Thank you Connie..

for the beautiful scrapbook page she did of Dean. You are so talented. : )

We had a good visit with..

..Dean today. He is getting used to seeing us and was very happy. Today he quit crying as soon as Julie walked out the door. He loves to follow Grandpa around. : )
Aunt Sylvia came over to visit and had lunch with us. Hope tomorrow goes as good as today.

Here Dean is eating his lunch. Yummy!!

I'm finally feeling better....

after ten days of antibiotics and a lot of rest. The warm weather we have had the last few days has really helped pick up my spirits. It has been so nice to have the windows open and breathe in the fresh air. I start my second cycle of revlidmid tonight. I hope I continue to avoid any side effects. Dean will be over tomorrow while his parents are working and Jack & Max are spending saturday night with us. This week boys rule at our house. : )

Here is a picture of Bob & I

taken at Connie's birthday party.

Feeling under the weather again...

I have a upper respiratory infection for the 4th time since the end of November. The myeloma weakens your immune system and makes you susceptible to infections. I try to avoid crowds and wipe down shopping cart handles and my hands when I am out shopping. But as careful as I am I keep getting these infections over and over again.

I am just finishing my first cycle of Revlidmid. So far the only side effect has been fatigue. My blood tests came back without any damage being done. I am off of the Revlimid for a week and then I start my second cycle.


Last Sunday we celebrated Connie's 50th birthday. This year MaryLou will. turn 70 and I will be 60. It is the year of the big 0's for us.






On the right is Connie, Evelyn, MaryLou & Sylvia

Connie has started a blog of her grandkids scrapbooking pages. If would like to check it out click here.

http://gmaconnie.blogspot.com

My new medication...

seems to working with minimal side effects. So far as I can see the only differnce is that I am more tired than usual. My mind however remains clear which is much different from when I was on the Thalidmide. I see Dr Goldman tomorrow and he will check my blood to make everything is ok there.

Dean is getting so big, he will be a year old on March 21st. Grandpa and I will babysit for him tomorrow for the first time. It has been a long time since we had a baby in our house. Danielle was the last baby and she is 7. Sure hope he likes being with us and isn't too scared. He is just learning to walk. So we should get lots of exercise.

It has been an up and down week

Last Tuesday Sylvia and I went to Florida to visit our mother. We had a great trip there and back. Our visit went well and we saw many family members. We had dinners with Sally and Joyce and another with Bert & Roger, Rod, Kevin and his family. Kevins kids are getting so big it was almost hard recognizing them. Kailanie is 11 and Lucas is 16.

Wednesday Jack was admitted to the hospital with a sinus infection and had surgery for an abcess which developed behind his eye. His eye had swollen shut and they had place a drain in the abcess to drain it. I can't post a picture of him because cameras were banned by him. : ) Max got to spend a few days with his Grandpa while Jen spent the entire time at the hospital with Jack. They had a private room with a shower and a chair that opened into bed.

Saturday our nephew Dave married his longtime girlfriend Stacy. I wish that I had been able to attend but you know how it is -go away once a year and thats when they throw the party. : )

Sunday morning my good friend for over 25 years Linda Haines died suddenly. Her memorial service is being held tomorrow. Linda taught me everything I know about using a computer and was my own private tech support. She will be greatly missed.

And finally to end on a good note. Alyssa turned 10 yesterday. She is such a sweetheart. She both pretty and smart and she loves God.