Spring Pictures

Stacey took some pictures of the kids.
These are pretty representative of how they are. Viv has a softness about her and Coop is a mover and a shaker. Hope everyone is having a great Holy Week!

"I am with you always." Matthew 28:20,

Cast off

Today is the day the cast comes off! She is excited about it and, to tell you the truth, so am I. Over the past 5 weeks she did figure out how to do things with one hand or at least use the fingers that stick out of her cast but the cast slowed her down. Which is amazing considering she is a pretty slow moving person to begin with! I really took for granted what it was like to have a 5 year old who has no mobility issues. A simple arm break helps to remind me how fortunate we are to have such healthy kids.

On the topic of health, last week was Spring Break. Both the kids had a G.I. Bug. Not at the same exact time but back to back from one another. So the ENTIRE week we had to stay close to home and a bathroom. Thankfully our kids are young enough that they don't look forward to being off of school like older kids do so for them it was just another week at home sick. No big deal.

Allergies have started to give us some grief but not as bad as last year. Hopefully it will stay mild for us because allergies are just annoying!!

With only about a month left of school for us we are already starting to think about next school year. On one hand I hate to do that but on the other I also love to plan. Especially when it comes to school stuff! I just get so excited for them! I also want to make the right choices for them so I think about it quite a bit. It is kind of an uncomfortable feeling to have only school decisions to make and not have them overshadowed by cancer decisions. Uncomfortable because it is a new/unknown feeling but one I'm welcoming and getting used to.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Spring and that whatever troubles/struggles you are facing you will find the strength/humility to turn towards God and turn it over to Him.

Counts and what not

The clinic visit last Friday went fine. ViviAnne has grown AGAIN. This little girl is growing like a weed! Her counts were still a bit up and her lymphnodes were still enlarged but nothing alarming. Dr. A said I did the right thing by taking her to the E.R last weekend. She said I waited and did not rush her there at the first sign of a fever but after days of fever and swollen lymphnodes she most certainly should have been seen at the E.R. All of her stuff turned out to be "normal" and she is well on her way to being "normal" but for right now she is still in the "watch her real closely stage". So, that was reassuring to me. I am always worried that I am over reacting or something. So it was nice to know I was not. I guess my maternal instincts aren't completely out of wack!

We are on Spring Break this week but in typical fashion for our family we have a sick kid! Coop has had some G.I think since Saturday night and the occasional fever flare up. The fevers are very occasional and I thought the G.I stuff was over but alas he is back at it again.

This makes two months in a row that every single week a kid has been sick with either a fever or stomach issues. They both can't seem to kick it! I am thankful we are not in the hospital!! But seriously I am like any other Mom, I would like my kids to be healthy!!

This too shall pass!

Happy Spring!!