Back to Utah

I thought I should update my blog since Macie and I are leaving tomorrow for the week to go back to Salt Lake. (Not that I'm that great at updating my blog in the first place, but I'm trying to get better at it.) My mom is out of the hospital but staying in an apartment close by for her recovery. She isn't allowed to go too far until next month at the earliest. There are still many precautions that she needs to take and someone always has to be there with her. My dad was there the first two weeks after she was released, then my sister, and now me! My grandparents have also been filling in as needed. It is much less stressful that she is now out of the hospital, but now we have to make sure she takes all of her medications, give her an IV when needed, take her temperature, and anything else as needed by the doctors. They continue to say that she is doing well and having a good recovery. So far there hasn't been many signs of graft vs host disease, which puts her back into the hospital, so that has been good. We are all just moving right along and praying that her recovery will continue to run smoothly and that she will be in remission when they test her in September. That is the one thing I always worry about. At this point we just don't know. However, her good recovery is definitely a good sign and we have faith that she can make a complete recovery. I look forward to seeing her tomorrow!


In the meantime, my little Macie is starting to really talk like crazy. It is hilarious. I love the sound of her sweet little voice when she tries so hard to say words. It is such a fun stage right now! Here are some of my favorite words she says: "pees" for please, "taynt" for thank-you, "annie" for my mom who the grandkids call Mami Annie, "side" for outside, "sauce" for applesauce, and "owie" for ow or ouch. This cute photo captures Macie enjoying her favorite pasttime, trying on shoes.