Ten for Thursday

1. I can't believe my baby girl is already a month old today. She is such a good girl and sleeps well at night. Last night she only woke up once. I kept her up at night and she allowed Frank to get a good night sleep finally. She normally is up twice a night which is pretty normal for her. I watch her during the day and Frank takes the night shift since he is up late anyways. I do miss my mom being here to help me though...I've been spoiled I guess

2. I took Savannah to get some professional pictures taken at Sears last week. She slept the entire photo shoot and I couldn't get her to wake for nothing. I went to pick up the pictures yesterday...Going out in the mail shortly

3. My family all drove/flew in from everywhere this past weekend. It was very nice to get to see everyone again. I miss not having my family closer to us. Lara and her family camped at Fish Lake Beach Resort. We celebrated Lara's 31st birthday at the campsite.

4. The family went swimming, fishing, hayride, and played on the beach. The kids had a great time! We even got rained on a couple of nights which made cooking dinner very interesting on Monday night. The hobo dinners were delicious dad!

5. Jenny, Barbara, and Mom all took the train down to Chicago to see the New Harry Potter exhibit at the Science and Industry museum. They had a great time!

6. I had my first chemo treatment and all went well. It was scary to me because I didn't exactly know what to expect. The room they make you sit is is very open and everyone gets their own chair and is hooked up to an IV machine. I don't care for seeing other people getting pricked with needles. I try to close my eyes or look away. The other dislike is the amount of time it takes to administer the chemo drugs into your body. I'm happy that I went ahead and got the mediport put in.

7. The doctor told me that I did great my first week and my blood count was good. No nausea and only some fatigue. I can expect to start losing my hair in 2 weeks. I went to a wig shop the doctor's office recommended to only find out that they are out of network. I had found a couple of cute wigs picked out and even put them on hold. I will have to start my search all over. I will take Sarah down to with me this time. She was excited about helping and even wanted to try some wigs on herself if they will let her. It's kinda nice to try different hair pieces and play around with colors.

8. I went out to lunch with my friend Jacki to Chili's. We had a nice visit and than she watched Savannah for me at the doctor's office.

9. We had the baby blessing on Sunday. The whole family had come out including some of Frank's family. They arrived late and missed the blessing. Frank was nervous seeing how this was his 1st time giving a baby's blessing.

10. We attended Sarah's 8th grade graduation at Parkland Middle School. She looked great and is happy to be leaving and move on to High School.