Getting it done!

Thanksgiving weekend have been very busy. I feel like I have not stopped at all, but honestly it feels good. I had my hubby work pretty hard too, and what have we accomplished?

• Cleaned the whole house
• Washed curtains
• Bubblewrapped windows
• Hosted Thanksgiving
• Cleaned the whole house again
• Installed new bathroom faucets
• Installed a chandelier
• Got a Christmas Tree
• Decorated for Christmas
• Cleaned the yard
• Caught up on freelance work

So that's a big chunk of my list, although some of those are constant tasks. As far as cleaning, and catching up on freelance, I can start that all over again. But it's all good! So blessed to have work and so blessed to have a great family. Ms. Emma's been pretty busy too. She is growing like a weed and talking up a storm. It's starting to become "normal" that she speaks.  We no longer oooh and aaah over words she says, but moving onto having a conversation which is CRAZY if I think that only 20 months ago she was sooooo tiny! I mean, look at her!

This is what happens when I drop her off at school. No crying, snacking like a big girl, all fashionable...I need to hang onto every moment before they slip away. It's like this song from Darius Rucker:

It won’t be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by
So, he's tryin’ to hold on

Or like this one from George Strait:

Life’s not the breaths you take
The breathing in and out
That gets you through the day
Ain’t what it’s all about
Ya just might miss the point
If ya don’t slow down the pace
Life’s not the breaths you take
But the moments that take your breath away

Anyways! I'm trying to keep those in mind. And if I think that I am busy now, I just have to remember that in only 5 more months my second child will arrive. Ha!

Life goes on!

Praise God, I have no cancer. So I am moving on. Lots of things on the horizon, but mostly work and Emma. I can't believe we have Second on the way. How will I survive? :) Sometimes I have to remind myself that soon I will be a parent of two. Nowadays, Emma can be a handful. I ventured out to the National Aquarium with her by myself last Saturday. It's all fine and dandy when she is being a good girl and holds my hand when I ask her to. But when she decides to go her way, it can be a challenge to keep her in line. If I am lucky, she just squirms, but she can throw a fit like wow! But she loves mommy. My mom asked to have her Monday, so I took her down to Rockville Sunday night. She cried for an hour and a half non-stop when I left. Poor baby! And grandma loves her so! She had a blast though, collecting leaves with grandpa and playing around. Soon she will love going there I bet.

Still can't wait for Christmas. I think she will love it and because of that it will be a blast. Maybe we'll go down to Longwood Gardens again. Last year she was still tiny, but this year, I am sure the lights will take her breath away! :)

Blood Test Results: IMPROVED!

Yay! So if pathology confirms that the nodule is benign, then there is no treatment necessary. We will repeat the blood test in 2 weeks. This is great news! Moving on! Thanksgiving and Christmas is next! And a whole bunch of other potential good news! I'll be in touch! In the meantime, check out princess squishing a bug. (It was already dead.)

Biopsy done!

And it did not hurt AT ALL! Preliminary results show that the large nodule (the only one they biopsied) is benign. Question is, what the blood test looks like and what do we do about the thyroid disease that I may have. The doctor called me today, but I missed his call, so I am anxiously waiting until 9am to call. He is such a nice doctor! Whatever I might have, I am in good hands. :) But now...REST TIME!

Tomorrow!

So the weekend is over and it was fun. Lots of cleaning, working and Emma time and it is natural that I am tired. She is getting heavy to be carried around but since we had about 30 guests at the house yesterday, she wanted to be nowhere else than in my lap. We hosted Courtney's Bridal Shower which was a lot of fun. I especially enjoyed seeing my dad and little sister. And although mom couldn't make it, her Hungarian Rum Cake did which I selfishly stashed in my bedroom until all guests were gone.

 OH MY GOD! It is truly heavenly! Mom is the best and I love her so much! I hope to see her next weekend.  She needs to give me this recipe so I can give it to my kids and they can give it to their kids. :) And with the close of a fun weekend, tomorrow is coming up real fast. I should not be so nervous about this biopsy, I am sure it won't hurt too bad and all will come out just fine. I am however quite nervous. I'll update soon with the results. At least until then I have rum cake for comfort! :)

Getting closer to the scary...

So next Tuesday is just around the corner and I am getting more and more nervous about it. Those enormous needles in my neck will certainly feel odd if not painful. Then again, I can't wait for possible treatment options on getting my old self back. If fixing my thyroid function can mean more energy then I'm all for it.

We are hosting Courtney's bridal shower on Sunday and we have a ton of freelance work so it looks like a busy weekend coming up. I wish to be back in sunny Cancun for a few hours each day. Emma is well. She still has a nasty cough from her pneumonia. I still can't believe that she had a fever of 104.5. That's crazy! My little angel! She is so smart and beautiful! Too bad we missed out on trick-or-treating; she sure would have loved it and would have made a cute little elephant. I still need to take a photo of her in her elephant suit.

On a lighter note: Christmas is coming! Can't wait to see the trees, lights, decorations, and take in the smell of pine in the family room while sitting by the wood-burning stove! :)