Chemo Days 1 & 2

Well, we've been here at Georgetown Hospital for the last couple of days. Yesterday we arrived around 11:30 or 12 and we didn't start hydration until about 5pm. It was kind of a long wait, but it gave us enough time to relax and get used to being in the hospital. The whole chemo process (two hours of hydration before and after 3 hours of chemo) ended at about midnight. Sooo it was kind of long, but Ryan was feeling pretty good.
A nurse woke us up at about 5am to take Ryan's blood and Ryan was started joking afterwards and it was pretty funny. It would have been more than hilarious if I wasn't so tired, but we had a good laugh.
Today the process started two hours earlier, at around 3:45. I left the hospital at around 9:30/10:00 to go to the apartment and get some things for Ryan as well as shower and see Baby. Baby and my parents also visited the hospital today and Ryan ordered some pizza. Chemo was a little bit harder on him today and it gave him the hiccups as well which he really didn't like. I have a feeling I'm not going to like the next couple of months very much, but I'll keep a happy face because I know that somehow this will make him better in the long run.
No pictures today! Praying that tomorrow Ryan will feel better and that I can do things to make him happy! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)

Where would I be without............

With all the new and rather overwhelming happenings in my life, I find myself reflecting on a lot of things that I am really grateful for…..even the little things. Because really, these things bring me a lot of happiness.

The Gospel

Scriptures. Church. The Temple. Eternal Families. The comfort that comes through the Spirit. It’s good news, folks.

Ryan

He’s not just cute, he’s the whole package. He knows where his priorities are, he’s funny, loving and a great daddy. Ryan is really good at being and finding the positive during hard times. He’s the kind of person that I can be with 24/7 and not get tired of.

Baby

Happiness incarnate. Even when he’s crying (well, sometimes) I can’t help but smile and give him kisses. I am SO happy that he’s in my life.

My family

I couldn’t have a better one! They are angels in my life and are so helpful alllll the time. I can’t enumerate the times that I feel that I don’t know what to do next and Silvia brings me cupcakes or my mom will care for the baby or my dad will buy me lunch or say something silly. They are wonderful.







My in-laws

SO supportive, SO non-judgemental. My parents-in-law will even call me to say hello! They also spoil us to death. And they love baby, and I really love to see them with him. I unfortunately don't have pictures of them on my computer right now


Ok, now for the "little" things that I find happiness in:

My blowdryer

After the baby was born, my hair care went down the drain, mostly because I didn’t have a blowdryer that was fast enough and sleep was my biggest priority. I bought an amazing one at a good price and I have nice hair again! Yay! It's amazing how different you feel when your hair looks good.

Vinko Coce’s greatest hits cd

Yes, it’s Croatian. Yes, it’s cheesy, but I have learned to love it. And even better than that, baby loves it and it’s the only thing that can make car rides tolerable for him and produce the desired effect:




Ryan’s Thai food

Meaning “White Curry” (that’s what I call it, hehe), sticky rice and mango, and more recently his Pad Thai. Yummy!

Ideeli.com

I love shopping on this site. I don't have to buy anything, but I feel like I'm missing something if I miss looking at the sale that day. It's my therapy.

Croatia



If I didn’t have Croatia, not only would I not have had an amazing experience where I met and served with fantastic people, but I wouldn’t have a place to daydream about. I often daydream about Croatia :)

A perfect first year of marriage

The recent challenges have made me really reflect on the past year and all of the wonderful things that we have done and the great things that have happened. We couldn’t have had a better year!

Heaven Help Me!

And it has! We went to Stake Conference a few weeks ago and Elder Costas from the Presidency of the Seventy came and spoke. It was a really good talk which was very inspiring. He talked about the importance of frequent temple attendance as well as being organized. I felt a bit guilty, but I made a new goal to organize my house once the conference was over. The guilt increased as the days passed and we still had boxes and boxes to go through and just a lot of general clutter (we just moved to the apartment we are living in). In taking care of and worrying about Ryan’s recent health problems I didn’t know how on earth I would reach my goal. I think in difficult situations like this, God often sends angels to help us. And He sent them to me.

My parents came over one day to care for the baby while Ryan and I went to the temple. When we returned they had moved the furniture I needed moved and taken away the furniture that we didn’t need any more. The house felt so much better and I finally felt that I could keep it up. My parents are such a HUGE help and they often act as angels in my life. Since then I have been able to keep up the house well and get through some other things from the move. Miracles!

And a cute picture of Baby to keep the readers happy. He loves the baby carrier and he'll look all around until he gets tired:

Mommy Blogga'

Well, it took me long enough to post something. I created this blog back in January as a New Year’s resolution, but every time I started to write I would just erase it and decide to wait until I could write something better. I was also afraid of entering the “mommy blogging” world. Luckily my fears have been eased because Ryan was the one to put up the first few posts, so this can’t possibly be a 100% mommy blog, right?! Not that there’s anything wrong with mommy blogs. I am actually inspired by many of the blogs that I read that are written by moms. It’s just a weird phobia of mine, I guess. A phobia that I will quickly throw aside and hopefully start posting more faithfully. And of course, I will most likely write volumes about baby Elias :). Wish me luck!