A visit with Santa

Santa came to campus this weekend during Ware Fare! Ware Fare is a holiday bazaar that CWU has put on for over thirty years and has become a HUGE community event. When I was still in school they hired me to sing for a couple of years, which was always good timing financially!

Poor B was a bit grumpy, as you can see. Well if you don't know her she may not look that grumpy, but the fact that we couldn't get her to smile is very indicative that she was not herself. She has been working on molars and had a cold. My poor sweet girl :(.

Anyway, here are the pics with her Christmas dress and new coat (her first experience in black friday sales :)!

Recognize these, anyone?

Well, if you aren't one of my parents or siblings, you probably don't.





For those of you who don't know, I wore this coat to say goodbye to my oldest brother David when he left for his mission (It has a matching bonnet but there was no way she was going to leave it on). And I wore the red dress my second Christmas. Thanks mom for saving them!!!

Thanksgiving Travels

We had a very busy holiday weekend! We drove to Auburn (near Seattle) for Thanksgiving dinner at Craig's aunt's house on Thursday, and then home the same day because I had another treatment scheduled Friday morning in Yakima. We spent most of Friday in Yakima. Craig took Carolyn over to Grandma and Grandpa Cannon's while I was at my appointment, then they picked me up and we all met up with Dan & Jessica for lunch. We all had fun as always. We went home again and used Saturday to rest up a bit and give B a day without spending a significant amount of time in the car. Sunday we went to Renton (also near Seattle) to visit our new niece Eva Mae, who was born Thursday night (Craig's sister Heather is the new mommy). Craig's mom and 7-yr-old brother stopped by too while we were there. It was so fun to hold a new baby again and visit with everyone!

Too much Grey's Anatomy?

I heard Carolyn grunting in the kitchen (I was in the bedroom), and asked Craig if we had a girl who was pooping. He said no, we had a girl who was NOT pooping (she does that a lot). I responded by directing him to push 20 cc's of apple juice, and then I laughed at myself :).

Cute girl

B did the cutest thing today! We picked Craig up from school and were on our way to the park to play "soccer" and we heard a smacking sound coming from the backseat. Craig looked back there are Carolyn was giving her baby kisses. We told her that was very sweet and that she was being a very good mommy. She thought it was pretty great.

You really do have to be your own advocate

Long story short - after detailing all of my history and my experience with dietary supplements NOT working for me, the Dr. said "Well, let's try a dietary supplement and re-test in a few weeks and see if that boosts your iron level. If not, we might try an IV". Right. Apparently I was the only one present in that conversation. So I asked if there was any way we could just skip move right to the IV because I didn't want to waste my time. He said sure and I had my first transfusion on Tuesday, and am scheduled for 3 more treatments with labs done before the last one. There can be complications and pain, but mine went just fine. I did have some side-effects yesterday (Thursday), but with some heat wraps and tylenol I was fine after a few hours. All in all, not bad in the least! I am excited to feel better and have more energy. I know my husband and daughter are too!

An appointment

The hematologist in Yakima comes to E-burg a few times a month, so they said they could see me at my doctor's office on December 16, but that I would have to go to Yakima if I wanted to get in sooner. Needless to say, I didn't want to wait that long. So they are actually fitting me in next week! Yay! So I am hoping that they will start treatment then, on Tuesday the 11th.

Oh, and I still have my fever. Whatever.