Eyebrows and Eyelashes

Chemo is exhausting! I kept wanting to blog but didn't have the strength to focus on the positive so I waited till now since I'm starting to feel a little better. It's always easier to see the positive when you don't feel so sick. :) They say chemo treatments build on each other and I definitely felt that this past week as the side affects were much more brutal than my previous treatments....BUT there have been so many blessings this week mixed in with all the sick days. 

My sister, Jackie, flew in on Sunday and stayed with me till yesterday. What a miracle this was for me as my mom and dad have been out of town and my hubby had to work. I wasn't up to doing much but it was nice not to spend all day at home sick and alone. She is one of my very best friends and I could not be more grateful for her taking the time out of her busy life, leaving her kids, and spending a few days helping me out! 

On Monday I went to my oncologist and he wanted me to have a STAT MRI to check the status of my tumor. MRI's are one of the hardest things for me to do. I never knew I was claustrophobic till my first MRI a couple months ago....wowzers! They make me crazy! But I lasted thru the chest MRI ( didn't make it thru the other two he ordered but Dr Oncology said it's ok) and the results came back, and I quote from the Dr, "almost clean"!!! Awesome huh? The cancer is responding very well to the chemo! Still have to do all the same number of treatments and probably still radiation but just knowing that the chemo is working so well is so GREAT!

My last little miracle this week is kind of a silly one but I'm grateful for it nonetheless. I have lost pretty much all my hair now but somehow my eyebrows and eyelashes are holding STRONG! Woop Woop! I feel like I still look like me and it really does make me happy to look in the mirror and still see them there. Never knew I'd be so grateful for eyelashes and eyebrows....don't underestimate the little things, sometimes little miracles are what get us thru when we don't feel  (or look ) quite like ourselves. 

ONE YEAR!

One year ago today I married my sweet Hubby, Rafa. It has been a year full of adventure to say the least! Here are a few of my most favorite things about this year with my wonderful husband. Check it out to see why I am such a lucky girl!

#1. Our Honeymoon: Spending a week in Orlando with Rafa was AWESOME and was probably my favorite week of the year! I love to see him experience new things because he truly loves life so much and gets excited about each and every little thing. It is always a blast to travel with him!

The Magic Game was one of Rafa's highlights! He was like a kid in a candy store!

Animal Kingdom! Our FAVORITE disney park!


#2. Feeling Support when I need it most: My husband knows how to cheer me up, how to comfort me and how to make me feel like everything is going to be ok. When life gets crazy, which it certainly has been lately, I know he will always be there for me.

#3. Silly Times: I love how Rafa makes me laugh! For a while I was trying to take a picture everyday of our first year of marriage (yeah, that didn't last) but some of those random pictures have been some of my favorited because Rafa is such a ham!

#4. Trips to Mexico: We had some pretty fun trips to Mexico this year and I always love the time I get to spend with Rafa when we are there. It's uninterupted time without TV or cell phones and he always looks out for me so much to make sure I am taken care of.

At Grandma's hanging out.

Quinceanera for Rafa's cute cousin!

#5. My 30th Birthday trip to Las Vegas: Rafa took me to Vegas for my 30th! It was such a great time minus the fact that we both had TERRIBLE colds. We plan to go again soon to make up for what we didn't get to do the first time!

This picture of Rafa is one of my fav's! Oh wow how I love this man! Grrrr!

M&M Factory...Yum!

#6: Trip to San Diego: We went for my best friend, Katie's wedding but one things I learned about my hubby during this trip is that he loves me so much to sometimes just go along with whatever I want him to do. He is so laid back and go with the flow. It was a great trip and mad me think about what I want with him most....Forever!

#7. Disneyland! We went with Rafa's cousins to Disneyland and had such a great time! One of my favorite things about going to theme parks with my hubby is that we both love the same rides. He doesn't think I'm silly for wanting to ride Dumbo or Peter Pan. And he doesn't mind at all that I'm scared of the big rides. A perfect match!

At the castle where one year before we got engaged!

#8. Transformer Birthday! I love that Rafa is a kid at heart! For his birthday we had a transformer BBQ. Look how cute he is!

#9. Holidays! So my hubby has ever been into celebrating Holidays, at least not how his wife is. I love everything about holidays but he is learning how important they are to me. For Halloween, I have ALWAYS wanted to have a couple costume. We went thru tons and tons of choices and Rafa finally agreed to be Mr and Mrs Potato head with me...and to save money I made the costumes myself. Gotta love him for going along with all my ideas!

#10. Romantic Moments: My hubby is not a romantic...BUT he has his moments :) I love the little things he does to show his love for me.

My Rafa is such a Great Husband and such a Good Man. I love him so much and am so lucky to have him in my life. He truly brings miracles into my life every day.

BOY or GIRL?

What a week! It's been a busy one full of family time, sickness, and a litle craziness as we moved into our new little home. This past week following chemo was a rough one. I felt good most of the time but a fever one night landed me in the ER which led to a couple rough days. I thought about writing about that trip to the hospital but decided the whole event made me so grouchy that I should just forget it happened and save the cancer fight for other posts. This post is only going to focus on something happy, MY BABY :)
Today was our 18 week Ultrasound!! I had asked several people to guess on whether it would be a boy or a girl and the guesses were about evenly split! So........It's a GIRL!!!! There was no doubt at the Ultrasound, and they even double checked! I didn't really care either way but knew that eventually I had to have a little girl! I am SO excited to start buying fun things, making big fun flowers and bows. I figure if she's anything like me, she'll come out with more hair than I have now...haha! I think I may make us some matching hats or flowers since I'll be bald for several months after she is born. I am so excited to work on her room now, to get out my sewing machine and get to work making some fun things for my little girl.
Hubby and I went to Cosco today. I bought a little outfit because I couldn't wait to buy something for her! It has zebra print pants....SO EXCITED! Poor Rafa, even as we sat in the ultrasound room he mentioned how he needs to buy a gun now to scare off the boys. I'm excited for him to have a daughter, I know he's excited too...she will wrap him around her little finger I'm sure.
What a miracle it is that my little baby girl looks healthy and strong! She is even measuring a little big for her age which is perfect since she will be born early! I have only gained 2 pounds this whole pregnancy but she is growing perfectly. What a miracle baby she is! I love my little Sofie already!