The Wish

I haven't written for so long! I don't have a good reason, Mike and I didn't get sick, we weren't out of town, I don't know, I guess we've just been busy. We've been having fun over the last two weeks. Brooklyn has been feeling really good and doing an amazing job taking her medicine every day. She has been really into asserting her independence lately. That's a nice way to say she is being stubborn and not listening. :) I'm not into talking back and defiance, so there have been some long days, but I also know that she could totally be feeling crappy from all the medicine she has to take. Her hair is really starting to grow back and it is the softest thing you've ever felt. She is so cute and looks great as it's growing in. We almost have to comb it in the morning because she gets a little bit of bed-hair when she wakes up. :) The kids have picked out their costumes for Halloween and when you ask Brooklyn who she's going to be she says, "Mapunzel, let down your hair." She is going to be the cutest little Rapunzel!! She got to spend the night at my aunt and uncle's last weekend. Both Braden and Kayla have gotten to spend the night there on their own and they enjoy it so much. They get to go to the golf course and then go to dinner and play games. It is so nice that they each get to have one-on-one time with their Nana & Bumpa. We weren't sure if we should let her have a turn on her own yet or not. We haven't spent much time away from her since January and worry about her getting sick. However, her blood counts have still been okay and she's been feeling good so we figured it was a good time for her to go. And Jeanne and Jack only live 20 minutes from us, so she wasn't too far away. She had so much fun. It is hard because I want so badly for things to just be normal. I want her to feel good all the time. I want to think that she's talking back just because she's 3 and not because she is feeling nautious or lethargic from chemotherapy. I know that things aren't that way now though and I am actually so incredibly thankful for how good we are doing. She is getting to go to school, she doesn't have to go to the doctor or the infusion room as often, and we are able to go out and do things in public. We are extremely blessed. We haven't had to go in to the hospital for an extended stay and as a whole, our family is doing really well with everything. Monday, I had to take all the kids to the pediatrician because Braden had his yearly physical. There was some kind of issue going on with another kid so the 5 of us waited in the room for the doctor for almost an hour. We read every book they had, we sang songs, and we played Simon Says. The doctor felt bad that we had to wait so long, so he let us get our flu shots instead of having to come back on their "flu clinic" day. The kids weren't thrilled that they had to get shots because I hadn't warned them, but they did great. It was amazing to see how tough Brooklyn was, she didn't even flinch. They helped me pick out a baby present after we were done and then we went right to Baskin Robbins for a treat. They deserved it! Thursday, Brooklyn's preschool had a field trip to the pumpkin patch. Kelsey came along with us and it was fun riding on the trailers out to the field to pick our pumpkins and getting time to play with our friends. We had fun this weekend too. We had soccer on Saturday and after church today we went to Napa. Mike has to work there about once a month, so we went along with him and had lunch together and then I took the kids to a couple parks in the area. It was such a beautiful day, we had a great time. It was fun to get out of town and spend time together as a family. I was thinking as Brooklyn was climbing one of the play structures and running around after her brother and sister that it is so wonderful that she is able to do all of that with all that she has been through. At one of the parks Brooklyn picked a flower and said, "I wish to be happily eder after. The end." and then tried to blow it like a dandelion. That is what I wish too, for all of us.