I'm an Aunt again...

WELCOME TO THE WORLD BABY GAVIN!!!!!

Very proud to announce that Angela finally had her little one.

GAVIN BRIAR LOCKE

April 28, 2009

2:58 PM

8lbs. 2oz.

22 inches long!!

I am so happy for you both and will post some pictures later today. I also want to say how proud that Tristan and Aubrey are. They were right there waiting for their little brother to get here. I know they will be good to Gavin.

Congratulations!! I am so happy to be Aunt Jess again can't wait to love that little punkin!

Jackson's Birthday

Here are a few pictures of Jackson.

The first pics are just some funny faces that he is making.

This starts his bithday pics. The first few are the night of his birthday, playing with the baby einstien gift that Maggie, Robin's little girl, got him. He loves this thing.

Jackson turned 2 on January 17th, I know, it's been almost 3 months. Better late than never.
Jackson and Aiden.

Ok, this is probably my fault. I don't give him much sugar, so he really wasn't that thrilled with the cake. Ice cream, he likes. I thought this pic was so funny. I love the look on his face.

Jackson loves Blue's Clues. So we did the whole birthday in that. I baked this cake the night before. I think it turned out really cute. Thanks to Mary Knicely for coming over and helping me with it. We had to piece it together...long story, which I will keep to myself.

Maggie loved that Jackson was getting clothes.

She took all of the clothes and carried them around.

Jackson got his first Harley Davidson from Mowmaw and Granddad. He loves it!!

This is how our dog, Daisy, sleeps every night. She is so spoiled and loves to snuggle.

Update...

Thought I would update you on what's going on. On Thursday, I spoke with pulmonologists office and they told me that Eric's biopsies are "non diagnostic". There are some active cells that they can't rule out cancer. They had an appointment set up with a Thoracic surgeon for May 5th...that is 3 weeks away, and that was just a consultation for the surgeons. Who knows when the surgery would happen. So I told them we wanted a second opinion. We are now waiting to be referred to the James Cancer Center in Columbus. Hopefully we will know more today.

Jackson is doing more and saying more everyday. The terrible two's have definitely hit. He is sooooo ornery!!!! Keeps me on my toes. We were sleeping the other night about 3:30 in the morning, I just felt like there was someone looking at me and opened my eyes...you guessed it!! Jackson staring me in the face...he said "HI MAMA". He is now climbing out of his crib. Not all the time, but just every once in a while. He is a climber. Loves to explore and won't sit still for more than ten seconds. Oh well, he is healthy and that is all that matters.

I'll let you all know if we hear anything today.

Our lives right now...

He is risen...He is risen indeed!!

Well, I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.

I once again have not updated for a while.

Things have been quite difficult. We have had some events that have really turned our lives upside-down.

Eric lost his job about 3 1/2 weeks ago. I won't go into details, but let's just say the reason was ridiculous. We have appealed it and are waiting to hear back from them.

Eric is also having some medical problems. We have been seeing a lung specialist in Zanesville. He has had numerous tests, including an endoscopy, PET-scan, and last week a lung biopsy. The PET-scan is a test that an IV gives you a radioactive dye, which puts a sugar-glucose through your body. You then go into a machine that takes pictures of your body. They detect "hot spots or cold spots" throughout the body. Your lungs should be "cold". His showed "hot", as well as the lymphnodes in his chest and stomach. We were so shocked! We then were scheduled to have a lung biopsy done, which we had done last Thursday. They went in through his back with a needle and took six biopsies of the lower left lung. We are waiting to hear from the dr. for the results. The pulmonologist is in the process of reading and determining what it could be. It could be a number of things. The dr. seemed to be very suprised that the spots showed "hot". Eric is not a smoker, he is very healthy and only 37. The waiting is driving us crazy. I called yesterday to see if they had any news and the nurse said they had some prelimonary results, but were waiting on the cytology report. In just about a 4 week time, this is what we have been dealing with. Please keep us in your prayers and I will let you know when we hear anything.

Thank God for our baby boy!! Jackson keeps us smiling and if not for him, I don't know what state I would be in. Eric is ok. I think he is more nervous than he lets on. Probably for my sake, he remains calm.

We have had wonderful support from our family and friends. Our parents have been helping out and we appreciate that so much. We truly are blessed to have such wonderful parents who care and love us. Thank you to Debbie & Rex Snyder, Mary & Bob Knicely, Patty & Ken Cramer, Jenny & Lee Landon, Janelle Given and that is just a few of the many people that are supporting us. One thing about living in a small town, that is what it's all about. In time of need, people come out and do whatever they can. THANK YOU!!!