Updates...

Just posting an update here tonight. We found out that our nephew's cancer is T-Cell Lymphoma.... or Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He has already started his chemo. It is just good to have all the test results back so he can know what he is for sure fighting. Still asking for your prayers for him.

Prayers Please!!

Well...
I am just asking for everyone's thoughts and prayers for our family in the coming months. We just found out tonight that our nephew has been diagnosed with T-Cell Leukemia. It began with what Doctors thought was just basic pneumonia. They are going to give him some powerful steroids and if that doesn't help enough, or any, they will start him on Chemo. It just breaks my heart for him... He is so young... So much life ahead of him. He is currently at Cook's Children's Hospital for his treatments.

Jym's little cousin, born at 24 weeks gestation, is also at Cook's Children's Hospital for heart surgery. When he was born, he had a small hole in his heart and the steroids they gave him to help it close up on it's own didn't help. He has to have surgery to go in and close this small hole up. This could be a risky procedure for him, seeing as how he is SO TINY.

And... Another of Jym's cousins is in San Antonio having surgery on his back. He had the first of 2 or 3 surgeries today, lasting from 8-ish this morning to around 6-ish tonight. He is expected to be fine, but with surgery matters it never hurts to have a little prayer and lots of support on your side.

I just wanted to post this to ask you all to PLEASE keep our family in your thoughts and prayers while we are all going through this trying time. Thank-you all... Hope all is great elsewhere!

New, New, New!!

Hello All...

It's been a long while since I've written... The life of a working Mom is BUSY! lol.. Well.. I started work at the Hospital in Brady last Tuesday. It is going pretty great. Other than having to leave Raegan at the babysitter. Jym and I completely lucked out and she gets to stay at the daycare at the school with Jym.. It is WONDERFUL!! It is pretty cheap... Great Sitter... and Best of All.... Raegan has her Daddy there if she needs him. And he gets to visit her during his lunch break! I LOVE IT! Raegan has a few "new" things in her life other than the daycare! As of 10.11.2008 and 10.28.2008, she said "DaDa" and "MaMa", respectively. I can't say that she says them ALL the time... but she does say 'em. I'm still not too sure she knows what they mean/that it is US or not... but like others have told me... I guess it is Possible! :) It feels great to hear her say MaMa! lol.. Another "new" thing to her is SITTING UP!!! On 11.3.2008, Raegan sat up ALL BY HERSELF for a WHOLE 30-45 seconds playing with her toys and, of course, watching TV. lol... She can now sit up for quite a while. She sat up for most of Jym's basketball scrimmage this past weekend, and she LOVES to sit up and watch Max and laugh at his barking. (Her Daddy and I don't seem to think his barking is all that funny! lol...) She's also started MANY new foods, and seems to like them all. Her favorites for the time being are Apples with Blueberries and Squash. She has been teething, or going through the "teething process" now for about 3 months. It is literally wearing me out! lol.. Momma's ready for some TEETH!! lol... Every once in a while I'll feel little spots on her gums where I think one MIGHT come through... but the next time I feel... It's GONE!! UGH! Just come in already! lol.. At least she's taking it like a trooper. She hasn't gotten all that grouchy or even "sickly" like I've been told happens. (Watch... I just jinxed us!) She still has those BIG BLUE eyes that either came from her Daddy or her Pa (My dad)... No one else has those eyes! We hope they stay... They, along with her long eyelashes, are so beautiful... We've been told numerous times by complete strangers, that we are gonna have our hands full when she is a teenager and starts dating... UGH... A whole other time I don't want to think about!! All is going pretty great in the Dennis Household... Hope all is great else where!

Happy Halloween!

Hey guys!!

Just wanted to stop in and say HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everyone. I LOVE Halloween. It is definately my favorite Holiday. Raegan, as you all know, was a bumble bee. We didn't go out trick-or-treating, seeing as how she is still pretty "little" for it. Her PaPa and PaDon came into town and her Aunt Angel and her cousin, Skyler, came over and we took pictures of the girls in their costumes and PaPa and PaDon gave them both some candy! (Momma sure is enjoying Raegan's Tootsie Rolls!!) After pictures, Raegan, Jym's parents, and I loaded up and headed off to the football game in Eden so Raegan could cheer for her Daddy!! She was a GREAT little girl... (Surprise, surprise... right?) She got a little tired, and slept for most of the first second quarter, but woke up in a great mood and watched the rest of the game... and slept the whole way home. Now she is wide awake, talking to me, waiting to see her Daddy! When we got home, I took some more pictures of her in her costume, this time with her pumpkin... and Max. We tried to get a good picture of Raegan and Max last night (My Mom and Dad bought him an ADORABLE bumble bee suit to match Raegan's!!) We got a couple of good ones, but I got an AWESOME one tonight! I guess I can add tonight to Raegan's list of "Firsts"... Sadly, her first major holiday of her lifetime is over... (or will be in 15 minutes or so....) I can't believe how fast the time FLIES by!

