Happy Thanksgiving... a little late!

Happy Thanksgiving... a few days late... hope everyone had a great Turkey Day.

So, here is the photo everyone has been waiting for... me, bald. Don't I look like Foe Foe!

I have been here in PC for the week, which has been wonderful... I have missed my Todds so much. Grant seems to be on the verge of walking... we think it is entirely possible before Christmas. Also, Todd Jr lost a tooth while we were here, but that darn Tooth Fairy... she missed her delivery the first night... maybe chemo kills her brain cells too... she made it up the next night and Todd promptly spent his "bucks" on the bungee jump in the mall!

Though I miss Grammie and Dada, I wish I were headed back to Tampa tomorrow for a nice visit instead of my chemo. The actual infusion was pretty bad last time, I got really sick while I was there. This is definitely one of those things where your pride is out the door and you lose all dignity. It really isn't pretty. To make things worse on top of the vomiting and nausea, there is this shot to help with your immune system... it makes your bones ache and your head HURT!!!! OK, enough complaining. Wish me luck this coming week and enjoy the photo! The Nat

Just a few photos

Me with the boys right before chopping off all my hair.

The big cut... sorry, I still need a good bald photo...

We went to Chuck E Cheese with Mason, Madison, and Aunt Grace...

There was a Fall Festival at Grammie and Dada's Club House today... Grady and Mason went in the bounce houses, rode ponies and Grady got a snake painted on his face.

Here is another Birthday photo... oh... he FINALLY got another tooth... you cannot see it in the photo... but he now officially has a top tooth... lets hope more are soon to follow...

Happy 1st Birthday Grant!!!!

So, technically yesterday was Grant's First Birthday, but we decided to wait until Saturday to celebrate. You can see in the photo that his "smash cake" looked really cute... at least in the beginning...

We were calling him "Blue Beard the Pirate..." He loves having "Happy Birthday" sung to him, so we may have to keep it up for a few more days..

I even caught a photo of him lunging for it... I really thought he was gonna take a bite...

It goes without saying that a bath was in order after this experience... also can we say 5, count them 5, dirty diapers over the next 3 hours... yikes... Happy Birthday to our sweet baby boy!

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Sorry, I still cannot download our Halloween Photos... hopefully soon... however, I did find a few on Grammie and Dada's computer that I had not seen before and I decided to share them with you... These are actually from earlier this year when we had to take Grant to Shands to get "his head checked..." Of course, all is well with him, he is actually asleep right now... Todd Sr and Todd Jr are probably watching the Gators at home in Panama City.... I really do miss them... every minute... OH, but guess what... Todd Jr was Student of the Month... I am so proud of him... also, according to the last update, the Lynn Haven Raiders have an undefeated season... Go Raiders!!!!!

Grady has been "kidnapped" by his Aunt Grace and Uncle Cory... they went to Busch Gardens today and last we heard they were headed for Pizza and a sleep over with his cousin Mason... we may never get him back... Dada was pretty upset about it and is plotting a "playing favorites revenge on Grace and Cory:)"

Here is a photo of me again with the straight hair... oh well, I will have to get Dada to take a photo of what I look like now... let's just say I look even more like Foe Foe than I ever have... (he has been bald for many, many years) Yep, I decided to take control and before I lost my hair, I cut it all off and donated it to locks of love. The stubble is still there, so I have not officially lost my hair yet, but I do keep getting "those" looks... As my last post said, CHEMO SUCKS... 1 down 11 more to go... YUCK! Yes, I puked, it hurts, THIS SUCKS!!!! Okay, no more complaining... I am keeping my eye on the prize... being Cancer FREE!!!!! Wish me luck!!!

Two Words!

Chemo SUCKS!!!!!!!

Poison Control!!! (aka Chemotherapy)

Hello All,

Last night was fun... a whole family of pirates... I will post photos soon... I just need to locate the camera... Grady was especially funny... he finally really got into the Trick or Treating and even got a huge "booty" when he did the Gator Chomp for some other Florida Fans!

Today we are going bowling with Grammie, Dada and some friends to continue the week long celebration of Todd Jr's 7th Birthday!

Tomorrow (Sunday) Todd Sr and I will be heading to Tampa... My first Chemo treatment is Monday at 2:00... they said the infusion takes approximately 4 hrs... and I will have it every two weeks for the next 6 months. I had my port placed last week... it is still bothering me... maybe because there is a foreign object under the skin of my chest that they want to stick a needle into and pump poison through my veins... CRAZINESS!!! Todd said he is going to get me a T-shirt that says "Just Don't Touch My Port!" Apparently this has become a favorite phrase of mine. There was good news when we saw the doctor... my bone marrow is fine!!!!! So it is definitely Hodgkin's Lymphoma Stage 2.

Anyway, wish us all luck... Grammie and Dada will have the kids... hopefully they will be as good for them as they were for MeMe.

More Later
Nat