Sweet dreams

Friday and Saturday we had a sleepover with our Aunt Tawnya, babysitter of Kyra and lover of children.

On Friday night we drove up to have dinner which was salmon, grilled zucchini and broccoli with sauce. Then we got to have Tawnya set up her projector and we watched two movies. The first one was a VeggieTales called "Big River Rescue." It was all about helping others. Bob and Larry had to help Little Jimmy aka Big Jim find his Mama. My favorite part was when Larry came running back from Muscotine yelling, "Beware the babies!" The next movie we watched was "The Love Bug." Good movie!

Saturday we went to a whole lot of parks. There was one that had a playground like the Taj Mahal and we played Hide and Seek there. It was awesome! There are so many places to hide. We went horseback riding as soon as we finished with the parks. Tawnya's friend, Dan, has neighbors with two horses, one named Seeker and he was jealous. The other one we called Peggy. Even Tawnya got a ride!

We went out to lunch at Zupa's and ate 5 huge salads and one huge bowl of clam chowder. Then we went back to Tawnya's and took baths in her big tub. We also got to choose presents from her stash of promotional freebies. I got an electric fan, Jason got a cow, Paige got a Snoopy, and Alexis got a notebook. It was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Hmmm, seems like it's a little smaller."

That was the first thing out of Dr. Daddy's mouth when the resident pulled up the last two MRIs on screen. It was followed closely by, "It does seem to be a little smaller," courtesy of the resident, and that observation was officially diagnosed when the neurosurgeon walked in and said, "Hmmm, looks a little smaller." With three doctors concluding the same thing, it must be true - the tumor is smaller than it was just two months ago!

Sure, it only went down by about 25%, but considering the only way they know to shrink it is by going in with a knife, no carbs and a few pills is much less invasive. We're thinking the secrets to this success are she's been almost completely off carbs for 4 months (maybe a handful of blueberries and tomatoes, or if she skips the fruit she gets one piece of bread) as well as taking some really strong anti-cancer supplements that seem to have really done the trick. Wahoo!!!!

Happy Birthday to Mom!

Today is Mommy's b-day! She is 35 years old. She got a riveter, hybrid shoes, a CD, a DVD, a vase, blueberries, and a card from me. Tonight we are having a movie night. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!!!!!