Happy Birthday Chloe Beth!

My friend Cara, her husband Daniel and their son Hudson welcomed their new baby, Chloe Beth, into the world on Friday.  Congrats!

Fire Station Tour

The Mothers of the Woodlands (MOTW) organized a tour of a local Fire Station on Friday.  Jaden was running around looking at everything!

Spraying the hose.

Sitting in the Fire Engine.

On the back.

Mom!  It's too heavy!

Mom & Jaden

Sunday Morning Cartoons

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is mesmerizing! 

Easy Rider!

My sister-in-law Jennifer's neighbor gave us this battery powered Harley for Jaden.  He hasn't quite mastered holding down the button to make it go but when he does....look out!  We bought him a helmet anticipating that he'll eventually take a corner too quickly and dump himself off of the thing.  Visions of trips to the E.R are already racing through my mind but a boys gotta have their toys!

Ahhhhh.....to be 15 months old.

A day in Jaden's life.

Wake up at 6:30 am and discuss my dreams with Llama and frog.

Mom comes in to get me around 7:00 am and tells me what a good sleeper I am!

I run around crazy so mom can't catch me to change my diaper...even though I'm pretty stinky.

7:15 am Breakfast time!  Love waffles, cereal bars, strawberries, banana, watermelon, oatmeal and my goat milk!

Play in my new playroom, run errands with mom or go to the park until lunch at 11:30 am.

Gotta check my messages!

Swinging at the park!

Higher!  Higher!

I eat pretty much anything for lunch!

Nap at 12:00 pm!  Usually down until 2:00 pm.

Up and have a snack.  Play some more.

Dinner at 6:00 pm, play a little, bath 7:00 pm and bed around 7:30 pm or 8:00 pm.

Whew!  What a day!

Mom says that once we get the house "situated" we'll get to go to the library for story time, the aquatic center, swim lessons and to some play group get togethers to meet new people!

Everything is O.K!

Got the call from my Dr. yesterday!  "All benign"!  To go from a radiology report that stated, "Probable Melanoma" to a pathology report that stated, "Begin tumor" in one month is crazy!  So this breast lump was nothing more than a big inconvenience in my hectic schedule!  But seriously, I can't tell you how relieved John and I are to get this good news.  And I want to thank everyone for their prayers during this very stressful time.  

Now I can look forward to taking Jaden to his swim classes that start next week, finishing our move-in, joining a play group, finding new Dr.s, hairstylists, etc.  And most importantly, the upcoming holidays with our family at our house! 

I'm Alive

I have to hurry and blog!  John is out getting his oil changed and I'm supposed to be in bed resting!

Surgery was uneventful.  The surgeon told John that he wasn't concerned about the lump he took out but that we'll get the results by Friday.  He sent me home with some serious pain medication which I'm waiting to take at bedtime since I know it will knock me out big time.

Thanks to everyone who called or emailed to let me know they were thinking of me today!

Crazy Days!

On Saturday we moved to our new house!  But the A/C quit working so we spent the first 2 nights in a hotel!  You would think with a brand new house that everything would work....right?!  Jaden was a little stressed but none the worse for wear.  He actually tried some chicken & egg noodles at Pei Wei over the weekend and loved it!  He wanted to figure out how to use the chopsticks (with the kiddie assist) but after he about poked his eye out we distracted him with the importance of checking your fortune in your fortune cookie!  Loved those too.

A quick thanks to Justin and to Myles & his team of  guys for their help with the move!  Sorry about the 3 flights of stairs!

Monday I had my follow up visit with the surgeon.  My breast lump isn't a lactation tumor like he hoped (it would have gotten smaller in the last 2 weeks after weaning Jaden) so I'm scheduled for surgery on Tuesday of next week.  It's an out-patient kind of thing so I'll get to go home later that day.  I'm anxious but trying not to stress too much.  We won't know what it is until they take it out, so no point in getting worked up before then.  Staying busy with unpacking and chasing Jaden around the house keeps my mind off things.   

Promise to post more pictures.....just as soon as I find my camera!

Angel

Every time Jaden and I are out shopping I hear the same thing.  Oh, he's so well behaved, he's so sweet, so cute.  Of course he's waving and blowing kisses at the salesgirls during all this.  Well...I wanted to show you all what happens when Mommy doesn't let him play with the buttons on the dishwasher.

Stomping his feet on his high chair.

Leaning forward to swat at Mommy.

Even angels have their moments too!

We closed on our house!

After living in Houston for 4 years, we finally bought a house!  Yeah!  It was fun living in mid-town for a while but not the place to be to raise kids.  We took Jaden over to see the new house and he loved running around in the empty rooms!  Had to see everything and touch everything!  We can't wait to get moved in and set up his room and the playroom.  And the new Aquatic Center just opened!  Just need to enroll Jaden in swimming lessons.

Our new house.

Jaden running into the family room.

Jaden checking out his new backyard.

Wow!  This is my bathroom!

Don't forget to do your Breast Self-Exam!

I wanted to use my blog to give a heads up to the ladies.  

Please remember to do your BSE! (Breast Self-Exam)

About 2 months ago, I found a lump in my right breast.  I'm ashamed to say that I haven't been doing my monthly self-exam....I figured, I'm still nursing so I'm going to be a little "lumpy", so I should just wait.  When I found the lump, I thought it was a plugged milk duct but after the usual remedies didn't work, I scheduled an appointment with my OBGYN.  She told me no, it wasn't a plugged duct and scheduled me for an ultrasound.  We didn't want to do a mammogram (which I was overdue for) because I was still weaning Jaden.  

Today was my ultrasound.  The radiologist decided that he wanted a mammogram for a better view.  Afterwards, he met with me and said, "I'm concerned, you have a solid mass and I think you need to have it taken out as soon as possible.  I've called your OBGYN and told her you are on your way up to see her."  John and I met with my OBGYN.  She said that she knows the radiologist well and for him to be that concerned, we should be concerned and see a surgeon today.  We did.  He said that if I wasn't nursing, he'd take it out this week.  But we have to wait 2 weeks for my milk to dry up and go back for a check up.  So Jaden had to go cold turkey today and wasn't happy about it.  We were down to only nursing at bedtime but I don't think he was quite ready to give it up.  We'll see what the surgeon says in 2 weeks....best case scenario...it's a benign tumor from lactating....worst case scenario......it's not.  

So ladies please check yourselves!  

If you feel ANYTHING questionable, go see your Dr.!  

I'll keep you all posted.