nothing real blogworthy happened today.

Actually Julia helped us out again by watching Elsie so I could go to work. That was very blogworthy. Thanks Julia. Thanks everyone who has helped me with that, I really appreciate it. I'm a sarcastic blogger, but I'm serious about this one. We have had lots of help from neighbors, friends and family and we are really grateful. Julia and Elsie went to a make-up party of some kind - Mary Kay? Elsie looked beautiful when I picked her up. It was probably her most exciting day in a while. She likes to put on make-up and play dress-up. She is constantly asking me if she can put on mom's liptick or whatever. Sorry Stac, I've caved a few times. There is a good chance some of your stuff may be ruined or missing in action.

4 more weeks!

Hopefully April will go well and Chloe will finally be coming home at the end of the month. I think Stacie and Chloe are getting a bit anxious to come home, and we're anxious for them too. On the way home tonight Elsie asked me when we'll be a big family again with a mom and everything. She's a cutie.


Of course I couldn't let another weekend go by without posting some pictures. Rhen gets bigger every week. It's fun to hang out with him and try and get him to laugh. I usually end up laughing more than he does because the girls all love him so much they smother him every second he is awake.

a hard goodbye

We got to spend an enjoyable weekend together. Grandma and Grandpa England came to give me and Jake a needed time together. We haven't been without the kids 8 months so it was fun to be together. Thanks G and G! We also had a visit from Kelly and Andy, Kinsey, and Spence and Tal. Although everyone wasn't able to come inside it really lifted my spirits to see them. But it always ends too soon. We had a yummy homemade sunday meal that Kelly made and then it was time for them to go. The girls really wanted us to switch. Me come home and Jake stay with Chloe. They just really miss the parent that isn't there with them all the time. We will have to wait until the next week to switch. It gets hard me and chloe together 24/7, and having to stick around here all day so it was hard to say goodbye.

Congrats to all our friends who have had their babies this weekend!!

who has more hair?

Chloe was holding Rhen this morning and I just loved the view I had.
They were both watching a cartoon and they have almost the same amount of hair!
Jake came late last night cause they all just missed Rhen so much. He is a pretty missable guy! Jake was making him laugh this morning and Addie and Elsie were loving all the new sounds he can make. He really is the coolest boy we've ever had! I worry so much that I am just ruining his life with the stress and trying to figure out his sleep patterns (have never had a crappy napper) but Jake reassures me that I need to take er easy.

I'm gunna wash that soap right outta my hair

None of us really understand, unless you have acually gone through it, how hard it is to loose your hair, and to loose it twice! Sweet chloe knows how hard it is. Yesterday was the day to change her dressing , so that is the day she gets to have a bath. I went in to tell her to get out. She looked up at me with her cute smile with the bottle of shampoo in her hands. She said, "I want to wash my hair". I told her," you go ahead, you have some hair to wash." She was so proud that she had hair to wash. She even put some conditioner in it. Now chloe doesn't look in the mirror when she doesn't have hair, she avoids it at all costs. But she got out of the bathtube and looked and said,"I do have hair coming in!"

No tag team, gets hard

Jake poor Jake was up all night with Elsie throwing up every 15 minutes. I called this morning to say good day to addie before she went off to school, to find that Jake had a worse night than I did. We don't know what is was from and she hasn't thrown up since, but poor Jake had no one to tag team this situation. He is really tired. We need to get that girl to stop sucking her fingers!

Chloe is great today, nothing new to say about her. Me, I am just scrapbooking to keep me busy. We made it an effort to turn off the TV most of the day today and do other things, that has been good. It is just hard, there is not really much to do and what we have to do gets old.

Today is day +72, we're getting close!

Third LP

Last night we were watching America's Funniest Videos and they were talking about the next clips were going to be accompanied by the band spinal tap, chloe perked up and said "I have had lots of spinal taps!" It was cute.
Her clinic apt was just the same ol same ol. The LP went fine, only one more to go! They changed her fluids to the day since I told them that she prayed the other night that she wouldn't have go to the bathroom at night as much, I asked her how many times she goes at night and she said about 6 times. No wonder why she was so emotional the past few days. After her prayer the next day I asked her how many times she went and she said 4. I told the doctors and they will switch them during the day and for less time. I still need to get her to drink more during the day. Rhen is doing good. I switched him from soy formula to just lactose free formula, he seems to being doing great, and his spit up is way less.

I have eaten too many girls scout cookies! Those chocolate mint cookies are dangerous.

Address

Just to let you know, if you want to send chloe a letter to say hi or whatever, the address we are at for the next 4 weeks is [email us] I am pretty sure that is the zip code. She would think that was pretty cool.

Footprints in the sand

The footprints in the sand poem never meant more to me than is has through my experience these past 6 months. Cancer takes all the strength you have and makes realize you can handle more than you ever thought you could. In the past few months when it was so hard I couldn't think I could go on anymore the strength of Him carrying me was felt. Because when I think of how we do this day after, I am sure of how we do it. We are carried.
Today is a beautiful day it is 65 degrees! Chloe feels good and is eating better today. Her hair is coming in more and more each day. Tommorow is her third LP and I really didn't mind them pre transplant but now I have to give her medicine every six hours after it is done for 2 days. I just got done giving her anitbiotics every 8 hours but starting wednesday I give her pills every 6 hours. Sometimes I feel like aughhh! And now that is when the earlier statement is evident again.