Letters to the Docs

Dear Dr. M.
  Thank you for understanding that finding a closer pediatrician than the University of Utah is not cheating on you if we only use her for emergencies - like today.  Thank you for loving my son enough to really be concerned tonight how he is feeling and calling just to chat with him.  Thank you for giving me your cell phone and home phone numbers so I can call you directly because you know my son better than anyone else in your clinic.

Thank you for calling the "spare" pediatrician to report to her my son's medical history, which is long and involved.  Thank you for crying and saying he is your little "albino muffin" and for the "spare" pediatrician to take "super-great" care of him or she will have your wrath.  And I believe you.

Thank you for saving my son - more than once - and sitting with him through his surgery in April so someone who loved him would be there.  You are my hero, Dr. M.  We will see you in a few weeks.

Love,
Aiden's Mommy


Dear Dr. G.
  Thank you for graciously accepting the title of "Spare Pediatrician".  Thank you for listening, really listening to Dr. M about my son and understanding his health history.  Thank you for really listening to me.

Thank you for knowing the difference between Thomas the Tank Engine and James the Tank Engine.  I did notice.  And I think Aiden did, too.  Thank you for being so cute and gentle with my sick son.  Thank you for finding your Thomas DVD so my son would not cry during your exam.  You are so understanding of a toddler's priorities.

Thank you for not prescribing antibiotics that Aiden doesn't need.  That means you are really, really good at what you do.  Thank you for calling tonight to see how he is feeling.

Dr. M is the perfect pediatrician, but if we ever decide to cheat on her, you will be the first to know.

Love,
Aiden's Mommy

Sadness

Tonight, I received a call that made me a little sad.  The fertility clinic at the University of Utah called to ask if I was interested in going through in vitro again any time soon.  I was a little confused because I had never heard of a fertility clinic marketing to the past clients.  They explained that they were calling because my "donor" was about to expire and they always want to give the chance for another try.

I know that there is no way I can have another child.  Physically, I was told never to have another child.  So I said no.

N...O...

It was so final.   I know that it is not a possibility.  I know that more than one child is not in the cards.

But I love the one I have.  I can not possibly imagine my life as anything more or less that exactly what it is right now... with a little Monkey who I love so, so much.

So, even though it is a twinge of sadness, I could not be happier than I am at this moment.

Wild, wild weekend

We had a wild weekend.

A funeral, a baptism, and many many more chaos-filled moments. It was such a beautiful weekend and I wish we would have spent more time outside.

Here are some pics from the weekend.  Very random.  Sorry...

Aiden was caught red-handed in his toy box.

Cutest little Nonkey-in-a-box ever.

The tree right outside our house.  Magnificent.

Just relaxin' watching the game...