Big Year

Wow!  I can't believe how long it's been since my last entry!  It's been quite a mixed few years.  I was just thinking about 2013.. I didn't write much at all.  I had a melanoma that was found early and cut out and that was terrifying!  I mean I had moles and weird skin stuff my whole life.  My first was found when I was 27, a basil cell melanoma.  They found a few more and I always had them removed over the years.  Its funny because I never look at my back, but one day I was standing outside the shower and I was putting coconut oil on my back and where my bra line usually is I saw this mole that looked a bit odd that I never noticed before.  It was different shades and kind of looked like there were dots in the middle.  I made an appt asap and Dr. Long looked at it and called me a week later and said it was an early melanoma!  Well, I immediately was devastated as I was told I just had chocolate chip skin with unusual non scary moles by my last dermatologist.  My bf's husband past away from melanoma the year before and it was fresh on my mind.  I went to the surgery consult and the surgeon took it off right then and I have a nice 7 inch incision that was not pleasant to feel.  They kept numbing and cutting and it was a very painful process.  I hope to never have another!!!!  Tests results show I am clear now, but unfortunately yearly or 6 month mole checks are in my future..
Riley went to Kindergarten and just didn't love it, he missed home so much we decided to take him out after Thanksgiving and homeschool him! That's been quite entertaining!  Its exciting but scary and sad too!  I love having him home, but my public school mind hopes he is not missing out on making friends and doing special things.  But then when I really think about it.. how special is the fact that the two best friends are home all day learning and clowning around each other still!!!! I love it!
The last thing this year brought was more grief.  My cousin Bonnie passed away and this just broke my heart as well as the family and her family.   She was a very beautiful, sweet and good natured person who I wanted to be like when I grew up!  It was quite a shock and I just think of my poor Aunt and Uncle and Bonnie's children everyday!
 The biggest best news of 2013 was that we found out we were pregnant!  We also found out we had a placenta previa, which is when the placenta is blocking the way out :/  So, I left the ultrasound office with that bit of news which became a huge deal later and a little envelope with the baby's gender in it!  I had Eric open it at home and the look on his face told me everything I wanted to hear..It's a GIRL!!!! That's right!  In 2014 we would become the parents of a new storm!!!!!!!  YIPPPPPPPPPYYYYY!!!!!!! 2013 was definitely a mixed bag!