Normal?

"Normal is just a setting on your washing machine," my friend used to say. But I woke up Friday morning and felt like we're getting used to this new rhythm, our emotions stabilizing as we accept the new normal. Plus, there was an awesome thunderstorm (never happens here). Upon hearing the rumble of thunder and then checking sloweather.com/lightning, normally the most useless site ever for the above reason, I rushed outside with Bekah in tow. The storm stayed miles away, but we still saw the occasional flash of lightning and counted to around 10 before the rumbling was heard. Bekah pointed up to the clouds and exclaimed "airplane!" And then big drops started splattering everywhere and Bekah ran around with a huge grin on her face. I love thunderstorms.

Aside from the weather fun, we've been able to get Sadie into a feeding routine, and we bought some super cool bottles called "Dr. Brown's" that reduces her gassiness a ton. Cara has been sleeping well at night and sometimes even sneaks in an afternoon nap, essential since Lymphoma causes extreme exhaustion. I have no idea how she was able to live with this for the past three months while carrying around a 10 lb baby and still being productive. Crazy. The Oncologist hasn't called yet but we expect to hear something by early next week. We did however get Cara's medical reports and found out that the growth they removed from her neck was 4cm in diameter. We totally appreciate all the help and prayers from so many of you, enabling us to survive and even meet the challenges ahead with grace and hope. It's going to be a long road ahead, and we don't know what we'd do without our beloved family and friends!