Sunday, January 18, 2009

I am extremely tired today. I know that Sunday’s are supposed to be the day of rest but there is not rest for this mother. McCabe was active and tired all through church. He gave me a scare when he almost flipped over the pew. Fortunately I caught is legs before they went over. During the third hour I rocked him to sleep. That was precious and a monumental moment. He never falls asleep at church.

This past week was unbelievably busy. Tim took the week off and it seemed like life got busier. I did paint the downstairs bathroom. I am very happy with the results. Tim did not get to do much around the house. He did however watch the kids so I could paint which I gratefully appreciate.

We went to Portland a few times this week. Wednesday I had an oncology appointment. I had some x-rays taken and it was amazing to compare the before and after pictures of my lungs and heart. Dr. Nichols pointed out where the cancer was and the current space of where it once resided. I was amazed at the difference. It actually gave me great comfort to see a diminished circle inside my body where the cancer once resided. Yes there is some scarring on my lungs from the radiation (he pointed that out), but that is no big deal as long as the cancer is gone. I have some occasional pains internally where the scarring is located on my lungs. At the moment I am trying to see if anything triggers the pain. Last night’s trigger was Chinese food.

Friday we played in Portland. We rode the street cars (the kids loved that), played at the park, and then ate some lunch at the Lloyd Center Mall. The weather was deceptively warm (sunny but chilly). We were warm as long as we kept moving and McCabe made sure that we did not stand around for too long. I wish I had his energy.

Saturday we went to the temple. It was a joy to be there with my husband and friends (it was stake temple day). Something very strange happed while sitting in the temple, the lights went out for 10 seconds and then the generators kicked on. I assume that the wind caused the outage since it was blowing really hard. After we finished our session as we were getting into our car the lights went out again. I heard they were out for 45 minutes. I was so grateful we went when we did and not any later.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

I have a few quick stories to share. First I need to admit that life changes when kids are brought into this world. I almost forgot what it is like to be married without children. The other night I was lying with Jacinda on her bed. She likes to talk with either myself or Tim before drifting off to sleep. We got on the topic of names. She asked if her name will still be Jacinda when she is a momma. I told her that it would and that her name is not going to change. Then she tells me that we should change McCabe's name. "What should his name be?" I asked. There was a moment of silence and then with a huge smile on her face she replies, "Spongebob Squarepants." I was caught off guard and started laughing. She was bellowing with laughter making the whole bed shake. I just love these tender moments.

Now to the flip side of tender moments. I must admit, as a parent I am always learning. I learned today that I will never take McCabe and Jacinda to the store again during their nap time. I was constantly turning around telling Jacinda to hurry up and then turning in the opposite direction to chase after McCabe. I don't know if he got mad, but while strolling down the juice isle, I once again turned to tell Jacinda to keep up. The next thing I hear is a crash and liquid gushing from a container. Sure enough to my horror, McCabe had knocked over a 2 quart bottle of cranberry juice and it was spilling out all over the floor. I manage to salvage about 60% of it. In the end that was some expensive cranberry juice.