He's only 1 and he's doing what?

that's right....Gav has his first tantrum yesterday. He actually fell onto the floor....turned onto his belly and pounded the earth with his fists! Jeff and Jacob just sat and laughed and laughed....poor guy. Seriously though, what the heck! He's one...not 3! Oh man...we are in for it! Kind of like when Jacob was at little Gym last week and came running out bottom half naked from the bathroom asking for help with underpants. Oh lord...let the embarrassment begin!
PS: Gavin is walking all over the place now. His favorite thing to do? test mommy and daddy by going up the stairs when he knows he's not supposed to and giving us that devilish grin as he does it.

Jacob wants to say hi to everyone:
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Last weeek...so much to talk about!

We bought a car! We traded in Jeff's near cash for clunker and got a 2010 Chevy Malibu and it's PUUUURDY! It was voted one of the best family cars in 2009 by parents magazine and it gets better city mileage than the Honda civic or Ford Fusion (who knew!). The best part of our experience was our salesman (when does THAT ever happen!). He's probably the reason why we purchased it.
So Jeff received the Chemo treatment last Friday. It seemed like an all day process but Jeff handled it with ease. I think his mom was probably in worse shape at times (but who can blame her!). I was forced to put on a smile and go to the circus per Jeff's orders so the boys could have a "business as usual" day. It was fun watching the kids' eyes light up (Jacob LOVED the 7 motorcycles in the round cage! I just couldn't put my heart into it but at least it was comforting that his mom was with him and there's no pain involved with the treatment. Once I got the boys home and off to naps it was time to disinfect everything for Jeff's return. I did not stop cleaning and wiping doorknobs and cabinets for a straight 3 hours. Yet I looked around and wondered what I had done all that time (curse of life with two toddlers I guess).
Jeff came home, took a nap, and then stayed up until 3am trying to master a game on the computer (the doctors said he might have trouble sleeping from the meds the first night). Unfortunately, the one week we should have been the healthiest was the one week all of us got very sick. I wish my vomit was due in part to sympathy pains but alas, it was not. We have felt like zombies and are just starting to feel normal again.
Although Jeff has done very well through the treatments, it has definitely taken a toll on him. He said that he's never had this uneasy feeling before....like he's just not himself. He sleeps a lot during the day but has managed to keep his smile on for the boys and keep positive. I see everything that must be done around me and it exhausts me before I even start doing it (that's probably because of the stomach flu though).
I will keep you all posted but so far so good! We all went to Mahany park today....also known as the bug park. I love being so close to so many fun parks for the little ones.
Thank you all for being so supportive! Hugs and Kisses to everyone!

gav's New word

First Word: "YEAH!" or "WOAH!" or "Wow" (what can I say...he's animated!) Second Word: "Dada" Third Word: "Mama" Forth Word: "Uh oh" Fifth Word: "Bye Bye" The Sixth word in Mr. Gav's Vocab is....drumroll please.....

Roller What???

Can you beleive this? We have the best daycare EVER! On one of their many feild trips, they decided to go to the Roller skating rink. When we dropped the boys off, we had no idea that they would be bringing Jacob to roller skate....boy were we wrong. Looking at these pictures, it's so hard to beleive that our little toddler isn't even 3 yet and is roller skating like a pro! Of course he has his "friend Buddy" Lucas with him.

Thank you For the Support! Where we are now...

The last few weeks have been so surreal, I don't think we've had a chance to digest anything until just recently. One moment I'm watching my husband sit in excruciating pain as he was first examined in the ER and then I'm watching him recuperate from surgery and being given the news that he has testicular cancer. He's been amazing through the whole thing. Stubborn yes, but willing to do what was necessary no matter what.
We had our meeting with the Oncologist on Tuesday and that's when the big picture became relevant to our small world. Chemo Therapy or Radiation...we are actually leaning towards Chemo since it's only one dose and radiation would be 5 times a week for 3 weeks. The Oncologist said that both are just as effective and if Jeff plans on working through the treatments, Chemo may be a better choice. We will see. They called today to see if we had made a decision but not yet. We are hoping to start up the process at the very beginning of September but we will keep you all posted! Time is a monumental mound of inevitability....you know what's coming and you know what must be done but it still sits like a hard pit in your throat difficult to swallow.
Through all the chaos that has made up the last few weeks, we are so grateful. We will be celebrating Gavi's first birthday but because of the craziness that has been the last month, it will just be a few of his little friends at an art studio in Downtown Sacramento. Although it will be small, it will be magical. We've also changed our diet to reflect a more wholesome regimen. No more high fructose corn syrup! Beware people....it's everywhere. It's hard to find natural food these days! Crazy.
The support we've received has been astounding and humbling. Thank you all so very much.

Portraits and Potty!

That's what's new in my boy crazy world. We just went and got pictures taken by the amazing and talented Sandy Runner and I can't WAIT to get the disk in hand! Here are a couple proofs...


Jacob's special announcement: "NO MORE DIAPERS FOR ME! I HAVE BEEN WEARING BIG BOY UNDIES EVEN THROUGH NITE NITE!" We are SO extremely proud!

The timing must have been perfect....I was strolling down the isle in a grocery store and saw some pull ups with Toy story on them. Since we were about the embark on our first Theater showing ever (and Jacob's new fav Buzz light year was one of the stars) we decided to give it a try. We didn't start incorporating them for a a while....a little here...a little there. But it wasn't until Jacob saw a commercial on playhouse Disney that he really became committed to the going on the potty. There was a Little boy who was playing with his toys and suddenly felt the urge the go potty. He rushed himself to the bathroom and he "did it!" It just so happened to be an ad for the toy story pull ups that we had just bought! Jacob was determined after that. It was like a light bulb went off and he was ready! That was almost 2 weeks ago and Ja has been in big boy pants solely for over a week. we are so unbelievably proud!

"When you wish upon a star....."

We got back from our First Family Disney Vacation earlier this week and what a great trip! I would say that it was unbeleiveable but in the spirit of the happiest place on earth I will say..... that it was......absolutely.......believeable.

Lots more slideshows, moments, and photo's to come!