A Couple Firsts and a #2

On Saturday, we attended the LLS Light the Night Kickoff for Team Captains, followed by a Giants baseball game.  Nicholas' first game!

Nicholas ate more than his share of garlic fries at the event (an SF Giants ballpark specialty!)

Nicholas loved throwing peanut shells on the ground.  And his hot dog.  And his chicken fingers.

 

Proud new owner of a SF Giants baseball!

There is a Muni (light rail) stop just outside the ballpark, so after the game we treated N to his first train ride.  He was so excited!  (The other day we had been walking around the city and he saw a train, and pointed to himself and said "nicholas...train".....so, it was time!)  We rode it one stop (approx. 3 blocks) to our car.  It capped off a really great San Francisco day.  

 

Also just had to share these post-bath pics from Sunday.  Nicholas was running around before we could get him suited up and he accidentally let out a little poo poo on the kitchen floor....

"Nicholas, what happened?"

"oops!"

PS If you'd like to join our Light the Night team and walk with us on September 17, please click here!  It's time to start FUNdraising and there are lots of great prizes for top fundraisers :)  And we're also looking forward to a really fun evening starting on the Giants field with a great group of friends and family!  We have a VIP tent!

"Cristina's on an Airplane" Day 3

Peekadoodle Kids Club Totshop

Yellow and blue make green! 

I pleaded and pleaded, but Nicholas didn't feel like saying "Cheese"

Mama and Nicholas went for a Mexican lunch after music class

Naptime now, for both of us!!

KOIT Interview

Feel free to CLICK HERE to listen to the radio show, Today's World on KOIT, in which I was interviewed!

ON AIR!

I was invited by the LLS to do a radio interview with them on KOIT (96.5 FM) in San Francisco.  On Tuesday, I went to the station with Nicole Chapman Wilson, Campaign Director of Light the Night Walk, to record the show.  We are guests on the public affairs show "Today's World," which airs on Sunday mornings, and we were there to promote the walk and LLS in general.  Thank goodness it was pre-recorded; live would be very intimidating!  It's a 30 minute show, and if you happen to be awake at 6:30am PST this Sunday, you can tune in here!  (click on the Listen Live button)  And if you aren't awake yet,  I am sure I'll be able to figure out how to upload the show in the future :)

a baby and a brush cut

Today I basked in babyland....my friend Megan had baby Jamie 3 weeks ago, and oh is he perfect!  Megan and her hubby Brien seem to be on top of everything, but I was happy to be able to share one important nugget of advice re. how to diaper a baby boy and not end up with pee UP the outfit :)  Congrats to the great new parents!

Earlier this week, I got my first haircut for almost 2 years!  I had been contemplating getting one for a while now because the "wings" over my ears had been bothering me.  And my hair was all one length and I wanted some more shape.  Then, I saw an ad on my mothers group forum for a salon looking for hair models.  I felt like I didn't have a lot to lose (certainly not a lot of hair!), so I went for it!  I went to Tease Salon in Laurel Heights and had a great girl named Lena with her instructor Rick and a FREE cut!  It's so fulfilling to save money :)

So here's baby Jamie and the new 'do....

I also had a cervical and thoracic MRI this morning because I've been having excruciating back pain for the last several weeks.  It seems like one when problem seems to resolve itself, something else pops up! Anyway, my NP Stephany called this afternoon to say that the initial report didn't show anything that looked like Hodgkins (no masses, that is), which is good.  There may be a bulging disc but more info is needed from Radiology first.  So for now I'll just keep up with the pain meds and wait for more info....

There's a Doctor in the Hiz-ouse!!

My forever friend Sarah recently "graduated" by completing her residency in Pediatrics!  BIG accomplishment!  She is now on to a fellowship at New York Methodist Hospital and I know that she is going to be the coolest fella there!  I am very proud of Sarah and also of this card I made her :)

I was lucky that my mom doesn't want to store my stuff in their garage I had a couple of my high school yearbooks on hand in order to create the envelope liner.  Yup, that's Sarah circa 1997, smack in the middle!

Glamming Up the Garden State!

My dear friend Catherine and her family recently moved (back) to New Jersey, so I made her this little housewarming card.

Fire Trucks and Frustration

On Saturday, we were on our way to our beloved warehouse store (Costco), when we spotted a few fire trucks parked at the beach.  They were not obviously involved in any kind of emergency mission, so we pulled over and took Nicholas for his first up-close visit.  A friendly fireman even let him drive his hook 'n ladder!

oh?  bah!  (Nicholas' phone dialogue)

Call me Capn. Curly Head!

I just came home from the doctor, who reported (not surprisingly) that the biopsy results from Friday were pretty inconclusive.  They did see some inflammation, but they can't confirm that they got a good sample of the nodes to totally rule out Hodgkins.  Oh well, it was worth a try.  As far as next steps go.... Dr. A is communicating with a pulmonary surgeon about the possibility of performing a more precise biopsy (more of a surgical procedure) or possibly removing the nodes themselves.  Will provide updates as they develop!