Big Boy Bed

GA is about the shake the screws out of his crib and I am afraid he is going to end up getting hurt in there, so I brought out the big boy bed today. (Thanks to my friend for the bed frame!!)He actually took a nap in it today with no protest. I think he was pretty excited! He tried to get toys and push the bed away from the wall and stuff, but it went so much better than I expected. He was asleep in no time and with no crying!! :) My baby is getting so big!

Bowling Party!

MG had her birthday party today at the bowling alley. Since "Steve" isn't here to help and my mom was taking care of Gabe for me, I only let MG invite 4 girls from her class at school (plus JF and two of her friends siblings). I didn't want to be overtaken by a bunch of 7 year old girls!! Lucky two of the moms also stayed the entire time, so things went super smooth! :) We had a great time bowling, eating lunch, opening presents, having cake, dancing like crazy girls, and playing in the arcade! I have sooooo many good pictures of the day (thanks to my friend who has an awesome camera!!) and I am sad I can't post them all on here.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

It is hard to believe MG turned 7 today! Kind of makes me feel old! LOL Her party isn't until tomorrow, so Grandma and I took her to Peter Piper Pizza for lunch after church. Then we went home and opened presents and had a cupcake. :) She had a great day! She hit the jackpot here and got 236 tickets in one shot!

JF got lucky too, and got 70 tickets at once! :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Eat lots of chocolates! :)

Doctor visit in Tucson....

So, I went to Tucson today to see the specialist about the cancer on my arm. I went not really knowing what to expect since I had to be seen as a new patient, but luckily I walked out of there without my nasty growth...and with a nasty wound instead!! :)
After the doc talked to me about the type of cancer and checked out my arm and did a quick scan of the rest of my upper body, the head doc came in and checked it out and told me of two options to remove it and let me know what he thought would be best. And the next thing I knew my arm was numb and they went to work! I was definitely thrilled to be cut on today instead of having to go back another day! They used a method called "Curettage and Electrodesiccation" to remove the cancer (the growth is cut away with a curette and the heat produced by an electrocautery needle destroys the residual tumor and controls bleeding). It stunk really bad but that is my only complaint about the procedure! :) It was super quick and painless, thanks to drugs! Now we see what happens. Hopefully nothing will grow back again and we will be good to go. I will be going back in 3 months and then the pattern of appointments for the first few years will be 3, 3, 6, 9, 12 months..and then a yearly visit as long as nothing suspicious occurs in the months in between. They say the rate of "cure" in the area they cut for the type of removal they did is 85-90% so hopefully I will fall into that statistic.
I have to prevent the wound from developing a scab so I have to keep it moist with ointment and cover it with a bandaid for at least 2 weeks..eew! I also have to start wearing an 70 SPF sunscreen....geesh! And really should avoid being in the sun. I know I will have a hard time with that with 3 kids and living in AZ so the doc gave me lots of websites for clothing and products to buy to help reduce the exposure. What a pain! Maybe having a pool at our house won't be so fun afterall anymore. That part is definitely a bummer and will be the hardest part to "obey"!
"Steve" joked today about the kids being tortured by having an "Edward Scissorhands" who can't leave the house as their mom. Very funny! :)
But anyways, hopefully we will be done with this issue for a while. The reoccurance is pretty high with this type of cancer so this may be something I am constantly dealing with, but it could be so much worse!

Picnik.com

I discovered a new website today that I absolutely love!! It is called picnik.com and it is an awesome, FREE photo editing site. Check it out! :)

Snow fun!

The mountains got lots of snow last night (lots of snow for us at least!!), so Grandma and I took the kids up to play this afternoon! They loved it!! Although GA had a hard time walking in his snow suit and wasn't too sure what to think of that white stuff. :) MG made a snowman all by herself and she and JF really enjoyed throwing snowballs at Grandma!!