment is to go back and have a second surgery to remove the rest of my thyroid. Then kill anything that remains with radioactive iodine. So the good news is that after these measures, there is usually no reoccurance of cancer after 10 years. And that means that most likely there will be no chemotherapy involved. But I will likely have to stop breastfeeding Hannah. I go back for the second surgery a week from tomorrow.
BJay and I are trying to laugh this off as much as possible. I keep saying that I now get to play the cancer card whenever I don’t want to do something. And BJay is joking about not needing Christmas lights this year because I’ll be radioactive. Luckily for us, the children don’t have the word “cancer” in their vocabulary yet. So the word doesn’t scare them as much as is does other people. I don’t want anyone to freak out though, because the prognosis for me is really good. I’ll get to say I’m a cancer survivor without having to “earn” it the way most people do.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Ta-Da!
Here I am right before surgery with a "yes" on the part of my thyroid that was going to be removed.
Here is a picture Hila took of me the day after showing the bandage.
And here is what the scar is going to look like. It doesn't actually look so bad in this picture.
So tomorrow we go back for the lab results. I'm feeling back to normal except for a little bit less range of motion when I turn my head. The kids are doing great too. Hannah is officially spoiled. But they are only babies for a little while.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Surgery went well
The surgery went well. We went in at 6am, got into surgery at 7:30, (right on time) the surgery was done by 9:00am (just as planned) and I came around at about 10:00am. I spent a little longer in recovery because of a heart palpitation that they ordered an ekg for, but they released me around 1pm. I haven’t felt the need to fill the pain medication perscription, ibuprofin seems to do the job just fine, and I’ve been spending the day lazing around in bed. We go back next Thursday to find out the lab results, but I’m still pretty optimistic. Cancer or no cancer I feel really good about the eventual conclusion of this little chapter in my life.
So all is well, I think I’ll be feeling fine by Sunday when we bless baby Hannah. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow of the “yes” they wrote in the area my surgery was supposed to be. I actually thought of doing that myself but I didn’t want to offend anyone, so I’m glad its their policy. The bandage stays on for 2 days and then I’ll get to see what kind of scar I’ll end up with. Yes!
Friday, November 2, 2007
It's good to have friends...
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Halloween!
Mema showing Gabe a picture of himself on her digital camera.
Chicken Pants!!!
Hila decided NOT to wear her princess costume at the last minute. After she insisted that we wash the princess dress earlier today. She decided she wanted to be super Hello Kitty instead. An awesome Mexican wrestling mask that my mother-in-law bought at a flee market in CA.
Asher in his Clone trooper costume...not storm trooper!
Our little pumkin in her carseat!
Here are the kids playing a game at the ward trunk-or-treat party.
Hila took this one of Hannah getting a snack in her pumkin outfit after the festivities.
This is another self portrait of Hila in the car on the way home.
Hila got this one of Gabe pulling off his sock in the car. Something about the car makes Gabe want to take his socks and shoes off every time!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
You have no idea
Monday, October 29, 2007
Things I love about October
I was actually cold for the first time this weekend! I actually had to put on a sweatshirt. Horray! The weather here in NC is always strange. It is cool today, my toes are cold. So since it is finally looking and feeling like fall, I thought I’d make a list of things I love about fall. In no particular order…
1. Candy corn. I don’t know why. Its kind of a gross candy, but in the fall I just can’t get enough of it.
2. Wearing sweaters/sweatshirts. “Sweater weather” is just so refreshing and cozy. Plus its good for when you just had a baby and the flab is still hanging around.
3. Halloween. Halloween is the gateway to all the best Holidays. Once Halloween is done, time speeds up until Christmas.
4. Apple Cider. Yum. And what an awesome smell!
5. The state fair. Okay, I didn’t love it enough to wade through the lines, park and hike the children up to it. But I have the fondest, most nostalgic feelings about the fair. This year we made it up to just outside when we saw the crowds, changed our minds and went to a $1.50 movie instead.
6. The livestock at the state fair. I love looking at all the cows, goats, pigs… not the fowl so much because they stink. But they make me feel like I want to be a farmer…although I’m way more of a city girl than I thought!
7. Fall Festivals. I’m an equal opportunity fall-festival-er. I loved the little one they had at Asher’s school. And the ones they do at church (as long as I’m not in charge of organizing them And I love the street fair they have in Southern Pines where BJay recently ran a 5k–go B!
8. Carving pumkins. This has only gotten better with kids!
9. Halloween parties. Love them, love people who throw them. Love hearing my children explain to me what apple bobbing is!
10. Fall colors. I love wearing them and seeing them in the trees. Nature is amazing.
11. Gift planning. I am definately a gift giver. I LOVE giving gifts, making gifts, wrapping gifts, planning where to buy and how much to spend on gifts. About Halloween time I’m making my lists and checking them twice. Love it.
12. Size 24 mos courderoy pants. LOL. This one won’t last forever, but pulling out all Asher’s old 2T winter clothes was so fun this year. And seeing Gabe wearing them was even sweeter. What is cuter than a 2 year old boy in plaid shirts and courderoy pants?
*13. Chicken Pants. I had to add this one. You’ll see when I post the pictures of the kids in their costumes!
Horray for fall!