UT vs. OSU

Well, Our plans to attend the Annual Rochelle Fall Festival didn't quite pan out. We ended up going to the UT vs. OSU Football Game. It was SO Great. It was Raegan's first "big" event... Her First UT Football Game. She was EXCELLENT. She even took a coule of naps during the game. When she wasn't sleeping, she was actually watching the action on the field... (Or the action of the THOUSANDS of people around her!) It was literally a standing room only game. If you wanted to see the game, you had to stand up. Jym and I are just so proud of Raegan and how AMAZING she acted. I would DEFINATELY plan on taking her to another one, just maybe not at 2:30 in the afternoon. It got SO Hot. But she handled it really well. My only complaint of the day was that we had to pay $80 for her a ticket! YES! $80!! "Anything with a heartbeat" needs a ticket! I guess it is because of the new updates they have recently made to the staduim (Which are really wonderful, by the way..) So.. after picking up our tickets, Jym and I had to go find a scalper and get Raegan a ticket! Good thing is, we found one with a heart! lol.. Jym told him it was for our little girl, and he was going to give it to us for $70 (Face value for the ticket was $80.) But when he pulled out his huge wad of money... all he had were $20's and couldn't make enough change. So, Jym was nice and let him keep the extra $10 he owed us. So.. we actually got the ticket for Face Value, rather than paying the usually overpriced scalper prices! lol.. Our buddy told us she was our $80 baby! lol.. It was definately worth it though. Such a great memory for us! (And plenty of Pics for her to see when she is older!!) lol..

Now... We have to come up with a plan for Halloween night so she can actually wear her Bumble Bee suit for more than just pictures!! lol.. I bet we can ALWAYS wear it to go Trick-or-Treating at her PaPa and PaDon's house that night before the game! lol... Who knows... Momma's got to start thinking! I still think our alternative plan was great! HOOK 'EM HORNS!!

Raegan Made The News!!

I just received our "Groom News" in the mail today, and Raegan was on the FRONT PAGE!! It is a picture from the Groom vs. Hedley football game when we were visiting. She was showing support for her Favorite Tiger... Her Uncle Tyler!! I can't say that I was surprised to see it... (My Mom called me and told me to expect it!) I was, however, completely shocked when my Mom told me!

She is still completely loving her Prunes and Carrots. In fact... I am about to have to go to the store and get more prunes, as she's all but eaten them ALL!! lol... I think we've about busted the "fever"... She felt a whole lot cooler this morning when she finally woke up. I better cut this post short... Seeing as how she's currently laying in her bed, talking to her stuffed animals instead of finishing up her NAP!! lol.. I guess when you sleep until 10:20 in the morning you don't need that long of a nap! Hmm.... What can I say... The girl got her Momma's LOVE of the Sleeping Time!! lol...

More Rolls... Prunes... and SICK AGAIN!!

OK, so I posted a while back about Raegan rolling-over... Well, today she actually rolled over while laying on her blankets on the floor... And would have kept on going if Mom hadn't stopped her... (She would have rolled onto and smacked her head onto a hard cement floor... Dad's GOT to get those floors put in!!) It was so exciting... Jym and I both got to sit here and watch her go for it! She also started eating PRUNES today. She LOVES 'EM!! lol... YUCK..

We've been fighting a fever with Raegan for a couple of days. Last night her fever started out at 99.2... not too bad... We gave her some Tylenol, and 4 hours later, she woke up hungry and felt hot still. I checked it and it was 99.4. Still not so bad... But I gave her some more Tylenol. This morning... well afternoon seeing as how she slept until 11:40 (!!!!!!!!) It was up to 100.1. So I put a call into the Dr. on call and he just told me to keep up the Tylenol, since it wasn't considered a "fever" until it was 101, which I knew, I just didn't want it to get terrible before I found out what to actually do for her! So... she got more Tylenol, and 2 1/2 hours and an hour long nap later, it was finally down to 97.8. SO... Hopefully she broke it... she sure acts like she feels better now than before the nap. I'll check it again here in a little while to double check, but maybe things are turning around for her. Poor girl... she just got over her first cold a week ago, one that she suffered with for close to 2 weeks! Just pray for her that she isn't getting the FLU! The Dr. said that there have been a lot of calls in with kiddos throwing up and having severe diarrhea. UGH!!! Please don't let our little girl get that stuff!