Merry Christmas

Tis the Season

The Holidays are here! I have finally finished my shopping. I think I finish later and later each year!! Next I guess is christmas baking! The girls are growing like weeds. Kynsi is now on cereal and loves it!!!! Kelsi is trying to figure out the whole Santa thing. She is understanding Christmas. Its fun to continue the traditions and think of new ones with my family!!

I had my surgery on my sunspot Friday. It did come back as Melanoma. Thankfully it was at the beginning of stage 1 so for insurance reasons they are able to diagnosis it as pre melanoma. How nice of them!!! I have a 2inch long scar now as a reminder for sunscreen and skin screenings for myself and daughters!!!

Birthday Girl!!

Kelsi turned 3 on Saturday!! I can't believe it. Where did the time go. I keep thinking next year my little girl will be in preschool! How sad!! Only for mommy, Kelsi is soo excited. She has been saying her ABC's since summer and can count to 15. A month ago she counted to 6 in spanish! (thanks Dora) We had a birthday party for her on Saturday night. She had to wear her Tinkerbell costume (from Halloween) Her cake was Dora of course. (I couldnt make one that hardly looked like Dora) I had to order. When I ordered the cake I asked for 1/2 sheet. Jeff loves extra cake. Well, they made a full sheet instead! Jeff will be eating cake for awhile.

Happy Birthday Kelsi!!

Why?

I am sitting at work reading the newspaper when something aweful catches my eye. A newborn baby girls obituary and her picture. A regular labor, full term baby, but something aweful goes wrong before her parents can even see her for the first time. I am asking God why would you take this precious angel away from her parents and brothers who are expecting her? I don't understand? The parents have hope, expectations, and undying love for this person who they haven't even met and she's taken from them before they even get to know her. I know God has his reasons for everything and I shouldn't question him but this bothers me. I would like to understand.

Update

I talked with my Dr. and the spot was pre-melanoma. Thank goodness we caught it early. I go back Dec 12 to get more tissue removed and retested and frequent checks after for a while.

Doctors or Receptionists?

I have been fretting since Monday on a pathology report I got a call on. Over a week ago I went to the Dermatologist in Sioux Falls for a check up on some sun spots and moles. During my pregnancy with Kynsi some looked like they were getting darker and with my family hx of melanoma I went in to get checked. One spot was removed and Dr seems optimistic till the report came back. The nurse quoted over the phone " exceptionally abnormal change" She said nothing was said about melanoma but she wouldn't be surprised. OK-not so comforting. They need to take out more tissue around the site and do testing. Well the next appt isn't till Dec 12 and I wanted to get in sooner with the holidays. She was going to talk with Dr and she agreed with the report that I shouldn't wait till December. I will receive a call back very soon on the new date. Well it's Thursday evening and I have left 2 messages with the receptionist. So....has my Dr received the messages or have they been misplaced. Sooooo fusturating. The thing is I am sure its fine I just want to get past it.

Halloween Fun

Update

The girls have been extremely busy lately!!! Kelsi seems to always find a way to include Kynsi when she is playing. Hence the picture of Kynsi covered with baby blankets by Kelsi's dolls!!! Kynsi is growing like a weed. She is 12 weeks now and weighing 12 pounds 8oz. Actually she is a little smaller than what Kelsi was at this age. Surprising with how much Kynsi weighed at birth!!

Tagged

I have been tagged by a couple of you guys so here it goes....
Rules
1. post rules on your blog
2.write 6 random things about yourself
3. Tag 6 people at the end of your blog
4. if you are tagged, just do it, and pass it on!!

1. My biggest wish EVER is to stay at home with my girls!! The past 3 months have been the best being at home.

2. I still cry having to leave the girls and go to work...... its been 2weeks already!

3. This is my first year not deer hunting with the Keifer clan since I was 12!!

4. I actually enjoy doing our cow chores. I have named all of our cows (we only have 4) and the are quite tame!!!

5. Beside the joy of my girls and of course you Jeff, I would go back to High school in a heartbeat!!

6. My dream job (if I couldn't be a stay at home mom first) would be a sports anchor for the vikes!!!

I know such random things.
I believe everyone I know on blog have been tagged!!! If I am missing someone, go for it!!

Wedding Weekend

This past weekend my cousin Jackie got married! It was a beautiful ceramony and we had tons of fun! Of course it was emotional. I kept thinking during the ceramony that one day this will be my girls! To much to think about at that time. Kelsi had a blast at the dance. She was showing everyone her moves! She made it till about 11:30pm and then crashed! I have more pictures of the girls on my moms camera so I will post those when I get them!

Whats New!!!

The Girls have been quite busy the last few weeks. Trying to be outside as much as possible before it really gets cold and mommy has to go back to work!! Kynsi surprised us the other night by rolling over!! I couldn't believe it!! I go back to the hospital next weekend. Hopefully Jeff is ready! I mainly be doing nights.

What New!!

Kynsi was baptized this past Sunday. It just felt like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders afterwards!! It was a great time! Jeff sister Lisa and my cousin Jackie and her fiance are Godparents.

5 Weeks Already!!!

Kynsi has just added more laughter and sunshine into our lives. She is adorable. She is smiling and talking!! She has started sleeping mostly through the night. YEA!! Usually up at 2:30am and 6:00am for a feeding and goes to sleep around 10pm. Kelsi is doing great! Getting use to the idea of a sister sharing her mommy and daddy! I am enjoying my time off. I only have 4 weeks left! Where does the time go. I shouldn't complain because I only work 3 days one week and 2 days the next! And yes I do miss you girls at THC!!! But there is something special about being home with your children all day everyday and getting to enjoy everything!!!! Maybe one day!