Dad

So I really should be in the living room, dining room and kitchen mopping my floors, but why would I want to do that this late at night?  So I decided to blog instead and give an update on my Dad.  I hope this will help to answer questions anyone may have and help to understand what is going.  Not that I understand what is going on, but such is life sometimes.  Things are constantly changing so I will update as we find things out.  For now the doctors checked out Dad's scan last week and decided that he has not responded much to this last dose of chemo that he received. After discussion they decided to add radiation therapy into the mix.  So the plan is as follows: October 7th he will start taking a medicine to protect his thyroid from the radiation as it is pretty harmful to the thyroid.  The 8th he will start a test dose of the radiation which is called Bexxar.  On October 12th he will have a gamma scan and on October 14th he will have a gamma scan.  October 15th he will start the real dose of Bexxar.  At this time there will be special precautions, such as no one to stand within 6 feet of him, he should not be in the same room with anyone longer than 4 hours, and so forth.  Then on October 22nd the plan is to start the BEAM chemotherapy and on the 28th have the stem cell transplant.  2-4 weeks after his transplant the doctors would like to put him back on radiation for 2 weeks.  This is all very complicated, but like I said I will keep this updated and hopefully answer any questions that may arise!  I hate to see my Dad go through all of this, but as many of you know Dad is a fighter!

Moms and Muffins

Kyleigh's school did a Moms and Muffins morning where you went to school early with your child and read to them while you enjoyed a muffin and some juice.  It was a fun morning and Kyleigh was excited for it as soon as she found out about it.  I was talking to my mom the night before and she reminded me to take my camera.  So I put it in plain sight, but did I take it...NO!  So here is a picture of the books we read.  These were the books she ordered from her very first book order!  Anyway, it was really cute and we had fun!  A friend of ours ended up taking a picture of us that she emailed to me this week, so here we are having a good time!

Close To My Heart

I am now a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant.  I love to scrapbook and make cards and do all that fun stuff with paper and ink.  I am just trying to get my name out there so if you are ever interested in hosting a party, coming to a workshop, or placing an order please let me know!  I have plenty of idea books to give out to those who are interested.  I also have lots of fun things and many fun ideas...so please let me know!!!

Sleepover!!!

One Friday night I let the girls have what we call a sleepover.  They get their sleeping bags out and we have snacks and watch a movie.  Then they get to sleep in the family room.  We had these often during the summer but now we only get to have them on Friday due to "school nights!"  We watched the Tinkerbell movies and Kyleigh made me promise that I would sleep in the family room with them.  Man sleeping on the floor just isn't what it used to be! 

Kyleigh Starts Kindergarten

Kyleigh started school September 1, 2010 and she was so ready.  The night before they did a night before kindergarten reading at her school. Afterwards they were served milk and cookies.  Then she came home and went to bed and was ready to go the next day.  She is enjoying her new environment, teacher and friends.  She is starting to develop her own personality as well.  I was told not to call her Ky anymore because there is a boy named Kye in her class and it is a boy's name.  Forget that I have called her that for the past 5 and 1/2 years!  She also thinks she can be pretty bossy at times and that is an adjustment for us both as I do not tolerate that well at all! 

Trevyn Joseph

Trevyn entered our lives on April 10, 2010.  He is such a joy and I love my little boy.  The girls are so in love with him as well and Joe is ready to take him fishing, hunting, and wants to teach him how to play football and basketball.  When I was pregnant with Trev, I got very sick.  I was nauseated all the time and had to get IV fluids a couple of times.  I was sick with the girls but never this sick.  I also ended up with a kidney stone and pneumonia during this all.  Needless to say this pregnancy took forever and I was ready to have him here.  The last six months have been the fastest of my life and the new addition to my family has been worth everything I went through to get him here. 

My Baby's 2nd Birthday

Well Miss Bailyn Joan, this was what you were doing on May 3, 2007 around 4:00 in the afternoon. Yes, still living inside Mommy, but not for long. You made your appearance at 11:35 at night and it has been wonderful having you in our lives! Minutes after you were born...

Maybe 2 weeks old...

About 3 months old...

6 months old...

1 year old...And this was the picture that was on T.V. Good Things Utah does a birthday recognition for all of those who turn 1 and so I sent in your picture and they showed this the day before your birthday because your birthday was on Saturday last year.

18 months old...

Happy 2nd Birthday. Once we said to go open presents you went right for it!

And unlike your sister, you were very excited about your new clothes. Kyleigh just threw hers to the side and wanted the good stuff.

You were so excited about the clothes that you thought you needed to try them on immediately. So here you are trying on the newest outfit.

Then on went the presents. You are sitting your new recliner from Mommy and Daddy. We got one for your sister on her second birthday and decided to do the same for you as we know both of you like them!

You got many babies for your birthday this year and let me tell you why. You stole all of Kyleigh Rae's babies and so we thought that since you are such the mothering type to your babies that you needed to give the other ones back to your sister and take care of your own. As you can see, you loved each and every one of them. You got 3 total.

Oh and again we have changed outfits...what a surprise...NOT. And what is up with the sticker on your head? You saw it and decided that was where it went, but I'm not sure! We love you anyway!

I must say that I was pretty proud of your cake. The decorations around the house were flowers and garden, so I decided to try a daisy cake for you and it turned out better than I hoped.

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Bailyn, Happy Birthday to you. When you first saw your cake on Saturday night you started blowing on it. You knew exactly what to do and you couldn't wait to do it. So when we said it was time for cake, you started blowing, I guess for practice!

And you did a GREAT job!

I used the star tip of a cake decorating kit to decorate your cake and you thought that each of those were a piece of candy and so delicately tried to pull each one off separately to eat it. We thought it was pretty cute.

But once you got to the actual cake, you left us a mess. Not surprised once again. And I am not sure why, but at one point you thought that the plate was your party hat, so cake was all over your hair! Can you say BATH?

After the bath you were once again in a different outfit, and we started to watch Everyone's Hero. Here you are shortly after it started...all the partying got to ya! Don't worry, I was on the couch doing the same thing!

Happy 2nd Birthday Bailyn. You will never know how much I love you and all the joy you bring into my life. I hope that you and Kyleigh will always be best friends. You are such a sweetheart and so precious to me. Thank you for the past 2 years!

Graduation

May 1, 2009 is the day that Joe finally graduated. We have been married for 5 1/2 years and one of us has been going to school the whole time. We are very excited to now have that aspect of our lives behind us! Congratulations honey!