Bust a Move!

Evan has so much energy that sometimes when he's watching tv he gets bored and just walks in circles- while keeping his eyes glued to the tv. Its quite interesting! This day he was obviously sick of watching football and just started dancing... with no music. Somehow Bill managed to videotape him, normally he stops whatever he's doing when we grab the camera.

Halloween

Halloween this year was a lot of fun. It was the first time Evan was really excited about it. Saturday night Bill and I went out in Corning and then my sister and I did the whole trick-or-treating thing with the boys Sunday. We usually just go to family and a couple friends since most of our family is pretty much on the same road and the boys really don't need a ton of candy. Of course, Evan was Buzz Lightyear and Cameron was Woody! I was a flapper from the 20s and Bill didn't dress up! (maybe next year..)

Evan and Cameron

Brandy, Sherrie, and I

The lovely ladies from Tags :)

Midterms :)

Who posts a heading like "midterms" with a smiley face?? ME! Only because I am so incredibly proud of myself for doing so well. 86 on my nursing midterm and 93 on epidemiology! Go me!

Elmira College

I love Elmira College! I think it suits me much better than Corning did. Elmira reminds me a lot of Lycoming which gives me a sense of comfort. It also makes me miss Lycoming- mostly the people and living in the dorms. As far as school, the teachers at Elmira are very nice. They are so much more willing to help than those at Corning. Also the curriculum at Elmira is slowed down a bit since the nursing classes are spread out over three years rather than two. My grades so far have been better as well, I did have a midterm today though so we'll see how that goes...

Surgery Update

Surgery went well; I was in and out pretty quickly. Went to the doctors today and he said that everything was fine. The lump was a fibroadenoma- which is benign and not even a precursor to cancer. So good news there!

A little worried

A while back I found a lump in my breast and decided to wait to see if it went away or got bigger or just stayed the same since it wasn't bothering me. So when I went to the doctors for a physical I had her check it out. I ended up getting an ultrasound done which was totally scary because I had to go to the breast cancer center to do it- so the specialists could see it. It ended up being a fibroadenoma which is benign and probably not going to bother me at any point. My doctor said they are very common in people my age but since I have a history of breast cancer in my family she wanted me to go talk to surgeon to see what he has to say.
The surgeon said that I have 3 choices: 1. leave it alone and watch it, 2. have a biopsy to make sure there is nothing wrong with it, or 3. have it removed. If I were to leave it alone it could bother me later or get bigger. If I have them do a biopsy and something is wrong then I'll have to have it removed. If I take it out then I no longer have to worry about it and they will send it for testing to be sure nothing is wrong. So what to do?
I'm having it removed! I don't really like the idea of surgery but I think it is the most conclusive option. Also, I won't have to watch it constantly and if another lump occurs I will know that it is something different because the existing one will be gone. So surgery tomorrow morning, only day surgery so I'll be home tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck!

Evan's 3rd Birthday

This year Evan is obsessed with Toy Story, so of course we had a Toy Story birthday party. The kids had a lot of fun- especially since Woody and Jesse were there.... Danielle (Evan's sitter) had her friends dress up as characters from the movie. Evan was shocked and had no clue what to think when he saw them! The best part was that he called them Woody and Jesse all day even though he knew who they were.

Random summer pics

NY state fair and Lady Antebellum

September 1st Bill and I went to the State Fair in Syracuse to see Lady Antebellum, which was a FREE show! Neither of us had been there before so we went up early to check it out. It was huge!! They had all sorts of entertainment and good food. So we pretty much just walked around for most of the day looking at different exhibits and eating until the show that night- which by the way people were already sitting out for when we got there at 2:30 (the show wasn't until 8). Finally about 6:30 we decided if we wanted to be able to see whatsoever we needed to go find a spot now. They were amazing! I would definitely go to see them again. They played all their big hits and also Free falling (Tom Petty), Rockin in the USA, and Do I (Luke Bryan), and ended with Hey Jude (The Beatles). Bill even enjoyed it not being a country music fan.

Lady Antebellum

Sand sculpture of the Beatles

Farm made of butter!

Potty training continued..

We are making progress! Evan is officially out of pull-ups, except for at night! We usually have about 1 accident a day but I can live with that if he goes the rest of the time. Yay! I'm so excited that changing diapers is finally coming to an end! :)