Breakthrough for Connor

sConnor had a really big day on Monday at developmental therapy. He said 5 words all together. I know it doesn’t seem like a lot, but it’s a big deal for us because normally he only puts two, maybe three words together.

His therapist Cole shot this video with his cell phone. "I want ball please. I want ball please Cole." Cole was excited to show me this when I picked Connor up.

We are happy and excited with the progress Con is making and look forward to seeing him continue to grow and learn.

Work in Progress

We’re Moving!

Yes it's true - we sold our house and are moving in a week. Our new house isn’t done yet and won’t be until late July or early August (hopefully sooner, but we won’t get our hopes up just yet). In the meantime, we found a cute two bedroom apartment that we’ll move into next week and put everything else into a storage unit.

We’re very excited and drive by our house almost every day to see the progress it is making. It will be interesting being in a two bedroom apartment for the summer, but there are some real bright sides to it. We’re really close to a nice park, which I have a feeling we’ll be at a lot this summer and people keep telling us that our new house is going to feel huge after living in an apartment.

I don't have any pictures of the house right now, but I’ll try and get some in the next few days.

“Leprechaun Day”

Last night after the kids were in bed we (the leprechauns) put out a bunch of gold chocolate coins in the hallway leading to a small pile of coins for Alex. So at 3 a.m. Connor comes into our room and Ryan woke me up saying Connor smelled like Chocolate. Come to find out his face and PJ’s were covered in chocolate. All the gold coins were gone and we thought Connor had picked them all up.



Turns out that Alex woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and saw them and gathered them all up and put them under her pillow. Being the sweet big sister that she is she put a few on Connor’s bed. Very nice of her, right? We still don’t know whether Connor woke up and started eating the ones on his bed or if they just melted all over him. It was a mess and not that funny at the time.



This morning when I was putting his sheets in the wash I had to laugh. I remembered wiping off his face and one of his eyes were almost closed shut with chocolate – okay, so it was funny after all.



It all turned out to be worth it to see how excited Alex was when she got up this morning. She couldn’t wait to tell us about the “great news” that a leprechaun had brought her gold coins and a new green outfit.



Happy Leprechaun Day! (as Alex would say)

Way To Long

I know it has been way to long so instead of writing about all that has been going on here is a little slide show. Pictures are some times just as good at telling a story. Enjoy:)

Home at Last

After 47 long days in the hospital Mom is on here way home (11:37a.m.). She has been so tired of being at the hospital and can't wait to be in her own bed and in her own space.

Mom will still needs someone with her 24/7 for the next 53 days. Luckily Esha will be able to be with her during the day for the first few weeks and after that her wonderful friends and ward have offered to help.

I really wish I could be there or at least live closer, but I'm am so thankful for everyone’s love and willingness to help my Mom. Myself, Ryan and the kids are all looking forward to seeing her soon.

I say this all the time it feels like, but it is so true and I don't know what else to say other than thanks to everyone for your love, support, thoughts, prayers and fasting. With Heavenly Father’s love and everyone's support Mom has fought and will continue to fight this fight and beat this cancer.

Coming Home Soon?

Mom is doing great. She is talking, sitting up and even walking a little with the help from a walker and a nurses. On Monday she walked all the way down her hall with a walker. I don't know how far that is, but everyone was really excited about it - so I am too.


They told her that once she is able to walk to the bathroom and back to bed by herself that she’ll probably be able to go home. Yay! She could be home as soon as this weekend, but when I talked to her on Monday she wasn't really sure about that and was thinking it would be more like next week. The sooner the better - we really want her home.