We love you, Emma!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Emma gets Baptised
Last Sunday while all of our family was in town, we had Emma's baptism. What a special celebration! She wore my baptism dress, my baby ring and cross around her neck.
We love you, Emma!
We love you, Emma!
Komen Race for the Cure
Last Saturday, Team Jenna walked in the St. Louis Komen Race for the Cure. We raised over $1500 for the St. Louis area research and development to help find a cure.
You can still donate at the following link: http://www.komenstlouis.org/site/TR?team_id=29090&fr_id=1080&pg=team
Thank you to all my family, friends, and colleagues who joined us and/or donated to this wonderful cause. Thank you to those that traveled from out of town to continue to show your support of me and my family...it means the world to me.
It was an early morning as I met Jodi on the live set of KSDK so I could see her do her live interview. She is such an inspiration to many and especially me. She is the one that showed me that this disease would not take us down, but rather we could stand strong to help beat this together.
Here is her clip from KSDK.
http://www.ksdk.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=987961753001
We then walked in the Survivor Walk together. What an amazing emotional experience. To stand there with hundreds and hundreds of other women who had battled and won the fight against breast cancer, to those that are still going through treatment and to those that unfortunately lost their lives to this terrible disease, it showed how strong women (and men) can be when we come together to raise funds to continue the research to find a cure!
Here we are joining the other Survivors! Check us out at the 1:40 timestamp
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=262539
As many of you have seen, Emma and I are featured in the KSDK commercial:
Below are some photos from the day.
Let's beat breast cancer!
Love,
Jenna
You can still donate at the following link: http://www.komenstlouis.org/site/TR?team_id=29090&fr_id=1080&pg=team
Thank you to all my family, friends, and colleagues who joined us and/or donated to this wonderful cause. Thank you to those that traveled from out of town to continue to show your support of me and my family...it means the world to me.
It was an early morning as I met Jodi on the live set of KSDK so I could see her do her live interview. She is such an inspiration to many and especially me. She is the one that showed me that this disease would not take us down, but rather we could stand strong to help beat this together.
Here is her clip from KSDK.
http://www.ksdk.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=987961753001
We then walked in the Survivor Walk together. What an amazing emotional experience. To stand there with hundreds and hundreds of other women who had battled and won the fight against breast cancer, to those that are still going through treatment and to those that unfortunately lost their lives to this terrible disease, it showed how strong women (and men) can be when we come together to raise funds to continue the research to find a cure!
Here we are joining the other Survivors! Check us out at the 1:40 timestamp
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=262539
As many of you have seen, Emma and I are featured in the KSDK commercial:
Below are some photos from the day.
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| Jodi waiting to go up on set |
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| Survivor Walk |
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| Uncle Taylor and Emma |
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| Cupcakes from Osborn & Barr |
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| Mommy and Emma |
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| Being filmed for KSDK |
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| Jenna, Emma and Cornbread |
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| Cornbread's team had 7500 people! |
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| Team Jenna |
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| Jenna and Lauren |
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| 64,000 people packed the streets of downtown St. Louis |
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| Getting ready to cross the finish line |
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| Rams cheerleaders |
Love,
Jenna
More Firsts for Emma
Emma-
You have been so alert lately and wanting to explore every color, subject, and person in the room. Daddy and I took you to your first circus- Circus Flora (http://www.circusflora.org/) in downtown St. Louis. It was an amazing 1 ring circus show and we were able to make it through the entire first act. Circus Flora is a not for profit circus that pops up in June in St. Louis with many acrobatic and animal acts!
You were so intrigued by the high wire performers and the shadows created on the tent top. Your eyes were the biggest I have ever seen them and mommy's co-workers loved watching you concentrate on every move in the ring.
We went to visit Grandpa Jones at the Lake of the Ozarks too. It was your first time in a boat and in the swimming pool. You loved it! The sound of the motor and the fresh air blowing on your face relaxed you enough to nap while we cruised around the lake. You even flirted with the waiters and waitresses at Shorty Pants!
You have been so alert lately and wanting to explore every color, subject, and person in the room. Daddy and I took you to your first circus- Circus Flora (http://www.circusflora.org/) in downtown St. Louis. It was an amazing 1 ring circus show and we were able to make it through the entire first act. Circus Flora is a not for profit circus that pops up in June in St. Louis with many acrobatic and animal acts!
You were so intrigued by the high wire performers and the shadows created on the tent top. Your eyes were the biggest I have ever seen them and mommy's co-workers loved watching you concentrate on every move in the ring.
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| Watching all the action |
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| Outside the big top |
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| Popcorn and Cotton Candy! |
We went to visit Grandpa Jones at the Lake of the Ozarks too. It was your first time in a boat and in the swimming pool. You loved it! The sound of the motor and the fresh air blowing on your face relaxed you enough to nap while we cruised around the lake. You even flirted with the waiters and waitresses at Shorty Pants!
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| Just waking up! |
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| View from the balcony! |
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| Posing in my PJs |
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| Ready for the boat, J.Lo style |
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| First time on the boat |
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| Happy to be cruising the lake |
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| First time in the swimming pool |
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| Daddy and Emma in the pool |
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| Emma in her life vest |
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| "How am I supposed to drive this thing?" |
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| Look how small she is |
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| Getting some AC after a long boat ride |
You are such a chill baby and enjoy trying new experiences. You take every opportunity and conquer it like a champ!
We love you,
Mommy and Daddy
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Last Radiation Tretament was May 31st!
I am a bit behind on updating the blog, so here it goes.
On Tuesday, May 31st, I completed my last and final radiation treatment. After 33 treatments, 8 weeks of daily trips to the hospital and a week of dealing with deep burns under my armpit and breast, I can say that radiation treatment is now complete!
Radiation was probably the worst part of my journey to date. The daily trips to the hospital alone were exhausting. The treatment was only about 3-4 minutes which made the drive to and from the hospital and the trek to the locker room more time consuming than the actual treatment.
My doctor asked me around my 30th treatment if I was tired. I told him yes but there is no way that I could contribute it completely to the radiation as I was back at work full time, Rett had been out of the country for two weeks, I was continuing chemotherapy, radiation and had a 5 month old at home. He stood up and shook my hand.
My co-workers, family and friends continue to ask me how I do it all. I think my body is on auto drive at this point, but believe me, I do have my bad days, run out of steam and get maxed out and unfortunately Rett seems to be on the end of it most of the time. But he is the best husband I could ever ask for to support me and Emma during this journey.
Here are some family pictures to capture my last radiation treatment!
Love
Jenna
On Tuesday, May 31st, I completed my last and final radiation treatment. After 33 treatments, 8 weeks of daily trips to the hospital and a week of dealing with deep burns under my armpit and breast, I can say that radiation treatment is now complete!
Radiation was probably the worst part of my journey to date. The daily trips to the hospital alone were exhausting. The treatment was only about 3-4 minutes which made the drive to and from the hospital and the trek to the locker room more time consuming than the actual treatment.
My doctor asked me around my 30th treatment if I was tired. I told him yes but there is no way that I could contribute it completely to the radiation as I was back at work full time, Rett had been out of the country for two weeks, I was continuing chemotherapy, radiation and had a 5 month old at home. He stood up and shook my hand.
My co-workers, family and friends continue to ask me how I do it all. I think my body is on auto drive at this point, but believe me, I do have my bad days, run out of steam and get maxed out and unfortunately Rett seems to be on the end of it most of the time. But he is the best husband I could ever ask for to support me and Emma during this journey.
Here are some family pictures to capture my last radiation treatment!
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| Ringing the bell- how liberating! |
Love
Jenna
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