It seems like so much has happened since I started my blog in January! I have been so busy that I have had no time to blog or to figure out how to change everything to the exact way I want it. Luckily, summer is finally here and I am finding some time to get things done.
We learned at the beginning of this year that my sister had thyroid cancer. It has been a very hard and stressful time on our family. She had surgery to remove her thyroid and had an iodine treatment that we pray handled everything. Only time will tell and we're counting down days until October so that we can see if it was successful. She's a fighter and I have no doubts.
I was able to start another long term sub job at Bright Star Elementary. I absolutely LOVE BSES! Everyone was so sweet and I hope that one day I could call it home. For now I am just taking advantage of all the jobs that are available there because of all the pregnancies! I already have jobs lined up until January 2012! I have been so blessed and I am so thankful for everything.
During Spring Break in April we learned that we were expecting. We were enthused! Unfortunately, my hormone levels never were where they were suppose to be and we never developed a heart beat. We went from the top of the world to the lowest point that I think either of us had ever been. I cannot express how much we loved that little embryo, but God had other things in mind. I had surgery in May and we've been taking it day by day and we will eventually try again.
Recently I started having these "attacks". It was some of the worst pain I have ever been in and I had crazy symptoms. Johnny made me go to the hospital on my second "attack" where we learned that I have gallstones and now my gallbladder has to come out. I am excited because I will not have to deal with these attacks ever again, but the side effects of not having a gallbladder do not seem so great. While I am having surgery, the doctor is also going to remove a little growth on my leg that I have had for several years that he thinks is from a fire ant bite. However, it will be sent off to see if it is cancerous. I figured since this was all going on, I might as well have a wisdom tooth taken out two days before my surgery.
As you can see we have been on a crazy roller coaster that we cannot seem to get off of. I know that God has a plan for us and that he will see us through all this. We are just ready to get this all behind us and hopefully start on our family soon. For now we just rely on our amazing family and friends to get us by!
