It’s only March and already 2013 has been a busy year for our little family! So here is an update on what’s going on with us!
Baby Violet is no longer a baby! Ahh! She turned two this year! She is slowly giving up her binky and is also learning to use her big girl potty her Nana gave her for her birthday! (Thanks Mom!) Since she is a “big girl” she refuses to have help with her jacket, or even to hold hands crossing the street. But she will always be a cuddler and will sneak into your lap and curl up! She has even done so to the couple who sat next to us on the airplane!
Violet goes to daycare where they call her “Princess Vi” She owns it 100% -Yup, that’s MY kid. She loves to perform! She will sing, dance, and put on shows, showing off her spinny moves and jumps! She likes wearing dresses, sparkly shoes, and insists on having either a necklace or bracelet on at all times! She is a collector of purses which she fills full of nail polish, lip gloss and combs. For being so girly she will gladly drop everything to play ball with her daddy or wrestle!
World’s pickiest eater goes to our kid! This month it’s pancakes, grilled cheese and of course any kind of candy is on the “Violet Menu”. If you even try to give her something else she will gag. She is OBSESSED with The Lorax. She will sit and watch and giggle even after watching it for the 10th time that day! She is always bringing me my phone hoping to “Tango” with her Nana, cousins and Auntie Shanny and Uncle T. She is such a happy little girl, but don’t let her sweet smile fool you. Violet will definitely tell you off. She’ll point her little finger and let you have it!
It’s Violet’s world and we just live in it!
(Here comes my brag session)
Jason has officially just become a Three-Time Pac-12 Conference Champion! Wooo! He is currently ranked number 2 in the Nation at 149 lbs. has earned his 100 win for his College career, and is on track to graduate Boise State this May with his Bachelors in Health-Science as well as a Minor in Psychology!
I can’t believe he is a senior! It’s crazy! He has done so well in being a Student-Athlete/Father-
When Jason is not traveling, wrestling or doing homework he always wants to be with his family! Taking Violet to the aquarium, zoo, or on bike rides! He’s always coming home with “Presents” for his girls. (I’m waiting for the day he brings home the puppy he’s wanting). He’s obsessed with The Walking Dead, and working on his “Player” for NBA2K. He is my partner in crime when it comes to helping me with Pinterest crafts, even when he’d rather not being sanding wood watching The Hills on his weekends, he does it!
He is currently on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and loves it! He meets every month with other Student Athletes and is even an officer! He and I both try really hard to volunteer with Cancer research as much as we can. His first priority is always Violet, he has a time or two missed class or practice if he feels like Violet is in need of some extra attention from him. Jason is wonderful, and both Violet and I are completely blessed to have him be ours!
Well, as for me, some may know I have this new amazing job, which I absolutely love! I am a receptionist for a Property Management and the people I work for and with treat me so well! I work 40 hours a week Monday-Friday with weekends off, which works perfectly to fit in some good wrestling trips! Being Jason’s senior year, Violet and I have been on quite a few airplane rides and car rides this year. But both of us love being there, and cheering him on!
This year hasn't been completely great to me, nor has it been awful! In the middle of January one day I went to work with unreal side pain, thinking it was a Kidney Stone I checked into the ER, what they found was a Cyst covering up my whole left ovary, and my cyst was twisted and bothering me so I needed it out! I was having one hell of a time trying to find places that took my Utah insurance.. Finally finding somewhere we set up a time to go visit the doctor and plan for my surgery. Prior to the side pain, I was seeing my regular doctor Monthly checking on my Thyroid. Something has been not right, my body was out of sync, I had been rapidly gaining weight over the last couple months, and having extreme fatigue. At first my regular doctor was telling me I wasn't doing enough. This was awful to hear, I was basically wearing myself out exercising 2 times a day, 7 days a week, hardcore work-outs. Of course I had Jason support, so he went on diets with me, I chopped our calories in half, took out carbs, did 10-day cleanses, even joined Weight Watchers. While Jason was losing tons of weight, I was gaining! I just couldn't understand what else to do. I started getting really down on myself and developing very unhealthy habits of not eating, and throwing up after food. Besides the weight gain, I was having weird mood swings, acne, and loosing my hair! I was always so tired I didn't even feel like I was being the kind of mom I should be. That was hard, I was so upset with myself for letting me get this way.
Meanwhile, when I went to see about my cyst with my doctor, she had some concerns with my features. She noticed my face was very full and a hump behind my neck, also I told her of my rapid weight gain and she wanted to run some tests. She Had me do blood work, and a pee test. She told me maybe my cyst was producing too many hormones. She wanted me to do one more thing, and get an MRI before I had surgery. The day before my surgery I got one done.
What I have is Cushing's Disease. I have a NON CANCEROUS Pituitary Tumor, in my pituitary gland causing the adrenal glands to produce too much cortisol. Basically I'm pumping steroids throughout my body. Side effects are weight gain: "Moon" face, and a hump in between shoulders, headaches, skin change, hair loss, fatigue, loss of emotional control, depression, decrease fertility, stretch marks and weakness in bones. The moment we found this out my doctor told me "Abbey, you need to understand this weight gain hasn't been your fault" I lost it, I cried and cried. I was so happy, I couldn't wait to tell everyone, people who have been mean, saying I've got "chubby" That I've let myself go. It wasn't my fault, there was nothing I could do. Of course I still have tough days with it, but I still try to eat healthy and be healthy. I want to do what ever I need to do to help my body. We've been through a lot, physically and emotionally.
What happens now is I will need to have a small surgery, where they will remove the tumor and put me on medication until my hormones get under control. Lucky me, Jason and my family have been so supportive.
Like I said 2013 has been a big year for us already! As much bad as there has been, we've had even more good! I can't wait of things to come in 2013, for me and my friends and family!!
Bring it on 2013!
