Life...

it can change in a blink of an eye!

Our life has been SUPER hectic lately!

A couple of posts ago I mentioned that my mom had a seizure, and how we all thought that maybe it was just related to stress.

Boy, were we wrong!

On Father's day, she had another seizure. She was brought to the hospital in aumbalance and was admitted to the hospital, where they did MRI's and blood work. She was put on Medication to help stop the seizures.

In CAT scan results it showed that her brain had swelling and there was shadows on her brain. The doctors thought that maybe the first seizure she had was also a Stroke. Some people have strokes without even knowing it, but the brain swells, and that can cause seizures. So that was the doctors intial thought, and again wrong! She went for a MRI and the MRI told the doctors that she had a tumor on her Front Left Lobal. It was a little smaller then a tennis ball. They then told us that the tumor was Cancerous! Boy, when my dad called to tell me that, it felt like I had been kicked in the stomach and could not breath! I would never ever wish for anyone to get a phone call like that!

Cancer is the MOST UGLY WORD! I would love to take that word and strangle it to death and then it would be gone forever!

She stayed in the hospital for about a week and was sent home. She now has a date to get the tumor removed on Tuesday! They will then remove as much as the tumor as they can, then take the tumor to test it to see if it is a Low Grade Cancer or High Grade Cancer. If it is a low grade then she will just have to take pills for the rest of her life and moniter it. If it is a high grade then she will have to have Chemo or/and radiation. Obviously we are praying for a low grade! Or better yet that the doctors will get in there and remove the WHOLE thing! That would be a miracle!

Through this whole time I constantly need to remind myself not to be angry and to shut down. When you are little you always think that your mom is invincable. That nothing can or will happen to her! That she live forever and never get sick, but that is not the case! We live in a world that is cursed with Sin and with sin comes sickness. BUT at the same time this World is FULL of beautiful things to!  

The key for me is to stay positive thru this whole time! And when the bad thoughts come, to kick them out as fast as they came in!

If you are the praying type of person, I know that it is not everyones thing to do. But if you do have a daily prayer time, please keep my mom in your prayers! Along with my dad, he has been a true example of what it means to stick be her thru sickness and in health! It is truly amazing! Pray for peace and comfort, pray for a miracle, pray for the doctors and nurses that are involved with the surgery, give them steady hands, wisdom and awareness! Thank you!



Tattoos!

This past weekend Adrian and I FINALLY got the tattoos that we have been talking about for like a year now! And when Adrian lost his wedding ring, we took it at as a "sign" ;-) to get them done!

We went to "Inkling Tattoos" in Stienbach and was very impressed! She was SUPER clean and friendly!

We each go our ring fingers tattooed! Adrian got a K and I got a A! DUH!

I was SO nervous! Like REALLY, VERY nervous! The thought of chickening out crossed my mind! But I know if I didn't do it now I would regret it!

People have been asking if it hurt! And I would be lying if I said it didn't hurt! Not as bad as child birth though! The whole time I was getting the tattoo I was thinkig of giving birth and how bad that hurt and how this is nothing! But honestly it DID feel like tiny little needles poking you! Not just one or two needles, ONE THOUSAND needles is more like it! Maybe I am being dramatic! I later found out that feets and fingers are the more painful places to get tattoos, if I would have known that later, I would have chickened out! Anway here are the pictures of the tattoos! Sorry about the bad quality, but my camera was not focusing propaly so we took them our iPod Touch!

Now I am planning for my next one!! :)

I have lots of ideas, I would love to get one to represent Hayden!

Maybe I will need to post my ideas on here, and get peoples opinion! (if anyone actually reads this!)

The Plett Happenings!

Like I said in my last post, we have been VERY busy! So, here a little update to what we have been up to!

I finally got to go to the Hunger Games! It was amazing!! I loved it and I was NOT disappointed at all! I thought they did a very good job, and the actors were perfect for the roles that they were choosen for! I was suppose to go with my Auntie and cousin for her Birthday but she got sick (which was super sad, since she is a real life Katniss :)) Honestly, she is amazing, she can hunt like no body's buisness! I admire her and am very proud to call her my cousin! So, in the end it was just my mom, auntie and I! And, honestly I had a blast! It was good to get out of the house with no Hayden,( as much as I love him, sometimes I need a break) and do my own thing. I think that all mom's need that, just an hour or four just to themselves, or to hang out with friends!

I loved the movie and cannot wait to go see it again, or when it comes out on DVD to buy it!

For those who have seen the movie or even better read the books, would understand the following pictures:



This is how I feel!

I laughed when I saw this because I was outside watering flowers one evening and this thing came buzzing by my head and first thought was Tracker Jacker, turned out it was just a wasp! :)

Still Scary!

In other news, we also finished our deck!! Well, okay not TOTALLY finished, we need to do the railing yet, but other then that we are done! It looks so good, Adrian did an awesome job! I love it! I cannot wait till the railing is up, so we can spend more time on it as a family. Hayden always walks to the edge and scares the crap outta me!

We had our first supper out there the other day, and it was fun, and super nice outside!

Hayden enjoying his bun!

We have also been doing lots of yard work like landscaping, and cleaning up all the dead branches and leaves from last year! The yard is FINALLY starting to look more cleaned up, we are NOT nearly done, but it is starting to feel like we are actually putting a dent in it!

Hayden has been a very busy boy now that he is walking! He has been getting into everything like the TV! So, we have finally decided to mount our tv on the wall and get a "tv stand" that will make it harder for him to reach the things and press buttons and reset everything, so frustrating! We have about 5 unessacary time outs a day because of the TV, Wii, and satelite, so we bit the bullet and bought some stuff to make our life a little easier! Besides, we will have more kids and probably run into the same problems that we are having now!

And that is what is happening in our lives, walking, talking, time outs, landscaping, church, and enoying each other! Life is CRAZY but SO good!

WHAT A WEEK!

The last couple of weeks have been CRAZY!

On Victoria Day (long weekend) my mom had a seizure ( she is okay). That is why I have not updated this for awhile, my energy and thoughts were in no mood to do any blogging! It was one of the worst phonecalls that I have ever gotten from my dad, one of the most scary things as well! I thought for sure that she was going to die, and no I am not being dramatic! I seriously thought that I was going to lose my mom. My dad is a man that doesn't really show lots of emotion, well he does, but then he doesn't, hard to explain. But when I got that phone call, my dad's voice was full of fear! I have never heard my dad talk like or sound like that before, he sounded scared and wasn't to sure what would happen. That is what scared me the most, if my dad was really worried, then something is wrong. I think the hardest part for me was that I couldn't just go there to be with my family ( it is a two hour drive, and with having a child its hard to just pick everything up and go, plus I was home alone, and Adrian was working.)  It was hard to not know what was going on, and not being able to go there and control the situation and be with my brother and sister. I think I drove my sister crazy with all of my text messages! Sorry, Jaime!

But, everything is okay now! The doctor will be running more tests like CT scans, and MRI's to see if they can find what caused it, or to see why it happened. I am so thankful that she and everything is okay! She has not had another seizure and has been feeling good, well besides feeling sore. They say that having a Seizure is like running a full marathon. This has got me thinking of how amazing the body is and how fast it can change or how fast our life can be done! Very amazing but scary at the same time! I am thankful for my mom and that she is alive and okay!

Thank God!