Ruff Life

On August 29th, we found out our “eldest” as we refer to him has carcinoma. Our dog has carcinoma. Our 12-pound ball of fluff has carcinoma. He had three biopsy samples taken from his bladder, prostate and trigone area and all three came back positive with carcinoma consistent with Urothelial Carcinoma. There were bullet train fast thoughts that ran to my head at that moment.

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Memorial Day Weekend Wins

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Getting to spend three whole days with Adler is already the highlight of my year. We did not plan a lot of things for Memorial Day weekend, we knew we just wanted to keep active and do things together and not eat out. We definitely did not eat out which is a huge win for us since we love eating. Adler however had so many wins this long weekend. I like waiting when he's ready to do things and I'm glad we do that because it gives Adler what kids love having the most--control.
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Challenges

It's been a difficult few weeks. The storm started right after Adler's birthday where Adler and I both caught a stomach bug. The holidays were wonderful, my aunt and uncle flew in from Canada and spent a few nights with us. We got sick again after that wonderful and awkward first work week of 2019. Then another wave of ill weeks followed. We are all currently recovering with the rest of our relatives who in their own ways, caught a strain of the flu themselves.
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A Letter from the Past, for My 12-Week-Old Child

As I was browsing through the notes in my phone, I came across something I wrote back in March 6th, 2017. It’s only been a year and a couple of months since then but reading it brought back so many emotions, so many realizations, so much gratefulness.

3/6/17 2:34am

In today's first meal, I woke up, remembered what day it was, smelled my hungry baby's tiny little head then offered my left breast. It was around 2:30 am of the day I am going to be away from my son for the whole day.

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25 Weeks

Our handsome baby has gotten so big as if he has been blown up like a pool floatie. As he is awkwardly sleeping on my thing, I found a little push to blog after talking about it with my cousin. One day, I'll be back on my blogging track. I promise. For now, I wish to share some little snippets of our life as a family of five (yes, the dogs are definitely counted) and slowly ease my way into actual life and style blogging.
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