I'm finally caught up on my posts

Sorry to everyone that reads my blog and has been disappointed with my lack of posting. I've been busy and tired. On my list of things to talk about, I'll start with an update on my issues. I have pretty good news. The MRI on my brain looked great. I don't have any tumors or irregular looking things in my brain so that's good news. My headaches have decreased a lot in the last month (probably only about 5-6 in the whole month, which is down A LOT). I finally feel that after 15 months of struggling with a headache, almost everyday, that I finally may have a handle on it. On to the tummy issues. I met with my doctor a couple of days ago and he explained the different findings when he did the endoscopy. A lot of the terminology I didn't really understand but the gist of it is that I have a sliding hyatel hernia and some damage in my stomach and surrounding areas from acid. There isn't much that they can be done for the hernia. He wants me to continue taking Aciphex daily for the acid reflux problem and he said the medicine will heal the damage that is done. The good thing is that I don't have any ulcers but if left untreated that's were it would be headed. I'm glad that something is going on in my tummy and I'm not just crazy. After 2 horrible pregnancies and continued problems since Jacks birth, I'm glad that I found out some information.

On to something else. November 1st Matt, Bryan (my brother in law), Kody (friend), and Travis (preacher and friend from church) went hiking in San Jacinto mountains. They had an excellent time despite the REALLY cooled weather and rain! Matt came back with lots of fun stories and great memories with friends. He's ready to go back out and do it again, he seems to really like this hiking stuff.

Bryan, Matt, and Kody- camping in the clouds

Matt on top of the mountain

They made it... 10,834 feet.... Bryan, Travis and Matt (Kody taking the picture)

While the boys were gone and my mom was at the USC game, my dad decided to take my sister and I and all the kids out to dinner. We went to Islands. We had a really great time but it was loud and CRAZY (to say the least). It's great to have these fun family memories. My dad is such a wonderful and thoughtful man. We are lucky to have him in our lives! Oh yes, and did I mention that he made me a eggel (egg, bagel, bacon, cheese) sandwich for breakfast on Saturday morning (when Matt was gone). He walked over to my house and had a nice relaxing breakfast with the kids and I. It was like old times. We actually got to sit around and talk for a while. Those are the little things that mean so much to me.

Dinner at Islands

Anything else? Jack is really starting to talk a lot more. He is saying Hello, ByeBye, Mama, Dada, Papa, no, done, Don (for Donald Duck) and a whole lot more, mostly in his own little language. He is such a sweet boy. He can be grumpy but he has this soft, lovable side that I don't remember Emily having. He is very affectionate and caring. But he is all boy. He's rough, loud, strong, active, and did I mention STRONG! He's been sick for the last few days with a high fever but I think, I hope, that it is on it's way down. On Sunday night we were over at my parents house visiting with some old family friends in town from Washington and Jack got his little pinkie finger caught in the door leading out to the garage. It was terrible. He screamed and cried so loud and hard. Honestly, I have never seen anything like that. His finger was smushed all the way together. It was frightening. We rushed him to the ER and they did x-rays and luckily it wasn't broken. I swear, if it's not one thing, it's another around this place.

Emily..... she's just plain hilarious. The things that come out of her mouth. There are days that she is a constant battle but she is such a darling little girl. She is smart, beautiful, loving, and so, so funny. I can't wait to see what she is going to be like at 5, 10, 15, and dare I say 20. She's been up to the same old. Preschool, which is still a constant battle every morning. She likes it when she gets there, it's just hard leading up to it all morning long.

Well, I think that's about it. That's the family update and what's been going on lately. I think that I'm officially caught up.
Have a great weekend everyone!