Happy Birthday JJ!

JJ celebrated his 9th birthday with what else????  Legos!  He was so excited to receive the Millennium Falcon and with a little help from Papa, completed it in under 3 hours!  We are constantly amazed at the architect in him - JJ is always building, creating, tweaking, taking apart and investigating motors, legos, or anything else he can get his hands on.  Our favorite is his soda machine that spits out little "soda can" legos, as well as his large life sized one that fits in our fridge that uses a real can of soda!   

Happy Birthday Buddy!  We love you!

How Should I Wear My Hair Today?

Just finished a nice, relaxing Mother's Day weekend with Lori's mom.  She gets the credit for this clever picture with all of the hats!  Gotta look at the bright side = all the money and time saved getting ready, shampooing, conditioning, doing hair, shaving, waxing, etc.... Showers last about 2 minutes! 

The sore mouth is now on the mend - yippee!!!  Lori can now eat easier, although still carefully - no acidic or rough foods (no more pizza, pasta, potato chips for awhile - ugh!), but at least she's eating more than shakes which is a huge improvement over last week.  After losing about 5 lbs in that short time , the steroids are a welcome cure for sore mouth and weight gain!

She's Bald!

You Seinfeld lovers out there enjoy that one!

So it finally happened...the hair started coming out so we made a night of it and shaved it all off.  Each one got a chance to cut a chunk and buzz a little too.  It was definitely emotional for Madison and JJ, but we just reassured them that this is a sign that the medicine is working. 

A little support for our wonderful
military who make sacrifices everyday
to protect us!

Before

 It's a hard thing to watch especially given that this is the most obvious change with all the medications, but they are now used to seeing the bald head.... and we've reminded them that rubbing a bald head brings luck....we certainly need a year of that!

The important thing is that Lori is still feeling good, except for a sore mouth which is a very common side effect of the medication (specifically the Adriamycin - which she only has 2 rounds left of).  This will get better with the next round of meds.



After





You always hear that the longer couples are together the
more they start to look like one another...but this is
 ridiculous!  At least mine will grow back!  Sorry Honey!  Hee! Hee!