Lulu's birthday

Today I'm grateful for...
My wife
Getting good rest last night
Celebrating Lulu's 41st. birthday
Waking up feeling good

Today is Lulu's birthday. I wanted her to get time with Lourdes, so she went to Mass this morning, and then will spend a large part of the day with Lourdes. (she said that she was feeling good this morning, and didn't need any nausea medications yet). The boys and I woke up this morning, we made the excuse that we were out of milk, so we could go to the supermarket and get her a birthday cake. When we returned, we tired to surprise Lulu with the cake, but I think she was on to us? We sang the "birthday song" and gave mom our cards that we had made a few days ago. I think that she was happy, but not surprised? Later today we are going to dinner and the 42nd play at the Eldorado hotel. I think that it will be a enjoyable birthday for her (even though she's going through this treatment)?

Yesterday seems like so long ago. It started with me going to get new tires for the car, and then continued with a visit to Lourdes. I sat from 9:30 to 12:30 with her, and got to give her the bottle at 11:30 AM. She wasn't totally convinced that she was hungry. I could only get her to eat half the bottle, and then the nurse ask me if I wanted her to finish the feeding (my back was hurting me, and I'm sure that she could see my agony sitting in the NICU recliner)? I was happy to get out of the chair, even though I had to give up on the lunch presentation for Lourdes. I was expected at home by 12:45, so Lulu could go to a birthday lunch with her girlfriends. Then a minor tragedy struck. I got a flat tire on my way home. I wasn't happy about the mishap. I make a call home to tell my wife that I wasn't going to make it by 12:45. After waiting for a hour for the tire guy to show up, and then another hour for him to take the tire back to the shop and fit it, I was ready go. I picked up the boys from the neighbor's house, where Lulu had dropped them off a few hours earlier. Now I needed to get into my "Daddy Mode".

The boys had been talking about doing the Molina-Wilkerson Lemonade stand again? I told them that we might be able to do it, but we had to see what the plan with Mommy was first?

We got busy setting up for the 2nd day of lemonade selling. There was a new sign to make, cookies to bake, and getting together some more golf balls before setting out to the corner for set-up. We finally got the table, chairs, signs, and ice chest ready by 5 or so. The boys really enjoy dancing in the street (I guess they realized this is the only time I would let them into the street)? They did a great job selling there products, and I watched from my truck. We had a lot of really nice people stop, and a couple asked about what was going on with their mom? I coached them to say that she's sick, or that she was fighting cancer, if pressed. One trucked stopped, asked what was going on with their mom, and then gave the boys $60. I didn't find out this fact until later, and the gesture was much appreciated. If that person is reading this journal, the Molina-Wilkerson is very grateful for the show of generosity. We ended up selling out of cookies, and most of the lemonade. As I expected, the boys wanted to go get sometime that would make our mommy feel better? I didn't know how to answer that one? But I was very proud of their concern for their mommy.

I'm looking forward to sharing the day with Lulu and celebrating her 41st. birthday. It is always nice to spend some time with your better half!!!