A lot has been going on with us since Easter. The most important has been about my dad. We found out about 2 weeks ago that he had lung cancer. It has been an extremely difficult time with lots of prayer, and we are hoping for the best with his chemo treatments. From what I understand he has small cell lung cancer that is in his left lung, his rib cage, and a few lymph nodes. But the good news is that it isn't in his brain which is what I believe the doctor was really worried about. He is on the highest dose of chemo he can get right now, and is on 6 three day treatments that are three weeks apart. He didn't handle the first round of chemo very well and ended up in the ICU for a couple of days. He is home now and it seems like he is having good days and bad days. It was so hard to see him in the ICU and seeing pictures of him using his oxygen at his home. I just don't feel like I am old enough to have to watch my dad go through this. He is only 62, and other then the smoking he was in fairly good health. From what I understand his cancer is highly treatable by chemo but has a high rate of re-occurance. From what we have been told, the cancer is treatable, but not curable. Our prayers at the moment is for the chemo treatment to do its job without too much damage on my dad's other organs and that this goes into remission for a long time.
I am also down to 13 school days with students, and 19 working days for the school year. I really need this summer break. I am just exhausted and need to mentally recharge. I really need this time to be at home with Sam and Ally and enjoy them. I am getting to the point in the school year where it is so crazy busy that while the day flies by, when I get home I am so tired I am not giving the kids the attention they deserve. And let's not even talk about the house... I know that was on my to do list, but that was before I got to the craziness that is the month of May in the school system.
Even our weekends have been filling up these days! Last week was Cameron's dedication at church on Sunday, and then on Saturday I went with my friends to Cedar Creek Winery and Mallow Run Winery in Martinsville for the afternoon. It was a lot of fun, and great to get out and have a girl's day. We are actually planning on going to Vintage Indiana (we call it wine fest...) on June 2nd and that will be another great girl's day. Then this weekend is Mother's Day so we have that packed full. I just really need summer to get here to get some down time in and get some much needed time in where I don't feel like we are rushing off to our next event.
Ally and Sammy are doing great. Ally is actually eating! I feel like I am a horrible mom with her and food. I haven't even been the one feeding her, Mary (my mother-in-law who watches the kids during the day) has been! But hey, she's eating right? She will eat about 1/2 to 3/4 of a jar of food a day. She gets a breakfast and a lunch. She will not take green beans or green baby food at all. It's just so weird how different she and Sam are! Sammy is just speaking like crazy. His language has definitely developed and he is speaking more and more. Here are a couple of pictures from this week!
Ally has mastered the art of looking pitiful when I put her in the crib. She stands there and looks with those big sad eyes and I take her back out every time. Oh well, she is only young once and I don't mind the extra snuggles I am getting. She is definitely a cuddler and I am enjoying it now. She is finally starting to sleep a little bit longer at night as well. Now that I think she is getting more food in her, I am back to four hour stretches. Which... is still crazy to think that she will be 10 months in a week and I am excited to get four hour stretches, but this is what I signed up for when I decided to exclusively nurse!
Sammy is still impossible to get to look at the camera. He is happiest outside, which is hard to always accommodate when he is sick. If he is outdoor with some cars he is good to go. He would stay outside every hour if he could. Last night he was so sick he just wanted to be held to sleep. He was snotty and coughing all over me, but he curled up, snuggled in, and fell asleep on me. I haven't had him fall asleep on me in a long time, so even though I knew I was going to be covered in germs, I held him for a long time.
And just as something fun to end with. Mary sends us photos of the kids almost daily when she watches them. I have all these photos saved in my email and they are dated. It's like I can go back and remember things that I have forgotten. I went through those photos today and pulled one of Sammy at almost the exact same age Ally is today. Here is Sam at almost 10 months old! He was in his chunky phase before he really started moving everywhere. I love having these to look back on and to be able to look at these next to photos of Ally!
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