Mr and Mrs Awesome

Things I am grateful for: my beautiful family- David, Jonny, Gratton and Kahlan. My education, my four limbs, sight and hearing. The scriptures, the gospel, the amazing ward we live in. My job, my health insurance, our house and backyard, our cars. The joy we feel when spending time with our kids. The love our children have for us. The love David has for me.

I'm having a pancreatitis attack (I decided to blog to try distracting from the pain) and it's one of the worst I've had. I was on the floor curled in a ball and Gratton jumped on me to try making me happy. David asked him why he did that and he said, " you know I don't like it when girls are in pain." I don't like it either... I wish I could make it stop... But it won't... Because that's obviously not in the cards for me... For now- one day at a time

The nights that the kids don't wake us up are also the nights I can't sleep. Also, why does my side  pain (from my pancreas) have to happen at night too? Maybe if I stop eating and drinking at five pm, then I can sleep without pain. I'm looking forward to the celiac bundle block on April 7th. They say that should numb all organ pain for a few months. So then I'll just have to go in every few months for the rest of my life, no biggie.. Good thing my husband picked a job out that will give us the ability to be able to do this. He didn't know when he married me that I'd be chronically ill, but he's handled it better than some who do know before hand. I'm glad he can be so patient with me, the kids, my brother (who lives with us) and God, while we're in the midst of this awful trial. It's not easy but he lets me rest, cry and even whine when I need to. David Mayfield is a good man.

Last week was a quick one! David and I both worked every day and Jonny watched the kids every day. Monday night David and I tutored a gal in high school geometry. I was impressed with what a good teacher he is. Tuesday night I was sick and slept all night. In fact, I think I slept every evening last week... I started a new medicine because the chemo was finally too much after a year and a half and it had stopped helping. My kidneys kept getting worse and my specialist consulted with another autoimmune specialist and they came up with a better plan for me- cellcept. It has less side effects and has a better chance of putting lupus nephritis pts into remission. Right now I'd just be ecstatic to have my symptoms lessen. Dr Hancock did say that I'd have to be not having any symptoms for a long time before they'd think of taking me off of it, but that remission isn't impossible. That's what I'm hoping and praying for, though I know that just because it's somethin...

Natalie and her fiance Jordan, and Gratton and I went to wingers a couple weeks ago. When the waitress came to take our order, Gratton just spoke right up and said, "I want a hamburger with cheese please." It was just really cute that he was so sure about what he wanted. That kid...

Gratton is only four, but he says the cutest prayers! Tonight we had pancakes for dinner, and he said the prayer. Before folding his arms, he did some silly thing with his hands to "power up" for the prayer. Then he said the best prayer. He said thanks for making his family real so we don't have to be lonely, and making the world, and making the cat real, and for Video Games to take breaks with, and TV's and food, and our house, and all the other things he loves. It was adorable! He says "I have thousands of prayers".

It's Friday night- Jonny is at a friends house, Kahlan is sleeping, Gratton is watching Minecraft videos on youtube, David is on his computer, and I'm on my computer listening to a lecture. I start to hear what I think is Gratton singing, so I turn off the lecture. Sure enough,Gratton is sweetly singing to the Skyrim Dragonborne song (he switched videos), and David and I both mouth to each other how cute his singing is... Kids are awesome, and we love being parents!