Legoland at home with the sibs - July 20, 2014

Yes, we start them young on Legos.  Asa played and played today and only stopped for naps.  Not sure how that's going to work during school year as he keeps all of us very busy and he's standing more and more independently, next stop running, not walking.  He's well versed at saying "no, no, no," and is venturing into more sounds and names.  We are thankful his hearing seems to be okay to hit these normal milestones.  As you can see, he is still highly bald, but he does have some peach fuzz. I keep thinking it will show up in pictures, but it doesn't.  I thought it was blonde, but don't think so now as whatever the color is starting to cast a slight shadow in his head. We are curious to see, like with a new baby, as chemo is known to change hair both in color and texture.  

Please do be in prayer.  Asa's counts are very low right now through probably the next week and a few of us are still coughing and sneezing.  Nothing major, but we need no germies at all.  Asa's been a bit sniffly, but suspect it has mostly to do with loving cats. Please be in prayer that Asa's hearing stay intact.  It is really a waiting game over the next month before they check it again.  We can really only simply pray for it to heal and not progress.  I know these are little things that are so minor compared to a huge liver cancer tumor, but we are left dealing with the trade-off after effects.  Please continue to pray for others with low count issues, friend, Caroline, who's feeling pretty rotten again and Andrew, who is a bit better and appreciated your prayers.  These kids are older and their lives are so affected by immune issues.

Thanks today for dogs that bark and cats to make Asa sneeze.  Grateful for Sunday, even though some of us were locked down and couldn't go to church.  It's the one day of the week all 13 of us are typically home.  Thankful today for pears and pie and little kitchen happy hands who bake well when Mom is busy.  Others grateful for big cooks who can rock the Mexican food.  And chicken eggs.  Nice brown hens that make Asa laugh and brown eggs.