A Year Post Cancer Discovery - Moving towards Normal Life

One year ago on June 2nd we learned that James had pediatric kidney cancer. Now he's better! This coming Monday James will visit Seattle Children's hospital for his three month post treatment checkup. Our family is deeply grateful to be able to turn to a new chapter as a family.

About a month ago, David and I went to Hawaii just the two of us and had a great trip! We celebrated our 10 year anniversary and James being cancer free. We spent time on O'ahu and the big island. We did a lot of snorkeling and got to enjoy seeing coral, all kinds of fish, and sea life. We even found a sea turtle! For a portion of our trip we stayed with family and got to be leisurely toured around and entertained by them. It was delightful.

After we got back from Hawaii, we celebrated our three boys' May birthdays. We've taken a lot of time to enjoy our kids and time as a family. The weather is starting to get sunny and we've been having water balloon fights at home and also taking the boys on the e-bike to local parks.

We've been soaking up our lives feeling a bit more normal. Today David took the two older boys biking and to the park while I stayed home and played with Isaac. Our oldest, Neil, will soon finish his kindergarten year at school. This past week we have been starting the potty training journey with James. He is learning to listen to his body and to tell us when he needs to use the potty. Isaac loves to impress us with his walking. Overall we are happy.

I noticed I never shared Isaac's newborn photos, so here are a couple bonus throwback photos to Isaac's baby photoshoot from a year ago!

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