2013 Update

WOOO well where to begin... SO since the last time I wrote so many things have happened that I feel I need to update everyone on! Lets go in order. In April I made a big decision to take a radioactive pill that was intended to stop my thyroid from producing any more thyroid hormones so that it would not function anymore. I did this because I developed hyperthyroid in 2011 which caused me to loose a bunch of weight and caused heart palpatations. So I started taking a drug called methemazole which normalized the thyroid hormone my thyroid was putting out. When I got pregnant with Madison they monitored me every visit and took me off the drug before I got pregnant because it has the potential of causing problems with the development of the baby and causes problems to my liver more so when I am prego. At this time I really had no idea all of the problems it could cause, but thankfully my body went into remission when I got pregnant so they monitored me every visit by my thyroid levels were perfectly normal! About 6 weeks after having Madi my body started acting up again so I was put back on methemazole. The doctor told me my options this time that I could take radioactive iodine and stop my thyroid function and become hypothyroid like my mom and grandma are AND Iwould be taking a hormone rather than a drug and it would be 100 percent safe during pregnancies OR I keep with what I was doing but risk not going into remission with my future pregnancies and have possible complications, so the obvious choice was stop thyroid functions and not have to worry about it. So almost 3 months later after taking the pill I have still not been put on the hormone replacement pill because my thyroid is not doing what it should be doing. So I have been super exhausted and definitely more irritable but hopefully they will be getting me on something soon! The only frustrating thing with all of this is that we have to wait 10 months before being able to get pregnant again since the radiation stays in my body for about 6 months, so we are so eager to have another baby but we have to wait until my body is ready and healthy for another baby. So next new thing is that I started 3 jobs all of which keep me at home with my baby. Every wednesday I help a lady clean her house for 3 hours while Chad stays with Madison, 2 days a week I help my grandma stock cards at local stores for a company called Avanti who sell birthday cards, and holiday cards and I also help nanny two cute kids a 1 year old and a 5 year old 1 to 2 days a week which we love because it gives Madison a buddy to play with! This has been such a blessing and I wasnt even looking for a job it just all sort of fell into place which has given us some extra spending money! SOME SUPER AWESOME NEWS! My hair is growing and growing! I have got a few bald spots which I know will always be there but it is a whole lot better than a whole head bald! NO MORE hot sticky wig in the middle of summer it has been so nice! I have gone from this.. TO This.. My real hair! We also celebrated my beautiful daughter's first birthday May 26 a park near our home. The theme was "Cute as a button" and chevron design. She wore a super cute outfit we ordered from "angel pie boutique" and she did such an awesome job! Madison got lots of fun presents including a miniature grand piano that we keep in her room that she got from grandma and grandpa Bartholomew. She is now walking like a champ and is running now! She has the cutest walk ever! She is a super big girl, she is in the 95 percentile for height and 70 percentile for weight and at 13 months old she is in 18 months clothes! I love her long legged-ness!

New Years Resolution (2013)

Okay so it has been way too long since I have last posted, so I will try to explain everything briefly starting from when I last posted. So as I hope everyone knows by now (from all my sharing on facebook) I have a beautiful little girl names Madison Belle who is almost 8 month! She is a super tall girl with beautiful olive skin tone, and the most precious personality ever (we are still working on figuring out her eye color). We have since moved back from Utah, in July, so about 6 months ago and time as flown by! I do miss it at times, I miss old friends who I had a lot in common with and my good friend who had a baby around the same age as Madison, but we have kept in god touch since the move:) We now live in a cozy apartment home and we are so happy to be living near our family so they can spoil us and more importantly, Madison! IT being the New year and all, I wanted to make a few changes (not like thats cliche at all). I dont want to do the typical "weight loss" "eat less junk food" because I have tried that all before and honestly I am not willing to give up the junk food, though I could stand to exercise more..any way I am getting off topic.. So what is my New Years Resolution? I want to S L O W D O W N. I struggle with this so much because I am always running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get so many things done. I find myself showering and being out of breath because I have to hurry to make sure Madison is ok, which is totally normal I know, but still why just not wait to do that until the hubby gets home and I can actually enjoy it? But even then I still can not remember sometimes if I put shampoo in my hair already or not so its possible I am shampooing twice. So lately, I forcefully tell myself to not worry about the dishes, or the pile of laundry and just tell myself to wait until Madison is napping or until Chad is home. These days I try to get myself to shower longer than 5 minutes and just RELAX. I found myself wanting this as my New Years Resolution because when the day is over I feel so sad that another day has gone by and I have to wait until morning to play with my baby girl again. I do not want to look back and regret not treasuring the moments I had with my children because I was too worried about making everything perfect. NOW, a couple years ago I did not care how messy everything was, in high school my mom wanted to kill me for never keeping my room clean, but ever since I was pregnant and that "nesting" instinct kicked in, it never went away! I just want everything to always be perfectly clean for my baby to feel comfortable and safe, but I do not want it to take away from our time together. Trust me, writing this down I realize I may sound a little dramatic and like one of those silly moms, but I really think all of us moms need to take a step back, and just put all the silly chores to the side and find a better time to do them so that we have time to ourselves and with our kiddos:) on a different note now.. I do have some pretty exciting news about my alopecia, that my hair has finally grown back! I do have a couple of spots that require wearing a little hat over because it is still bald but I have been getting steroid shots (which really hurt) in those spots that help with hair growth! It is funny because 2 years ago when my hair was gone and I went into this same dermatology office they turned me away to get shots because they told me "your hair will probably not grow back because there are no hair folicles visible" but man I showed them! One of my favorite quotes from the Notebook is "science can only go so far, and then there is God" and I believe that 100 percent! It is crazy to look back on one of my posts from a long time ago on this blog and see pictures of myself without hair and to read about where I was in my life back then, thats why I enjoy blogging because its fun to look back on later on:) Now I am done ranting:) Here are some pictures of our little family through the past six months.