It's been awhile, so I'm just going to go ahead and condense the past few weeks into one post. Mmkay? Mkay.
July 4th week we had our FIRST EVER family vacation and it was so so wonderful. It was Nicholas' first time to the beach. I should probably mention Nick and I are not big beach people. We're pool people. We're lay around and try to relax people. Anyway, enough about us. Nicholas had a great time- he was a little nervous at first, but Ima toot my own horn and say I helped him (along with his friends Matthew and Leah and Auntie Deanna) get comfortable with the water. I had him stand behind me and put his arms around my neck while I sat in the water, and he was then comfortable enough to creep in and hold hands with his friends. Here are some pictures of our amazing time in Newburyport. I didn't get many of Nicholas in the water since I was busy making sure he didn't drown ;) :
When we came back from Newburyport I had a little bit of a health scare, and after that Dexter wasn't feeling so great either. I found a lump in my left breast and was beyond terrified. I am thankful to say I went for a mammogram and ultrasound and it was found that I had dense tissue and no signs of an actual tumor or cancer. I can't stress enough how important it is to check yourself, ladies! I am lucky enough to have no family history of cancer but that's just one of the many factors that go into determing breast cancer.
We also visited the vet today and I'm thankful to say Dexter is also doing ok. The picture of Nicholas and Dexter below is when he brought his favorite bone over to play tug of war- he hadn't done that in days and it made me so happy.
My friend Brooke is going through a tough time with their dog Kaia right now. Kaia has been diagnosed with cancer and she's going through treatment- all I can say is Brooke (and Kaia) are two tough girls because I look at Dexter with an upset stomach and am reduced to tears. I can't imagine what they're going through and I can only hope that Kaia gets better- she's got two amazing parents who will do anything for her so she's in the best place she can be, and I choose to believe she's a fighter and will get better- she has so much more life to live. <3
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