December 29, 2009

The last few days have seemed to fly by. Let's see....Saturday Haidyn showed us that Santa brought her the first tooth. Sunday we went to late service then straight to Southaven to be with the Cox side of the family. I really missed mom at church and when we were with the family but it was good to spend time with them all. It was very special to me to hold to Ken's hand as we as an entire family prayed over the meal and mom; Thank you Uncle Tom :) It was so much fun to be together and share the meal, the kids, the tree and presents as well as the hugs and laughs. Mom was missed and was certainly missed by all.
Yesterday I was off as well. I went to Hancock's Fabrics and got us some projects to work on together. As she shared her christmas gifts with me I began to draw out my finds. Mamaw came over and got to experience mom teaching me how to use her sewing machine. She and Erica have sewn together before but NEVER me and mom. She laughed as she showed me how to thread the machine and said, "well em, I never thought I would be showing you how to use my machine. Your sister would die to know what I am doing right now. She won't believe you have learned to scrapbook and sew in one season." For those of you who truly know my mom, you know how beautiful she can sew and how honored I felt to have her show and allow me to use her machine :) We spent hours sewing ribbons on burp cloths and creating soft/silky squares with ribbons for Haidyn to chew and drool on. It was a blast.
Uncle Tom, Aunt Marsha, Uncle Freddie, Cody and Brit came by only long enough to get a hug as they picked Mamaw up to go back to Alabama. It was sweet that they wanted to see her only for a quick hug. We are so blessed to have such a loving, supportive and encouraging family every step of the way that are praying for us and with us. I can't imagine what this would be like without everyone that has shown us the love and support and prayed with us for mom's healing.
Haidyn has found her voice and I called mom this afternoon so she could hear Haidyn "talking". Mom said next year we will be saying, "No, Haidyn!" a lot. I told her that we won't either because Haidyn will be sitting on her lap being spoiled rotten smiling at her GiGi. It is the most wonderful time of year.
Mom has another Erbitux treatment tomorrow. I am glad its not the 3 drug treatment tomorrow for her. I will also be glad when she goes back to Friday treatments so she can continue to work as she enjoys doing. God has blessed her not only with good response to the drugs but tolerance physically so she has experienced little pain. Please continue to pray for her healing, the doctors and nurses overseeing her care and all families suffering with the pains of cancer. Thank you so much for all the christmas cards, messages, emails, phone calls and prayers through this season. We are a richly blessed family.