18 Month Comparison

No, I did not forget. I just have not gotten it posted.

Here is Becca at 18 months.

She is walking and talking. It is still kind of gibberish, but she is learning new words everyday. Her first words were please and uh-oh. She loves to tease people. If you ask her to come here usually she will run in the other direction laughing. We love her very much.

Hair; To Be or Not To Be

Braden mentioned severe hair loss in the last post. Well this is what I did about it, after much convincing.

Before:

After:

Ah, much better.

Busy Month

Since the last post Karen and I found time for a day trip to City of Rock.  We had a lot of fun and Karen was able to actually walk a lot more than last year.  James couldn't get enough of trying to climb the rocks and started to cry when we had to leave.  The views weren't quite as good as last year due to all the smoke in the air from the fires.  In a way the smoke was a blessing since there weren't nearly as many people.

The first week in September was the closing on the sale of our home in Mount Pleasant.  It was sad to sell it.  It was the place where so many great and happy memories were made.  Where we were finally blessed with the children we had struggled to have for so long.  I hope the new buyers realize what a special place it was for us.

Karen has resumed chemo though had to skip her regularly scheduled chemo session after Labor Day due to some low blood counts.  It didn't affect the targeted chemo the next week.  She is actually recovering better after this last treatment and has more energy.  On the down side, the new chemo medications have some other side effects.  One of those is severe hair loss so Karen has less hair on her head than me now.  All just in time for some family portraits this weekend.  To help she bought some hats to keep her head warm and protected from the sun.

Braden