FINALLY ONE DIAGNOSIS DOWN

MEDICAL UPDATE: I have gone through some kind of medical testing for the last 4 years with one problem or another, My biggest problems being my periods (which I have had problems since I was almost 10) have progressively gotten worse through the years, I have been on about 30 different  hormone pills that have failed, numerous surgeries and have miscarried every other pregnancy. Last Dec. they did a a Lapro and  a Cystoscopy checking out my abdominal area, mainly my outside of the uterus and ovaries etc....they didn't see anything but a few cysts (which I have always had) and some scarring (from past surgeries) well since then, I have just toughened up and dealt with my problems and thought maybe I was being a little crazy. Well as the months go on my symptoms are still getting worse and worse so I decided to start documenting and even taking pictures (I know that is gross but when I try to explain what I am going through, it sounds unreal to most people and they just think it can't really be that bad, well guess what, it really is) I bleed about 3 weeks out of the month, and its very much abnormal, with clots, tissue and massive amounts of blood. I took all my info again back into the Dr's a few weeks ago, and as soon as she saw the pictures, she said it is absolutely not normal, they did blood work and scheduled an internal ultra sound with saline this past week and then I met with the doctor afterwards. She said my blood count is very very low (and that if we let things go, it will get dangerously low, which obviously we know why this is) she went over the pictures with me, which in the ultra sound there are black spots shown throughout the uterus, and my uterus is soft  and along with my symptoms I have ADENOMYSOIS: which is similar to endometriosis, but its on the inside, the lining of my uterus has grown into the muscle fibers of my uterine wall, so each month when I shed that lining with a period all of the spots (which were a lot on the ultra sound) that are throughout my muscle wall are shedding and bleeding (in between the muscle fibers) which is causing the massive amount of stuff to come out of me and severe pain and swelling. I guess with this, she said that hormone pills don't really help it, there is one medicine that is a series of injections that I could take but it will throw me into menopause and its only shown to help in some cases and this problem is just going to get worse if we let it go. With this condition a hysterectomy is the most common way to fix it. She asked if we were done having kids and I told her we felt like there was one more (which I am nervous because this one would be the miscarriage if I keep the past pattern) but I still feel strongly this is what we are supposed to try and do. If we happen to be blessed to get pregnant and have our last baby, than 6 weeks after delivering I will have a hysterectomy done. The Dr. thought this was a good plan, but she suggested getting pregnant sooner, so that my periods would stop and hopefully help my blood counts. This all was a lot of information to deal with and I was a bit emotional all week, and I of course came home and researched everything and everything I read just confirmed what the doctor said. Don't get me wrong, I have many blessings to be thankful for, especially with all of my problems I have had, I did get 5 beautiful children out of it and although we would not get pregnant again after the 6th, there is just something sad to me about my major female organ being gone, but I know in the end it will bring me much relief to my body physically and I can start to feel better without these problems over-ruling my life. They will only remove my uterus and leave my ovaries so she assured me the only thing that will change is that I wont have any more pain and severe prolonged bleeding, so after Josh and I talked about it, this is the plan. After we run the marathon we will try for our last baby (and pray that it wont be another miscarriage) and take things one day at a time until surgery. I truly am so grateful for my life experiences and the lessons I have learned along the way, even with the biggest trials, much sadness and great losses, we still have SO much to be thankful for, if we just take the time to recognize them and I am definitely counting my blessings!! (even though when the time comes for surgery, I will still be a little bit of an emotional wreck :)

TRAIN AND TOY MUSEUM, LIBRARY AND PICNIC WITH FRIENDS

We decided to one day go to the Train and Toy museum in Medina with some new friends of ours the Strombergs, its been nice to have some other boys for Justin and Wade to play with, Justin and Rykker are the same age and Wade and Brigham are almost the same age, but Delaney plays well with Brigs too, Mindy and I are already arranging their wedding ;) We loved the look of downtown Medina and this was a neat building on the square.

The boys in front of the military shop

They all loved the gigantic train set

Cute Delaney isn't a baby anymore

Justin and Wade want a train set like this for our house

Wade and Ryyker checkin it out

Two cheezer boys

So much fun playing in the toy room

they had some of the neatest old toys to look at

Natilie LOVED the doll room and wanted all of them for her room lol

After the museum we walked over to the library which was way awesome, they have a big play area for the kids and this really cool bee glass that had a pipe that went through the wall to the outside. the kids were fascinated by it.

Wade loved looking through the magnify glass at the bees, he loves any kid of animal, creature or bug

Justin loves stories and books, he had fun sitting in the big chair reading.

After the library we went to the center of town to eat a picnic lunch when a storm blew in and the tornado sirens went off, it was crazy, wind was blowing bad and Natilie was starting to have a panic attack. we decided to high tail it out of there and go to the Burger King play land instead, we found out there indeed was a tornado warning for the area we were in. Its never a dull moment around here, we have had storms just about every time we get together with the Strombergs, The adventure just follows us everywhere lol....

