Week 3 done and Christmas.

Since I never did a post all about the boys as promised, this one will have to do!

Update on week 3 of Dan's treatment
Dan completed his 3rd week of treatment and once again, did great. We won't find out his lab numbers until Tuesday since they are closed tomorrow for the Christmas holiday. One thing that did happen this week is his hair loss has begun. I noticed it immediately on Thursday when I came home from work and he was eating dinner at our breakfast bar which has lights overhead. His hair just seemed much thinner in the area being treated. We knew it was bound to happen but just no idea when. He texted me later that night when I was having dinner with friends that he is noticing it too since it's often in his mouth and on his phone. Not even 4 days later and he now has bald patches all over. He is just so positive about it all and is really taking it in stride. He is not shy about it and even let me take some pics to further document his journey. Here is your warning.

If you are skiddish about seeing stuff like this, don't look because I am posting a pic of what it looks like so far.























Oh and a big milestone this week also happened on a positive note, Dan was able to shower today STANDING UP! For the first time in a month he didn't have to use the shower seat. So proud of him.

Moving on to Christmas Stuff....
The kids had a ton of activities going on at school for the holidays. Both of them participated in the annual holiday show which is just too cute for words. Tyler's was a matinee show followed by some entertainment for the kiddos and Carson's was an evening show.

Tyler was supposed to shake his bells and sing jingle bells but had stage fright so instead he put on his own show at home for just us!


Carson wanted to be the center of attention and instead of singing with this friends, he put on his own show of bouncing around, laughing, frowning, and pretty much every other personality you can have but all in a 15 minute timeframe.....here you can see his friends cooperating while he lies flat on his back on the stage. Atta boy!

Christmas came so fast and the day was just magical for the boys. It was also so nice to have Gammy and Poppy here to help out with opening all the boxes and assembling everything - which is something Dan used to do. (((insert sad face here))) They got so much great stuff and it was so great to have them side tracked on just a day to play play play!

Here is our living room right after Santa left, so calm and peaceful.....

And here it is when the tornado came through!














So all in all, it was a really nice day (although I am exhausted). I had a few moments of sadness especially when I was helping him get dressed this morning. I gave him a big hug and told him we just need to be thankful he is alive right now to celebrate and we will look back on this time as just a bump in the road.