{"id":1811,"date":"2014-02-05T10:20:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2014-02-19T10:11:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:11:58","slug":"say-february-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2014\/02\/say-february-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"All this to say February sucks and then it doesn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have lots of stuff to talk about but its been so hard to get anything done lately. I&#8217;ve probably stretched myself a bit thin with my time. Its hard to juggle a husband, kids, full time job, picking up another gig on the side, volunteering my time for a conference, swim lessons, tennis lessons, vet appointments. It doesn&#8217;t leave much time for the things I really want to do but that&#8217;s the season right now.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of the season&#8230;this has been the coldest winter since I&#8217;ve moved here (and apparently in many many years). School has been cancelled 3 times. Make up days are happening so they don&#8217;t have to go to school until July. The 3 feet of snow in my yard is now dirty and gross looking. February, at its best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s start with Scully<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After her amputation she was doing well. Then right around Christmas (2 days before Christmas to be exact) she was shaking, not eating or drinking and she bit me when I picked her up. Long story short, we thought it&#8217;d be a crappy Christmas. She rebounded and was well enough to start her meds. Fast forward a month. While the medication thankfully had no side-effects she did grow new tumors so we switched to a different version. She&#8217;s now been on that for 2 weeks and even more tumors have popped up. And she&#8217;s having more episodes where she&#8217;s most likely having seizures, lethargy, unable to walk, etc etc etc. All bad, really. So the decision will have to be made pretty soon I feel. That&#8217;s painful for me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marlo the Wee One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the other side of the emotional spectrum I have my darling baby girl who smiles the biggest smile when she sees me. I&#8217;m about 3 weeks late with her 9 month post but I did get the photos taken! And speaking of photos, we had her infant photos taken with the talented Christina McCormick at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellasaluti.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bellasaluti<\/a> and of course, they are amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2014\/02\/say-february-sucks\/m04-web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1815\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1815\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2014\/02\/say-february-sucks\/m04-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m04-web.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"864,576\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;christina mccormick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1389133559&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;bellasaluti {baby \\u0026 child photography}&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"m04-web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m04-web.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1815 aligncenter\" alt=\"m04-web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m04-web-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m04-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m04-web.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2014\/02\/say-february-sucks\/m29bw-web\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1816\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1816\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/2014\/02\/say-february-sucks\/m29bw-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m29bw-web.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"576,864\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;christina mccormick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1389137778&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;bellasaluti {baby \\u0026 child photography}&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"m29bw-web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m29bw-web.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1816 aligncenter\" alt=\"m29bw-web\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m29bw-web-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m29bw-web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.foell.org\/jessi\/files\/2014\/02\/m29bw-web.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s healthy, very happy, loves Scully, Jules, me and Justin and is pretty smiley at anyone who smiles at her. Such a different baby than Jules who would look suspiciously at you if you smiled at him. He trusted no one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jules the Giver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not always going to share things about my kids but when it&#8217;s sweet and showcases their good side, then I&#8217;m happy to share. Last night Jules was picking a treat out from his Valentine bag to have after dinner. He asked Justin, &#8220;Which one would you like, Dad?&#8221; Justin said, &#8220;That Twix looks good.&#8221; and Jules handed it over saying, &#8220;here you go.&#8221; No prompting. Just a giver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have lots of stuff to talk about but its been so hard to get anything done lately. I&#8217;ve probably stretched myself a bit thin with my time. 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