Just a little Lilyanah fix

Sorry it's been so long since I posted a new entry! I check out my cousin Ryan & Katie's blog nearly every day & nearly everyday there's a new entry. . . oh how I wish I was that disciplined with this! However, today is not the day when you are going to get a lengthy new entry because it is beautiful & sunshiny outside & it's not suppose to be the rest of the week. Corey & Kelsey took these precious pictures of our little Lilyanah & I HAD to share them with you all because they were too adorable not to! So I hope you enjoy them as much as we are & that you all had fun-filled Memorial weekends. wendy

Mother's Day

What a fun Mother's Day we had! Lilyanah was an absolute angel during church, not even fussing a bit when she fell asleep! I figured that was her Mother's Day gift to me! They had a special 'ceremony' where they introduced the new babies of the year & challenged us as their parents as well as the congregation to raise our babies in the Lord. I was very thankful that they recognized that we all have a responsibility to show our Lord to our children.
After church Gigi blessed our entire family with another home cooked meal. Of course every meal with our Gigi is homecooked & delicious!
This outfit on our little one was picked out by her daddy, I think it's one of my favorites, though the hat is WAY too big & kept on falling over her big blue eyes! She just turned 4 MONTHS yesterday & her eyes aren't changing color one bit. I know they can change up until 2 years, but we'll enjoy the blue while she has it!
For Mother's Day Will gave me the greatest gift! Well, first of all our precious Lilyanah (who has most unfortunately discovered her thumb fits in her mouth better than her fist), would not be here were it not for him! But this year for Mother's Day we are starting to sponser a child through Christian Relief from Haiti. I don't really believe in doing things like this & making it common knowledge, but I wanted to share it with all of you because it's a FANTASTIC program if you are wanting to help out children in the world. I know my Papa & Gigi have been sponsering children from India for over 15 years now & have made such a difference in their lives with only $25 a month. Can you believe that's all it takes!? We spend more than that in formula in 2 weeks! Anyway, if you get the chance I hope you'll check it out, I don't like sounding like an advertisement but what a wonderful way to make a difference for Jesus. The web address is: www.Christianrelieffund.org
My uncle Rick loves working with old cars & just happened to drive the one in the picture to Papa & Gigi's for our celebration, which of course I do not know what make, model, or year it is from being 'not-car-savvy' at all! But we had to take advantage of it being there & get a couple of pictures.
I hope that all of you mothers had such a special Mothers' Day & that all of you men & kiddos showered your women with all of the love & appreciation that they deserve every day of the year. Of course ditto for the women with their men & kids. Never forget that each day is a gift that we can never go back & do over. I love you all! Wendy.

PET scan results. . . .

Yesterday as Mom, Lilyanah & I were on our way to my CAT scan appointment, I called my oncologist to see if they had the results from my PET scan, & we found out I am CANCER FREE! (thank You so much God!) & thank you to all of you for your prayers! I wish cancer free meant chemo free but such is not the case. I still have 2 Anyway, Dad, Mom, Lilyanah & I are heading over to Bend for a little 2 day vacation & this girl still has to pack! Will is staying home because he has a pretty bad cold so if you would please pray for healing for my sweet husband I would really appreciate it. It's hard to leave him at home to fend for himself but he insisted that we go out of fear that he would get us sick. So off we go! You get another daisy picture because of a special request by a friend & another of Grandma with Lilyanah last week. Love to you all. . . wendy.

May 7th, 2006

How is this for a smile?! She was actually making a sound along with the smile in this picture, I wish you could hear her! She has the sweetest soft little voice. Can you believe I get to look at this adorable little face every single day, all day!? What a blessed woman I am! Lilyanah smiles all of the time now unless she's really tired at which time she makes the funniest noises. It's kinda like she's trying to talk in a foreign language while whining. Now that's talent! It makes it really hard to take her seriously cause' you're just smiling at the silly-ness of it all! This chemo round I've been so blessed & felt so good that I've been busy doing things & haven't spent much time sitting in front of the computer, which is a blessing & also no good because now I've fallen behind AGAIN & will have to catch you up on the last 2 weekends! Saturday, the 29th I took pictures of what everyone was doing. Lilyanah was helping her grandma work at the computer. Mom spends a lot of time working on the computer to keep up with the businesses her & dad own. We need to hire her a secretary so she can spend all of her free time loving on our daughter. Of course she does anyway, such a blessing to both her & Lilyanah!
Dad asked Will if he knew how to change the oil in our car. Will, very matter of factly said, "Yeah, I put my shoes on, grab the keys & drive to Jiffy Lube." Such a funny guy. Dad decided 27 years without knowing how to change oil was too long & the two spent the majority of the day just like they are in the picture. They changed the oil in every car in the driveway which was not a small task. Will came in covered with oil but said he really enjoyed the day.
Now the next picture is going to make anyone who has ever gone to Camp Yamhill & tasted my grandmother's cooking JEALOUS! Gigi makes the most amazing cinnamon rolls & yes, that is what she was doing when I took the picture. It brought back a lot of good memories. She ALWAYS made homemade dough & we would spend the afternoon wrapping a couple hundred hot dogs in her homemade bread. I will admit that I RARELY helped with the cinnamon rolls, she would get up at around 4am to do it & my alarm didn't go off for another couple of hours! Gigi is one amazingly talented woman in so many ways. Her cooking was & is her way of showing people how much she cares. And I have to say that I just love seeing her with Lilyanah! I started this entry a couple of days ago & today is actually the 8th. Earlier today I went in to Portland to have the PET scan done & afterwards I'm radioactive for awhile so I don't get to hold Lilyanah. It's no fun, but she had a great day with her Gigi. We should know the results fairly soon, but I also have a CAT scan scheduled for Wednesday, the two should tell us pretty conclusively whether or not I'm in full remission. I'll keep you updated. . . . I hope your week is off to a good start! And thanks again for your prayers! Wendy.