cancer sucks

My dad hasn't been feeling well lately so they got an appointment with his cancer doctor and had him get some pet scans so see what was going on..
turns out the cancer has grown a lot the last couple of months and has spread several more places from his neck all the way down to his hips.
so now they want to start chemo again but my dad has an infection so they can't.
they are going to start him on the immunoglobulin(sp?) for a couple of months to see if they can get the infection to go away so he can start his treatment.
i hope they can get it all taken care of soon so he can get feeling better but until then
cancer sucks.

i love you mom and dad and we are all praying for you to get through this!

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Brady's Birthday

Brady turned 21 this month!
we had a some fun with family and had some yummy cheescake!

One of the presents i got brady was a new tie and then a mini one for our little boy! arent they so adorable?!

i love you babe and i hope you had a fun birthday!

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maybe baby?

so we went to a place called Prenatal Treasures, which is an ultrasound place) to find out what we where having because i couldn't stand it anymore!

and they said...

IT'S A GIRL!

they were pretty positive that's what it was but she said we could come back in two weeks for a free ultrasound to be sure, but now we don't know!

IT'S A BOY!

half of the ultrasounds said they were a girl and half said they were a boy...

IT'S TWINS!

haha just kidding! but thats what the lady kept teasing us saying the babies kept switching back and forth behind each other and thats why she couldn't figure it out!

that seriously freaked us out for a minute but hopefully she is not serious!

we have our real doctors appointment at the end of the month and hopefully somebody will be able to tell us something because i am going completely crazy not knowing!

especially now that i have a bunch of girl clothes that i went and bought to celebrate...

here is a picture of me at 17 weeks..

here is pictures of our little munckin at 16 weeks!

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the Second Trimester!

i found the great lie of Pregnancy:

{morning sickness}

morning sickness, it turns out, is not morning sickness.

it is All-Day-All-Night-When-Will-It-Ever-End-Sickness.

i don't care much for it.

i found this in a book my aunt gave me and i thought it was funny and very true. it seems everyone wants to help and they offer..

The Advice:

soda crackers, tea, vitamins, cocoa puffs, lying down, getting up, hibernation, exercise, acupuncture, aromatherapy, massage, deep breathing, denial

The Reassurances:

in another two months you will feel great!

the sicker the mother, the healthier the baby.

some women feel much worse than you do.

And the case histories:

I never had a moment's nausea with any of my kids.

I was so sick with Johnny i LOST twenty pounds.

my second cousins hairdresser had to be in the hospital her whole pregnancy.

it's nice that people care.

so i listen, i nod, and i respond by politely THROWING UP.

that is how i feel sometimes, and i have such bad hormone changes that i really feel bad for my husband and anyone who has to put up with me for the rest of this pregnancy!

but, enough with the ranting because pregnancy is really such an amazing experience and i still can't believe that Brady and i are going to be parents. it is so unreal to me. We had our first doctor's appointment at 9.5 weeks and we got to see our little blob of a babe on an ultrasound! so was such an awesome experience to see the little heart flashing its beats and that there really is something growing inside of me!

We are finally in our 2nd trimester and i am really hoping this nausea business will going away now, but unfortunately it hasn't gotten the memo. our next doctor's appointment is on April 22 and hopefully we will be able to hear the heartbeat (or see it in an ultrasound would be fine with me too)

right now our baby is about 3 inches in length and is the size of a peach!

The baby is now also starting to move his intestines from outside to inside the body and it is also developing it's vocal cords.

we can't wait to find what we are having because i think i am going to go crazy if i don't find out soon. we both think it is a girl and i want to buy everything baby that i see which is not good for the wallet either.

what do you think it is? i would love to hear that and anything else baby related because that is seriously all i think about! maybe i already went crazy and i just don't know it yet..

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Baby Bear

So I was having a conversation with my 3 year old nephew and this is how is went...
Me: jaxton guess what?
Jaxt: what
Me: there is a baby in my belly
Jaxt: a baby in your belly?
Me: yup
Jaxt: its a cute baby!
Me: thanks! what am I having a boy or a girl?
Jaxt: umm.. It's a girl baby
Me: I am having a girl baby?
Jaxt: yes.
Me: what her name
Jaxt: umm.. Bear
Me: her name is bear?
Jaxt: yeah baby bear.
Me: is she a Bear because she has lots of hair?
Jaxt: no. She has no hair.

So in conclusion I am having a bald baby girl called bear. I am so excited :)

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Big News!

So some you you might have heard.. i am PREGNANT! words cannot describe the joy we feel that we are going to be parents in as little as nine months! i am still in shock over it and i can't believe it is really happening but it is!! i am not that far along but we just couldn't wait long enough to spread our happy news!! today i am 5 weeks and 5 days along and is the size of a sweet pea. we are due October 21, 2010 according to the calender and our first doctors appointment is on march 8 :) i dont think we could be any happier right now!

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Christmas in Denny

Our little Christmas tree this year was a lot of work. this was our first christmas married and we didnt have any ornaments so i took some christmas paper and modge podge from my stash and made a bunch of christmas tree ornaments. it took forever but i think they turned out pretty cute!

Christmas was so much fun we just woke up and went to Brady's parents house so we could talk to Jacob who is on his mission in South Africa. It was so fun to get to talk to him. he is doing so good and will even be coming home in May!
Then we came home and opened presents at our house. it was weird having it be just the two of us but is was still really fun :)

So the day after Christmas we left early in the morning and went up and stayed with Brady's Mom, Kim, and his step-dad, Reed, in Denny California. it was so much fun to be able to spend time with his family! We left on December 26 and didn't come back till January 7th (just in time for school to start).

Kim and Reed Live in such a beautiful place! every where you look is just breathtaking.

One of their dogs Bernie.
isn't he so photogenic?

the snow in the back yard

This was on our walk down their street.

It was so much fun to spend time with family and just enjoy our christmas break and i cant wait to go back!

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