Hello all,
I know it has been more than several weeks since last writing. It's been, shall we say very eventful. I guess I didn't realize how long it really had been until receiving several phone calls to make sure I was ok.  It's nice to know that people are caring enough to wonder about me. Thanks guys. These last few weeks- I can't even put words to them to be honest. They have just been. As you know I continue chemo every other week. Each chemo has been different. It's amazing the number of ways one drug can effect you.  One week I felt so good I worked a shift. The next week I could barely pry myself off the couch before the next treatment. Nausea or no nausea. I've begun to have spasms/tremors and ticks in both hands and my lips- thankfully they have only lasted during my chemo tx and a few days after. Really weird. After ruling out one medicine and talking to my MD, we think it might be one of the chemo drugs. I am sick of managing side effects of drugs with other drugs and then managing the side effects of those drugs with more drugs. I'm trying new things. We'll see how they work. So anyway, as might explain the long absences from the blog, Todd has also started traveling to Denver a few days on my off weeks. Needless to say, this has made both him and myself pretty exhausted. As you might presume from this travel, Todd did get the job in Denver. Yea! So, we are in fact moving to Denver come mid August. Initially we thought it might be after my treatments, but it was not to be. I will be finishing up my treatments in Denver as well as a surgery. As we are facing such a radical change (add it to the list) I have been doing a great deal of soul searching and praying. And what it comes down to is this. My husband is happy in this job and after years of pushing through Chrysler and doing his duty to provide for us, this is invaluable. I always said that I would be open to moving for the right job and I can't see how this is NOT the right job. It's too good of a deal to pass up for our family. And not only that, but I really REALLY hate these damn (pardon my french, but that is what it is in fact) Texas summers. Heat indexes of 105-108 are just not healthy and I want my kids to grow up knowing what the outdoors looks like! But I would be lying if I said this whole acceptance of the move hasn't been hard for me. I look at Denver with some excitement and a heavy heart. I know that what I have here is so very unique and so very special. The people here never cease to amaze me and are so very generous and so very extraordinary. I have never seen the face of Christ presented to me in so many forms. Loving me, caring for me, my children and my husband- even people I have never met before. I can never repay what has been given to me here. And I want to tell you all that I am a better person because of you. Your friendships whether they have been 15 yrs, 8 yrs or even a few months astonish me to my core and I feel so unworthy of such dedicated love and support. The sacrifices and difficulties that you have gone through for me and my family have not gone unnoticed.  Thank you. - Just one minute while I pull myself together. Even now Todd is traveling back from Denver, so I am 'alone' in a quiet house. Tears flow freely in this quiet.  I must admit these trips have tested me a bit. I've taken to sleeping with a golf club, 2 phones and a rosary for the 'what if someone broke in' scenario. After realizing I would need to have really good aim to hit an intruder in the dark with a golf club and have it be a successful hit, I added a frying pan to the mix. I am not naive to the comical nature of such a scene.  But hence, such is the mind of this woman at 1 am.  Ambien works wonders.
The kids are doing well. Veronica has become quite the riot. She is taking a tumbling class at the local rec center and is quite proud of her summersaults. She will do them for you on any given morning in your room when she is trying to wake you up. Of course clapping is mandatory. She has taken to giving herself and Gracie a snack and a book while they are waiting for mommy to rouse herself. The other morning Veronica was going about taking care of her baby and was singing to her "baby Daniel".   Gracie was yelling at her to stop singing. ( I could hear this from my room). Veronica comes in to tell me that Gracie had told her to stop singing. I told Veronica to ask Grace to sing along with her. And thus ensued a rousing chorus of the wheels on the bus and twinkle twinkle little star, followed of course by summersaults in my room. I have to admit, that was definitely one on those 'mom' moments.  Grace is just as crazy as ever with her smile that melts you and that look in her eye when she knows she's doing something she shouldn't .  She is increasingly verbal and is starting to play really well with her older sister.
Daniel is BIG and FAT! Almost 20 lbs, and like little Gracie can melt you with his smile. He has the best baby laugh I can recall. I'll try to post some new photos for you.

We are traveling out to Denver in a few weeks to find ourselves a dwelling. God be with us on this one as we have a very limited time to do such a thing. We are likely moving in 6 WEEKS!!!!! So planning is going full steam ahead.  God's just going to have to do this one for us as I know I don't have the energy to do so! The list is ginormous, so Jesus is just going to have to do it.
Please say a prayer for us and also say a prayer that my platelets and white blood cells go up as they are a little low.
Anyway, I guess that's it for now. Take care y'all and may the Peace of Christ be with you!