Family Day at the beach

 

Today was such a fun family day. We started with an early showing of 'Gnomeo and Juliet' followed by the beach and then a late lunch out. I was going to play it safe and not go to the beach and rest  but I am so glad that I went with Eoin and Andy.

Eoin had so much fun - we didn't take one toy and so it was great to see Eoin explore and enjoy the beach so much. He followed little streams all the way into the sanddunes, crawled under drift wood, splashed through tide pools and just generally had so much fun.

A 3 yr olds world of play

Enjoying the whirlpool vortex at the kids museum.

Bowling on a wet Sunday - and yes he does have huge feet!

Enjoying the waffle blocks that Miss Ashley and Stephen lent us.

A little water play before the cold weather this weekend hit.

Eye spy with my little eye.

Valentine's Day cupcakes.

Gymnastics

 

Miss Ashley has been taking Eoin to gymnastics every week. Eoin use to go to gymnastics every week but not for about a year. Now he has gone up a class and loves the activity so much! It also helps him practice his listening skills.

Baking bread

While Granddad and Sassy have been visiting from Ireland Eoin has had a blast doing many new things with them. One of his favorite was baking bread. Kneading the dough was great fun - pounding with fists, pulling it and pounding again. This activity may become a firm favorite in our household as a wonderful sensory playtime that actually produces some yummy bread at the end.

More health adventures.....

 
I'm not sure where to start with this post so I guess I will rewind a couple of weeks. In the middle of recovering from my hysterectomy I visited an endocronologist doctor at the advice of my family doctora s I had a large mass in my neck. Three days after this visit I was told I had thyroid cancer.

My parents soon flew out from Ireland to support us. Ashley continues to bless us with being such an amazing nanny and looks after Eoin so well. She truly has been a blessing as having her with us has enabled Andy to be with me through all the doctor visits and treatment so far.

Fast forward to today and I'm one week post-op a 10 hour complicated neck surgery. I have had the best doctors ever and they worked so hard not to damage any nerves. They took a 7cm by 5cm tumor out along with lymph-nodes, some muscle and shavings of my trachea oh and of course my thyroid. The doctors have told us that the cancer is aggressive but with proper treatment I will still be here to see Eoin graduate.

So in the next couple of weeks I will embark on a low iodine diet, thyroid meds and another stint in hospital but in isolation for radioactive iodine treatment. This last part I think will be the toughest as I won't be able to have contact with Eoin at all for at least 8 days (Andy for 3 days and then limited contact).

I am so thankful for family and friends who have again in such a short length of time rallied and supported us through this latest adventure. I will try and keep you all up to date with how things are going and also I will hopefully be able to snap some pictures of Eoin (though I suspect most of what appears here will be from Ashley - thanks hun!).

Please keep us in your prayers and thoughts over the next few weeks - it is going to be quite the ride!

Kitchen Sink Fun

Tramploine Time

Giant Bubbles

Racing cars