a little mom update and ava.

my parents have decided not to fly back to washington at this point. they are continuing on with the original plan and flying to michigan on tuesday to visit family and friends. while they are in gr my mom will be getting a biopsy done and once they know the results...they will decide on what they will do next. either head to hilton head or fly back home. thank you for the comments, texts, and emails. we appreciate it very much. my mom is doing well. she really is doing a great job of not assuming the worst and allowing this not to be a huge distraction. which i know it hard. we celebrated wade's (my nephew) third birthday on friday with a great little party. he loved it. and then got a babysitter and went out for a fabulous dinner and celebrated. because we do have much to celebrate. even in the midst of the uncertainty with my mom, we are thankful for so much.

ava is a trooper. but she is coming to the end of being a trooper. we have been gone for about a week and i think she is ready to see her daddy, sleep in her own crib, and play at her own house. she decided last night from like 2am to 6am to not sleep. which she has never done her entire life. not even as a newborn. so am thankful for that. but regardless last night was tough. so it goes when having children. we are in the same room, but she is sleeping in a pack n play in the closet. we have a sound machine too. but that just muffles things a bit. so when she decided to get up at 2am and talk, whine, and then cry i had to get her up. i could not sleep through it. usually if i make her a little bottle of milk and rock her she is good to go and falls back to sleep. but not last night. she was wide awake and ready to go. i was not wide awake and ready to go. and i can not blame my exhaustion on cancer anymore. i am just tired. like most people. so finally at 4:30am we turned on the light and played. she unpacked our suitcase a few times and then settled down a bit when i turned on her DVD player. then at around 6am and watching her rub her eyes a few too many times (which i was hoping and seriously praying she would start to do) made her a little bottle and we rocked and she slept until 8:30am. which was nice for both of us. she now has a clear runny nose and is pulling on her ears. perfect. ear infection here we come. lets hope not. she also has about 6 teeth coming in. that has to be annoying. we head out tomorrow morning. hoping this day gets better and we can get through flying home.

justin and i head to nyc on thursday for our cancer-free trip. can. not. wait.