Mayo Appointment

On January 27th I had my routine 6 month Mayo appointment. My MRI looked good, but out of 1500 pictures taken, one showed something in my liver. Now, each slice measures 0.7 mm, so Dr. Grothey doesn't think that it is anything. With saying that, I am going to be going back to Mayo in 3 months just to make sure that nothing has changed with that spot. In my heart, I know that it is nothing! Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers. I can just feel the positive vibes that it brings my way! I will update with the new results as soon as I get them!

Caden Turns 4!!!

On January 31st our little man turned 4 years old! Man, where has the time gone??? This year we decided to have a party for him. In the past, his birthday and my Mayo trip have always been around the same time, so we decided to go ahead and plan something anyways. I was so excited because Grandpa Bill was here to celebrate Caden's birthday with us!

We invited all 10 kids from his class, 6 kids from the neighborhood and another kiddo! So, needless to say, we had a house full! Caden ended up having a ball themed party, but he wanted a snake cake, so that is what he got!

Since our basement isn't finished, we had his party down there. It turned out so great! We had a mini carnival downstairs with different stations for the kids to go to. At each station they got to play the game and win a prize. The kids had such a great time! We had bowling, basketball, pin the medal on the sports guy, hockey, fishing, and throw the balls in the bucket. After about 45 minutes of playing we had the kids come upstairs and break a pinata. Caden had picked out a baseball pinata and so we had each of the kids take a couple swings at the pinata and then one of the older Boys broke it! After that, the kids went back downstairs for cake and punch. The snake cake turned out awesome! It was so easy and best of all Caden loved it! Then after eating we headed back upstairs to open presents!

I can't believe how fast the party went by! It was over before I knew it. I did all this planning and then it was over so fast. Everyone seemed to have a great time and Caden really enjoyed himself!

It's been WAY to long!!!

Hello Everyone! I know, I know, it has been way to long since I have posted anything on here! So, I thought I would try to do some catching up! Let's see...the last time that I posted anything was in November...A LOT has happened since then! So, I will go ahead and try to blog some stuff to get you up to speed!

Getting my port out!

After three years of being CANCER FREE, I am FINALLY getting my port out! It feels so good to be able to say that I am over three years cancer free! At my last apt Dr. Grothey mentioned that he thought it was time to get it out. I am no longer using it and so it is time to get it out! I am getting it done at KU and am so excited to be getting it out! I no longer use it, and I have to get it flushed every 6 weeks. So there is much more risk for infection by keeping it and having to get it flushed rather than taking it out. Please say a prayer for me that everything goes smooth! I'm not anticipating any problems, but please keep me in your thoughts and prayers!

Halloween

For Halloween this year Caden was Spiderman! We had a great day on Halloween! First off, Matt, my brothers best friend, came home from the army FOR GOOD!!! So, we are so excited to have him home! Our day was pretty busy! In the morning we had some running around to do and then I made cookies for the Halloween party we were going to down the street. At 3:30, we took Caden up to the church to do Trunk-Or-Treat up there and he really enjoyed it. There weren't to many cars up there, but he did enjoy going up there. Any time we do anything at the church like that he gets so excited because we are doing things up at his school! After that we came home and I frosted the cookies that I made and then we headed down the street for our annual hot dog Halloween party! We met up with our neighbors and had dinner and dessert and then Mark and Caden went off to trick-or-treat while I passed out candy! Mark said he would RUN from house to house and not stop! He was so excited to show me what he got when he got home. After the boys got home, we got Caden all packed up to go spend the night at Nana and Papa's house so that Mark and I could go to a party down the street!

Spiderman

Getting his face painted at the gym
Caden and Baby Sam

Pajama Day

Look at my marshmallow

I don't need a cookie...I can eat the frosting right off the spoon!

Decorating his cookie

Finished product!

For Caden's Fall Party at school they had a Pajama Day. I signed up to help with this party, so I got to see all of the cute jammies that all the kids were wearing. Mom came with me to the party to just see Caden's school and his friends. It was nice having her there so that she could get a feel for what his school is like. Nana and Papa got Caden a new pair of dinosaur pajamas just for his party! He got to pick them out, and after going to two different stores, we finally found his size!!! They had a great day at school! The kids got to visit each of the 4 teachers classrooms and do different activities in each one. Before they went to the classrooms, they went to the music room to watch the Bubble Man make some big bubbles! Every kiddo in Caden's class had the opportunity to be put inside a bubble and they all loved it! Then after all of the kids got a turn to go, I got a turn! They all got a kick out of that! For their snack, I made sugar cookies and then the kids got to put the frosting on themselves and decorate it with skittles, marshmallows, and candy corn. It was such a fun party and they kids all seemed to really enjoy themselves!

Caden's class

Getting put in a bubble!

Momma in her bubble

Carving Pummpkins

Getting the insides out!

What a cutie!
Eeww!!!

Caden, Zoey, and daddy

Caden, Zoey, and mommy