Has it really been 3 months!!!

Oh my goodness it realy has been 3 months since my last update! Well, first off Dylan had scans on January 6th and I am happy to report cancer free once again. We are even going every 6 months now for scans instead of every 3 months which is awesome. We had some snow in December...can you believe? At this moment on January 10th I actually have my air conditioner on... make up your damn mind please! I have finished some "for hire" projects and have been just relaxing for the past few weeks. David was on vacation and we did absolutely NOTHING for a whole week... that was sweet!

Our Cup Runneth Over

I am VERY happy to report Dylan is cancer free! Our prayers were answered with his latest pathology report. What a relief to us and everyone that prayed for us! He is doing great and very happy to be on Thanksgiving break. Boy, do we have alot to be thankful for. On another note the movie was fantastic. I have seen it twice.. once with my girls and once with David. He liked it also. New Moon is a go so I guess we will be waiting patiently for that to come out also. Sooooo exciting!

Were waiting...

Time is so random... when at work it goes by sooo slow. At a party or being with family it goes soooo fast. This waiting for the surgery is agonizing! I feel like I want to call the doctor and see if he can slip Dylan in sooner to his schedule. OK I am ranting but this is so all comsuming of our lives. Everyone in this house is on edge.. even the people not living with us that love and care about us are on edge. Whether you are holding a new baby, or at work, or in school (Dylan) and just basically doing what we all do everyday ... a minute is still 60 seconds and an hour is still 60 minutes. They all count and they all matter.

Cancer Sucks!!!

I havent talked about our battle with cancer on this before but it has come to the point where it has been placed in the forefront of our lives again. Our son was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma in June of 2006. He has been cancer free since Feb. of 2007. He gets scanned every 3 months for the next 5 years. On Sept 2nd his scan found a mass of some kind on his neck area. Thinking it could be an infected lymph node we have been going to Texas Children's Hospital every 2 weeks for the site to be checked. His re-scan of the area showed no change and another mass under his chin. This has baffled doctors because in 6 weeks (the time span between scans) the mass should have done something. If it was cancer it would have grown.... an infected lymph node it would have shrunk. The concensus is to have them both removed which will happen on the 17th of Nov. My Mom gut tells me it is a benign growth but only when we get the pathology back will we know for sure.

Ike Update

We are fine! We evacuated on Thursady and I have to say it was sooo much better than hurricane Rita 3 years ago. It only took us 6 hours for a 4 hour trip. Our home was spared and there are so many others who now have nothing. Andra and Paul were excellent hosts and offered their home for as long as we needed it. We really had a good time there and I wish we actually lived there permanently. The country life would be well suited for us. It of course is not possible right now with Dylan's cancer treatment being so close but it is our goal to retire there.

Finally...

I finished it. It took me forever but I finished it! This book was good but it didnt have the same feel as the others.And what kind of name is Renesme anyway??!!! I am way more attached to my fanfiction.... it actually could have been a fanfiction story.. goodness knows there are a few that have the same ring as the actual book. I am done ranting.... I read my blog today and noticed something kind of off. I guess there are several ways to take the way I said "hire out" so I will clarify. My talent for scrapbooking has been hired out. I just finished a 8x8 baby girl book for a friend of mine from the store. I have to say it was quite beautiful ( now that I have broken my arm patting myself on the back ) hehehe. She has also asked me to do a Ministy book for her and I am quite excited! I willpost pics when I am finished.

Edward is a Beefcake

I am about 2/3's through my new book and I am pleased for the most part with it. My obsessed friends and I made a very fun girls night out of the book release party. We had a blast and even met some more crazed fans who are super sweet! We got in line at 5:00 for our armbands the purchase our book and were even the first group to get in at midnight to buy it! Which tickled me to no end! I was so excited that I have to admit I read ahead a little cause I couldnt wait. To those that know me this isnt a surprise. I have also been reading fanfiction and and am as obsessed with that as I am with the books. Its a small way of never letting it end!