Home Stretch...kind of

Jim has been gone for 2 weeks. We've got 1 week and 1 day to go. The kids miss their daddy a lot. Larkin asks for him everyday which is hard because she's too young to understand. Rainey thinks he's still at the airport just hanging out or something. Rainey really needs her dad. She is very insecure without him. The smallest thing.....the wrong cup, the wrong cartoon, ANYTHING, and she's a disaster. She always gets this way when he's gone. Larkin is kind of the same, but she gets clingy...which is understandable, I'm very cool. I didn't even try to send her to nursery this past Sunday. That probably would have scarred her for life. So she came to primary with me and the rest of my little Sunbeams. Jacob seems to be doing okay, but he's sick of me and only me. I've been very blessed to be feeling as well as I do. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm on anxiety meds and they have been and HUGE blessing to our family, especially when Jim is gone. I'm able to be frustrated and tired, but still functioning without yelling at the kids. AND, I'm still enjoying them! Here's a funny little exchange between Larkin and Me....

background: I like to pretend to 'eat' Larkin's cheeks, neck, tummy, etc. So today after a diaper change, I was 'eating' her.

Me: I ate your cheeks!
Larkin: I eat you?
Me: okay.

She then takes a 'more than pretend' bite of my forehead

Me: what do I taste like?
Larkin: chocwate (chocolate)

Perfect.

Update

I'm happy to report that my cousin's 2 year old boy is doing great after his surgery. A week ago they removed a cancerous tumor and were able to get all. Better yet, the chance of recurrence is the same with or without out cemo SO as of right now, he's free to go! He is still healing of brain surgery and he'll need MRIs every 3 months, but WOW that was a close one.

Grandpa Heaven

This was taken in Atlanta a couple months ago. Larkin was a little sick. I gave her some cold medicine and she fell asleep cheek-to-cheek with Grandpa.

More Cancer

My mother-in-law was here for a visit this weekend. While we were out shopping we were talking about a friend of mine who recently found out she had cancer and passed away only 5 days later. I told my mother-in-law that it seems as though every time I turn around someone new has cancer. Later that day I found out that my cousin's little 2 year old boy has a brain tumor. Very luckily, it was only 1 inch and they were able to remove it all. However, it looks like he will need chemo. I saw a bumper sticker that I think sums it all up: 'CANCER SUCKS!' Please pray for Teague Wiggington.

More family photos.

Dog Pile

I was trying to get Rainey to lay down in the bluebonnets by showing her what I wanted her to do. She decided to dog pile me. Larkin followed.

Family Photos

We went back to Brehnam and the bluebonnet fields to take pictures with the whole family. Jim very much enjoyed taking pictures of not just the kids, but the scenery.