Congrats to our good friends, Josh and Bonny, who are expecting their first baby at the end of April/first of May.  That kiddo will be so blessed to have such great parents!  So yay!

I broke my tooth yesterday morning.  On a breakfast burrito of all things.  The tooth was weakend during chemo and I noticed a large hole in it, so this was just a matter of time.  What sucks is that I have had at least two appointments a week since I got out of the hospital a little over a month ago, so I didn’t want to take the time to make an appointment.  Well, I guess now I kinda have to.  So Thursday.  Sigh.  I hate going to the dentist.  Yes, I worked for one, that makes it worse.  I know exactly what they’re doing.

A great conversation between me and Gracie last night:

“mommy, John McCain is better than Barack Obama”

“Oh really?  Where did you hear that?  Have you been talking to Grandpa?”

“No, they said it on the TV” 

“who is “they”?”

“John McCain.  He said he was better than Obama.” 

So cute and funny.  I love that kid!

My hair is starting to get sooo long!  It’s to my shoulders now and curly all over.  I have fun with headbands and clippies.  It’s wild, I love it!

Dr Bajaj said today that I don’t have to come back for another check up for three weeks!  Awesome!

And Dr Tfayli said that since I’m two years out from my cancer diagnosis, and the CT scans have shown “nothing significant” that I don’t have to do them anymore!  Woooooo! 

We’re participating in the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure again this year.  And when I say “we” I mean Chris and I, with the girls, and my parents and sister Brooke, maybe Matthew if he wants to. I’m starting my fundraising campain soon, so if you have some extra change laying around, send it my way!  Last year, 44 women were diagnosed with breast cancer as a result of mammograms they wouldn’t have otherwise received–but thanks to the Susan G Komen foundation and Race for the Cure, there are 44 women who like me, are getting a second chance at life.  And that’s JUST from the grant to OU Medical Center!  Other hospitals recieved grants and who knows how many lives it has saved??? It’s a VERY worthy cause! 

When Trinity sees Barack Obama on the TV she yells “Ohmama! Ohmama!” Hilarious! 

I think that’s it for now.  I’m busy ebaying all the girls’ clothes from last season, and trying to keep the house in some kind of order.  For the record, it’s not working.

Can I just say how frustrating my forgetfulness is?  It’s so hard to remember *any*thing.  Today Chris expressed his frustration in not being able to have a normal conversation with me, and I agree.  I will be told something and two hours later be caught off guard.  Gracie will ask me for juice when I’m doing laundry and I’ll finish laundry and then forget what she needed.  I have to set my alarm to remember to do things.  I think it’s mainly short term memory stuff because I’m starting to remember more and more of my childhood memories.  But the day to day stuff that makes me a good wife, friend and mother is actually what I need now, more than ever.  It’s not that I’m not listening, I promise.  My brain is just still really sick.  I hated chemo when I was going through it, but I hate it now even more.

Hilarious! 

Since Chris had a nice long weekend for the holiday, we decided that we should do something fun as a family.  I woke up feeling better today than I have in a month–not completely pain free but definitely better!  When I was recovering from my first surgery at my parents’ house, they took me and my sister to eat at Pop’s in Arcadia.  I loved it in spite of being in quite a bit of pain and every minute I was there, I wished my precious girls and Chris could share in the novelty and fun of this place. 

So we went today!  First I probably need to explain Pop’s to you…it’s on historic Route 66 and is a gas station.  Yes, a gas station.  Why would anyone want to eat at a gas station, you may ask…well, they have over 500 different types of Sodas, a retro soda bar, fabulous food for cheap prices, a great waitstaff, and a fun atmosphere.  If you go, prepare to wait about 30 minute to an hour.  We waited 45 but fortunately the weather was perfect so we took pictures and walked around “exploring” the place. We ate on the patio out back.  There were fans, shade umbrellas, and water misters that kept us cool while we ate.  The best part about Pop’s is that you get to pick your own soda bottle.  There’s a case in the back of the store where you can go to browse, or you can look on the menu, where they have sodas listed by color, flavor, and brand!  Chris took Gracie to get hers, and no surprise she wanted a Bubblegum flavored soda.  He got Vanilla Rootbeer.  I decided on a Coconut cream soda and Trinity chose Banana milk!  Our food was great and it was a real memory maker.  We all had fun and ate too much! 

I forgot how wonderful it feels to live like a “normal” person–even though I’m still wearing my surgical bra and garment under my clothes.  I think I’m going to like normal!  And now…some pictures!  Gosh you sure can’t tell my kids love the camera huh?

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I’ve been sleeping on the recliner.  JoJo barks at the mailman, passersby and other dogs in the street.  So it’s really, really odd that our minivan got broken into last night, and I didn’t wake up, and Jojo didn’t bark.  

JoJo barked this morning when I was making coffee.  I looked out the window and a woman was approaching our porch.  She works in the house across the street and had gone out to her car to find her stuff inside thrown everywhere.  Then she began to look around and saw that our van doors were open too. 

We called the cops, but Chris and I went through it all.  They  didn’t take anything, as far as we can tell.  I bet they were hugely disappointed in the variety of sippy cups and Veggie Tales DVD’s.  Our DVD player is hard wired, so they couldn’t grab that.  They opened the glove box but didn’t take anything.  The cop said a lot of times they are only looking for iPods, GPS, portable DVD players, and other electronics. Apparently it happened a few more times down the street.   It was all vehicles that had been unlocked.  Which is weird, because we try sooo hard to remember to lock it.  I guess it was just a really bad night not to remember…

Anyways, lesson learned.  Check, check and double check.  Lock, check, check again.  And never leave anything valuable in your car or van.  Now we know!