CATCH UP DELANEY TURNS 2

 Our little miss sunshine Delaney Rose turned 2 on June 8th. We had a really busy day that day with a house showing, strawberry picking, make her cake, a Dr's appt and then in the eve. we took her to Chickfila to play. I can't believe she is already 2, she talks up a storm and has great understanding of everything. There is never a quiet moment with her around, whether its in the car, house, outside, nap and bedtime, or in church or places where you are supposed to be quiet, she is ALWAYS   talking, I swear she has to hear her own voice constantly, it reminds me of the stories that I hear from my parents of how I was when I was little, I was the girl always in trouble at school for talking and being too social :) Delaney can count to 20, sing most of her ABC's, she loves to play with her brothers and often times is way too rough but again, she gets it honestly, she tends to barrel her way through anyone and everyone because she is used to her brothers at home. She loves to growl at people and put her hands in the air and stomp her feet towards them growling like she is a dinosaur. She is a VERY needy girl and has to have constant attention, but I must admit I LOVE all of the kisses, hugs and snuggles with her. She just has the cutest personality and definitely knows how to work it, when she has done something wrong or hurt someone, she will start over and over saying "I love you, I love you" but she doesn't stop until you look at her and say I love you back to her. We are currently working on introducing to her to potty training and she is catching on fairly quick. This girl has to have so many baths, she loves to look pretty have have pretty's in her hair (thats what she calls it) but I have never had a kid to just find a way to be totally dirty within an hour of being clean, we go through LOTS of dirty clothes with her :)

 This girl loves to eat and can pack it away! Last week at her 2 year check up she is 37 pounds and off the chart for her height, I think she is going to be tall like her daddy....

 I made quick cupcake cones for her birthday and the kids LOVED them

 She loves anything from dolls, to cars, to swords, rocks or pretty things, she is a well rounded little girl :)

 The kids had so much fun picking strawberries on her birthday, there were hardly any left and the ones that were left were super tiny, but the kids had fun just the same, I love her cheeser smile

 We are so thankful that the lord sent Delaney to our family, she is so much fun to be around and is so good for Justin and Wade, I just love to watch those 3 play and interact, nothing like being a kid! and Natilie loves having a little sister finally, it is so cute to watch them paint nails, put make up on and play dress up already!  We love you baby girl!!!

CATCH UP DANIELS 14TH BIRTHDAY/8TH GRADE GRADUATION

Its really hard for me to believe that Daniel is already 14 and is going to be starting HIGH SCHOOL in 2 months. It still seems like yesterday that he was Justin's age, and I look back of where the years went, and they really have flown by! Daniel had a huge party last year with 19 boys and it was an airsof twar camp out (which was a TON of work for me) this year he just wanted his church buddies and he still had so much fun! They just did a bonfire, jumped on the trampoline and played football in the back of our property. this last year Daniel stayed super busy with band, church-Deacons quorum president, scouts, cross country, baseball, wrestling, air soft and find time for some video games and whatever else he decides to take on, I guess he doesn't like to sit still for too long like his mama. He is such a responsible kid and a great help around the house, he is super crazy about everything being in order and in  place, he can tell if you have been in his clean room and a pillow is moved an inch out of place LOL..lets hope he stays like that through the teenage years :) he is so good at being a friend to everyone and reaching out to those who don't have a lot of friends. We are so proud of him!

Airsoft time!!

My big boy (above) and Pa's buddy (below)

Daniels 8th grade graduation was very hard, I had all 3 little ones with me by myself and they were in rare forms that day. It was super hot in the gym and it was crammed pack with people. I tried to get some pictures but was unable to get a ton because I was out in the hall and doorway with the fussy kids, but at least I was there and Daniel knew I tried. We are so blessed to have Daniel as part of our family, and we are excited to see what his future holds for him and TOTALLY scared about the transition to high school, I am just not ready for that and not ready to be that old :) We love you Danielson!!!

CATCH UP NATILIES 12TH BIRTHDAY

 Natilies birthday was April 28th and she is 12 going on 22...She had a party with a bunch of friends, but it rained (it was going to be an outside party with bonfire) but thank goodness, the rain eventually stopped. Natilie has always been our firecracker (and it appears Delaney is following in her footsteps, Josh says like mother like daughters (minus the drama part, I was never like that) so I guess they get it honestly with their stubbornness and feisty tempers, and when I was younger I always said I just wanted all boys (because I never wanted to deal with the drama) but I really am blessed to have Natilie and Delaney as daughters. Natilie is one of the most giving and thoughtful little girls, she is always wanting to spend her own money on someone else, she just loves to give people anything and she is SO good at playing with her little brothers and sisters (and protecting them!). We were also really proud of her this last school year, school has always been a struggle and she had great report cards all year long, she has worked so hard and it was fun to see her progress so much this last year and build her self confidence. She did really well in band this year too, her instructer loved having her play the flute which she is really good at. She is my artsy girl! She was going to play softball again but decided to go with Dance instead, there are a few pics below.

 Eating dinner

 Opening presents

 Cake time!

 We had some fun games to do, every ones favorite was how many big marshmallows they could fit in their mouths, Natilie was kinda cheating here, she was just getting them to stick to each other on the outside of her mouth as well

 My good friend Cheryl came over to help me deal with all of the girls and of course they wanted us to join in on the fun, I warned Cheryl before we started I have a big mouth, in the end I won and she said "boy you do have a big mouth" lol.....

 Natilie has always wanted to do dance for a long time, and thanks to our friends, we made an arrangement if I got the girls to class, then they would pay for natilie to go. They were a part of a Hip Hop class, which she absolutely LOVED, she is such a good little dancer, this picture was after their recital with her best friend. They did a hip hop dance to the song American Boy, the girls did fabulous, I have always loved to dance to growing up and even when Josh and I dated, but after having the last 3 kids and feeling like I was pregnant forever its been awhile, and watching Natilie dance again reminded me of how much I used to love to dance! :)

Pa's pricess

 She is the queen at making silly faces

We are so thankful to have our sweet, sassy, silly, energetic Natilie part of our family, we love you girl!!