704

Who can guess what this number represents??



October 22, 2010



Or what is so relevent about this date??

AS LONG AS THERE ARE NO SETBACK (low counts, sickness, relapse, ect.):
We only have 23 more trips to Primary Childrens, 7 backpokes, 704 nights of 6MP, 23 doses of Vinc, 230 doses of steroid, and 98 doses of meth. So if you haven't guessed, they informed me toady that he will be finished with treatments on October 22, 2010. Setbacks are bound to happen but with the past months being so great we are hopeful we won't be to far off this date. So mark your calanders because there is going to be one BIG CELEBRATION at the Leak home!!

Clinic went great today. He did great with sedation and his backpoke. Steph, our favorite nurse, is a big football fan so we talked about the Aggie football coach getting canned and she joked with Kael about his dad being the next coach. The thing is . . . they couldn't do any worse!! Dr. Affify was not there today, must have been out buying herself a new pair of tennis shoes. ( If you have ever seen her you know what I am talking about. Great lady, love her to death, but she has a pair of tennis shoes in almost every color and her wardrobe of choice is to wear a skirt with them!! Lovely:)) Anyway we had Dr. Barnett. This was our first time with him but seem to have a lot in common with him. He was a vet before he bacame a Hemoc Doc. Go figure!! Counts were good so here we go for another week of "Roids". Wish us luck!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREY!!

I am a little behind getting these pics posted but here is to my little Trey-ler McGrady -

We are so blessed to have you as a part of our family. Your infectious smile and big blue eyes could melt anyone's heart:) You are fun to tease but give the best loves any mom could ask for!


Some Treyisms:
* first word was 'trac-tra' (tractor)
* loves to milk the cows. whenever he comes up missing we find him in the barn helping the milker. he has mittens and gloves that he calls his milking socks and he is so paticular about how they are worn. he uses my fireplace as a milking barn and even has a bucket to catch the sick cows milk. the other day he couldn't get one in the barn so he made me help him. it was great fun.
* when he is thirsty he says "I'm fussy" it took us a while to figure this out at first
* he loves his mama's (grandma's) and his grandma-great. we always ask him who he loves and it never fails "mama". i think this is from all the time he spent with his grandma's before he turned two. he really has a special bond with them and I love to watch them interact. i am pretty sure that they like it too!! he was mad at me the other night and told me he wanted to spend the night at grandma-greats! i can just imagine what a treat that would be for grandma:)
* whenever he see's an American flag he sings "oh, say tan you see, by the dawns eewey wight". he is now getting in to Taylor Swifts "Love Story".




Ryanne and Trey

Not sure why I don't have any pics of him opening his presents but I have video. He loves his barn his dad built him. I will try to post pics of it later.

THANKS TO AUNT COURTNEY FOR THE AWESOME CAKE! SHE DOES SUCH A GREAT JOB. Take a peek at some of her work by clicking on the link to the left. WE LOVE YOU AUNT COURTNEY!! We are thinking of you and hope your week turns out better than the last few.

Bathroom Project

So we have spent the last week remodeling our master bath. Keep in mind it is smaller than most of your closets. We have debated for two years what to do with it. So the toilet was in such a bad way we had to just replace it so this is what we did with our budget. We did not redo the shower but perhaps it will be done in my lifetime:)

BEFORE

AFTER

So I love it so far. The fact that the toilet flushes with just one flush and you don't have to hold the handle down for 30 seconds is a major +. The taller vanity is working out great too!

Thanks Uncle Wade for helping Matt hang the mirror! Sorry it was so much stress!

A big shout out to Matt for digging-in to such a project when there is other things that needed done. You did a great job and I am so thankful for your help and determination to finish the project!! I love you!! (side note: He built Trey a 'milking barn' for his birthday and did a great job on it too! He looks hot in his toolbelt!!)

PROJECT HELPERS!! Every project needs a few helpers, thanks Trey for helping dad with all his tools. And a big thanks to Kace for being my little vacuem. There wasn't much to clean up after he made his rounds.

I had to throw this one in since we were talking about bathrooms! They are not going to fit in the tub like this forever. Precious moments make priceless memories!

Loving IT!!!!

I am loving this time of year!! I am so excited for the Holidays! In the past I have refused to put up Christmas deco before Thanksgiving but it's killin' me slowly:) We are heading to NewCastle for Thanksgiving (as long as nothing major happens w/ our bovine children) . . . just a shout out to my sisters that told me they were going home for Thanksgiving and quickly changed plans when I told them I was going. I can take a hint!! I guess this means I get the TACO bed, no battle!! (Just a side note about the bed for those of you who have never had the opportunity of sleeping on it- if you happen to have a sleeping partner -hopefully your spouse - you must sleep face out, on your side, with your backsides touching, and fingers gripping the side of the mattress - all in hopes that the sides don't magically fold up around the both of you sometime during the night.) Don't worry mom, we obviously always fight over who gets to sleep in it!!



Did I mention I am excited for the holidays??? I can't wait to put on another 12 pounds and do all sorts of fun things!

Here is a list of some things I am THANKFUL for

(in no paticular order):

My handsome husband

Wonderful kids

Nice home

Fall (pumpkins, leaves changing, chopping corn, cooler weather)

Health

Good Friends

Great Family

Matt's Employment

Farm

Town & Country (my sweet grocery-getting van)

Good Dr.'s (even if I get irritated at times)

even better Nurses

Freedom, and those fighting for it

Church

My Testimony

Motherhood

What are you THANKFUL for? I tag everyone who reads this. Please leave me a comment and list at least 10 things you are thankful for. If you don't leave me a message I will assume you are ungrateful or you do not read my blog:) (Yes mom, this means you have to set up a blogger account!)

Love You All and hope you have a great Thanksgiving:)

Halloween

Very uneventful. Mattie - Gabriella from HSM, Kael - started off being a skeleton but by the time we left for the Trunk-or-Treat he was in his football costume, Trey - Fighter-fighter (firefighter), Kace - bear. I am terrible and only got pics on Matt's phone so if you did not see them Halloween night - sorry you missed it!